German Light Armour & Vehicles

[Louis]

A column of German units in Prague after the ceasefire during the Prague Uprising, May 1945. Ahead of the column: StuG III, behind it - armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251, then cars: Schwimmwagen, Mercedes-Benz V170 and Horch 830 BL. Sd.Kfz armored personnel carriers are visible at the end of the column.

 

[Nort]

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A column of German units in Prague after the ceasefire during the Prague Uprising, May 1945. Ahead of the column: StuG III, behind it - armored personnel carrier Sd.Kfz. 251, then cars: Schwimmwagen, Mercedes-Benz V170 and Horch 830 BL. Sd.Kfz armored personnel carriers are visible at the end of the column.

Interesting to see a StuG IIIB with a 50mm main armament that late in the war.

 

[Louis]

Schwerer Panzerspähwagen and tropps in Haarlem, the Netherlands, May 1940.

 

[Gunner]

Founded by the Dutch, and before the English took over and renamed it New York, the city was originally named New Amsterdam.
There's a well known are in the northern part of Manhattan called Harlem.
I think few people realize the name has a Dutch origin.
I didn't know it was named after a town in the Netherlands.
Thanks Luis.

 

[Louis]

Moment of relaxation next to Mercedes Benz G3A Kfz 72 radio truck.

 

[Gunner]

That's pretty funny the guy taking a hammer to the half loaf of bread.

 

[Nort]

Early war helmet decals.

 

[Nort]

 

[Gunner]

Is that Green Grass and High Tides by the Outlaws playing in the background?

Maybe I culd convince my wife to go to Australia with the promise of the opera in Sydney and then mumble and the Ausarmourfest in Smithfield

 

[Rico]

Great pic of a Kradschuetzen of the 11th Panzer Division catching up on some sleep on campaign in Russia (I think ... possibly Operation Barbarossa)

Check out how the kit, extra hand grenades and spare wheel are stowed.

 

[Rico]

A Heer Oberleutnant surrendering his company of PzKpfw III tanks and crewmen to a British or Norwegian Army Officer, Oslo, Norway, June 1945

 

[Nort]

A Heer Oberleutnant surrendering his company of PzKpfw III tanks and crewmen to a British or Norwegian Army Officer, Oslo, Norway, June 1945

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Those look like Pzkpfw III N’s.

 

[Louis]

Somewhere in France, 1944, Mercedes Benz L4500 with an armored cabin and serving as flak platform.

 

[Nathangun]

I reckon the Rarity points on that would be sky high if it were in Combat Mission.

 

[Louis]

Diffrent angles of Gen. Walter Krüger (1890/1945), recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, aboard the Tiger I number 812 named "Tiki " and an anti-aircraft gun vehicle (first pic) of his 2nd SS Panzer Div 'Das Reich', Kharkov, Ukraine, 20 Apr 1943.
Krüger survive to the war, but committed suicide fourteen days after the surrender of Germany.

 

[Louis]

Oops ! keep quiet when looking at the picture...

 

[Louis]

Stug III cutaway, looks awkward.

 

[Louis]

Panzer 35(t) advancing during the Invasion of France, 1940.

 

[Nathangun]

Hard to believe they conquered France with those things.

 

[Nort]

Especially when the French had the Char B1’s