Picture of the day.

[Wurger]

A soviet anti-tank gun battery in action ...

 

[Kai Stemm]

Can anyone explain this

 

[Robert Porter]

View attachment 363797 Can anyone explain this

Its a fairly good photoshop of this one, but I like your version better!

 

[Wurger]

Funny.. but what does it have in common in the WW2 pics? It should have been posted in the
Quokes and Jokes thread rather.

 

[michaelmaltby]

Can anyone explain this?
It' s war time .... food is rationed .... breastfeed

 

[michaelmaltby]

... Owl's nest

 

[michaelmaltby]

... what's the tracked tow vehicle?

 

[Robert Porter]

... what's the tracked tow vehicle?

I think, but honestly am not 100% on this, that it is a Kleines Kettenkraftrad HK 101 or SdKfz 2 I could not make out the front well but they have like a motor cycle type front wheel.

 

[Wurger]

Do you mean the one in the pic with the Leichgeschütz 40 in? If you do it is the Kettenkrad SdKfz 2 NSU ...

 

[Capt. Vick]

They called the Bv 141 Owl as well? Damn, what is that like the 3rd or 4th owl in the Luftwaffe? Real original 3rd Reich, real original...

 

[Robert Porter]

They called the Bv 141 Owl as well? Damn, what is that like the 3rd or 4th owl in the Luftwaffe? Real original 3rd Reich, real original...

The germans like Eule's. Germany: if an Owl hoots as a child is born, the infant will have an unhappy life.
"A charm against the terrible consequences of being bitten by a mad dog was to carry the heart and right foot of an Owl under the left armpit." (Encyclopedia of Superstitions)

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... thanks. Who made them and how large was the motor? I know they were used as 'mules' by the Luftwaffe.

 

[Robert Porter]

.... thanks. Who made them and how large was the motor? I know they were used as 'mules' by the Luftwaffe.

They were made by (from wikipedia)
NSU Motorenwerke
Engine Opel watercooled four-cylinder inline engine
36 bhp (26 kW)
Transmission 3 forward/1 reverse × 2 range
Speed 70 km/h (44 mph)

 

[Wurger]

.... thanks. Who made them and how large was the motor? I know they were used as 'mules' by the Luftwaffe.

The manufacturer: NSU Motorenwerke in Neckarslum, from 1943 also by Stoewer firm in Szczecin ( Stettin).

It wasn't too large I would say ...

Number of places: 3
Kerb mass: 1235kg
Total weight 1560kg
Load: 325kg+ 450kg on a trailer
Dimensions: 3x1x1.2m , clearance: 0.23m
Track base: 0.816m
Track width: 0.17m
Engine: inline , four-cylinder, liquid-cooled Opel Olympia of 36 HP at 3400 RPM.
Engine capacity: 1478 cm3
Max Speed: 70km/h on a road
Gearbox with reduction grear for terrain: 3 forward/1 reverse
Main fuel tank: 42l ( 2x21l )
Burnup: 16l/100km on a road , 22l/100km in terrain.
Range: 250km on a road, 174km in terrain.

 

[michaelmaltby]

.... great vehicle, thanks for the specs.

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[vikingBerserker]

Great pics!

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[michaelmaltby]

 

[michaelmaltby]