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Benevolens Magister
Post # 10341 - Is that Rommel in the middle in the first pic ? !
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Can't say ... it could very well be ... I'm re-reading Hans von Luck's book Panzer Commander .... Rommel was his instructor and later his CO in France and North Africa ... Rommel was the real deal .. very hands on.
Smokey Stover
Banned
Color photo of the Second World War: Medium Panzer III tanks and infantrymen from the 11th Panzer Division of the Wehrmacht near Volokolamsk. Battle for Moscow.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
I think it's a trick of the light, I can see all four when I expand it a bit.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Also, not to nit pick but in Post #10355, those are P-63 Kingcobras, not P-39 Airacobras.
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Yes, Russian, it's a derivative of the T-28 line I believe. T-28 - WikipediaNice picIm rather embarrassed to admit i dont recognize this tank, is it Russian..?
Smokey Stover
Banned
Yeah i didnt think of that (light) but i think it is maybe a trick of the camera. With the naked eye i thought perhaps he had some kind of splint. His 4th digit looks abnormally long. But yes it could be a trick of the light.
Smokey Stover
Banned
Yep my bad. I should have noticed the four bladed prop. But aside from that and a few improvements its basically the same design. Good eye though
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
What happens when your float plane looses a float? In this case a Coronado.
Look at that guy on the rope. OSHA? We dont have no stinking OSHA in the navy!
Look at that guy on the rope. OSHA? We dont have no stinking OSHA in the navy!
michaelmaltby
Colonel
some P-39 Q's had 4 bladed props
michaelmaltby
Colonel
US air cadets assembling airplane recognition models
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Peter Gunn
Master Sergeant
Eh, trust me, I'm far from perfect myself.Yep my bad. I should have noticed the four bladed prop. But aside from that and a few improvements its basically the same design. Good eye though
Lovely shots sys!
Smokey Stover
Banned
My problem is i have forgotten more than i know and sometimes being lazy i rely on the net for facts and descriptions. Thats why i have no faith in it. If i had a pound for every false claim/detail that didnt match the machine in question i'd be rich. Plus i have to admit the P-39/P63 isnt my strongest field. Strange how the British adopted the car door style canopy on early Typhoons but quickly discovered it to be extremely dangerous especially when bailing out. Yet the Russians loved their P-400/39/63's. I wonder if maybe it was in the mentality. A bit like the Japanese if you follow my drift.Eh, trust me, I'm far from perfect myself.
IMHO Russians loved the P-400s for their performances , armament, radio set of very good quality etc... comparing to the soviet stuff. The car door style canopy made no difference for them especially they were considered one-flight pilots by Stalin. Each of them could stay alive longer than being flying the russian planes of the guestionable quality..
Smokey Stover
Banned
Thats kinda what i was thinking. That they were, and even considered themselves expendable if not capable of winning the fight.
Smokey Stover
Banned
Cool pic
