Picture of the day.

fubar57 · Mar 1, 2018

Agreed

v2 · Mar 1, 2018

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Wurger · Mar 1, 2018

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Smokey Stover · Mar 1, 2018

Wurger said:
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Good pic

Probably my favourite ww2 tank. There's just something majestic about the Tiger. I guess the name, it's sheer presence, coupled with the famous 88mm cannon and pretty decent armour (At least where the Western Allies were concerned). I read once the first time the Russians came across a tiger they called it the elephant, because of a drawing on the turret. But it's one of those details that's hard to corroborate....

Smokey Stover · Mar 1, 2018

P-51D Mustang Wrecked On Iwo Jima

v2 · Mar 1, 2018

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Peter Gunn · Mar 1, 2018

Smokey Stover said:
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The Panzerkampfwagen VII Löwe (Lion) was a design for a super-heavy tank created by Krupp for the German government during World War II. The project, initially code-named VK 70.01 (K), never left the drawing board, and was dropped in 5–6 March 1942, in favor of Porsche's heavier Panzer VIII Maus.[1][2]

Something doesn't seem right with the proportions on this, is this a mock up? Why does the gun look too big for the turret?

michaelmaltby · Mar 1, 2018

how does this strike you ...

Wurger · Mar 1, 2018

Damn!

Juanita · Mar 1, 2018

syscom3 said:
A B-25 Mitchell from the 405th Bomb Squadron, "Green Dragons", 38th Bomb Group, 5th Air Force

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This photos shows one of the B-25C Mitchelles of the 30th BS 3 BG.
Looks like they are doing their 'skip bombing' technique.

Judging by the background, this was taken at the same time as the other 30th BS photos you have posted further down this thread.

Very interesting selecting of images. Thanks for posting.
Juanita

Smokey Stover · Mar 1, 2018

Yes, considering the design never left the drawing board i'd say it was a model. Although it looks pretty good. A bit like a Tiger on steroids lol. Krupps super heavy tank. Specs would have been x5 man crew. Weight 90 tons. Armour 140mm thick/sloping front. Side 100mm. Centre mounted 105mm L71 high velocity main cannon. Top speed of 22mph
Project was cancelled by Hitler himself.

Wurger · Mar 1, 2018

Yep.. but Staling didn't ... BTW the one posted above in #10402 is the IS-7 prototype. The super-heavy tank type wasn't intorduced the Red Army though..

IS-3 ...

IS-7 ...

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michaelmaltby · Mar 2, 2018

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Wurger · Mar 2, 2018

Peter Gunn · Mar 2, 2018

^^^ At first I thought they had the Tiger's engine hatch open for repairs, but upon second look, those are Russians looking over a knocked out Tiger, my bad.