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[Wurger]

Rostov a damaged soviet KV-1 tank, 1942

the pic source: the Internet.

 

[michaelmaltby]

... speaks volumes ... worse is still to come

 

[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

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[Milosh]

Looks like a hand crank on the front of that truck.

 

[tyrodtom]

Nothing unusual about a hand crank, most WW2 era vehicles had a provision to use a hand crank.
In case of a low battery, or extreme cold.

You can see the hand crank hole on the front of many 30-40 cars , tractors had them maybe well into the 80's.

 

[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

[tyrodtom]

The Germans' archive

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Of course that's a Hitler Youth, but it's not very different different from a picture of one of my older brothers who was a boy scout in the 30s.

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Looks like a hand crank on the front of that truck.

My folks had a 1946 panel truck when I was a little tyke, and on cold mornings out on the farm when the 6 volt electrical system wasn't up to the task, my dad could be heard "a cussin' and a crankin' and a bustin' knuckles" in order to not be late to school. The panel truck soon gave way to an Army surplus Willys Jeep of WWII vintage with a block heater, and then he got to school on time.
Cheers,
Wes

 

[Shortround6]

Nothing unusual about a hand crank, most WW2 era vehicles had a provision to use a hand crank.
In case of a low battery, or extreme cold.

You can see the hand crank hole on the front of many 30-40 cars , tractors had them maybe well into the 80's.

Triumph TR-4As had the hole through the grill and the radiator until 1967. Not sure if they sent the cranks to the US

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: the Internet.

 

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[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

[XBe02Drvr]

Triumph TR-4As had the hole through the grill and the radiator until 1967. Not sure if they sent the cranks to the US

I had a hand-me-down '64 TR-4 when I was in the Nav. It had the crank hole, but the crankshaft pulley lacked the engagement fixture to put the crank into. What a fun little car!
A buddy had a TR-5 (TR-250 in the US) with the fully independent suspension and we used to go out and "rat race" and "tail chase" out on the coral marle by the abandoned sub pens. My solid axle TR-4 could out-corner his "independent" TR-5.
Cheers,
Wes

 

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[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

[Wurger]

U-570.. 1941

The pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[Gnomey]

Good shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

The Germans' archive

 

[Wurger]

U-boot U-858 ..

the pic source: Bundesarchiv