Picture of the day.

[Glider]

A shiny penny for anyone spotting what weapon is being used
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My punt is the Vickers Berthier which was used by the Indian Army

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[special ed]

13280 is a 13

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[fastmongrel]

My punt is the Vickers Berthier which was used by the Indian Army

One shiny penny is on its way to you, dont spend your winnings all at once.

Bren

Sorry no shiny penny for you. Its a Vickers Berthier used by the Indian Army and catches out many people because of its similarity to the BREN. It was a contender for the British Army LMG and was in pole position till the Czechs produced a .303 version of their ZB vz26 which pipped the Vickers in trials and became the vz33 known as the BREN.

Vickers–Berthier - Wikipedia

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

13280 is a 13

Good eye Special Ed.

 

[Graeme]

"Dr Isobel Cookson examining part of a fuel tank from a Japanese Zero aircraft. Dr Cookson, a paleobotonist with the University of Melbourne, was probably hoping to learn about the composition of the fuel".

(Australian War Memorial image - AWM136506)

 

[Wurger]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[at6]

I can't help but look at the photo and wonder how many of those soldiers survived the ordeal...

Considering what kind of b*stards the Russians can be, most likely all died as slaves.

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It's sort of like tipping over an outhouse.

 

[GrauGeist]

"Dr Isobel Cookson examining part of a fuel tank from a Japanese Zero aircraft. Dr Cookson, a paleobotonist with the University of Melbourne, was probably hoping to learn about the composition of the fuel".

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(Australian War Memorial image - AWM136506)

Graeme, is it possible they were trying to determine the composition of the fuel tank itself?

The Japanese did try a few different self-sealing designs.

 

[Gnomey]

Nice shots guys!

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Wurger]

the pic source: Bundesarchiv.

 

[Graeme]

Graeme, is it possible they were trying to determine the composition of the fuel tank itself? The Japanese did try a few different self-sealing designs.

Quite possibly Dave - I simply typed the War Memorial's caption that came with the photo.

 

[Graeme]

The National Socialists go fund-raising against "Hunger and Cold" in the streets of Berlin....

(WW2 in Photographs - David Boyle - Redo Productions - 1998)

 

[michaelmaltby]

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[Capt. Vick]

Good Lord that land battleship is everywhere!

 

[GrauGeist]

Good Lord that land battleship is everywhere!

They built some monsters, like the SMK, T-100, T-28 and of course, the T-35.

Speaking of which, the Russians have built a new T-35 as a museum piece, good article here:
Russian Museum Recreates WWII-Era 'Land Battleship'