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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
As small as they are, I bet they were!Looks warm inside
Those tankettes are even smaller than the Kyugo!
Cool pics guys!
N4521U
Plastic Pirate
Does it take two to peddle them tanks????
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
(2 days after the collapse of Poland)
Hauptmann #1: "What are we gonna do with these?"
Hauptmann #2: "I dunno"
Hauptmann #1: "I know, we'll give them to the Luftwaffe. They'll take anything!"
Hauptmann #1: "What are we gonna do with these?"
Hauptmann #2: "I dunno"
Hauptmann #1: "I know, we'll give them to the Luftwaffe. They'll take anything!"
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
They were indeed, and what makes them really unique, is that it was Luftwaffe, not Wehrmacht, that was operating them.
It's not a well known fact that the Luftwaffe actually had Infantry (aside from the Fallschirmjager) and Armored units .
Looks warm inside
Which brings me to a question: in the winter was it cold in a tank with all that (cold) steel? Or was it better to be in one when it was cold? I imagine it was worse to be in a tank in the steaming hot jungle right?
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
The interior of a tank would be warm by virtue of it's engine and drive train's proximity to the crew compartment. It was much easier to get warm inside during cold weather, than it was to cool down when operating in warm climates.
During the North Arican campaign, tank crews were at risk from perishing in the extreme heat and the jokes about frying eggs on the mantlet for breakfast was actually not a joke...
During the North Arican campaign, tank crews were at risk from perishing in the extreme heat and the jokes about frying eggs on the mantlet for breakfast was actually not a joke...
Hmmmmmm....
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Here, check this out: Breakfast, Afrika Corps style!
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nnaHD2xt5sE
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
A flight of Bf 109Es early 1940.
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Tight formation...
vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Very cool!
Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
A U.S. Navy Grumman F4F-4 Wildcat of fighting squadron VF-3 from the USS Yorktown (CV-5) lands on the aircraft carrier USS Hornet (CV-8 ), circa 14:30 h, 4 June 1942. The plane "3-F-24" was piloted by Ens. Daniel C. Sheedy and had been damaged by Japanese A6M2 Zero fighters over the Japanese fleet. The aircraft landed hard, causing the right landing gear to collapse and the six 12.7 mm machine guns opened fire for two seconds (note the smoke coming from the guns). The bullets killed three Marines, a sailor of VB-8, and the aft 12.7 cm gun control officer, Lt. Royal R. Ingersoll, son of Adm. Royal E. Ingersoll (CINCLANT). Twenty others were wounded.
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Wow! I heard about this incident in the book "First Team". Never knew it was filmed.
