The Brazilian soldiers used the badge with the slogan:
A cobra vai fumar !
Snakes will smoke !
Look the Snake´s badge nn the Brazilian Official's left shoulder, here receiving the surrender of the 148 th Comander of Germany Infantary Division in Collechio-Fornovo, Italy.
See more that:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_Expeditionary_Force
I found this picture in my researchs about Brazilian Expeditionary Force in Italy, in WWII:
In the front hood, the truck presents the sentence:
Aida e Deus me guiem
Aida and God guide me.
Aida should be the mother's or wife´s name of the CCKW driver!
The Brazilian Army used (and it still uses...) as combat mark in your vehicles the stylized symbol of the South Cross Constellation, like the American star
My friend, Fabio Melo (Panzermelo) draw this profile, about this particular truck:
Well...stop with the History and lets build the truck !!!
To do this project, I used these kits;
and :
The build:
Making the canvas:
Home made decals:
Now... the weathering!!
regards, from Brazil !!
Panzerserra
