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Armor and ground forces of the Allied forces during World War II.
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Ouch! & new web site link to WW2 photos.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:10 AM UTC
here are 3 photos from a site that has over 7000 original WW2 photos on line.

http://www.cultura.marche.it/cultura/mostraguerra/index.asp

On the right hand side in red are clickable links to different photo collections.

The following 3 show an armored recovery vehicle in a....well odd position.

Photos from the Polish Institute & Sikorski Museum of London.







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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:19 AM UTC
What would recover a recovery vehicle? :-) Thanks for the link and phtots Cliff
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 06:05 AM UTC
Howdy Cliff,

MANY thx for the link there pard'! I will be spending some time perusing that site that's for sure...

And another thanks for providing a pic that I've been interested in seeing for some time...a clear photo of the entire underside of this particular vehicle.....cool.

Tread.

Oh.....and 'Zod, about your title "Lord of Soylent Green"......does that mean you are soylent green?, or are you the king of cannabalized breakfest chow?........... ;-)
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 07:52 AM UTC
What I want to know is how that guy in the 3rd photo can stand leaning forward like that ????

Great idea for an M31 diorama -- saves detailing all the top-end stuff, just get the cable rollers right underneath & you've nailed it ...

Roo, thanks for posting -- it also has lots of good towed arty pix & Mack NO ...

John
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 01:16 PM UTC

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What I want to know is how that guy in the 3rd photo can stand leaning forward like that ????


:-) :-) Good Question!

Great site... thanks MrRoo for the link/pictures.
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 04:36 PM UTC
Cliff

Great links thanks. John I agree that guy has a weird lean up.

Any of the three photos would make a good humerous caption topic.

Brian
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:15 PM UTC

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What I want to know is how that guy in the 3rd photo can stand leaning forward like that ????


His feet are obviously nailed to that plank he's standing on...

Good link Cliff, thanks

Cheers
Henk
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:34 PM UTC
Friuls or Modelkasten?

Henk
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:43 PM UTC
Right, my next Sherman will have one track 'the wrong way round', and if a smarta@@ judge dismisses it, I'll show him this picture..



So there...

Cheers
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 05:45 PM UTC
for photo, click here...


Henk
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 06:38 PM UTC
Nice site.. and a nice find... thanks...
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Posted: Monday, January 16, 2006 - 08:27 PM UTC
Thanks for the link to the site. I find the pictures of the almost shiny all-steel track on some of the Shermies very interesting...
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Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 2006 - 05:36 AM UTC

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Howdy Cliff,

MANY thx for the link there pard'! I will be spending some time perusing that site that's for sure...

And another thanks for providing a pic that I've been interested in seeing for some time...a clear photo of the entire underside of this particular vehicle.....cool.

Tread.

Oh.....and 'Zod, about your title "Lord of Soylent Green"......does that mean you are soylent green?, or are you the king of cannabalized breakfest chow?........... ;-)


The king of course :-) :-)
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Posted: Thursday, January 19, 2006 - 12:48 PM UTC

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What I want to know is how that guy in the 3rd photo can stand leaning forward like that ????

John


Great photos. Nice detail of the bottom.

The reason the guy is leaning is because they are on a hill. Note the guy in the background in the photo and the way he is standing with his right leg bent - just like one would stand on a hill if sideways to the incline. Note the same soldier in the first photograph which shows the slope a little better, while the second photo really shows the slope of the hill. Either the photographer adjusted his camera so that the vehicle was "level" in that third photo, or someone cropped the photo to "level" it.
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Posted: Friday, January 20, 2006 - 04:05 AM UTC

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Right, my next Sherman will have one track 'the wrong way round', and if a smarta@@ judge dismisses it, I'll show him this picture..


Guess it could turn on a dime... And keep turning and turning... :-)
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Posted: Monday, January 23, 2006 - 03:20 AM UTC
Great link. I can always use another M4 picture.

Henk,
There is an M4 Hybrid (composite hull) at a "museum" in California (called "the Patton museum, just how many are there any how) that is very interesting. I was out measuring the tank and taking picutes, when I noticed an odd thing. The casting was crooked, and the co-drivers side was taller than the drivers side, by one inch (25.4mm). Not only that, but the casting was shifted to one side (drivers I think) None or this shows in pictures clearly, but in 1/35th scale the difference is 28 thousanths (.72mm), enough to show on a model.

Try getting away with that! I can already hear the nitpicking, but is would be fun to do.

In contrast, the cut and welded armor plate was perfectly precise, to an exact measurement.
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