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I think, it´s one from the british ´Churchill´ series.
That's what I thought - well the chassis but the body was wrong. Main thing that was throwing me off was the style of the tanks numbers. I went on a mega search, lol, and found it. The tank is a Russian T-28 Medium tank.
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That's what I thought - well the chassis but the body was wrong. Main thing that was throwing me off was the style of the tanks numbers. I went on a mega search, lol, and found it. The tank is a Russian T-28 Medium t
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The T -28, was one the worst tanks, ever built....They were slow, very prone to track derailment and very lightly armored, especially in the rear.They had a short range canon and the list goes on and on.Great work, it is members like you, that keeps this site interesting 
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Was this type of burial a common occurrence? Seems like they showed a lot more respect for the dead back then then they do today.
That's what I thought - well the chassis but the body was wrong. Main thing that was throwing me off was the style of the tanks numbers. I went on a mega search, lol, and found it. The tank is a Russian T-28 Medium tank.
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Yo, you are right.
Great thread, DH
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Hi Caer,
Yes this was a very common thing to see on the battlefields during various stages of WW2. I think that in part it stems back to the practice of field graves during WW1. These field graves were initially meant to be temporary, until the dead could be exhumed and returned to their home country or interred at a later date in a more permanent cemetery located nearby. I don't think that very many, if any, of the deceased soldiers were ever returned home (like they are these days) but many did end up being transferred to permanent cemeteries that were created and dedicated to the fallen soldiers of various countries.
It occurred frequently in WW1 but also during WW2 and that was one warring side burying the bodies of their enemies that had been killed. The Germans, French, Canadians, Americans, etc. would often go so far as to create grave markers with names and dates if they could find them along with the standard weapon stuck into the ground and helmet adorning it (or adorning a makeshift wooden cross). Often soldiers honoured their own dead when burying them, but often they also honoured the men that they had killed whether it was one soldier or a tank crew.
I'm putting together another load of WW2 and WW1 photos to add and there'll be more images of these field graves.
Cheers
i woulda loved to have been a pilot back then.
Great vintage pics HALO
Kollu
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Actually, he's not German, but U.S. Airborne. Those pants are U.S. Airborne issue, M43 if I'm not mistaken. Nevertheless, awesome photos!
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My bad on that one! Yes, he is American. Thanks for pointing that one out - much appreciated
I really like this one. Without the uniform he could be any ol' regular 20 or 21 yr old American, Brit, Canadian, Russian, etc.
Cool mosin nagant. Those were top of the line back then . 7.62.54R not much smaller than the .30-06 measuring in at 7.62x63 for comparison . just .09mm difference .
WWII pictures are cooo
I know it's not WWII but my neighbors grandfather was at the flag raising at Iwo Jima and has original photos of the flag raising and piles of dead gooks. Ill see if I cant get him to bust them out . Theyre verold old ( obv) and brittle and yellowed but he aught to let me get a couple pics with my phone .
did they fight for Germany?
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