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Maybe a typo in Pc.48. It's a half-track troop transporter SdKfz. 250. The 'smaller brother' of the 251.Another Stug 111
*Thanks for that - not sure what I was thinking about, lol - corrections madeMaybe a typo in Pc.48. It's a half-track troop transporter SdKfz. 250. The 'smaller brother' of the 251.
Especially when the shell had a hardened steel core that kept more or less intact after the impact explosion. The rarely handed-out Panzergranate 40 with a tungsten core is a good example but the Jerries couldn't afford this kind of shell for long and only in small numbers.The shell would often ricochet around inside and obviously anybody in the way would be hurt badly.
That they did...I think the Brits did too, lol.I heard that the Germans jokingly referred to British tanks as "Tommy Cookers".
Thanks and Wittmann was good - the story is that while in command of a Tiger I, Wittmann destroyed up to 14 tanks, 15 personnel carriers and two anti-tank guns within 15 minutes for the loss of his own tank (he survived). In his final battle, his tanks were ambushed: Canadian tanks destroyed two Tigers, two Panzer IVs and two self-propelled guns, while British tank fire destroyed three other Tigers, and also ofcourse, Wittmann's. Wittmann and the tank's dead crew members were buried in an unmarked grave. In 1983, the German war graves commission located the burial site. Wittmann and his crew were reinterred together at the La Cambe German war cemetery in France. Apparently, the body of his tank was closer to the turret than shown in the photo but had been rolled forward to remove the tracks.Great thread DeathHand, thanks for the trouble of putting it all together .
I once visited Villiers-Bocage once where Michael Wittman destroyed a column of British armour in 20 minutes in 1944 IIRC. Must have took some guts.
Thanks. I wasn't sure what tank that was. Geez, Imma have to start putting you on a salary!In pic. 108 there's a Soviet BT series tank to see, a so-called 'convertible'. You could remove the tracks and drive faster on the wheels on the street (Christie system). Easy to spot at the big, rubber-tired road wheels.
It was rarely done in combat/march though because of the lack of proper asphalted streets in rural USSR. But it's said they were comfortable driving on their tracks too.
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