Gildwiller1918 Posted January 28, 2023 Share Posted January 28, 2023 Germans posing with captured French equipment, the FT-17 tank and Mle 1914 Hotchkiss Machine gun. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieq Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 On 26/04/2021 at 16:30, Gildwiller1918 said: Image of a German MG34 gunner, an Obergefreiter. Early war photo, as the scope is the MGZ34 model. The MGZ40 is more often encountered today. Note the mess kits in the background along with the optic box. Here’s my MGZ34 model sight, great optics, intact spirit level, etc 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Very nice, do you have the carrying case as well? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieq Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Unfortunately not- I’m on the lookout for one though! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 Same with me for my sight, they are really hard to find! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eddieq Posted January 31, 2023 Share Posted January 31, 2023 The cases add significant value though - well worth searching for. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 1, 2023 Author Share Posted February 1, 2023 Cassel, Summer 1940 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Rommel at the German victory parade in Paris, June 1940. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 10, 2023 Author Share Posted February 10, 2023 Untitled photo, probably late 1939 or early 1940. Note, none of the uniforms seem to have a breasteagle. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 13, 2023 Author Share Posted February 13, 2023 German troops fighting house to house in France during May/June 1940. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Then and Now German soldiers rest on the corner of Prins Hendrikkade and Koninginnenbrug, in Rotterdam. Photos courtesy of Koos Winkelman 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 A British WW1 tank in Soissons Cathedral, France, June 1940 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 Waffen-SS troops in France, 1940. No further information recorded. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 18, 2023 Author Share Posted November 18, 2023 In WW2 the Luftwaffe deployed rescue buoys in the English Channel to provide shelter to downed pilots. They had basic supplies inside and could be checked once or twice a day to see if any survivors were in to send a rescue floatplane. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny Andrew Posted November 18, 2023 Share Posted November 18, 2023 never knew these existed, I wonder if any survived the war? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted November 19, 2023 Author Share Posted November 19, 2023 I would assume that most survived the war, but what happened to them after? 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gildwiller1918 Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 I have heard of these being used on both sides, however I read that many became dislodged from their anchors and got washed up on various beaches. Attached is a internal diagram of the contents of a German Bouy. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 Offiziersakademiker. Weimar period. Gouache by Alexander Pock. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 2, 2023 Author Share Posted December 2, 2023 Adolf Galland with a former opponent 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 30, 2023 Author Share Posted December 30, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted December 31, 2023 Author Share Posted December 31, 2023 Tiger Ausf. B, turret number '123’ belonging to 1.Kompanie/s.SS-Pz.Abt. 101 commanded by SS-Unterscharführer Werner Wendt has now become an attraction for the civilians of Sailly, France. Must have taken years to clean up the former battlefields. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted January 27 Author Share Posted January 27 British POW’s in the hands of troops from the SS-VT Division somewhere in France, Summer 1940 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 3 Author Share Posted February 3 Panthers knocked out at lake Balaton, March, 1945. Das war die Offensive „Frühlingserwachen“ ein Desaster für die Deutsche-Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS. Der Bruder meiner Großmutter ist mit 16 Jahren dort gefallen und in einem Weingarten verscharrt worden. Erst 1957 hat man ihn bei Feldarbeiten gefunden. Günter Trinkler *Apparently not knocked out, abandoned for lack of fuel 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fritz Posted February 22 Author Share Posted February 22 Zutkerque, Pas de Calais Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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