 | Allied AFV pictures.| WW2 General Discuss Allied AFV pictures. in the World War II - General forums; I figured that if we were going to have a "German AFV pictures" thread, we should also have ... |
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12-15-2005, 02:23 PM
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| Allied AFV pictures. I figured that if we were going to have a "German AFV pictures" thread, we should also have a "Allied AFV pictures" thread.
I'll start with these pictures of the "Queen of the Desert":
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12-15-2005, 02:37 PM
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Country: | Nice pics Soren, here are some more...
Matilda II (German Markings)
Valentine
More Valentines
Tetrarch Light Tank (imagine meeting a panzer in one of these!  )
Churchill
Covenanter
Canadian Sherman in Normandy 
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12-15-2005, 02:43 PM
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12-15-2005, 02:47 PM
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__________________ "Success is not Final, Failure is not Fatal, it is the Courage to Continue that Counts"
Sir Winston Churchill "To him the people of the world largely owe the Freedom and liberties they enjoy today"
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12-15-2005, 05:30 PM
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12-16-2005, 12:17 AM
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12-16-2005, 08:33 AM
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| Great pictures there Gnomey !
Its not often you see color pictures of Soviet AFV's, very nice.
__________________ We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
- Adolf Galland |
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12-16-2005, 08:57 AM
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| Some pictures of the T-34, the German army's nemesis in the early years of war - 1941 to early 1942:
Picture #1: Is it me, or were Russian tank-crews some small people ? 
__________________ We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
- Adolf Galland |
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12-16-2005, 11:39 AM
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12-16-2005, 05:58 PM
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#10 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Great pics. I like the Sherman in the snow.
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