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re: History in Pictures is a great twitter feed. Here is one just posted.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
Posted on 7/29/14 at 10:58 am to Spaceman Spiff
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From the looks of the tracks/wheels, I would say some sort of German vehicle. Doesn't look like a Panzer/Tiger frame, maybe some sort Panther made like a flakpanzer?
You're all over it. I'll go warm up my lunch and let you think about it another minute or two.
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Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:07 am to Darth_Vader
Alright. That tanks has American markings but it's actually a German Pz Mk. V Panther made up by the Germans to look like an American M10 tank destroyer. They used these in the Battle of the Bulge in a special commando unit disguised as American troops.
Operation Greif
Here's a real M10
And here's a Panther made up to look like an M10
Operation Greif
Here's a real M10
And here's a Panther made up to look like an M10
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:22 am to Darth_Vader
Oh shite..how could I forget that. 
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:25 am to Darth_Vader
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it's actually a German Pz Mk. V Panther made up by the Germans to look like an American M10 tank destroyer
And they did a really good job of it. At first glance, my mind immediately said that's a tank destroyer.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:28 am to JustGetItRight
Since we are on a certain theme, what unit patch is this?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:29 am to JustGetItRight
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And they did a really good job of it. At first glance, my mind immediately said that's a tank destroyer.
Hell, I was thinking along the lines of a flak-type...
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:41 am to Spaceman Spiff
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Since we are on a certain theme, what unit patch is this?
That's the divisional insignia of the 5th SS Panzer Division "Wiking". It was made of mostly of non-German men who volunteered for the SS.
(One thing many don't realize is that tens of thousands of men from across Europe were more than glad to sign up to help the Germans fight the Soviets. It was against German law for them to serve in the Wehrmacht so these men instead signed up for the Waffen SS.)
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:44 am to Darth_Vader
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Waffen SS
There was an entirely too creepy vibe from the SS - they were a paramilitary cult, just a well-equipped and well-funded one. They swore personal oaths to Hitler at midnight ceremonies, resembling pagan religious ceremonies.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 11:45 am
Posted on 7/29/14 at 11:46 am to Darth_Vader
Name this plane. Country/Make/etc
Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:07 pm to Ace Midnight
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There was an entirely too creepy vibe from the SS - they were a paramilitary cult, just a well-equipped and well-funded one. They swore personal oaths to Hitler at midnight ceremonies, resembling pagan religious ceremonies.
That was their aim. Himmler was obsessed with the Occult as were many high ranking Nazis. Their eventual goal was to not only stamp out any trace of Judaism but to eventually do away with Christianity as well and replace it with a sort of neo-Nordic paganism.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:08 pm to Spaceman Spiff
That's the French Amot 143 bomber. She was obsolete by the time of WWII
Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:09 pm to Darth_Vader
What kind of gun is this? Who?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:09 pm to Darth_Vader
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That's the French Amot 143 bomber. She was obsolete by the time of WWII
Posted on 7/29/14 at 12:11 pm to Spaceman Spiff
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What kind of gun is this? Who?
German Gewehr 43. It was their production semi-auto rifle.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:02 pm to Spaceman Spiff
German G-43 Sniper.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:05 pm to Spaceman Spiff
Ensign Gay was the only survivor on that mission.
Definitely not gay.
Definitely not gay.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:08 pm to Kcrad
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Ensign Gay was the only survivor on that mission.
Definitely not gay.
I believe he was the rear gunner on one of the Devastators that was shot down while attacking the Jap fleet. He actually spent the rest of the battle floating in the ocean with what amounted to a front row seat of the destruction of 4 Jap carriers.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:09 pm to Darth_Vader
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I believe he was the rear gunner on one of the Devastators that was shot down while attacking the Jap fleet. He actually spent the rest of the battle floating in the ocean with what amounted to a front row seat of the destruction of 4 Jap carriers.
Yeah. He got a front row seat from what I have read.
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:10 pm to Darth_Vader
Darth, any idea to my question?
Posted on 7/29/14 at 1:12 pm to Darth_Vader
Name the plane/make/etc.
This post was edited on 7/29/14 at 1:14 pm
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