Gentlemen,
Apparently the Luftwaffe captured several (perhaps as many as 20) Caudron Renault 714 Cyclone in 1940, and presumably after the end of Vichy France. Does anuone have any ideas of the markings of the Cyclone in German service?
Regards,
Politruk
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- Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:58 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Captured Allied planes in German hands
- Replies: 22
- Views: 13107
- Sun Jun 25, 2006 6:33 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: Pzkw I in Finland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2250
Gentlemen,
That does seem to be the case. After poking around a bit, I came up with this link:
http://www.geocities.com/finnmilpge/fmpg_pz40.html
Regards,
Politruk
That does seem to be the case. After poking around a bit, I came up with this link:
http://www.geocities.com/finnmilpge/fmpg_pz40.html
Regards,
Politruk
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:21 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: flak batteries and their crews
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2812
Gentlemen, While on the topic of foreigners manning Flak, I came to think of the Croatian ambassador who was more or less stranded in Berlin in 1945. He had a Croatian Flak unit at the embassy that apparently served as a guard force and...jazz orchestra. The ambassador would throw parties, and when ...
- Sat Jun 24, 2006 5:02 pm
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: Pzkw I in Finland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2250
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 2:54 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: A Pz I/Pz III Hybrid tank?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14890
Gentlemen, I would not consider the PzKwI/III combo to be the early light artillery tractor, since that particular vehicle is a different beast alltogether according to Chamberlain's and Doyle's Encyclopedia of German tanks, page 146. As for the Pz III turret, I'd say that it's an Ausführung D (door...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 12:28 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: A Pz I/Pz III Hybrid tank?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14890
Gentlemen, First of all, thanks for the translation! I would imagine that this contraption could be a development of the PzKw I:s with an open top and no trret used for driver training. The wood gas generator would be a severe liability in any combat situation, not only due to the low speed but also...
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 5:00 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: "WH" on German vehicles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7128
- Wed Jun 21, 2006 4:51 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: A Pz I/Pz III Hybrid tank?
- Replies: 34
- Views: 14890
Gentlemen, The Internet source of the picture seems to be the following: http://www.panzernet.net/panzernet/stranky/tanky/pz1.htm There is a caption in Czech, which unfortunately is above and beyond my language skills, although the text seems to mention training in one capacity or the other. Now, do...
- Sun Jun 11, 2006 12:32 pm
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: Pzkw I in Finland
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2250
Pzkw I in Finland
Gentlemen, I am trying to find out the distribution of Panzerkampfwagen I:s in Finland during 1941 and 1942. I assume that they were part of an independent Abteilung or smaller unit, but I have so far only found various armour units with French "Beutepanzer". Also, does anyone know whether...
- Tue Nov 01, 2005 12:07 pm
- Forum: Kriegsmarine
- Topic: "Zwerge" minesweepers
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1882
"Zwerge" minesweepers
Gentlemen, In Showell's "The German Navy in WW2", it is mentioned that Kapitänleutnant Hans Bartels constructed the smallest minesweepers of the Kriegsmarine using locally available fishing vessels in Norway. In all twelve of these "Zwerge" (dwarfs) were supposed to have been bui...
- Tue Nov 01, 2005 11:54 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Anti-tank rifles
- Replies: 60
- Views: 32843
Gentlemen, The suggested use of the geballte Ladung seems to have been to place it against a weak spot of a tank (or fortification, other AFV, etc) and then pull the fuse ring and finally depart with some haste. Just throwing the Ladung might not suffice to place the Ladung close enough to a soft sp...
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 11:16 am
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Panzer II
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3497
- Sat Oct 22, 2005 10:45 am
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: German Pioneer Squad
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7118
Hello! It seems quite safe to assume that the combat engineer squads suffered the same fate as the regular rifle squads, and yes, more automatic weapons were added towards the end of the war. TOE:s did tend to differ quite a bit from reality. Also, the organisation of the various combat engineer uni...
- Sun Oct 16, 2005 7:46 pm
- Forum: Unit Histories, Feldpost Numbers & Orders of Battle
- Topic: help for real after action reports??
- Replies: 4
- Views: 2256
Hello!
Unless you already checked up on this, the 99th infantry veterans association has a number of first-hand reports online:
http://www.99div.com/
Sincerely,
Politruk
Unless you already checked up on this, the 99th infantry veterans association has a number of first-hand reports online:
http://www.99div.com/
Sincerely,
Politruk
- Mon Oct 10, 2005 1:57 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Steyr 1500 with 2 cm KWK
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1607