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by Mobile Infantry
Mon Jul 03, 2006 11:20 am
Forum: General WWII German Military Discussion
Topic: What were the casualties?
Replies: 7
Views: 2620

Image

This map shows the age of german population in 1950.
by Mobile Infantry
Fri Jun 30, 2006 2:59 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Gulaschkanone / Feldkueche ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2345

I´d say the term to look for is "mobile field kitchen".
You´ll find some pics and sites when typing this at google picture search.

Best regards and "guten Hunger" :wink:
by Mobile Infantry
Mon Jun 19, 2006 1:05 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: German map inscription
Replies: 17
Views: 7112

Hurray, I see the map :D The text says about this: From October 1943 until June 1944 the division was on guard / defended this position at the highway. She had a main part in those five huge battles at the main supply routes - the biggest defensive battles in the whole war. The division defended its...
by Mobile Infantry
Fri Jun 16, 2006 7:56 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: German map inscription
Replies: 17
Views: 7112

@ Veiss: I tried the links but it -no pictures. Instead I get a message that the album is secured by a password.
by Mobile Infantry
Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:09 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: German map inscription
Replies: 17
Views: 7112

@ Veiss: You can upload a pic to http://www.imageshack.us and then show the link to us.
by Mobile Infantry
Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:45 am
Forum: The Allies in WWII
Topic: British AT grenade
Replies: 9
Views: 3594

Why don´t you just look in the good old official Home Guard manual: http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwL/hg_manual/homeguard.htm http://met.open.ac.uk/group/jwL/jon.html Grenades are on sides 47 - 51. No. 68 Grenade was supposed to be fired from a discharger fitted to a rifle. Effective range was 50-75 y...
by Mobile Infantry
Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:30 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: German map inscription
Replies: 17
Views: 7112

Rollbahn is a term for a wide street / highway on which troops were advancing. Schlacht means battle.
Though I am native German speaker I never heard Rollbahnschlacht before.

@ Veiss: Can you post a pic of that map ? This could help.
by Mobile Infantry
Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:32 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Panzer Museum Muenster?
Replies: 8
Views: 2715

I could just imagine Kevin wandering around Münster saying 'Wo findet man das Panzermuseum, bitte?' :D :D Here´s a link to a private website of some guys who take care of the tanks. Though the side is in german you can click on the names of the tanks or at "Fahrzeuge" at the left side and...
by Mobile Infantry
Fri Jun 09, 2006 6:06 am
Forum: Soldatenheim
Topic: Panzer Museum Muenster?
Replies: 8
Views: 2715

I´ve been there last year with my reserve unit and it´s really worth a visit. Here are some pics I took there: http://www.feldgrau.net/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=15623&highlight=munster The scale models aren´t there anymore but the real tanks are more interesting. And btw: The City is Munster, not M...
by Mobile Infantry
Sun May 21, 2006 11:05 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Translation Request
Replies: 9
Views: 4474

Maybe there´s another explanation / translation for ZUG:

It could mean that the mines were layed out with a pull action fuse or in German Zugzünder.
by Mobile Infantry
Sat May 13, 2006 6:49 am
Forum: Uniforms and Awards
Topic: AH and Italian Facist insignia?
Replies: 8
Views: 4946

Looks like the so called "fasces":

http://home.uchicago.edu/~janie/fasces.htm

It used to be a symbol of ancient romans and (very) later the one of the italian fascists.

Regards
by Mobile Infantry
Fri May 12, 2006 5:32 am
Forum: Kriegsmarine
Topic: MAA RANK
Replies: 1
Views: 1994

You are right:
Fk is short for Funker which means wireless operator.
Gefr is short for Gefreiter - seaman apprentice or private E-2.

Regards
by Mobile Infantry
Wed May 10, 2006 3:08 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Translation Request
Replies: 9
Views: 4474

Zug is also german for platoon. Does that make any sense in the context ?

Regards
by Mobile Infantry
Sat May 06, 2006 6:40 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Paul Blobel
Replies: 3
Views: 1977

I guess NSV = Nationalsozialistische Volkswohlfahrt

which means National Socialistic Assistance, a welfare organisation.
by Mobile Infantry
Tue May 02, 2006 1:31 am
Forum: Translation Requests
Topic: Sfl....
Replies: 4
Views: 2324

I think "Sfl" stands for Selbstfahrlafette - self propelled howitzer

A pic says more than 1.000 words:

http://www.waffenhq.de/panzer/selbstfahrlafette5.html