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I have looked through about dozen books about the African campaign, Flak-guns and halftracks and to my amazement I found not a single picture of the SdKfz 7/1 in North Africa. Although I can't find proof it does seem unlikely that this vehicle never served in Lybia or at least Tunisia when the allie...

I seem to recall the so-called Ausf. F2 having a different muzzlebrake than the Ausf. G. All vehicles with a 'ball-shaped' muzzlebrake being refered to as F2 and later vehicles with the 'typical' muzzlebrake being refered to as G. The F2 being an upgunned F1 and only after changing the muzzlebrake a...

I believe the russian nickname for the SU 152 was something like "Big Game Hunter" (translated ever so losely) which would sugest it was good at kocking out the Panthers, Tigers and Elefants fielded by the Germans

I'll have to do some research to be sure but if I remember correctly the reworking of the Panther chassis for the Ausf. G was done mostly to simplify production and reduce the amount of steel needed but it also led to the side armour being sloped further than on the original. The more an armour plat...

This definitely a Pz III. I have a few pictures that seem to be taken around the same time and place (as far as its possible to tell) which show the longbarelled Ausf. J.

I have seen this sort of thing before in one of my books. Problem is I can't remember which one. It has something to do with the first testfiring of the gun once its mounted on the vehicle. I'll look through the pictures I have but there are thousands of them so it will take a while. If I ever find ...