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- Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:09 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Anti tank rifle?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4713
Bjorn: No big deal; we all make mistakes, friend. Oleg: And isn't it true that the German skirt armor (like on the Pz III, Pz IV, and Panther) was adopted, not so much against shaped-charge bazooka-like weapons, but because the Germans were nervous about damage from Soviet AT rifles? I'll grant that...
- Sun Feb 20, 2005 4:01 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Osprey SS artwork by Stephen Andrew
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1713
The only Osprey books I have which are illustrated by Mr. Andrew are the Elite series book on German mountain troops and the MAA book on the Chinese civil wars, but I agree with you, Chris--he's good. He may not be as good as some just yet, but I've compared Mike Chappell's early work with his most ...
- Sat Feb 19, 2005 9:38 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Anti tank rifle?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4713
- Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:24 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: 40.SS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3533
- Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:21 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS-Panzergrenadier Divisions: divisional tank battalions...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1633
- Fri Feb 18, 2005 8:45 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS-Panzergrenadier Divisions: divisional tank battalions...
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1633
SS-Panzergrenadier Divisions: divisional tank battalions...
I note that the Waffen-SS had, by the war's end, seven (at least nominal) panzergrenadier divisions: 4th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, and 28th. What were their tank battalions equipped with? Assault guns only, or did some of them at times have at least a company of turreted tanks in their division...
- Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:08 pm
- Forum: Commanders, Personalities & Award Holders
- Topic: Model wearing Rommel-style goggles?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1544
Model wearing Rommel-style goggles?
In the Osprey Campaign book #16, Kursk 1943 , page 15, there's a photo of Col. Gen. Walther Model wearing a pair of British anti-gas goggles, in imitation of F/M Rommel in the desert. There must be an anecdote here. Where did he get them, and what was he imitating Rommel for? Thanks in advance. Your...
- Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:00 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Fighting knives and hand-to-hand combat training...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1532
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:40 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: 40.SS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 3533
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 10:42 pm
- Forum: Uniforms and Awards
- Topic: Most Beautiful WWII uniform?
- Replies: 37
- Views: 21854
Getting back to this string, I'd have to say that the coolest of all WWII uniforms was that of the Panzertruppe (black, double-breasted, dashing--who could ask for more in a military uniform?)--and the coolest headgear was the Einheitsfeldmutze. IMHO, Germany made a terrible mistake replacing it wit...
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 9:23 pm
- Forum: Weapons and Equipment
- Topic: Fighting knives and hand-to-hand combat training...
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1532
Fighting knives and hand-to-hand combat training...
What kind of fighting knives were used by the Wehrmacht? Were they issued, or private purchase items? And what was their hand-to-hand combat training like?
Thanks in advance.
Yours,
Paul
Thanks in advance.
Yours,
Paul
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 8:28 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS unit names and their meanings...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3024
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:33 pm
- Forum: Luftwaffe
- Topic: Vertically-mounted machine guns
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5390
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:29 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: SS unit names and their meanings...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3024
SS unit names and their meanings...
Some of the SS divisional, regimental, and battalion names are known to me, but a lot of them refer to people and things I don't know about. I'm going to provide here a list of them, and perhaps someone with greater knowledge of German history can fill me in as to who or what they refer to. SS-Panze...
- Thu Feb 17, 2005 5:10 pm
- Forum: SS/Waffen-SS
- Topic: Best division in the Waffen SS??
- Replies: 253
- Views: 122455