D-day bunker with the 50 mm inside #shorts 30
Wn65 St-Laurent-sur-Mer le Ruquet ouest
This is where the first HQ of the Americans on Omaha Beach was established.
This bunker had been constructed on the higher grounds at Beach Exit E 1 in sector Easy Red. The pillbox was armed with a 50 mm anti tank gun, one of the obstacles that barred the way through the Ruquet valley. Finally WN65 was surrounded by some small army units of the 116th Regiment and the 16th Regiment. It was Sergeant Haas of the 467th Anti-Aircraft-Artillery Automatic Weapons Batallion who destroyed the 50mm anti tank gun with his 37mm gun on his half track. In doing so 20 Germans surrendered and the Beach Exit was opened up by the engineers who immediately started to free the through way for the military vehicles on the beach. Beach Exit E 1 would become the most important exit on D-Day.
You can still see the damaged the meat-chopper did to the back
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7.7 cm Feldkanone96 n.A - Walkaround - Musée Somme 1916.
Originally uploaded on 14 apr. 2018.
The 7.7 cm Feldkanone96 n.A. combined the barrel of the
earlier 7.7 cm FK 96 with a recoil system,
a new breech and a new carriage.
The FK 96 n.A. was shorter-ranged, but lighter than
the French canon de 75 modele 1897
or the British Ordnance QF 18 Pounder gun.
The gun proved to have great mobility, which
served the German army well during the early
stages of WWI.
But when the front became static,
the greater rate of fire of the French and Britsh
guns put the German army at a disadvantage.
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New Tiger I Militracks 2023. #shorts 29
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New Tiger I at Militracks 2023. #shorts 28
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Probably the first time a Famo is towing the Tiger since WW2! #shorts 27
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Starting up and Unloading the Tiger II.
Militracks 2023 20/21 May.
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Sd.Kfz 250/251 Halftracks at Militracks.
Sd.Kfz 250/251 Halftracks at Militracks.
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SWS Halftrack Militracks.
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Lorraine 37L at Militracks.
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Sd.Kfz 8 / 7 and 6 Halftracks Militracks.
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Starting and Unloading A Panther Ausf.A at Militracks
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Militracks Compilation - oorlogsmuseum overloon.
Militracks 2019 10TH Edition - oorlogsmuseum overloon.
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In the woods with the Kettenkrad at Militracks.
Sd.Kfz. 2 Kettenkrad at militracks 2019 - oorlogsmuseum overloon.
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Panther Starting up and Unloading - Militracks.
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Panther at Militracks 2019 oorlogsmuseum overloon
Militracks 2023 20/21 May.
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Offroading with the Sd.Kfz. 3 Maultier at Militracks
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Offroad with the BIG BOI FAMO at Militracks.
Militracks 2023 20/21 May.
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Sd.Kfz 10 Demag at Militracks.
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The StuG III moving through the forest at Militracks 2022.
The StuG III moving through the forest at Militracks 2022.
Militracks 2023 20/21 May.
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Offroad with the Sd.Kfz 250 / 251 - Militracks.
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Militracks 2022 Compilation - oorlogsmuseum overloon.
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Renault FT TSF Command tank - Walkaround - Militracks.
The Renault FT, (later called the FT17 in WWII) was a French light tank that was among the most revolutionary and influential tank designs in history.
The FT was the first production tank to have its armament within a fully rotating turret.
The FT was developed in started in 1915, Renault would actually decline to develop the FT and Schneider company, would start on the development of the Schneider CA, which became the first French operational tank.
But in 1916 Renault started on the design of the FT, Louis Renault himself conceived the new tank's overall design and set its basic specifications.
The prototype did have some problems and only 84 were produced in 1917, some problems would never be solved and the FT would be plagued by radiator fan belt problems throughout the war.
Because the Renault FT had a great base for several rolls and being the first real modern tank numerous variants were produced on top of the chassis.
One of them was the Char Renault TSF (télégraphie sans fil – telegraph without a wire), a radio command tank.
The TSF was developed in 1916/17 after the need of an observation vehicle which could provide contact between units
and their headquarters became clear. The crew was increased from two to three men, a driver, radio operator and commander
and the turret was replaced by a fixed armoured superstructure,
equipped with a cupola on top, an observation window in front a periscope.
During 1917 the number of required radio tanks
was originally 200 but this was later increased in early 1918.
This Renault FT TSF was restored to running condition by the Weald Foundation. It was restored from several FT parts and
the superstructure, was collected from a private collector in France, which probably got it from the Maginot Line were many of these
superstructures were used.
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That's nothing weird because this is an extremely rare vehicle, with only 6
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Jagdpanzer IV wreck roofpart #shorts 25
The Jagdpanzer IV roof part at the Remember Museum 43/45 in Thimister-Clermont, Belgium.
The museum claims it came from a Jagdpanzer IV L70, which was knocked out in Montzen on September 11th and would have been part of the 116th Panzer Division, Windhund of 228th Panzerjager BN. The vehicle is obviously a L/48, because you can see that it has the 7.5 cm Pak 39, with the muzzle break removed.
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M10 Wolverine - Walkaround - Cavalry Monument Saumur.
Originally uploaded on Feb 25, 2017
The M10 tank destroyer was an American tank destroyer during WW2,
it was officially called the 3-inch Gun Motor Carriage M10 and never Wolverine during the war.
It was armed with the 3-inch M7 gun on a modified Sherman tank chassis.
The M10 proved to be an excellent tank destroyer, but the open-topped turret left the crew vulnerable and a lot of crew were lost because of artillery fire, on the other hand the open-topped turret gave excellent
visibility which was valuable to a tank destroyer and it also improved reload speed.
The M10 was only produced from 1942 until 1943 and approximately 6,406 were made.
90 mm Gun Motor Carriage M36 began to arrive in Europe, and mostly replaced the M10 by the end of the war.
The plans to retain any towed battalions at all were canceled after their generally poor performance and high losses in 1944, especially during
the Battle of the Bulge.
The M10 would also see action in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War.
The M10 at the Cavalry Memorial in Saumur has no historical information, but was probably used by the French after the war and maybe by the
Free French Forces.
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Destroyed Sherman Firefly Turret Bastogne #shorts 24
This old Belgium Sherman Firefly postwar turret can be found at the Nuts Castle Hotel at Bastogne.
After the service of the Firefly the vehicle was shipped to the Bastogne Barracks and the turret was placed at the Musee en Piconrue in Bastogne and was then placed here.
The turret probably came from the Sherman Firefly hull, that was used in the restoration of the Sherman tank at the Bastogne War Museum.
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Churchill MKVII - Memorial Of Operation Astonia - Walkaround.
The Infantry Mk VII Churchill was a British heavy infantry tank was the heaviest Allied tanks of WWII known for its heavy armour,
large longitudinal chassis with all-around tracks with multiple bogies and
its use as the basis of many specialist vehicles, like the AVRE and the Crocodile.
Development of the Churchill tank started as the A20 heavy tank just before the outbreak of wwii, with the idea of attacking a fixed defensive line, crossing wide trenches, possibly shell-cratered ground similar to wwi trench warfare.
Because the war in France was lost the development of the vehicle
changed and with a German invasion of Britain being imminent and the need of the A22 to enter production within a year was imminent.
By July 1940, the design was complete and by December of that year the first prototypes were completed. In June 1941, the first Churchill tanks began rolling off the production line.
Because of its hasty development, the Churchill was plagued with mechanical faults.
Most apparent was that the Churchill's engine was under-powered and unreliable. the 2 pounder was also inadequate and the production of a turret to carry the QF 6 pounder gun began in 1941.
The Churchill was used for the first time in the Dieppe Raid in August 1942 and did not preform great.
Production would almost cease in favor of the Cromwell tank, but the Mk III preformed great in the Second Battle of El Alamein in October 1942.
The improved Mk VII, had even more armour and the British 75 mm gun, it would be used in the Battle of Normandy.
In Normandy it could cross terrain obstacles that most other tanks could not where the tank's ability to surmount obstacles was found to be of value was the capture of Hill 309.
The Churchill also was a versatile tank and was used in numerous specialist roles during D-Day and the remainder of the war.
Production would stop in 1945 after 5,640 were produced.
They would see action in the Korean War and remained in service in the British Army until 1952.
The Churchill tank at the Memorial of Operation Astonia, in the small town of Fontaine-la-Mallet in France has no historical information
it was placed here to honor the Allied attack on the German-held Channel port of Le Havre in France.
Fought from 10 to 12 September 1944, the Allied objective was to secure the harbour facilities intact, to deliver supplies to the Allied armies in Continental Europe.
The Allies would refuse civilians to be evacuated and during the bombardment of the city 2,000 civilians were killed. the port was badly damaged and the damaged to the infrastructure was severe and it would take a month to re-open the port.
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