Mud? Check. Cold? Check. Bazooka? Check. Attitude? Check. Gentlemen, meet Pvt. Charlie Rattler from Jefferson, TX. It was purely by happenstance that I came across “Yank – The Army Weekly,” dated Feb 23, 1945 (Vol.3 # 36), with this photo illustrating an article entitled “Negroes in Combat” on pages 6-7. The caption read, “Pvt. Charlie […]
I. Space limitations prevented us from mentioning a good deal a material relating to the images of the 11th Panzer Division’s surrender. For the reasons why the division appeared when and where it did, readers are hereby referred to: http://warfarehistorynetwork.com/daily/wwii/the-german-11th-panzer-division-giving-up-the-ghost/ a very fine article by Brig.Gen.Raymond E. Bell Jr., that appeared in the Sept 2005 […]
From Paul Hocking: Some information to correct the comments on page 71 of PzW #17. The OOB listed on page 71 for Fs AA 12 is completely misrepresented and inaccurate, I am afraid that Fred Deprun has followed a wrong trail about this unit’s OOB. To explain, in a book by Didier Lodieu called “Dying […]
Daniele Guglielmi got in touch with some extra information about the AB41 armoured car on pages 70 & 71 of Panzerwrecks 17: … are very interesting, not only because they show an Italian AFV in Normandy, but also because they regard a final production AB41, built in very few samples in the Summer of 1943. In […]
We try our best to pull together as many views of a tank as we can. Sometimes we pull it off, sometimes we don’t. And sometimes we only get it partially right. Randy Roy touched base to tell us that the ‘old hare’ Pz.Kpfw IV on page 5 of Panzerwrecks 16 is actually the same […]
Patrice Debucquoy got in touch to share some information about how the load-bed of the UE carrier was operated, and how this could have been incorporated into the design for the Wurfrähmen equipment: “Page 51 you show a Renault UE mit Wurfrähmen and you say you don’t see how to elevate the rockets ; well, it’s an easy […]
The location of the Flakpanzer 38 on pages 34 and 35 of Panzerwrecks 17 is Rue Saint-Pierre et Miquelon in Tessy-sur-Vire. These are from Google Maps:
The steel wheeled Panther on pages 32 & 33 of Panzerwrecks 18 was left/knocked out outside the Restaurant la Rose in Oberhoffen-sur-Moder. Things have not really changed in the 70 odd years since. This is from Google Maps:
As we pointed out in the caption, the Jagdpanther on page 5 of Panzerwrecks 18 has a faint fahrgestell nummer (chassis number) painted on the Wanne. To be honest you would need the eyes of a hawk to see it in the photo, so here is a crop from the original, albeit played with to increase […]
Q: [to Hilary]: I have never been to a military vehicle rally / museum opening where German tanks in running condition were put through their paces alongside a Sherman or two. Do German tank motors (StuG, Panther in particular) have a distinct motor sound as opposed to a Sherman or M10? The reason I ask […]
