Interestingly enough, on 23 April 1945, the 47th AFA Bn fired Concentration 52 at a “20mm on truck,” using 25 rounds of M48 and 2 rounds of WP. “Effect: vehicle destroyed, burning.” The 234/1? They also threw in a lot of Pozit-fuzed rounds: April 12 con.15 Personnel, 68 Rds M54, 20 Pozit. April 13 con.14 […]
Every once in a while, when deadlines loom and Lee and I are having a “Hurtgen Forest” Moment (each wishing to kill the other, but each too mentally and physically exhausted to lift a finger), it is inevitable that information comes to light that can only seem tangential to the subject matter at hand, and […]
For those interested, here is a map of the post-war partition of Austria.
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:
