Tag Archives: tank

Failure to Recognize

Posted on October 3, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The August 1943 issue of NEWSMAP stressed the importance of accurate tank recognition. Learn to recognize one vehicle from another as instantly as you know “Bill” from “Ed” or a Chevrolet from a Ford. Practice on every vehicle you see … Continue reading →

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U.S. and Allied Tanks in Color

Posted on September 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A selection of Life’s best color photographs of Allied tanks and AFVs in World War II. Click any thumbnail for a high-resolution copy of the image on Google Images.   The crew of a U.S. M4 Sherman tank on top … Continue reading →

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Death of a Tiger Tank

Posted on August 31, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Interesting WWII newspaper correspondent’s report from Tunisia in April 1943: Death of Tiger Tank By Noland Norgaard With the British 8th Army Beyond Sousse, Tunisia—(Wednesday)—Delayed—(AP) The crew of a German Mark VI Tiger tank hastily set fire to the heavily … Continue reading →

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German Tank and Armored Car Sights

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Summary of major German panzer and armored car gunsights from TM-E 30-451: Handbook on German Military Forces, War Department, March 1945. [As with all U.S. wartime intelligence, the data may be inaccurate or incomplete. The source text has not been … Continue reading →

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Tank Riders

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Due to plentiful motorized transport, U.S. infantry rarely rode on tanks during WWII. However, U.S. infantrymen were trained on how to board and ride tanks when necessary. The field manual FM 17-40: Armored Infantry Company contained instructions for transporting armored … Continue reading →

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607th Tank Destroyer Battalion

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Nice set of photographs of the 607th TD Battalion in the ETO during WWII showing U.S. and German equipment including destroyed Panther tanks: 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion The unit history of the 607th Tank Destroyer Battalion is also online on … Continue reading →

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You Can Crack that Tank!

Posted on June 2, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following instructions for infantry facing attacking tanks were published by the U.S. War Department as a poster in Newsmap, Vol. II, No. 6, May 1943. Although the bazooka was available in most infantry units for antitank defense, individual soldiers … Continue reading →

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“The Man Who Owns a Tank Corps”

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The June 1960 issue of Popular Mechanics tells the story of Walter Ising, president of a steel company in Chicago, who bought 500 surplus Sherman tanks from the government for $305,000. He then had to disarm the tanks, move them … Continue reading →

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The Quest for a Full-Scale Replica Tiger Tank

Posted on March 16, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Today’s blog post highlights several efforts to build full-scale replicas of the German Tiger tank from WWII. Two separate teams, one from Russia and one from Hungary, have almost finished building their own mobile Tiger replicas. In addition, John Nicholson … Continue reading →

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1/6th Scale Stuart Tank

Posted on January 26, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

  The video below shows an outstanding 1/6 scale model of a WWII Stuart tank built by Ryan Nagata. The tank has proportional steering, a working turret, recoiling gun barrel, a mini smoke generator to simulate exhaust, working headlights and … Continue reading →

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