Category Archives: armor

In the Hedgerows of Normandy…

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Advertisement from Laplant-Choate featuring the bulldozer blade mounted on the M4 tank, from Army Ordnance, Vol. XXVII, No. 147, November-December 1944.

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Continental Red Seal Engines

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Advertisement for Continental Red Seal Engines, the Power to Win.

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M10 Tank Destroyers on Railcar

Posted on June 4, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

M10 tank destroyers, halftracks, and motorcycles are shown loaded on railcars in the United States. The boxcar in the background carries the emblem of the Chicago and North Western Line (CNW).

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Captured Tiger Tank Photo Op

Posted on June 3, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. bazooka and the German Panzerschreck are posed in front of a captured German Tiger tank. (Source: Army Ordnance, Volume 27, No. 145, July-August 1944.) Original caption: The German 88-mm. rocket launcher is shown with the American bazooka beside … Continue reading →

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Here Come the Shermans!

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Here Come the Shermans!”, a 1944 advertisement for American Steel Foundries.

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Wreckage in Italy

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Various photographs of Axis wreckage taken by a U.S. soldier moving up the Italian boot during WWII. The quality is rather poor as the photos appear to have been taken from a moving vehicle. A Panzer IV abandoned on the … Continue reading →

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Armored Bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

An armored bulldozer of 103rd Engineer Combat Battalion, 28th Infantry Division at work in Europe during WWII.

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Sherman Tank Wrecks in Italy

Posted on May 24, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Destroyed Sherman tanks photographed in Italy during WWII; unfortunately, the photos are low quality and unlabeled.

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Destroyed Late-War Panther Tanks

Posted on May 14, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Captured German Panther tanks are shown in three photographs from the unit history of the U.S. Army’s 407th Infantry Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. The source does not specify a location, but the text suggests the location is near Fallersleben, Germany … Continue reading →

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Captured Panzer II and Sd.Kfz. 233 in Tunisia

Posted on May 11, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

American forces in Tunisia captured immense quantities of German equipment in North Africa including this Panzer II light tank and German Sd.Kfz. 233 armored car featured in the Recognition Journal, May 1944. ORIGINAL CAPTION: U.S. Rangers round up enemy equipment at … Continue reading →

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