Category Archives: armor

Dummy Tanks in France

Posted on May 2, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A report from the Intelligence Bulletin, December 1944 on the German use of dummy Panther tanks during World War II. The report includes two photographs of a dummy tank encountered in France in 1944. DUMMY TANKS Although German use of … Continue reading →

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Jagdtigers Surrender to 99th Infantry Division

Posted on February 22, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

In April 1945, Jagdtigers (Panzerjäger Tiger Ausf. B) of s.Pz.Jäg.Abt. 512 surrended to the U.S. 99th Infantry Division in Iserlohn at the Schillerplatz. The illustrations shown here are from the WWII G.I. Stories booklet Battle Babies: The Story of the … Continue reading →

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Captured German Equipment

Posted on January 18, 2020 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Wartime U.S. Army Signal Corp photographs of captured German equipment from 1944-1945 issues of the U.S. military training magazine Coastal Artillery with original captions. A Mark V, La Gleize

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Knocked-Out M4 Sherman

Posted on December 7, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

A knocked-out M4 Sherman abandoned at an unknown location somewhere in Europe, taken from a collection of 995th Field Artillery Battalion photographs. See also: 995th Field Artillery Battalion Photo Album. (Collection LoneSentry.com)

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Captured Panzer IIIs

Posted on September 21, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

U.S. War Department’s Tactical and Technical Trends (No. 32, August 26, 1943) featured these photographs of a pair of German Panzer III tanks captured in North Africa.

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Subcaliber Gunnery Training

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Subcaliber firing was used by the U.S. Army to develop a tank gunner’s accuracy, speed, and confidence without the costs and disturbance of firing the main armament. In general, the coaxial machine gun was used for the subcaliber training for … Continue reading →

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Crew of 3rd Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division

Posted on April 25, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs showing soldiers and tanks of the 3rd Tank Battalion, 10th Armored Division during training in Georgia.

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90-mm vs. Panther Armor

Posted on March 20, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The U.S. Ordnance Department published a handbook on the 90-mm M3 Gun which included the following photographs demonstrating the effectiveness of the 90-mm Hyper-Velocity Armor-Piercing Shot T30E16 and 90-mm Armor Piercing Shot T33 against the armor of the German Panther … Continue reading →

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Soviet T-26 Light Tank

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

German troops inspect a destroyed Russian T-26 light tank, pierced behind the turret vertical armor seam.

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Replacing M4 Tank Final-Drive Assembly

Posted on March 6, 2015 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Instructions for replacing the final-drive assembly on the M4 Sherman tank, from Army Motors, Vol. 6, No. 2, Maintenance Division, Office, Chief of Ordnance, May 1945. Replacing M4 Tank Final-Drive Assemblies Time was when M4 medium tanks with damaged power trains had to … Continue reading →

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