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King & Country Snow Tiger

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“Snow Tiger” is an upcoming release from toy soldier company King & Country. Although King & Country have produced German Tiger tanks before, the “Snow Tiger” is a new improved sculpting of the famous Tiger. The “Snow Tiger” is painted with a winter camouflage scheme, and comes with two crew figures.

Posted in scale models | Tagged king & country, snow tiger, tiger, tiger tank, toy soldiers, toys | 4 Comments

Foxholes: Dig or Die!

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

FOXHOLES. DIG! OR DIE! (Newsmap, April 1943)

Tunisia has taught that your life depends on digging in—soon enough and deep enough—with whatever tools you may have at hand. Foxholes protect you effectively from gunfire and mechanized attack and give you a chance to throw some lead yourself.
To prevent detection, the foxhole should be blended with the nearby terrain by weaving a lid of sticks and covering it with leaves, grass, or dirt. Where there is no brush, use your shelter half as a cover to break up the dark shadow the hole makes.
A BULLET WILL PENETRATE 30 INCHES OF LOOSE SOIL. Loose soil from the foxhole will not protect you from enemy gunfire. Soil should be removed, if possible, but may be packed into a low, solid parapet.
A PRONE SHELTER IS NO PROTECTION AGAINST THE CRUSHING ACTION OF TANKS. It is protection from small-arms fire, bomb and artillery fragments. You can dig it easily and sleep in it, but should deepen it into a foxhole as soon as possible.

Posted in training | Tagged foxhole, newsmap, poster, training | 3 Comments

New Figures from Scale Fanatic

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New resin 1/48 and 1/16 scale WWII figures from the German company Scale Fanatic.

1/16 German Tank Commander and Tank Driver:

1/48 Driver and Co-Driver for Tamiya’s Universal Carrier:

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M2 Accessories from Black Dog

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

New 1/35 resin accessories kit from Black Dog for the U.S. M2 halftrack. The kit includes heavy storage and tarpaulins for front, sides, and rear of the vehicle along with winter tires with chains.

Posted in scale models | Tagged 1/35th, accessories, black dog, halftrack, M2, model, resin, storage | 1 Comment

New Dragon Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G Kit

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

With the latest Dragon announcement, the model kits of Pz.Kpfw. IV variants are now getting down to almost single months of production. Dragon will be releasing a 1/35th scale Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf. G April-May 1943 Production. Even if well-covered ground, the kit looks outstanding with Volstad’s artwork of a 2nd Panzer Division vehicle.

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WWII Photographs, Posters and Illustrations

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Miscellaneous WWII photographs, illustrations, and posters:

A	A-20 Havoc Admiral Graf Spee Air-to-Ground Rockets Airborne Infantry Aircraft Insignia All Americans All Over Allied Operation Code Words American Tanks and AFVs of WWII Arado Ar 196 Arado Ar 234 Autoblinda 41 (AB 41) Aviation Cadets
B	B-17 and B-52 Bombers B-17 Bomber B-17 Flying Fortress B-17 “Memphis Belle” B-17 Painting B-18 Bolo B-24 Assembly Plane B-24 Liberator B-24 Liberator “The Squaw” B-24 “Witchcraft” B-25 Final Assembly B-25 “Lady Luck” B-25 “Maid in the Shade” B-25 Mitchell B-25 Mitchell & Japanese Zero B-25 “Pacific Prowler” B-26 Marauder B-29 “Dinah Might” B-29 Superfortress Bomber Ball Turret Battle-line Battleship Poster Bayonets Beretta Submachine Gun Bergepanther Bicycle Troops Blohm & Voss BV 141 Bomb Sizes British Aircraft Poster British Army Tanks Poster British M3 Stuart Tank British Tanks and AFVs of WWII Brummbär – Sturmpanzer IV BT-7 Tank
C	C-47 Skytrain Camp Tophat Captured FW 190 Captured German Staff Car Captured Kubelwagen Captured Me 109 Captured Schwimmwagen Carro Armato Fiat-Ansaldo M11/39 Carro Armato Fiat-Ansaldo M13/40 Carro Armato Fiat L6/40 Carro Armato Fiat M14/41 Carro Armato M15/42 Carro Armato P26/40 Carro Veloce CV-33 (L3/33) Carro Veloce CV-35 (L3/35) Char B1 Tank Civil Air Patrol Cologne Panther Cologne Ruins Conquest and Liberation of France CV-6 Enterprise
D	de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito Deadly Fly Destroying Japanese Weapons Dive Bombers of WWII Doolittle Raid Dornier Do 17 Dornier Do 18 Flying Boat Dornier Do 335 DUKW
E	“Enemy Tanks are Vulnerable” Engine Change Engineer Convoy
F	F4F-4 Wildcat F4U Corsair F7F Tigercat Fiat 3000 (L.5/21 and L.5/30) Fiat BR.20 Cicogna Fiat G.50 Freccia Fieseler Fi 156 Storch Field Radio Fighter Trio Flak Stellung near Orel Fletcher Class Destroyers FM-2 Wildcat Focke-Wulf Fw 189 Uhu Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Focke-Wulf Fw 190 D-9 Dora Focke-Wulf Fw 190 Variants Foxholes Frankfurt Ruins French Fighters of World War II French Tanks and AFVs of WWII
G	Gas Mask Training General Douglas MacArthur German Army Uniforms German Army Uniforms and Insignia German Infantry Gruppe German Panzer Production German Prisoners of War German WWII Mortars Grumman TBF Avenger Guadalcanal

H	Half-Track Recognition Poster Hawker Hurricane Hawker Hurricane Heinkel He 162 Heinkel He 177 Heinkel He 219 Uhu Henschel Hs 126 Hurricane Mk.IIC Hurtgen Forest
I	Italian Navy Uniforms and Insignia
J	Jagdpanzer IV Japanese Aircraft Carriers of WWII Japanese Aircraft Recognition Japanese Battleships of WW2 Japanese Destroyers Japanese Submarines Japanese Surrender Ceremonies Japanese Tanks and AFVs of WWII Japanese Zero Jeep in the Persian Gulf Jeep Markings Jeep vs. Kubelwagen Jeeps of the 327th Glider Infantry “Join the Tanks” Posters Ju 88 Wreck Junkers Ju-52 Junkers Ju 87 Stuka Junkers Ju 87G Stuka Junkers Ju 88 Junkers Ju 188 Junkers Ju 288 Junkers Ju 290 Junkers Ju 290 Bomber Junkers Ju 388 Junkers Ju 488
K	Kasserine Pass Kirishima Japanese Battleship Kübelwagen Photographs KV-2 Heavy Tank KV-2 Russian Tank
L	La Gleize, Belgium Lady Drivers Leipzig German Cruiser Locomotive Destroyed LST Normandy Luftwaffe Field Divisions Luftwaffe Geschwader Luftwaffe Uniforms
M	M1 Garand M10 Tank Destroyer Film M3 Stuart Tank M3 Tank M3 Tank in Tunisia M4 Sherman Tank M4 Sherman Tanks M4 Sherman Tank on Iwo Jima Marder II Marder III Marine Trucks Macchi C.202 Macchi C.205 Marder III Italy Mascot Me 109 Color Photos Me 262 Jet Along Autobahn Me 262 Night Fighter Me-262A Messerschmitt Fighters of WWII Messerschmitt Me 210 Messerschmitt Me-262 Schwalbe Messerschmitt Me 410 MG42 Machine Gun Film Military Courtesy Mistel German Bomber Mitsubishi Ki-46 “Dinah” MP40 Submachine Gun Film Mulberry Harbor
N	Nakajima Ki-43 Oscar Navy Trainers Normandy Gun Emplacement Nose Art: B-17 “Sheriff’s Posse” Nose Art: B-24 “Prince Charming” Nose Art: B-24 “Arkansas Traveler”
O	Ohka (Yokosuka MXY-7 Online WWII Photo Sources Operation Husky Operation Plunder Ordnance Truck Osprey Duel Series
P	P-38 Lightning and F-15 Eagle P-38 Lightning P-39 Airacobra P-40 Warhawk P-40 Tomahawk and A-10 Thunderbolt P-47 Thunderbolt and F-22 Raptor P-47 Thunderbolt Video P-51s on Deck of British Carrier P-51 Fighter Painting P-51 Mustang and F-15E Strike Eagle P-51 Mustang “Gunfighter” P-51 Mustangs P-51 Mustangs of the 15th Air Force Panzer Divisions Panzer I Panzer II Panzer IV Destroyed near Dasburg Panzer IV Grislybär Panzerfaust Panzerschreck Panzergrenadier Divisions Panzerwrecks Parachute Rigger Paris Display PBM Mariner Peleliu Post-War Plans PPSh-41

R	Rabaul RAF Bombers of WWII Recognition of the Japanese Zero Red Army Man Red Cross Rocket Launcher T-34 “Calliope” Route of the 9th Armored Division
S	Salerno Landings Savoia-Marchetti SM.79 Savoia-Marchetti SM.82 SB2C Helldiver SBD Dauntless Scharnhorst German Battleship Schienenwolf Scuttling of French Fleet at Toulon SdKfz 234 Armored Cars SdKfz 250 Variants SdKfz 251 Variants Semovente 47/32 Semovente 75/18 Semovente 75/34 Semovente 90/53 Semovente 105/25 Sentinels Shark Teeth Marking Shoulder Insignia of U.S. Army SNJ Trainer Soldat and Funker Soviet Air Attack Soviet Aircraft of WW2 SPAD Fighters Spitfire Spitfire and Mustang St. Lo, France Strafing Japanese Airfield Sturmgeschütz III (StuG III) SU 122 & SU 152 SU-152 Surrender Surviving Ferdinands/Elefants Surviving Jagdpanther Tanks Surviving Jagdtigers Surviving Panzers Surviving Sturmtigers Surviving Tiger Tanks
T	T-6 Texan Tank Destroyer Battalions Tank Dozer Tank Recognition Poster TBM Avenger over Iwo Jima Tiger Tank Abteilung Tiger Tank in Allied Intelligence Tiger Tank Replicas Tiger Tanks in Normandy Tiger Tanks in Sicily Tirpitz: WWII German Battleship Tobruk Top Turret Torpedo Boats Transport Tuskegee Airmen
U	Unloading in Normandy U.S. Aircraft Carriers U.S. Army Corps U.S. Army Decorations and Awards U.S. Army Rangers U.S. Artillery of WWII U.S. Military Convoy U.S. Navy Battleships U.S. Planes Poster U.S. Tank Production in World War II U.S. WW2 Travel Sites USO USS Iowa USS New York Bombards Iwo Jima USS Ranger USS Ranger Poster USS South Dakota
V	V-2 Rocket VF-3 Wildcats on USS Saratoga Villers-Bocage
W	Waco CG-4A Glider WASP: Women Airforce Service Pilots WAVES Wehrmacht Infantry Divisions Winter Sentries WW2 Acronyms WW2 Aircraft Production WW2 Airplane Drawings WW2 Color Pictures WW2 Fighter Planes WW2 Guns WW2 Mortars WW2 Phonetic Alphabet WW2 Uniforms WW2 Weapons
Y	YB-17 Bomber
#	101st Airborne Paratrooper 10th Armored Division Halftrack 102nd Infantry Division Jeep 16″ Gun and Turret Training Film 345th Engineers Bridge 37mm AA Gun Carriage 384th Bombardment Group 8th Infantry Division

Posted in miscellaneous, photos | Tagged illustrations, links, miscellaneous | 1 Comment

Vehicle Signs and Shoulder Titles

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

The following short remarks on vehicle unit markings and unit uniform markings was printed in “Intelligence Lessons from North Africa, Operation Torch” by the Office of Assistant Chief of Staff, G-2, Allied Force Headquarters, March 1943.

Vehicle Signs and Shoulder Titles

Formations and units should arrive in the theater without vehicle signs and shoulder titles. There has been some evidence that formation moves towards the front have been traced by this means.

It is considered that Army Commanders should be empowered to replace vehicle signs and shoulder titles when considered necessary for the purpose of traffic control or morale. Generally speaking, they can, from a security point of view, be replaced sooner in Army and Corps Troop units, as these cover a wide area.

Posted in miscellaneous, publications, research | Tagged intelligence, markings, north africa, research, security, torch | Comments Off

German Transport

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Two photographs of German transport on the Russian Front during Operation Barbarossa from the website’s photo collection.

Cars lead a column of supply trucks past a destroyed bridge:

Wehrmacht staff cars behind a truck of the 3rd Waffen SS Division Totenkopf:

Source: LoneSentry.com Collection.

Posted in photos | Tagged air transport command, german, home front, photos, russia | 1 Comment

There is No All-Purpose Plane

Posted on November 18, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

“There is No All-Purpose Plane” poster from Newsmap, November 1942.

For the United States, the requirements of this war are extremely varied. Our airplanes are in daily operation against the enemy on many fronts with variations in climate and battle stations that are the severest possible test of military aircraft.

Continue reading →

Posted in miscellaneous, research | Tagged 1942, aircraft, newsmap, poster | 1 Comment

Panzer Wallpaper for iPad/iPhone

Posted on November 17, 2010 by Lone_Sentry_Admin

Panzer wallpaper for use as iPad/iPhone backgrounds — U.S. Air Force photographs from WWII showing destroyed German panzers in Europe.

Click on any wallpaper thumbnail to download the large 1024 x 1024 pixel image.

Instructions to save an image as wallpaper on the iPad:
• Step 1: When browsing the Internet in Safari on the iPad, simply press and hold on an image and a menu will appear to save the image in “Saved Photos” on your iPad.
• Step 2: On your iPad home screen or desktop, open “Settings” and then choose “Brightness & Wallpaper.” Touch that to open it, and a “Wallpaper” box will appear. Click on the “Wallpaper” box to select images from your “Saved Photos”.

Posted in armor, photos | Tagged armor, background, desktop, destroyed, german, ipad, panzer, photos, wallpaper | 1 Comment

King & Country Snow Tiger

Foxholes: Dig or Die!

New Figures from Scale Fanatic

M2 Accessories from Black Dog

New Dragon Pz.Kpfw.IV Ausf.G Kit

WWII Photographs, Posters and Illustrations

Vehicle Signs and Shoulder Titles

German Transport

There is No All-Purpose Plane

Panzer Wallpaper for iPad/iPhone

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