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6 Mar 2015, 16:58 PM
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Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Allahkeef' of 22nd Armoured Brigade HQ, 7th Armoured Division, coming ashore from a landing ship, 7 June 1944.



A Sherman tank crew of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, warm themselves around a petrol stove in the village of Mesnil-Eglise near Dinant in Belgium, 4 January 1944



Sherman tanks moving up to the front near Hotton in Belgium, 4 January 1945.


6 Mar 2015, 19:06 PM
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Japanese soldiers on the march near the Chinese city of Tianjin.
6 Mar 2015, 19:11 PM
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Japanese troops on the march in Northern Malaysia



japanese using dogs to carry messages.
6 Mar 2015, 19:23 PM
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Tankettes of 7th Independent Tankette Company under Captain Yamada attacking chinese troops during the battle of nanchang. 1939
6 Mar 2015, 20:01 PM
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Sherman tanks moving up to the front near Hotton in Belgium, 4 January 1945.



Any idea why those two tanks in the back are facing their main gun to the back?
6 Mar 2015, 20:11 PM
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Any idea why those two tanks in the back are facing their main gun to the back?

I guess it is a standard formation for columns to prevent ambushing in the rear.
6 Mar 2015, 20:15 PM
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or they know the road is absolutely secure and want their barrels to not take up anymore space?
6 Mar 2015, 20:25 PM
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Any idea why those two tanks in the back are facing their main gun to the back?


The tank gun barrel holders are on the backs of the tanks. They're prolly in a secure area, and I'm guessing those holders are to keep the gun stable while they're not in combat
6 Mar 2015, 20:29 PM
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and also to give more space to the tank in front and to the sides .
7 Mar 2015, 15:44 PM
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Japanese war dog, "Saburo"

7 Mar 2015, 15:49 PM
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The Japanese Type 11 LMG. It was developed in 1922 and was in duty till 1945. Approximately 29.000 were built from 1922 to 1941.



Type 3 Chi-Nu

7 Mar 2015, 15:53 PM
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China 1940



Type 92 Heavy Armoured Car

7 Mar 2015, 16:03 PM
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japanese army infantry using a type 92 heavy machine gun wearing a heavy camouflage uniform (guadalcanal 1942)



Type 95 Ha-Go
7 Mar 2015, 17:10 PM
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Emperor Hirohito



Emperor Hirohito riding Shirayuki during an Army inspection in August 1938
7 Mar 2015, 21:44 PM
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Emperor Showa ( Hirohito ) , on his horse Shirayuki, reviewing Japanese Army troops, Feb 1933
7 Mar 2015, 21:52 PM
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Aerial view of German light cruiser Karlsruhe underway off San Diego, California, United States, 27 Mar 1934



Battleship Haruna undergoing post-modernization trials, 28 Aug 1934
7 Mar 2015, 22:07 PM
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Hitler's personal aircraft D-2600 in flight over southern Germany, circa 1934

At the suggestion of his personal pilot Hans Baur, Adolf Hitler specified a modified and unarmed prototype Condor, the Fw 200 V3, as his personal transport, as a replacement for his Junkers Ju 52. Originally configured as a 26-passenger Lufthansa transport (Works No. 3099), it was reconfigured as a plush two-cabin airliner. Hitler's seat in the cabin was equipped with a wooden table, seat-back armour plating, and an automatic parachute with downward throws. According to Baur, it was never armed. In line with Hitler's aircraft preferences, it carried the markings "D-2600" and named "Immelmann III" in honor of World War I flying ace Max Immelmann. As the war progressed it changed designation to "WL+2600" and finally "26+00;" it was destroyed at Berlin Tempelhof Airport in an Allied bombing raid on 18 July 1944.



German civilians greeting Chancellor Hitler at the opening ceremony of the IV Winter Olympic Games, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Bavaria, Germany, 6 Feb 1936



German SA, SS, and NSKK troops gathering at Nürnberg, Germany, 11 Sep 1935
8 Mar 2015, 17:39 PM
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Group of Red Army soldiers surrender to German troops during the Battle of Uman, in central Ukraine.



The canine pictured here, along with BT-10 armored car chums - is Djulbars, a famous Soviet war dog, credited with the discovery of some 7,500 mines in the course of a distinguished WW2 career that also involved a number of other creditable acts. German Shepherd he was; perhaps a minor accent on the "German" bit. Djulbars survived the war although, when it came to the Moscow victory parade, he was suffering from war wounds that prevented him from "marching" at the head of the contingent of war dogs. Such was his fame, Stalin ordered that an officer carry him in the parade, cradled in one of the Leader's greatcoats. He never received the Dicken Medal - but Stalin did award him the Soviet Medal for Military Merit, making him the only Soviet dog, at any rate, to be awarded a full military decoration for his service in WW2.



Russian Situation Map , Moscow Defence , 25-08-1941

8 Mar 2015, 22:42 PM
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Short Magazine Lee-Enfield Mk I (1903), Swedish Army Museum, Stockholm.



japanese army infantry in action during the invasion of the phillipines (january 1942) .



Russian Situation Map , Moscow Defence , 18-08-1941

8 Mar 2015, 22:49 PM
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Soviet soldiers preparing somthing to eat in the snowy forests of Finland during Winter war 1939-1940

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