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Title: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 03:05:54 PM: http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2OjzcK/www.themysteryworld.com/2010/11/red-army-during-world-war-ii-109-pics.html

Note: Some of these photos may be considered graphic by some.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Ex-jazz on March 05, 2011, 03:20:59 PM: (http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUamvdRrvI/AAAAAAAAAGw/j2ZED1Wy4rE/s1600/armia-czerwona-27.jpg)

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Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Rhah on March 05, 2011, 04:00:58 PM: :salute Stumble is the best, no? just recently stumbled on this:

http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2U8veh/blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2009/10/21/color-photography-from-russian-in-the-early-1900s/comment-page-4

it's pre- WWI, but in color, which i thought was very cool.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:03:34 PM: WOW! Thanks for sharing.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 04:07:18 PM: No problem.

I have a bunch of color photos stashed away somewheressssss....I'll have to find them.

and thank you for sharing these colored photos as well. :)

[EDIT: - I've seen these! I thought I'd never get this link again! TY!]
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:13:54 PM: Quote from: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 03:05:54 PM
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/2OjzcK/www.themysteryworld.com/2010/11/red-army-during-world-war-ii-109-pics.html

Note: Some of these photos may be considered graphic by some.

About a 1/3 way down you see three Russians with a artillery. And one guy, face down, lay over the.......hell i do not what it is called that keep the artillery from shifty when firing. You see what i mean.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Tyrannis on March 05, 2011, 04:20:23 PM: Quote from: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:13:54 PM
About a 1/3 way down you see three Russians with a artillery. And one guy, face down, lay over the.......hell i do not what it is called that keep the artillery from shifty when firing. You see what i mean.
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/xxREXxx_01/armia-czerwona-37.jpg)

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Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 04:21:59 PM: he's talking about the 36th picuture
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:24:44 PM: Quote from: Tyrannis on March 05, 2011, 04:20:23 PM
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/xxREXxx_01/armia-czerwona-37.jpg)

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Quote from: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 04:21:59 PM
he's talking about the 36th picuture

Yea, the 36th. is that guy dead?
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 04:29:51 PM: i'd imagine
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:38:06 PM: Quote from: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 04:29:51 PM
i'd imagine

It just looks like he tripped over it and photographer got a good snap shot of it. As for the color pic, wow! They are so clear for pic bing that old and in color
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Rhah on March 05, 2011, 04:54:33 PM: Quote from: oakranger on March 05, 2011, 04:38:06 PM
It just looks like he tripped over it and photographer got a good snap shot of it. As for the color pic, wow! They are so clear for pic bing that old and in color

yah i was shocked when i first saw them. there are some spots that look strange, but for the most part the colors are very bright. Would sure be cool to visit one of those palaces.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Reaper90 on March 05, 2011, 05:08:31 PM: (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUeR7L5e5I/AAAAAAAAAPw/DQCMhvJ_bcc/s1600/armia-czerwona-110.jpg)

I don't know much about Soviet WWII small arms.... what are these long rifles? From another pic they do not appear to be heavy machine guns, and they're being shouldered so they can't be too heavy......
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Nefarious on March 05, 2011, 05:44:44 PM: Anti Tank Rifles...

PTRS-41 I beleive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTRS-41
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Rhah on March 05, 2011, 05:45:26 PM: Quote from: Reaper90 on March 05, 2011, 05:08:31 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUeR7L5e5I/AAAAAAAAAPw/DQCMhvJ_bcc/s1600/armia-czerwona-110.jpg)

I don't know much about Soviet WWII small arms.... what are
these long rifles? From another pic they do not appear to be heavy machine guns, and they're being shouldered so they can't be too heavy......

i believe they are anti tank rifles, like this one http://www.antitank.co.uk/
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Tyrannis on March 05, 2011, 05:49:51 PM: Quote from: Reaper90 on March 05, 2011, 05:08:31 PM
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUeR7L5e5I/AAAAAAAAAPw/DQCMhvJ_bcc/s1600/armia-czerwona-110.jpg)

I don't know much about Soviet WWII small arms.... what are these long rifles? From another pic they do not appear to be heavy machine guns, and they're being shouldered so they can't be too heavy......
yea. look like longer barreled versions of the ptrs-41.
(http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f385/xxREXxx_01/PTRS001.jpg)
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Nefarious on March 05, 2011, 06:26:40 PM: Great-Grandaddy's of the SKS...

PTRS and SVT-40 all used a similar tilting bolt and gas piston system, the SKS was just the condensed version of these rifles.

BTW, not everyone in that pic is carrying a PTRS... Some are carrying Mosin-Nagant 91/30s. I think they had two man teams to operate the rifle.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: SmokinLoon on March 05, 2011, 06:29:32 PM: The pic of the tank going over the trench with the soldiers hunkering down beneath it is awesome. I cant imagine the nerves they must have had.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: Motherland on March 05, 2011, 06:56:41 PM: Pictures like this have completely changed since I've reached 'fighting age'... He looks like he's younger than I am.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUbCz2pVHI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tj9QHmIWg7c/s1600/armia-czerwona-38.jpg)

I saw on the news the other day some video of kids training to fight Qaddafi... it's even more intense when they're not in uniform.
Title: Re: WWII Pictures from the Russian Front
Post by: MarineUS on March 05, 2011, 08:25:10 PM: Quote from: Motherland on March 05, 2011, 06:56:41 PM
Pictures like this have completely changed since I've reached 'fighting age'... He looks like he's younger than I am.

(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2LZPKXLrIGQ/TOUbCz2pVHI/AAAAAAAAAIQ/tj9QHmIWg7c/s1600/armia-czerwona-38.jpg)

I saw on the news the other day some video of kids training to fight Qaddafi... it's even more intense when they're not in uniform.

I had mentioned how young he looked as well.
Crazy stuff.