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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Changeup on December 18, 2011, 06:06:00 PM
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2075565/Vivid-new-Battle-Bulge-photos-offer-seen-look-war-weary-soldiers-braving-frigid-weather-fight-Nazi-Germanys-major-offensive-World-War-II.html
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:aok
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My dad is a Battle of the Bulge vet and he is still kicking.Thanks for the link.
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Thanks for sharing! my Grandfather was in Pattons 3rd army and he came up as reinforcements during the battle. Sadly he passed away last month...
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Never in a million years would I ever had put you down as a Daily Mail reader Changeup :D
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Never in a million years would I ever had put you down as a Daily Mail reader Changeup :D
hehe, I was searching for something with my son and came across it...you assumption is correct! :salute
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Never before seen....vivid color....
Well not seen since "LIFE's Picture History of World War II" was published in 1950 :)
OK so they got a little carried away with the story. Great photos anyway :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/M36.jpg)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/Bulge.jpg)
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Never before seen....vivid color....
Well not seen since "LIFE's Picture History of World War II" was published in 1950 :)
OK so they got a little carried away with the story. Great photos anyway :)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/M36.jpg)
(http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s199/guppy35/Bulge.jpg)
Ahh, crap! I thought I found something Corky!!! You've seen all the pics already
Changeup
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Ahh, crap! I thought I found something Corky!!! You've seen all the pics already
Changeup
And it was posted in the O'Club on Saturday. Nice fail! :rock
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And it was posted in the O'Club on Saturday. Nice fail! :rock
Oh well....no good deed goes unpunished...
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I had not seen them ..First I have ever seen in color .
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WOW! Nice find :salute
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(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-0-0F3546E200000578-263_964x641.jpg) What Tank please?
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Widewing from O club thread
The first photo has an incorrect caption stating that the tank depicted is an M4 Sherman. It is an M36 Jackson... 90mm gun.
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So this is where AH got the idea that trees can stop and hold up a tank.
:noid
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Widewing from O club thread
The first photo has an incorrect caption stating that the tank depicted is an M4 Sherman. It is an M36 Jackson... 90mm gun.
Interesting... I wouldn't have noticed without looking up pictures (I'm not a tank buff), but the M4 and M36 don't look anything alike. Seems like a strange mistake for an article to make.
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Folks, January's "This Day in WWII" is Battle of the Bulge.
It will run Jan 25th, in Special Events II arena, at 8 pm Eastern time.
Please join us!
(http://ahevents.org/images/stories/thisDayInWWII_files/battleOfTheBulge/banner-1.png)
More details on the setup here:
http://ahevents.org/events/this-day-in-wwii/550.html?task=view
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Also, thank you for posting a link to the pics! <S>
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Also, thank you for posting a link to the pics! <S>
Welcome Brooke..I will try to make that one...sounds great
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(http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/12/17/article-0-0F3546E200000578-263_964x641.jpg) What Tank please?
The old caption, from Guppy's source, says it is a Gun Motor Carrage, a tank destroyer. The new caption calls it an M-4.
It looks like an M-36 to me, a GMC (Gun Motor Carrage, aka, Tank Destroyer), based on the length of the gun barrel, the muzzle brake, and the travel lock. I can't tell if it has an open turret or not and I haven't compaired the shape of the gun mantle.
I was really :headscratch: when they called it an M-4.
wrongway
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Oh yeah, thes are primo, all right-clickers!
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The old caption, from Guppy's source, says it is a Gun Motor Carrage, a tank destroyer. The new caption calls it an M-4.
It looks like an M-36 to me, a GMC (Gun Motor Carrage, aka, Tank Destroyer), based on the length of the gun barrel, the muzzle brake, and the travel lock. I can't tell if it has an open turret or not and I haven't compaired the shape of the gun mantle.
I was really :headscratch: when they called it an M-4.
wrongway
It is an M36 Tank Destroyer... Very much feared by German tankers as its 90mm could kill anything the M36 might encounter.
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My dad is a Battle of the Bulge vet and he is still kicking.Thanks for the link.
:salute to your grandpa thanks for his service and all the men women
that keep your county safe past and present.
flakhapy
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmQhEzbZ2BU&feature=related
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These got me in the mood, so I watched "The Longest Day" on Neflix Roku last night. Lots of old actors you have to look at twice, The Duke, Eddie Albert, Fabian, George Segal, even Sean Connery in a bit part. :salute