A captured Soviet SU-85 tank destroyer in German service, designated as a Beutepanzerjäger SU-85(r). Built on the T-34 chassis, it mounted a powerful 85mm gun capable of knocking out contemporary German armor. The Wehrmacht pressed these vehicles into service where possible, typically with second-line units, repainting them and adding Balkenkreuz markings for identification. 🪖
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
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Below there is a StuG IV (He said: It had to be hidden somehow 🤨 .)
21 cm Nebelwerfer 42, 1944. Its serie sound earned it the nickname “Screaming Mimi,” while its heavy smoke trails often exposed its location after firing.
Monte Cassino, 1944 — German paratroopers take a brief pause in a battered courtyard, weapons close at hand, as the brutal fight for the ruins grinds on around them.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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British soldiers inspect a destroyed Pz IV in North Africa, blown up by its own crew to prevent it from being captured intact. Nov 1942
Tiger I heavy tank of the German 2nd SS Panzer Division 'Das Reich' at Kharkov, Ukraine, Apr 1943
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Adolf Hitler, flanked by the massed ranks of the Sturm Abteilung (SA), ascends the steps to the speaker's podium during the 1934 harvest festival celebration at Bückeburg.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Silhouettes and plan drawings of German warships produced in June 1942, used for identification training by Allied naval forces. These visual guides helped Allied gunners and aircraft crews distinguish between enemy vessels at a glance.
Wow, what effective! German battleship -almost sure Gneisenau- under camouflage nets in a dry dock in the French port of Brest. 1941.
Allied photo interpreters were scratching their heads, "Boy, Jerry has really let his landscaping maintenance slip."
The Heinkel He 59 was a twin-engined German biplane used as trainer, transport, air ambulance, torpedo bomber. Here in Denmark, 1940.
"The bigger, the better", the Germans said. A Me 323 Gigant is partially visible. Two Ju 290s are in the background. Italy, 1943.
The Gneisenau. Year and location unknown.
Gen. Erwin Rommel with the 15th Panzer Division between Tobruk and Sidi Omar. Sdf. Zwilling, Libya, January or November 24, 1941.
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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@panzer-lehr Either the photo is a reverse image, or they are in a captured British vehicle. From the decal on the front bumper, it looks like the photo is a reverse image.
“Hi @nort, I pulled it from the National Archives, and that’s how they had it displayed. I think you’re right, though, so I flipped it.” Looks better now and driver is on the correct side. 😀
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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Jagdpanthers of schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654 moving through Brionne, France, August 1944. Even 88mm guns couldn’t stop French rain — hence the umbrellas!
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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89 years ago, on June 1, 1937, the first flight of the Arado Ar 196 V3 prototype (D-ILRE), It became the standard observation floatplane of the Kriegsmarine throughout the WWII, and was the only German floatplane to serve throughout the conflict.
Third Battle of Kharkov, March 1943. Panzergrenadiers of the 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" ride with a Panzer IV through the streets of Kharkov.
"The face of a man discovering that the situation map and the actual situation have diverged."
"Si vis pacem, para bellum." — Vegetius
"Do not hurry to the sound of the guns without knowing why they are firing." — British maxim
"In war, the simplest things are difficult." — Clausewitz
"No plan survives first contact with the enemy." — Moltke
"The side that can most quickly exploit success is the side that will win." — Guderian
Some days you’re the hammer, some days you’re the nail. 🪖🎲
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