BT-7?

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That'll do, Juha !

It was the thinly-armoured BT-7 light tank, destroyed in large numbers in the early battles. Both escape hatches on top of the turret were invariably left open, creating the unique silhouette of - Mickey Mouse.

Over to you....

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Thanks Martin,

My question is about the same subject:
What vehicle was called by Soviets as "fraternal grave"?

Regards, Juha

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The "Churchill" Heavy Tank ?

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Sorry Kai-Petri,
not Winston. A Soviet own one.

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...actually not a "tank"...
AFAIK the second most Soviet produced tracked AFV...

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Hmm, it wouldent be the KV1 would it?

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Sorry Stefan,

Not the Kliment Voroshilov.
To be exact I ment at my previous hint the production numbers during the WWII.
AFAIK T-34 was most produced (53497 tanks 1940-30th June 1945) and the KV-family got the third place (10200 tanks).
12761 vehicles of the one I´m after were made between late-42 to the end of the war.
Hint: it was armed with the 76.2mm ZIS-3 mod-42 gun.

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SU-76M light SP gun, am I close?

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Stefan,

Not only close, but bull´s-eye!
I think the SU got the name because of the quite "tight" crew positioning. As been thinly armored and open top, either a gun hit or a thrown hand grenade often eliminated the whole crew.
Your turn

Regards, Juha

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The Soviets did have "excellent" nick names for their vehicles. Was it for Sherman " Coffin for six..."??

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Kai-Petri,

AFAIK "the coffin for six brothers" was of M3 General Grant.
BTW it was supposed to be my next(?) question!

Regards, Juha

Sherman had also some very interesting German(?) nick-names: Ronson, Tommy oven...

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US manufactured SMG found in 2 variants, used by Canada, Russia and the USMC despite only around 100,000 being produced before 1945.

First to name it gets the next round...

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A guess, the .45 ACP Reising M-50 SMG

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Bang on, your turn.

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Give me the name of the small arm that was shipped the most during the lend lease agreement and who it was shipped to.

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To Russia

Thompson .45 cal SMG lend lease 137,729 sent

http://www.redguards.org/49/Weapons.htm

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Sorry Kai, that is the wrong weapon and the wrong country.

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I'll take a really wild guess at this and say Smith & Wesson 38/200 'Victory' model to the British Empire. ( I'm only saying that 'cos I've got one... )

I'll be interested to know what what the right answer is - I've searched the 'net for it without success

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Steve,

My guess is the US Cal..303, Lee-Enfield.
1196706 rifles to British Empire.
http://airforce.users.ru/lend-lease/english/index.htm (documents!)

Regards, Juha

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Correct Juha, your up.

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Thanks Steve
How much did the (camo)paint of Me109(mod G, I think) weight? In other words, how much less would the plane have weighted, without the paint?

Regards, Juha

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Well, this certainly is open to some interpetation. But, as aircraft paint weighs about 4 - 5 lbs a gallon (depending on solids content and VOCs) and it takes about 10 gallons to paint a plane the size of a 109 (including primer) the answer is 40 to 50 pounds. Now, this is rough. It includes only one primer and finish coat. If the aircraft had extensive camoflauge in various colors it could end up weighing more. By the by, a flat finish cost about 5 mph on top speed and many pilots prefered to wax and polish their aircraft to gain back that performance.

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Further to what T.A.G. has said, nothing to do with the questin, but in Korea the North Korean and Chinese pilots filed down the rivits on their aircraft so that they became considerably faster than their russian counterparts.

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