ww2 pics taken by various german soldiers and officers in,soviet union,france,greece,poland,and rumania..

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pic 56 what plane is it?

pic 34 was,nt this the tank with removable turret that would be placed in the ground?

these are great photos Ray!

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thanks andy,I cant remember the tank name in pic 34,but I recall it was a waste of time..

KV-2, turret cannot come off and its a funny enough a artillery support vehicle. yes YES wate of time. slow, cant traverse turret on slopes, big target for german greenies

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Nice shots Ray. Some seem mildly familiar from eBay, wonder if that's where he harvested them.
(BTW - You're thinking of the 'Heuschrecke' variants with the removable turrets mate, google will reveal.)

~A

thanks adam,ebay eh,could be,I came across the tank mentioned on battlefront on sky,it looked similar to pic 34 adam,thanks for info I'll take a look,regards,ray..

poop have you even looked at pic 34? clearly a KV-2

big differance between a heuschreke and a KV-2

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I would say it is a Pe-2 series bomber. The hard points and the bays match

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thanks ike,difficult for me to tell,not my forte...ray..

I agree with PzJgr, comparing the two pictures together the angle of rest seems the same, along with that odd metal part that is easier to see in the B/W picture. I wonder if they stripped the plane or found it as is?

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I seen the similarities ike/matt,isnt the under carriage different? and the bomb hatch in color pic more forward than the bw pic?

I see what you are pointing out. Don't know.

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good find Ray ! nice early shots and groovin on the flight school in progress with their multi-a/c bi-plane configs. from about shot 125 onward

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I think it might be a different variation of the same plane. Its hard to tell, as the angles of the photographer are different in the two pictures, but the wheel-carriage/supports are also different, but I would say the bomb-bay doors are in the same place, and the odd triangular things about halfway between 'engine' and fuselage are also extremely similar, to the point that you'd have to say its the same plane type.

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thanks erich,certainly a lot of different pics,ray..

its certainly similar matt,are you thinking the pic was taken from the eastern front?ray..

were assuming the plane is russian ike,and from the eastern front?,ray..

The aircraft in the photo is not a Pe-2, the undercarriage is wrong.

An aircraft with the same type of undercarriage as in the photo is the Tupolev SB-2 (ANT-40).
This would be my guess on the aircraft's identity


The photo's is of SB-2's in Finnish service

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Look at ray's speculation re removable turrets in post #3.
I was replying to that, as you had already ID'd the KV in relation to that picture.

Kind of jumpy aren't you?

Sorry chaps, back to the winged thing... I'd say it's definitely an aeroplane.

~A

*sigh*

cant be a pe-2 look at the positoin of the wings, old photo they are in the middle of the fuesalage and the pe 2 has it almost under and i think red coat is right!

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ps the shots of the t-35 are nice aswell

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I did look at the Tupolev but it did not have the hard points as seen in the B/W photo and it did look very large. But the undercarriage and bomb bay doors look correct so I agree.

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well done guy's, were happy to agree then! tupolev,ray..