Even more oops. No idea how I put a line through that?
Oops I put Simon's had motor cycle units. Poor memory skills! Radfahr abt 162 is of course the bicycle batallion, of which 212 men were in...
At the start of the campaign, June 42 62nd is part of 1st Panzer Armee. On 15/11/42 62nd is in the 8th Italian, By December 62nd Infantry is in...
From Wiki but ties in with what I have seen elsewhere. The 8th Italian Army was organized into three corps: The XXXV Army Corps, the II Army...
Although KG Bake performs very well it's reliability was no better than any other Tiger unit, during the period it was in "Bake" 503 Schw Pz Abt....
http://www.stalingrad-feldpost.de/Zeitzeugen/Zeitzeuge_Kallweit_/Zeitzeuge_Deimel_/Zeitzeuge_Patzsch/Zeitzeuge_Burghardt/zeitzeuge_kruger4.html...
There is a lot on AHF about this, Savoia was a long way off and these replies do not mention it but for your info I present some highlights. "an...
From "Tigers in Combat 1" Schwere Pz Abt 503 March 29th 1944 Total tanks 60. March 30th 1944. 13 Tanks operational. The battalion loses all 21...
Because it's armour sloping is better than the Sherman, it's side armour was 38mm no slope compared to the T34's 40mm at 41 degrees, also the...
I'm a fan of the T34 and the 85 extended it's longevity whilst keeping it able to deal with the most commonly met German tanks. However the...
This one is so good I got it for the Kindle even though I have the Stackpole....
Sometimes I give myself the creeps, Sometimes my mind plays tricks on me. It all keeps adding up, I think I'm...
Eric Sykes and Spine Millington. Found the picture when Eric died, they are comedy geniuses. I change it and my signature regularly to suit my...
No it's not April the first!! The highly efficient Germans put Angora production under SS control to provide fur for Parkas, socks, hats etc...
Up until Mid '42 the unit was 94% poachers picked from the concentration camp system (although they did have problems finding enough actual...
Whilst accurate in intent and some facts this article shows a worrying lack of knowledge about the progression of Dirlewanger's unit from a...
To paraphrase someone, I can't remember who? "To an Englishman of a certain age the roar of a merlin and the flash of an elliptical wing will...
Got to agree with Dave, he may not have been an active criminal, he may not have even regretted it but he still denied it happened and still...
Whilst I am totally appalled by any government that uses chemical weapons on it's own (although Assad is way behind the CIA on this and our own is...
The 2pdr Crusader has a 3 man turret, however the 6pdr takes more space and the turret crew reduces to 2 with the commander being loader, radio...
