High Tech German military

"For example, production of aviation gasoline had been reduced by 95 percent, which created yet another oil paradox. Without fuel, the fighters could not fly to protect the oil facilities, which meant more destroyed refineries and therefore less fuel. Rather than waste fuel taxiing, aircraft were towed to runways by teams of cows and horses.
Speer saw the inevitable end when he encountered a column of 150 trucks of the German 10th Army, each of which had four oxen hitched to it. Even many of the vaunted V-1 and V-2 rockets had to be hauled to their launching sites by horse-drawn wagons"

http://www.mikeantonucci.com/bloodforoil.htm

 

So start your thread, Mac.

That Globe is cool, JC. Where did you come across it?

 

I found it while doing some Virtual tours online .

Museum of WWII -Virtual Tour- The German Military

 

in fairness to arapaho (or was it navajo?) it never got cracked. the enigma did.

the russian invisible bridge?

coconut milk used by marines as blood expanders?

or how 'bout the japanese bicycle in malaya?

the 30-'06 that gave off a hell of a lot of smoke, obscuring the shooter's vision after 10 rounds?

there are advantages and disadvantages to joining a war LATE, aren't there? hehe...

 

A very interesting read is the book "The Crash of Ruin: American Combat Soldiers in Europe" by Peter Schrijvers. On page 89 it describes what German equipment US forces found . Bicycles,horse tack ,wagons,horse drawn artillery,ect. it even mentions trenches for horses at Normandy

The Crash of Ruin: American Combat ... - Google Book Search

 

I've been looking for some of those pictures of German "vehicles" being towed by horses ala The Beverly Hillbillies and need to post up some of the wood buring fuel converter vehicles running around. These make the above look good. By 1944 the German military and vehicles was getting really pathetic.

 

Please do T.A. I would love to see them .

 

By 1944, the Germans had been fighting for 5 years, the Ami's......barely gotten their feet wet yet. Germany was out of oil.
After reading this Thread, I wonder just how the German Army ever managed to bumble & fumble their way across all of Europe.

 

I supose this must be an escapee out of Germany on some U-Boat Coffe grounds! I suppose this was Ersatz!
A Truck That Runs on Coffee Grounds (and How Wood-Gas Powers Cars With Garbage) : Gas 2.0


Now seriously...

Ford Germany, original factory photograph , 5 x 7 , has factory stamp on reverse with address as "Adolf Hitler Platz Koln..."


Magirus Deutz


1944 VW Type 82 - Wood Gas Generator


And last but not the least...

 

What is the before-last photo, Fallschimjäger zu Pferd?

Anyway this thread is too one sided, the US Army resorted to non-motorised transport too.


http://www.theliberator.be/handcart.htm

 

Must have been hard to Para Drop them huh? LOL

 

LOL Too onesided?? In a thread about the German Military lol? Well if anyone one wants to add anything about other armies they can go ahead. But I bet you wont find many instances where the majority of a country's transportation throughout the war was horse drawn . Especially one that some think was highly mechanized and High Tech.

 

By the way that is one of my favorite movies. Though I think John Wayne was a little long in the tooth for the part .

 

I think The Longest Day was on TV last night and I missed it .

 

Go back

 

This thread reminds me of the part in "Band of Brothers" where Webster is yelling at the Germans as they march, defeated, in the center of the road. Webster starts yelling at them. It's hilarious!

here is the clip!
YouTube - Band of Brothers - Webster's Mini-Speech

 

So, do you think the horses were trained to parachute too?