Stinger Captain
Posts : 948 Join date : 2012-06-10 Location : Niagara
| Subject: Did you know.... Wed Jan 09, 2013 10:29 pm | |
| MARKINGS ON GERMAN MOTOR-MAINTENANCE VEHICLES
It is evident that motor-maintenance vehicles should bear distinctive markings by which they may be readily identified. On the other hand, an order captured from the Germans would appear to indicate that such vehicles should not be so clearly marked as to permit easy identification by enemy observers.
The above-mentioned order was captured from a German reconnaissance unit operating in North Africa and reads as follows:
"It is forbidden to mark gasoline and oil supply trucks with distinctive yellow or black-white-red disks, and these must be removed. Enemy aircraft can destroy easily recognizable gasoline and oil supply vehicles with incendiary ammunition. Gasoline supply trucks and gasoline-and-spare-parts supply trucks are to be marked with a blue 'B' made to stand out slightly by a pale yellow outline around its edges. Vehicles belonging to maintenance groups, sections, and light detachments are to be marked with a special 'J'." . _____________________________________________ My Tanks <<== Click hereCan-Am Tank Club <<< Web site linkTiger I | King Tiger | Panther G | PzIII | PzIV | Stug IV | SturmTiger | Pershing/Howitzer | M16 Halftrack | M26 Super Pershing | M48 Patton | M41 Bulldog | Gepard | Leopard | KV-1 | KV-2 |T-34 |
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knispel Retired
Posts : 1318 Join date : 2012-07-01 Age : 72 Location : North of Kitchener
| Subject: Re: Did you know.... Thu Jan 10, 2013 1:29 pm | |
| Well now that kind of makes sense. I just hear the recon leader saying " warum nicht einfach malen ein BULLS EYE auf sie " |
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Stinger Captain
Posts : 948 Join date : 2012-06-10 Location : Niagara
| Subject: Re: Did you know.... Thu Jan 10, 2013 7:56 pm | |
| Did you know...
Tiger 1 facts :Width to outside of 28 1/2-inch tracks - 11 ft 9 inWidth of hull at top - 10 ft 3 1/2 inWidth of hull at nose - 6 ft 4 inLength track on ground - 12 ft 3 inHeight from ground to hull top - 5 ft 8 inHeight from ground to highest point on cupola - 9 ft 6 1/2 in Belly clearance - 1 ft 3 in
A total of 92 rounds of 88-mm ammunition is carried
The 88-mm gun is slightly offset to the right side and its recoil guard
extends backwards until it nearly reaches the turret ring
The rounds of ammunition are 36 1/2 inches long and nearly 4 1/2 inches in diameter
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