NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 7 DECEMBER 2009

Hello again and welcome to this week’s newsletter of what’s new on Miliblog.

Well my trusty little scanner has been working flat out and we have now completed 500 photos in our Eastern Front Collection. We still have some more to bring you, but I think maybe we all fancy a change ! Below I’ve added some smaples from this week’s additions, and the first one shows again that there were many horse-drawn transports in the German Army. Just look how tired these guys are. Next is one for you aircraft enthusiasts, which is a Fiesler Storch (Stork) communications and reconnaissance aircraft. If you would like to see a preserved example, the Aircraft Museum at RAF Cosford, in Shropshire UK has a fine example on display. The next photo shows a load of early Russian T-34 tanks after a battle. What force it must have taken to flip over one of them. Ideal photo for our modelling friends shows a Pak 37 37mm anti-tank gun, complete with crew in firing position. The last sample for the week shows just how unprepared the German Army was for the cold and for winter camouflage, having to use ‘liberated’ white bedsheets to cover their field grey uniforms.

So let’s have a look in the scanner box and see what we have for you for next week !  

Cheerio !

Simon

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