NEW THIS WEEK – MONDAY 1 FEBRUARY 2010

Hi there once again and welcome to what was new this week on Miliblog. Well we have some more additions to the Normandy 1944 and the Eastern Front Collections. So without hesitation, we’ll launch into our eleven samples this week, starting off in Normandy.

A nice photo of a GMC 6×6 loaded with GI’s being thrown some flowers by a liberated family. Next is a nice row of Pak 40 75mm anti-tank guns, which would be worth a fortune now. Following on we have a group of GI’s standing round a knocked-out Panther tank. Our next image features GI’s from the 2nd Armored Division, and since they look like infantry, maybe even from the 41st Armored Infantry Regiment. Next is a group of Canadian infantrymen relaxing around a piano-accordion and a nice motorcycle. The last Normandy photo is a very rare one taken of a GI in camouflage uniform, again probably from the 2nd Armored Division. A small number of armoured infantry units were issued with these camouflage uniforms particularly in the Bocage area of Normandy in June/July 1944. However after a number of tragic ‘friendly-fire’ incidents, they were quickly withdrawn since they looked too close to the uniforms worn by the opposing German forces, so quite a rare photo indeed.

Now we move onto the Eastern Front and our first photo shows a nice Tiger 1 tank in snow camouflage. Next is what remains of a Soviet T34 tank after being knocked-out. Following photo again illustrates that much of the German Army transport was horse-drawn, but this photo shows the type of lightweight bridge that was built by the German Army engineers, which is useful for our modelling friends. Next is a knocked-out Soviet BA-3 Armoured Car being inspected by German troops. And finally is a nice photo showing a river crossing with a German 8 wheeled armoured car being driven across a bridge.

So I hope you have a great week and we will be back soon with more updates and more news.

Cheerio !

Simon 

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