Name This Photo!!! - The AFV Recognition Thread

[vG]

P.S.

Regarding the earlier comments, try to guess this one...

No prize though...



It's probably not even that difficult.

But it's the other one that you're supposed to guess.

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[TN2IC]

German Panther

 

[geo]

In response to post 3614
The M39 used the hull of the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer with the turret replaced by a open-topped superstructure with a .50cal machine gun ring mount at the front. The M39 served as a personnel and cargo carrier or artillery towing vehicle.

 

[geo]

Vg - wrt posts 3614 & 3615.... only one at a time please

 

[tango22a]

vG: wrt  3615 AVGP with trim vane removed, air-lift cylinder removed and hull plated over.

Cheers,

tango22a

 

[vG]

German Panther

Close: King Tiger

Geo, the detail was only a joke pic.

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[TN2IC]

That was my second guess.

 

[geo]

Sooo
Post 3614 = M39
Post 3615 King Tiger

 

[George Wallace]

From the Panzer Museum in Munster, Germany.

This US/German design ended up becoming both the Leopard 2 AND the M1 Abrams!

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Wow!  That looks fantastic.  The last time I saw that tank, it was sitting outdoors in a wooded area with all the rest of the collection.  Looks like it has been cleaned up and repainted nicely and in a much more hospitable environment.  When did everything get moved indoors?  When I was there, there was rumours that they were moving everything down to Ingolstadt and a gigantic new Armour Museum.

 

[vG]

In response to post 3614
The M39 used the hull of the M18 Hellcat tank destroyer with the turret replaced by a open-topped superstructure with a .50cal machine gun ring mount at the front. The M39 served as a personnel and cargo carrier or artillery towing vehicle.

Correct, your turn.

vG

 

[geo]

Ack....
shooting from the hip, how about this one....

 

[NavyShooter]

German WWII?  37mm flakpanzer?

NS

 

[geo]

Right era... wrong everything else

 

[vG]

Nimrod M 40

Hungarian AT gun, but since the 40mm gun was not effective it turned into a decent AA gun.

From Wikipedia:

The 40M Nimrod was a World War II Hungarian anti-aircraft tank based on a license built copy of the Swedish Luftvärnskanonvagn L-62 Anti II tank. Originally, it was intended to be used as an anti-aircraft and anti-tank weapon, but it proved to be ineffective against Soviet T-34 tanks. Therefore, it was primarily utilized against lightly armored vehicles and for air defense.

A total of 135 Nimrods were built, most of which were deployed by the 51st and 52nd Armoured Autocannon Battalions of the 1st and 2nd Hungarian Armoured Division, respectively. Nimrod batteries attached to armoured and motorized battalions were allocated six vehicles each. A platoon contained 2 vehicles.

The vehicles' only armament was a 36M 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun also made in Hungary under license. The gun fired the usual anti-aircraft ammunition as well as a Hungarian anti-tank round. It had a rate of fire of 120 rounds/minute and a penetration of 46mm at 100m, 30mm at 1000m. The Nimrod carried 160 rounds.

Late in the war, the vehicle was issued with the 42M "Kerngranate". This was a rocket grenade fitted over the muzzle in the fashion of a rifle grenade.

The vehicle had a crew of 6 men: the Commander, driver, 2 loaders and 2 operating the gun.

Nice pictures but danish text here: http://www.chakoten.dk/nimrod.html

One of 6 Finnish bought L-62's  here (from Wikipedia):

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[geo]

Bingo - you're entirely right.... you're up!

 

[vG]

I'm out of good pics for the moment, somebody else pick up the mantle.

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[ironduke57]

Try this: (Sorry tango22 no naked females this time. ;D )

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[geo]

Early model of the Stridsvagn 103 ... "S" Tank

 

[ironduke57]

No.

Regards,
ironduke57

 

[vG]

The Stridsvagn 103 has only two small return rollers.

But it looks uncannily like a S 103 chassis nevertheless!

vG