This is a 1/6 Scale Afrikakorps from Soldier Story. Impresive!
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Monday, July 4, 2011
Sunday, May 15, 2011
DAK RELATED DOCUMENTS - Montgomery's Personal Message
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Montgomery's Personal Message for his troops just before Operation Lightfoot
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| August 1942: Churchill (left) with the new Commander of the 8th Army, General Montgomery (center). |
Friday, April 1, 2011
GERMAN ARMY RANK TABLE COMPARATION
GERMAN ARMY RANK TABLE COMPARATION | ||
| HEER | LUFTWAFFE | KRIEGSMARINE |
| Grenadier | Flieger | Matrose |
| Obergrenadier | - | - |
| Gefreiter Obergefreiter Stabsgefreiter | Gefreiter Obergefreiter Hauptgefreiter Stabsgefreiter | Matrosengefreiter Matrosenobergefreiter Matrosenhauptgefreiter Matrosenstabsgefreiter |
| Unteroffizier | Unteroffizier | Maat |
| Unterfeldwebel | Unterfeldwebel | Obermaat |
| Fähnrich | - | Fähnrich zur See |
| Feldwebel | Feldwebel | Feldwebel |
| Oberfeldwebel Hauptfeldwebel | Oberfeldwebel | Stabsfeldwebel Oberfeldwebel |
| Oberfähnrich | - | Oberfähnrich zur See |
| Stabsfeldwebel | Stabsfeldwebel | Stabsoberfeldwebel |
| Leutnant | Leutnant | Leutnant zur See |
| Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant | Oberleutnant zur See |
| Hauptmann | Hauptmann | Kapitänleutnant |
| Major | Major | Korvettenkapitän |
| Oberstleutnant | Oberstleutnant | Fregattenkapitän |
| Oberst | Oberst | Kapitän zur See Kommodore |
| Generalmajor | Generalmajor | Vizeadmiral |
| Generalleutnant | Generalleutnant | Konteradmiral |
| General | General | Admiral |
| Generaloberst | Generaloberst | Generaladmiral |
| Generalfeldmarschall | Generalfeldmarschall | Grossadmiral |
| - | Reichsmarschall | - |
THE LUFTWAFFE IN NORTH AFRICA (Part 2)
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LUFTWAFFE ORGANIZATION | |
| Rotte | 2 planes |
| Kette | 3 planes |
| Schwarm | 4 or 5 planes |
| Staffel | from 9 to 12 planes |
| Gruppe | from 3 to 4 Staffeln, plus 1 Stabkette (command section) |
| Geschwadern | from 3 to 4 Gruppen, plus 1 Stabstaffel (command squad) |
| Fliegerdivision | 3 Geschwadern |
| Fliegerkorps | Similar to a Fliegerdivision but with more planes |
| Luftlotte | 2 Fliegerdivisionen |
THE ITALIAN ARMY - DIVISIONE FOLGORE
Over the walls of the Italian El Alamein Memorial, there are these words: "Folgore Division: Legion of souls watching over the desert"
Sunday, March 20, 2011
GENERAL DER PANZERTRUPPEN HANS-KARL FREIHERR VON ESEBECK
Hans-Karl Asmus Werner Freiherr von Esebeck (10 July 1892 – 5 January 1955) was a German General who commanded the 15th Panzer Division in the AfrikaKorps. He was also a conspirator against Adolf Hitler.
Von Esebeck had knowledge of and was sympathetic to the anti-Hitler conspiracy. He was arrested on 21 July 1944 and spent the rest of the war in concentration camps. Liberated at the end of the war he lived the rest of his life in poverty and died on 5 January 1955.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
VIDEO - ARMORTEK - DAK Sd.Kfz. 222 1/6th Scale Armoured Car
Armortek "All Metal" 1/6th Scale Sd.Kfz.222 Armoured Car from WWII.
Model build over a period of about 10 weeks. Over 70 hours were spent painting the final DAK scheme to depict a vehicle which would have been well used in North Africa. Armortek are a UK based Company supplying probably the best 1/6th scale radio control models on the market today.
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