AA Guns in America

@abworsham4

Another cool idea would be if Germany built Lindermann (the massive battery) there. See what it can do when put in the fight it was designed for.

@abworsham4

Any of the Panzer aces-they truly destroyed a lot of tanks.

Seriously though, I would choose the Sturmtiger-I just find it interesting how it launches rocket propelled mortars rather than normal shells, even if the vehicle was never used ax intended.

Yeah - looking forward to watching that…

Only a few of them are war related, but all of them are definitely from the era. Incredible color photographs - enjoy!

http://blogs.denverpost.com/captured/2010/07/26/captured-america-in-color-from-1939-1943/

(a bit slow to load, but worth waiting for)

@CWO:

A similar situation existed in the Confederacy in the early stages of the U.S. Civil War, where it was believed that the material advantages of the North (in terms of industrial capacity, natural resources and sheer population numbers) could be overcome by (if I recall the quote correctly) “the gallantry and fighting spirit of the Southern Gentleman.”  The contrary (and ultimately correct) view was expressed by a certain Northerner to a friend he had in the Confederacy: “No nation of agriculturalists has ever defeated a nation of industrialists.  You are bound to fail.”

That’s an excellent example. I looked up the Civil War and found that the North experienced twice as many combat deaths as the South. That ratio would seem to partially justify Southern leaders’ faith in their strategy. However, the overall ratio of military deaths was 1.4 to 1. The reason for this is that so many soldiers on both sides died from disease, exposure, and other causes.

Later in the war, the North increasingly benefited from activities which did not necessarily involve a clash between the main Northern and Southern armies. The increasingly effective naval blockade is a good example of this, as are some of the coastal raids the North performed later in the war. The Southern economic collapse which resulted from the naval blockade is still another example. Later in the war, Grant capitalized on the Northern advantage in manpower by sending several secondary forces to invade the South, while the main Southern forces were occupied by their Northern counterparts.

My bad of course '43!!

here are two more of my favorites…

Hetzer  / agitator          and        Marder

180px-Jagdpanzer_38_Hetzer_1.jpg
Bundesarchiv_Bild_101I-022-2949-28%2C_Russland%2C_Jagdpanzer_%22Marder%22.jpg

Yeah, but big guns are really cool, just like big trucks!

PACIFIC 42

uk1-
1sub>  sz45( both subs) submerge)
1destroyer> sz59 wol
noncombat:
1 trn > sz 40 pickup newzealand and drop off in australlia
1 fig india sz > india
1ac, 1trn, india sz> egy sz

j1-  1 fac to manchuria
battle of midway(sz 52)-
1 bb, 1 ac, 1 sub, 2 fig( 1 sz 50, 1 sz37) > vs. 1 sub, 1 ac, 1fig ( retreats with 1 bb, 1 us ac still alive)
batttle of the coral sea
1 ac > sz 46(empty)
1fig sz 37> sz 40  vs. 1 trn (no survivors)
1 destroyer sz 50 > sz 45 (sinks sub)
china campgian
1bb > sz 59 wol
3inf( 1 man, 2 kwantwang), 3 fig, 1bmb > china cleared with 3 fig 1 bmb.

us1- buys, 1 factroy for sinkiang,
1bb, 1 trn( 2inf), 1 ac, 1 fig > sz 45 wol
2 inf( sz 45), 1 fig hawaii> sol islands wol.