The sole survivor of the 241st Motorized Mine Clearing Battalion poses for group photo.
Oh ausf thats wrong…so very wrong!
having nabbed Monty’s last spanner, Fritz prepares to cycle it back to Rommel.
Until the Long Range Desert Group recaptured this vital instument of war, the
British offensive was stalled.
Stripped of its carboard shell, this 1930’s ‘tank simulator’ shows off its mechanical works as well as its main gun ammunition’ (throw the wrench at somebody).
Ron
“Damn people, always make the black guy do it”
that was JUST A JOKE. No one get offended.
Hey… Take a picture of this thing I bought on E-Bay!!!
Unfazed by the deaths of his entire regiment, Pvt. Johnson took up his freind’s wrench and posed for a photo
“Hi ho, Hi ho…”
The complete staff of the North African desert auto club
Robert
i said “bikes…not brakes”.
I hope the other guys at the Maintenance Depot don’t notice that I’m wearing my wife’s sneakers !!! [:I]
A million marks to build a Tiger and now I have to cycle directly from Berlin to fix it.
A million marks to make a tiger
Joy and happiness when rideing in it
Getting left behind with a hudge wrench to pedal your way through the desert with no suppies when you passed gas inside the tank…Priceless.
Unfortunately, due to lack of supplies and volunteers, the Afrika Corps response to the Desert Rats, called the Wrenchy Road- Runners, was quickly disbanded.
and
Before there were tow trucks in the Africa Corps, there was Fritz
This is Panzerkampwagon IIIV - developed in early 1945
At this time, the great german war machine was hurting for resources and factories to build them in. Here is a picture of the prototype in their remote desert testing area.
It was said the plan was to cause another revolution in warfare similiar to the “blitzkreig” did years earlier. It was said to incorparate the “boom-boom over the head warfare”.
many of the features
…steel wheel rims for overland operations
…“Walmart” protective armor for the driver
…manual “Craftsman 32mm” weapon system
…manual “huffy drive” w/single speed transmission
Thank goodness this nasty weapon never made it past the prototype - who knows how it could have changed the outcome of the war !
In answer to der Fuhrer’s criticism of the delays in production of the ‘Maus’, Henschel releases the ‘Kraus’…
or
Tennis anyone?
zis should put a spanner in Monties plans to vinn Ze Desert back from uzz!!!.
It’s the German Team Manager from the ‘Tour De Afrika’ 1942
Rob.
It couldn’t possibly get any worse…Than they took my socks away too…
this why leathermans are becoming so popular…