Well, it is the holiday season and I do have a lot of pictures in my archive so I thought I would share some of those as wargamers often like to see the real thing as well as toys.
If you find yourself looking at any of these and saying... 'that's not right, it doesn't look exactly like the Battlefront model'.... turn off your computer and make an appointment for the doctor asap..
Label and comments as appropriate..
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| Sherman with long 75 - Utah Beach, Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| British Universal Carrier - Caen, Normandie - taken in 2008 |
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| M3 Half track - D Day Museum near Omaha Beach - taken 2016 |
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| Non penetrating hits on Panther glacis - Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| Killer hit? Panther, Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| Buffalo - Utah Beach Museum - taken 2016 |
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| M10 Tank Destroyer Bayeaux, Normandie - taken 2006 |
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| Captured Kettenkrad - Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| Sexton - Museum at Falaise, Normandie - taken 2006 |
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| Goliath - remote control bomb - Utah Beach Museum - Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| Hetzer at Bayeaux, Normandie - taken in 2006 or 2007 |
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| Sexton with 25pdr - Caen, Normandie - taken in 2009 |
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| PzVI(E) Vimoutiers near Falaise, Normandy - taken 2006 |
If you find yourself looking at any of these and saying... 'that's not right, it doesn't look exactly like the Battlefront model'.... turn off your computer and make an appointment for the doctor asap..
Label and comments as appropriate..
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| Russian T26, Turkish Army Museum, Istanbul - taken in 2013 |
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| Sherman - Avranches, Normandie - taken in 2008 |
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| FAMO - Heavy tractor - Normandie - taken 2016 |
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| Churchill at Bayeaux, Normandie - taken in 2006 or 2007 |
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| PzVI King Tiger..with a Panther's barrel - taken in the Ardennes 2010 Whether an apocryphal tale or no, we were informed that following the end of the Battle of the Bulge American engineers could not get this beast on the back of a low loader truck. It had run out of fuel during the final battle. The local Mayor offered to buy it from the Americans who sold it for a bottle of brandy! Great story. Last time I saw it it had a different paint job.
If this post proves remotely popular, I have lots more but let's close the curtain on my tank obsession for now.
More holiday nonsense shortly,
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