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Panzer IVs on the streets of Zhitomir after it was retaken from Soviet forces during the Second Battle of Kiev in November 1943

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tracks-of-steel:

Pzkpfw V in Italy - a well camouflaged tank- camouflaged Panther standing between trees


Pzkpfw V in Italy - a well camouflaged Panther standing between trees on a road.



Did you know? back in January 1943, Hitler issued a directive, instructing Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nürnberg (MAN) to supply not one but four fully equipped Panther tanks to Italy as samples for Italian manufacturing. Plan failed, zero Panthers produced.

Want to know more about Pzkpfw V Panther? Continue reading here:

https://tracks-of-steel.com/german-tanks-of-the-world-war-2/panther-tank-pzkfw-v/

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theworldatwar:

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The rear gunner of a Heinkel tries to keep a close watch as he peers over his MG15 machine gun - date and location unknown

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A nose gunner of the 91st Bomb Group in position inside his B-17 Flying Fortress. Passed for publication 24 Mar 1943.

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theworldatwar:

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A French twin-engined Liore and Oliver LeO 451T used as a transport plane by the Luftwaffe sits damaged after an RAF bombing raid at the Villacoublay/Sud airbase, France - 11th Aug 1944

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Canon d'assaut Sturmgeschütz IV (StuG IV) – Campagne d'Italie Pontecorvo – 24 mai 1944

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usaac-official:

Marine Wildcats on Henderson Field, Guadalcanal, January 1943

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bigglesworld:

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt. 61st Fighter Squadron, 56th Fighter Group. Radio equipment test. 1944

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usaac-official:

Cannibalized P-39 airframes at a repair depot in Townsville, Australia, 1943.  In the background are possibly a B-24 and B-25 fuselage