WWII picture quiz

[SturmVogel Profile]

hey Gilliam!
I dont think hes active here any more, so I come back every month or so and stir the flames.. lol

[Mugwa Profile]

Guess again, definitely not a SBD Dauntless.

[Wilbur 1 Profile]

SB2A Buccaneer Scout/Bomber.

[Mugwa Profile]

CORRECT RAINO!!!Nearly 60 days later!

[c2thet Profile YIM]

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so what's next?

[Mugwa Profile]

Etiquette states Raino has to post the next pic. Wilbur go download a jpeg from somewhere and upload it using the IMG tab above!

[Wilbur 1 Profile]

Here you go, I hope the pic is good enough for you to get a good guess.

[SturmVogel Profile]

nice m22 get that shot yourself?

[Mugwa Profile]

An Airborne light tank? You gotta be shitting......

[Wilbur 1 Profile]

Way to go Strum I got it off the web, kinda gave away where it came from but at least i put a pic up. Now it's your turn.

[SturmVogel Profile]

[Bielab Profile]

Hummel self-propelled artillery batteries

[Arctictiger Profile]

Ether the hummel or the grille. Looks kinda too small to be the hummel so thats why im guessing the grille

[SturmVogel Profile]

bielabs got it

the cricket was based on the 38T hull, the suspension gives it away

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[Arctictiger Profile]

ehh the guy looks russian in the front, so im going to guess the Katyusha rocket launcher.

[Bielab Profile]

ehh the guy looks russian in the front, so im going to guess the Katyusha rocket launcher.

You got it!!!


Saw and heard a few of those in the COH2 debut trailer, so I had to put them in the quiz

[Arctictiger Profile]

I hope this one will be a tough find

but i must say its an incomplete prototype of a tank...

[SturmVogel Profile]

to think, it only took 4 other types to get it right lol.. japanese armor is such an emberasment, atleast the Italians had plans for heavier tanks in mid 42'

[Mugwa Profile]

What the hell is that up top, the galley or sleepinging quarters?

[Mugwa Profile]

The Italian War machine was an embarassment too, lacking in materials and weapons.

Pictured above is a Japanese MediumTank prototype, a Type5-ChiRi. Seems to be missing the gun.

Better Look
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/3-Japan/02-MediumTanks/Type5/Chi-Ri.htm


...was the penultimate medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's sophisticated Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, in performance it was designed to surpass the US M4 Sherman medium tanks being fielded by the Allied forces. The single prototype was still being built when the war ended....

As with the Type 4 Chi-To medium tanks, the Type 5 Chi-Ri tanks were earmarked for the final defenses of the Japanese home islands against the expected Allied invasions. Army planners envisioned large armored divisions equipped with the Type 5 medium tanks driving the invaders back into the sea, but the war came to an end before even the first prototype could be completed.

Interseting note below, seems like it might have made it to sight we all know here at AX, thanks to Stoss.

The single prototype Type 5 was seized by American forces during the occupation of Japan, but its subsequent fate is unknown. One theory is that it sank in the ocean when a freighter taking it to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds capsized in a typhoon; another theory is that it was scrapped for its metal armor during the Korean War.

[SturmVogel Profile]

another theory is that it was scrapped for its metal armor during the Korean War.

i buy that one more than the sunken ship.
all things considered the Type5 was just a japanese Pzkpfw 4 ausf F2 and as such, not much to learn from it really..

The Japanese had to know there was a reason their best friend in the whole world, Germany was not using 3.7cm and 5cm guns any more. but such a design like that late in the war was because of Japans trouble getting even enough oil for its airforce, most brass also probably saw tanks as a novelty weapon, and for their situation in the war they certanly were. which begs WHY they never employed heavier calibur AT weapons instead..?

[Arctictiger Profile]

The Italian War machine was an embarassment too, lacking in materials and weapons.

Pictured above is a Japanese MediumTank prototype, a Type5-ChiRi. Seems to be missing the gun.

Better Look
http://ww2drawings.jexiste.fr/Files/1-Vehicles/Axis/3-Japan/02-MediumTanks/Type5/Chi-Ri.htm


...was the penultimate medium tank developed by the Imperial Japanese Army in World War II. Intended to be a heavier, more powerful version of Japan's sophisticated Type 4 Chi-To medium tank, in performance it was designed to surpass the US M4 Sherman medium tanks being fielded by the Allied forces. The single prototype was still being built when the war ended....

As with the Type 4 Chi-To medium tanks, the Type 5 Chi-Ri tanks were earmarked for the final defenses of the Japanese home islands against the expected Allied invasions. Army planners envisioned large armored divisions equipped with the Type 5 medium tanks driving the invaders back into the sea, but the war came to an end before even the first prototype could be completed.

Interseting note below, seems like it might have made it to sight we all know here at AX, thanks to Stoss.

The single prototype Type 5 was seized by American forces during the occupation of Japan, but its subsequent fate is unknown. One theory is that it sank in the ocean when a freighter taking it to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds capsized in a typhoon; another theory is that it was scrapped for its metal armor during the Korean War.

Correct on the tank

I wanted to try and get some Japanese armour in this thread

[Mugwa Profile]

Think this one will go pretty quick. What is it?

[SturmVogel Profile]

a captured A6M6 Mitsubishi Rei-sen

would love to know the story behind that pic!

[Mugwa Profile]

Correct Sturm! You may have the road.

Came from the Aleutian campaign.

Story below
http://www.history.com/news/2012/06/04/the-akutan-zero-how-a-captured-japanese-fighter-plane-helped-win-world-war-ii/

[SturmVogel Profile]

[Mugwa Profile]

Sturm I got it, likely one of the few, to view : a piece of the aircraft last year. Gonna give it some time to encourage some more participation.

[c2thet Profile YIM]

after a little searching I would guess a g4m1 (betty) bomber