Over the Rhine
AFVs during the final months of WWII in Europe.
1August 18, 2020A27 Cromwell MkIV late production.
2August 18, 2020M24 Chaffee (Tamiya Kit), 2nd Armored Division, Germany, April, 1945. This long awaited replacement for the M3/M5 series light tanks began to appear in December 1944. Still a light tank with only 1" armor, they were very fast and the light weight 75mm gun was a vast improvement of the pea shooter 37mm of its predecessors.
3August 18, 2020M24 Chaffee (Tamiya Kit), 2nd Armored Division, Germany, April, 1945. This long awaited replacement for the M3/M5 series light tanks began to appear in December 1944. Still a light tank with only 1" armor, they were very fast and the light weight 75mm gun was a vast improvement of the pea shooter 37mm of its predecessors.
4August 18, 2020M24 Chaffee (Tamiya Kit), 2nd Armored Division, Germany, April, 1945. This long awaited replacement for the M3/M5 series light tanks began to appear in December 1944. Still a light tank with only 1" armor, they were very fast and the light weight 75mm gun was a vast improvement of the pea shooter 37mm of its predecessors.
5August 18, 2020M24 Chaffee (Tamiya Kit), 2nd Armored Division, Germany, April, 1945. This long awaited replacement for the M3/M5 series light tanks began to appear in December 1944. Still a light tank with only 1" armor, they were very fast and the light weight 75mm gun was a vast improvement of the pea shooter 37mm of its predecessors.
6August 18, 2020
7August 25, 2020Tamiya M5A1. AFV Club decals. Free French 1st Armored Div. Chasseurs d'Afrique. Germany, April 1945
8April 10, 2021T26E4 Super Pershing (Hobbyboss kit), 3rd Armored, Germany, April 1945. 1 T26E1 was fitted with a more powerful T15E1 90mm gun of 73 calibers designed to outgun the Tiger II and its 88mm 72 caliber main gun. This gun was almost twice as long as the standard 90mm of the T26E1/M26. Recoil was beefed up with the two external cylinders and 3rd Armored Division field shops improvised additional armor as experience proved the Pershing was vulnerable to 88 rounds.
9April 10, 2021T26E4 Super Pershing (Hobbyboss kit), 3rd Armored, Germany, April 1945. 1 T26E1 was fitted with a more powerful T15E1 90mm gun of 73 calibers designed to outgun the Tiger II and its 88mm 72 caliber main gun. This gun was almost twice as long as the standard 90mm of the T26E1/M26. Recoil was beefed up with the two external cylinders and 3rd Armored Division field shops improvised additional armor as experience proved the Pershing was vulnerable to 88 rounds.
10April 10, 2021T26E4 Super Pershing (Hobbyboss kit), 3rd Armored, Germany, April 1945. 1 T26E1 was fitted with a more powerful T15E1 90mm gun of 73 calibers designed to outgun the Tiger II and its 88mm 72 caliber main gun. This gun was almost twice as long as the standard 90mm of the T26E1/M26. Recoil was beefed up with the two external cylinders and 3rd Armored Division field shops improvised additional armor as experience proved the Pershing was vulnerable to 88 rounds.
11April 10, 2021T26E4 engine deck minus hatches.
12April 10, 2021M4A3/76mm HVSS(DML kit), 37th Tank Regiment, 4th Armored Division, Germany, April 1945. Thunderbolt VII was Creighton Abrams' command tank at the end of the war. The tank has been field modified with large armored plates salvaged from destroyed German tanks,
13April 10, 2021M4A3/76mm HVSS(DML kit), 37th Tank Regiment, 4th Armored Division, Germany, April 1945. Thunderbolt VII was Creighton Abrams' command tank at the end of the war. The tank has been field modified with large armored plates salvaged from destroyed German tanks,
14April 10, 2021M4A3/76mm HVSS(DML kit), 37th Tank Regiment, 4th Armored Division, Germany, April 1945. Thunderbolt VII was Creighton Abrams' command tank at the end of the war. The tank has been field modified with large armored plates salvaged from destroyed German tanks,
15April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 1945
16April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 1945
17April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 1945
18April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 1945
19August 22, 2021new paint and decals on an old build. Resin 105mm turret on terrible old Italeri M4A3 hull. Star decals for Free French 2nd Armored., Germany 1945.
20October 30, 2021T17E1 (Staghound) Mk III, Armored Car in Canadian Service, Germany, April 1945. Last version of the Staghound employed a 75mm gun in a (defunct) A15 Crusader tank turret. 100-300 were thusly converted. Italeri kit
21October 30, 2021T17E1 (Staghound) Mk III, Armored Car in Canadian Service, Germany, April 1945. Last version of the Staghound employed a 75mm gun in a (defunct) A15 Crusader tank turret. 100-300 were thusly converted. Italeri Kit
22December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.
23December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.
24December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.
25December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.
26January 31, 2022M4A3 75mm, Free French 1st Armored Div. Chasseurs d'Afrique, Germany, April 1945. Tamiya kit with DML low bustle turret, Star decals. Wet stowage hull with a re-manufactured early low bustle turret with loaders hatch and late commander's cupola added.
27January 31, 2022M4A3 75mm, Free French 1st Armored Div. Chasseurs d'Afrique, Germany, April 1945. Tamiya kit with DML low bustle turret, Star decals. Wet stowage hull with a re-manufactured early low bustle turret with loaders hatch and late commander's cupola added.
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