Over the Rhine
AFVs during the final months of WWII in Europe.
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August 18, 2020A27 Cromwell MkIV late production.2
August 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.3
August 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.4
August 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.5
August 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.6
August 18, 20207
August 25, 2020Tamiya M5A1. AFV Club decals. Free French 1st Armored Div. Chasseurs d'Afrique. Germany, April 19458
April 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.9
April 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.10
April 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.11
April 10, 2021T26E4 engine deck minus hatches.12
April 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,13
April 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,14
April 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,15
April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 194516
April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 194517
April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 194518
April 29, 2021A27 Cromwell CS, 8th AD Germany 194519
August 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 1945.20
October 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 kit21
October 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 Kit22
December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.23
December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.24
December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.25
December 6, 2021M26 Pershing Medium/Heavy Tank, "Alles Kaput", US Army 8th Armored Division, 18th Tank Battalion, A Company. Tamiya Kit, Vallejo OD modulation paints.26
January 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.27
January 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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