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Tag Archives: WW2
Winkel Towers
WINKEL TOWERS – NAZI GERMANY’S VERTICAL BOMB SHELTERS By MicroBalrog. Typically when we discuss air raid shelters, we think of a fairly stereotypical construct – an underground facility, sometimes fortified with concrete, where people take shelter from enemy bombs, shells, … Continue reading
German Group Shelter for swampy and forested terrain, Mod. 1942
German Group Shelter for swampy and forested terrain, Mod. 1942, half-buried, double-walled (Gruppenunterstand, teilweise versenkt Blockhaus mit Doppelwand fuer Sumpf- oder Waldgelaende) Shelter shown covered in soil, but not camouflaged The current shelter is designed for the purpose of deploying … Continue reading
A Little About Tank Ramming
A little about tank ramming O. Losik, Hero of the Soviet Union, Marshal of the Armored Forces Among the exploits of tankers, the tank ram takes a special place. Sadly, few men today know of the hero tankers that mastered … Continue reading
My Book Is out – and even has its first review!
The book I’ve translated, Destroy the Enemy in Hand-to-Hand-ComBat by Major-General A. A. Tarasov of the Soviet Army, has finally come out, via DiLernia Publishing. Here’s what David Kantrowitz, author of Reckless Faith, has to say about this book. It’s all … Continue reading
A Letter from the Pinsk Partisans to Adolf Hitler
The following letter was written by Pinsk-area Partisans to Adolf Hitler, and typed up in over 200 copies. Copies of this letter survived to this day in internal Soviet communication from 1944. As will be seen, there are good reasons … Continue reading
37mm Soviet Mortar/Shovel
RED ARMY CHIEF ADMINISTRATION OF ARTILLERY MANUAL FOR USE OF 37MM MORTAR USSR MILITARY PRESS 1942 Warrior of the Red Army, believe in power of your combat gear, remain calm in the hour of danger, never part with your weapon, … Continue reading
On the Topic of Hand to Hand Combat
On the topic of Hand-to-Hand Combat Captain S. Feldman Translated by MicroBalrog from Vrazvedka.ru (Translator’s note: Obviously this is a document from the late 1940′s (the site I saw it on doesn’t state a source, but it’s clearly not originally … Continue reading