Bugger...

Bogged down in the big muddy along the Gustav Line. LIFE magazine photographer George Silk made this series showing the slog near Minturno, Italy, May 1944.






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Disabled American tankindeep hold on French Beach where Allies made landing. NARA REF#: 80-G-252802. Date: 6/12/1944. Taken by: CPU8.
https://catalog.archives.gov/id/219775813


Missing-Lynx-Cannon Ball (M4 at Utah beach)


missing-lynx.com - Gallery - Cheehong Ahn's D-Day Sherman vignette

 

Thanks a lot brithm!
I haven't seen many pictures that clearly show the light rear armament position of the late B-24L or M versions.

 

Thanks a lot Michel
nice to see a series of pictures from a recovery work showing the execution method, even the use of planks for protection of surfaces can also be seen.

 

Can't be sure how accurate this is in context etc. Apparently it is:

 

SHERMAN DD TANKS DISEMBARK FROM LCT [Allocated Title]






Remembering D-Day: Revealing the hidden wrecks under Normandy waters
https://image.pbs.org/video-assets/pbs/nova/130279/images/mezzanine_883.jpg

 

Polish-crewed Sherman tank fell down a ravine near Cassino, Italy. May 1944.

THE POLISH ARMY IN THE ITALIAN CAMPAIGN, 1943-1945


Sherman from the 7th Armoured Brigade slid off the road near the Gothic Line, Italy. September 1944.

THE BRITISH ARMY IN ITALY 1944


M4 christened DESTROYER, of ‘D’ Company (66th or 67th Armored Regiment) 2nd Armored Division. Canisy, France July 1944. Note the salad forks up front.

Sherman of the 2nd Armored Division Canisy, France July 1944 | World War Photos


Vehicular mayhem at Boulogne - caused by bomb craters from the RAF and USAAF - September 1944. Another Sherman tank was stuck when it drove up onto the overturned tank, but was removed before the photographs were made. One of the photo captions stated the upended vehicle was a Kangaroo, but it looks like an M10.

https://external-preview.redd.it/2K...bp&s=f8b9c56609f204e66723f770e5c9ce73e8ef9aed
https://www.amazon.co.uk/MontgomeryS-Scientists-Operational-Research-Northwest/dp/0969795599/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1OM5Q22JRS6S6&keywords=Montgomery's+Scientists&qid=1667093847&sprefix=montgomery+s+scientists,aps,244&sr=8-1


Caption from photo collection on flickr: An 8th Hussars Centurion that, in the confusion of the fighting along Route 11 in the morning mist, went over a paddy bund and immobilized itself. A third of C Squadron, 8th Hussars, was knocked out in the space of less than three hours.

Battle of the Imjin River

 

Unusual accident where King Tiger No. 311 tumbled from a railway flatcar when the crew tried to move it, August 1944. The wagons at the rear of the train were destroyed by Allied fighter-bombers, initiating emergency unload for the panzer crews. It was intended to carefully turn the tanks and drive over the side of the flatcar. No. 311 got stuck on the marching chains under the tank and nosed down, causing the tip over.





A railway crane later put the Tiger back on its tracks and the tank was taken under tow, but was soon captured by advancing U.S. forces. The officer shown in the pictures told the story as an eyewitness. He was wounded in the air strike; seen in one photo with his arm in a sling.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Als-Panzeroffizier-Ost-West-Königstiger/dp/3803500443/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RXJTHAXDMABV&keywords=als+panzeroffizier+in+ost+und+west&qid=1667119760&sprefix=als+panzeroffizier+in+ost+und+west,aps,161&sr=8-1

 

An apt video for this thread https://twitter.com/bayraktar_1love/status/1586664693090975745?s=20&t=tDL4bSCf_6mAYlswOyHVhg

 

Next !

 

A bit like the pedal cyclist in Rufford Ford (Youtube)

 

What is worse ? Being the rider who gets stuck or chosen as a 'volunteer' pusher ? That the language was colourful is pretty much beyond doubt. First-rate haircuts and undergarments, whatever !

 

Don't let him near a tanto.

 

Nitromethane dragster engine

 

This reminds me of a story in John Foley's fictionalized memoirs of his service as a Troop Leader in a Churchill unit "Iron Fist"
John Foley wrote about his Churchill sliding out of control down a snow covered slope and over the parapet of a bridge in the Ardennes in January 1945. He had left most of his crew before attempting what was a risky attempt with a 45 ton toboggan. He and the driver leapt clear when they lost control. The tank had landed right way up in a ravine. Foley and his driver went down to recover classified material before leaving the recovery to REME. To their surprise the tank started first time and they were able to drive up the sides of the ravine. Whether a true or tall story, it says something about the reputation of the Churchill.

 

Toyota Yaris fought back valiantly with deployed airbag, June 2015.



Look: British tank crushes German student's car - UPI.com

 

There is a dispute about the location and story behind this photo.


https://9gag.com/gag/abV80Xr