18 Aug 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Troops of the American 7th Armored division are on the look-out for snipers in the streets of Saint Vith, Belgium, on January 23, 1945, during the Battle of the Bulge in World War II.

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[browningautorifle]

And...dyin' to go inside and fire up the fireplaces...

[CINDERS]

I think being in that tank it may have been warmer in a fridge steel has a tendency to get very cold in snow! Least the Germans put a crew compartment heater on some of their AFV's the Jagdpanther was one of them.

[browningautorifle]

I think being in that tank it may have been warmer in a fridge steel has a tendency to get very cold in snow!

I had the chance to test that theory when the heater in my armored carrier packed it in during winter of '77...you couldn't get warm for anything after that. Next time I made sure to care for the heater to full effect.