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Given the snow on the trees they may be covered in snow camo if they touch that off
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I would have at least piled up some snow around me for concealment.
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Posed. The gun has snow on it so it has been there for a bit. The only member of the gun crew with snow on his helmet is the aimer. Everyone else was probably sitting somewhere sheltered until the combat cameraman suggested taking their picture.
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It looks like such a pretty scene but one that can become very deadly in a heart beat. The gun looks like a 57mm Antitank gun which I believe was copied from the British
3pdr. I think only a side or rear hit could take out a Panther or tiger.
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Originally Posted by
Bill Hollinger
I would have at least piled up some snow around me for concealment.
Would have been a dandy bit of a ruse to fell some logs and herring bone a couple of dummy guns along the road to distract and confuse the first tanker past that road.
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Looking at the recoil spades on the A/T gun the ground is that hard I guess they will not dig in so the gun aimer is at risk I suppose getting run over by the gun in recoil!
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There IS evergreen branches in the front of the gun if you look. He's not just wide open...the spare guys, who knows? How effective? Depends on what shows up.
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. . . How effective? Depends on what shows up.
Desparate times calls for desparate measures. So, a crappy anti-tank gun in a not so good position beats no anti-tank gun anywhere.
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Desparate times
That's exactly what I mean.
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The could try for a track hit on the drive sprocket if given a chance that is the vulnerability of every tank modern ones included, flukey shots do happen look at Tiger 131 history at Bovington Tank Museum
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