The FReeper Foxhole's TreadHead Tuesday - German Tank Destroyers - Apr. 27th, 2004

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[Soaring Feather]

My memory is improving, Tuesday is Thread Head day!

[Soaring Feather]

Morning radu!!

[Professional Engineer]

SpankenTruppen recruit.

[Professional Engineer]

...but production stopped in February 1943 by order of Hitler who...

Hitler sure did a good job of micromanaging the entire war. At times, it makes you wonder why it lasted as long as it did.

[SAMWolf]

Morning PE. There were times when Hitler helped the Allied cause more than our politicians did.

[Professional Engineer]

1961 NASA launches Explorer 11 into Earth orbit to study gamma rays

The Explorer 11 satellite.

The Gamma Ray detector.

[Professional Engineer]

A wonderfful story about our flag. Amazing.

Glad you liked it.

[Professional Engineer]

So little left to that flag and yet it means so much. Hard to keep the tears out of my eyes when I see a flag like that because I know what the price was for it.

That was my reaction as well when I saw it. It'd been a few months, so it took a bit of searching to find. That's how I stumbled on the USS Corry flag. Neat how this research stuff works.

[Professional Engineer]

You're very welcome. This flag searching is keeping me on my toes, not to mention the cool stuff I'm learning.

[snippy_about_it]

SpankenTruppen recruit.

We'll take her!

[snippy_about_it]

This flag searching is keeping me on my toes, not to mention the cool stuff I'm learning.

Speaking of recruiting...ya know, you could do the Foxhole thread for June 14th. ;-)

[GailA]

Paris Landing state camp ground, up around Land Between the Lakes.

[Professional Engineer]

From the USMC archives.

Zachary G. McCormick, son of Staff Sgt. Justin C. McCormick, drill instructor, Platoon 3066, Company M, visits with PFC Molly, base mascot, at the booth in front of the Marine Corps Exchange here April 3. The booth was promoting Child Abuse Awareness Month. April is the Month of the Military Child.
Photo taken 04/11/2003 by Lance Cpl. Edward R. Guevara Jr.

[SAMWolf]

Neat how this research stuff works.

Yeah, it actually turns out to be fun sometimes.

[SAMWolf]

I spent 1 week camping at "Land Between The Lakes" in the early 80's. Nice area but more fun if you have a boat. I got to visit Forts Henry and Donaldson while I was there.

[colorado tanker]

Afternoon folks and happy Treadhead Tuesday to all. I sure wouldn't have wanted to tangle with one of those hunting panthers in a Sherman!

It's a beautiful Spring day here, temperature in the 70's, sunny and dry. And I'm thoroughly enjoying watching John Effing Kerry go into contortions over his medals fiasco. Keep the focus right where it belongs - on what he did to veterans after he left Vietnam.

It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood . . .

[Darksheare]

I'm in.
Anti-magnetic mine paste?

[GailA]

It will be our first trip there. Heard it was beautiful. We bought a 10 ft pop-up Coleman last Oct. And have been camping here locally off and on all winter.

[SAMWolf]

Afternoon CT.

The Hunting Panther had to be one of the best TD's deployed by any side during the war. Another case of too little, too late for the German's though.

[SAMWolf]

Anti-magnetic mine paste

The German infantry used magnetic mines for destoying armor. They delevopled the paste for applying to German tanks so that magnetic mines couldn't "stick" to the hull or turret, the problem was that Germany's enemies never really developed or used magnetic mines to any large extent. So the Germans wasted a lot of time and resources defending against a threat that didn't really exist for them.