dragonwynn Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Wow really good stuff Heinrich505. Those Crocs can be a real terror if your on the receiving end. Glad ole Gus made it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Dragonwynn, Thanks. Knew you'd like it. I'm gonna need all that fuel. The Germans are not giving up the trenches easily. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 That was brilliant. As usual. Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 (edited) Cracking stuff.....A genuine 'gripping yarn of wartime adventure & derring-do'! British 'Leftenant' is actually spelt Lieutenant the same as the US version, we just pronounce it that way. Edited July 30, 2017 by Sgt.Squarehead 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 IanL, Thanks for the encouragement. It is always appreciated. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 Sgt. Squarehead, Glad you liked it. The Crocs are truly terrifying beasts and I've always wondered how armies assigned men to flamethrower duties. In the case of the man-packed ones, I think it usually came down to the biggest guy getting stuck with the job, because they were so heavy. But for armor, I wonder if the Croc crews were volunteers or just pulled from the next list and assigned there, whether they wanted it or not. I didn't know that about the spelling for Lieutenant for the Brits. I'd always figured it was spelled differently as well as pronounced differently. I wonder, should I spell it differently in these small vignettes or go back to the correct spelling and assume the reader will affect the correct pronunciation? Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 53 minutes ago, Heinrich505 said: I didn't know that about the spelling for Lieutenant for the Brits. I'd always figured it was spelled differently as well as pronounced differently. I wonder, should I spell it differently in these small vignettes or go back to the correct spelling and assume the reader will affect the correct pronunciation? LOL I figured you did that on purpose. Lots of people don't realize that the Commonwealth forces pronounce it differently so selling it "wrong" seems clever actually. Mind you readers of these forums are probably more likely to know. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 IanL, You are quite right. The crowd here will know the difference in how it is pronounced. I've always liked how it sounded, and it seemed an interesting way to distinguish the Commonwealth forces from the Americans they were supporting in this battle. When I looked up the ranks online, it was always spelled Lieutenant in literature, but I knew it was pronounced Leftenant. I'm glad you liked my choice of "literary license," heh heh. I couldn't find anything definitive about why it was pronounced differently, other than some vague references about trying to distance themselves from the French pronunciation of Lieutenant, that being "Loo" and the British going with "Left" to make it completely different from the French. Interesting stuff though. Glad y'all are enjoying these AARs. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erwin Posted July 30, 2017 Share Posted July 30, 2017 "There is fair evidence (in terms of how the word was spelled in middle english) that both "lef" and "lieu" pronunciations have coexisted for some time. The French word "lieu" (place) on which the word is based, is occasionally seen spelt in old French as "luef"." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinty Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Heinrich excellent work as usual. As a Yank I loved the accent spelling! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Splinty, Thanks for the kind words. Always appreciated. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge MC Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Doc844 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Beautiful shots, especially like the one with the sherman. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted August 31, 2017 Share Posted August 31, 2017 Jorge MC, Very nicely done. The close-up of the rifleman in the grass was really sharp. Of course I liked all the flamethrower ones...go figure... Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tashtego Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Lost my account at Photobucket now that they charge $$$. This is just a test of a new free site I found. Two old pictures. This new FREE site seems ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt.Squarehead Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 A lot of us have switched to Imgur: http://imgur.com/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jorge MC Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 http://tinypic.com/ this one is free too 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tashtego Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Thanks for the info. The site I started using is called PostImage, seems to work ok. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted September 5, 2017 Share Posted September 5, 2017 Jorge MC, Tinypic is associated with Photobucket, I think. They kind of blocked my access so I was unable to transfer any of my screenshots to this forum. Haven't tried them lately as I switched to Imgbox. Heinrich505 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr0114 Posted October 24, 2017 Share Posted October 24, 2017 (edited) Elite panther of the battle. fortunatly all crews survived, and squashed some enemy infantry and TD. Edited October 24, 2017 by kr0114 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr0114 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 And those kriegsmarine shutzen squad just killed total 30 brits in this battle. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heinrich505 Posted October 28, 2017 Share Posted October 28, 2017 kr0104, Nice ones. Really like how you caught the muzzle flash on the mp. Heinrich505 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kr0114 Posted October 29, 2017 Share Posted October 29, 2017 thank you heinrich, i resized & modified a bit on that veins muzzle flash 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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