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II SS Panzer Corps was where on July 11, '43?


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Ahem! Operation Sealion happened and Tommy was caught napping in the face of insurmountable and overwhelming forces.

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There is quite a lot of debate among Speiseeiskampfwagen experts whether the seagull deflection "halo" or Heiligenschein was a super-weapon too far and properly tested before being issued to untrained crews. Currently there is no data that any of armadas of Scwimmwagen that crossed the channel fell to the seagull threat though strangely two examples have surfaced (the Scwimmwagen not the seagulls) on Easter Island. We may conclude from this that the defence Halo could well have a navigation function such as sonar or radar or combination of both or, more likely some rudimentary cloaking device but by combining these functions some units were lost due to malfunction. We can expect to see a whole platoon or "Zug" in pristine condition parked up somewhere in the Bermuda Triangle with their skeleton crews still at the hatch.

But I digress. The halo is detracted; no seagulls here! Of special note here is the crew's anti-flash suit. He extends a hand-held range detector well outside the safe confines of the hatch in a very perilous situation. Although not specifically trained for this his bravery is quite astounding and although part of the Nazi scum political regime founded on the bones of whole nations one must admire the grit and determination of this fellow. The bow wake is impressive. I calculate it its cruising at sub-sonic speeds towards its target to rip out the heart of the British leadership. Note the crew's personal additions to the camo with slogans such as "Welcome Aboard!" in the native English to terrify any resistance. Welcome was not in the minds of these brutish and dark elite marines.

"Sail by and try one" is a particularly cruel jibe considering what a fully loaded Scwimmwagen could deliver with frightening ease.

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Kompanie command vehicle desperately trying to raise their Halo before a seagull attacks.

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Note the blast wind rapidly approaching; Johnny seagull better get in there fairly sharpish (or he's going to grow extra legs that make standing a bit challenging) in this compelling wartime action shot.

I fear the photographer may not have survived but stood fast as a paradigm true to the battlefield journalists' raison d'etre.

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Here we see a early prototype V4 Speiseeiskampfagen Ausf J, just outside it's production facilities on Mars.

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You can see from the scrawled graffitti that the Grays weren't terribly impressed with so-called German workmanship. This particular example was, of course, the one stripped of parts for the larger and more successful V5 model.

I'm still looking for evidence of the widely rumoured Speiseeiskampfagen Ausf R, the one with the underslung Panther turret.

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Detonation at a naval base with nuclear shadow. From the naval silhouettes and markings, Sevastopol during Operation Störfang (Sturgeon Catch). The Speiseeiskampfwagen is deliberately positioned pointing downwind to lessen the effects of any unexpected buffeting.

Caviar after this attack acquired some fizzle upon swallowing and the unnatural size of the roe was hard to pack into cans.

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I'm still looking for evidence of the widely rumoured Speiseeiskampfagen Ausf R, the one with the underslung Panther turret.

This is as close as I can find with the conventionally mounted turret, after trials with the underslung turrets determined crew suffered excessively from abrasive injuries.

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Top secret sources risked their lifes to take pictures of the infamous Schwerer Eiswaffelwerfer, but succeeded only in smuggling out a single snapshot of the loading mechanism. It is easy to understand why this disturbing picture was kept secret for so long!

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The eiscremeized version of the "March of the Hannovarian Grandier Guards" (in german: "Marsch der Hannoverschen Garde Grenadiere") that is played by the van to lure children to the Speiseeiskampfwagen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJljmqs-R_k

Here is a different version of the icecreamized march, showing the long tradition ice cream has in the german army:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1PSnZa1fLg

The original version:

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Sensitive souls may want to look elsewhere now...

Nazi scum in the middle of double eine Bauchlandung machen mit plattwalzen while the Speiseeiskampfwagen Ausf G. sneak behind using cover of terrorised local population , undoubtedly attempting deadly Kältekopfschmerz.

War is hell.

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A previously suppressed photo of the noted parade by the "Pink Panthers" of SS-leichte-Speisseis-Abteilung 99 (with the codename "A99" prominently on display) at the top secret spesisseis test facility on Rugen, 18 August 1944, ready for an inspection by Hitler.

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A previously suppressed photo of the noted parade by the "Pink Panthers" of SS-leichte-Speisseis-Abteilung 99 (with the codename "A99" prominently on display) at the top secret spesisseis test facility on Rugen, 18 August 1944, ready for an inspection by Hitler.

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OMG! Look at those ice cream dischargers right and left to the "tonibell" sign! :D

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