Birgeria's new PZC units

[Birgeria]

This is an US equipment went into production. The M18 Super Hellcat tank destroyer. It's a combination of the 90mm gun and the turret from M36 TD and M18 Hull. So it's fast and powerful, and almost no armor protection.

[Birgeria]

I prepared two new camouflages for the Junkers Ju-86 bomber in Hungarian and South African air forces.

[Birgeria]

In the French tank development history of the late 1930s. The new cavalier tank after the Somua S35 is the better armed and armored Somua S40. The first version of S40 has a two-men ARL-2C turret, then the "ultimate" version, which planned to produce in 1941, was equipped with a three-men FCM turret, with a large commander's copula.
Now I upload two types of the S40 tank with FCM turret: the one for European theater, which mounted with a long barrel 47mm SA-37 gun; and the one for colonial troops (called TOE) with a 47mm SA-35 gun (same weapon in Somua S35).
Their camos are matched for the reconstruction drawings from GBM magazines.

[Birgeria]

An updated version of the Romanian air force PZL P-24 fighter. The ingame P-24 was actually P-11C.

[Birgeria]

Corrected camo type of the Romanian He-111 H3 bomber.

[Birgeria]

A Belgian army transport. Tricycle FN M12 T3. It can carry up to 500 kg of cargos, trailers, and troops.

[cw58]

A Belgian army transport. Tricycle FN M12 T3. It can carry up to 500 kg of cargos, trailers, and troops.

Haha, another vehicle I had never heard of and had to do a search. Still learning about ww2 equipment after all these years; awesome!

[Birgeria]

A Belgian army transport. Tricycle FN M12 T3. It can carry up to 500 kg of cargos, trailers, and troops.

Haha, another vehicle I had never heard of and had to do a search. Still learning about ww2 equipment after all these years; awesome!

Me too! Every time there's something I don't know.

[Birgeria]

Belgian army FN T13-B11 SP heavy machine gun. It's the tricycle and a Vickers 13mm water-cooled SMG. It was designated for both anti air and anti armored purposes.

[Birgeria]

Hungarian tank prototype Straussler V4. About four examples were built. But the production was cancelled because the weak mobility of this tank. The 40mm gun was later used in the Toldi IIA and Toldi III tanks.

[bondjamesbond]

A Belgian army transport. Tricycle FN M12 T3. It can carry up to 500 kg of cargos, trailers, and troops.

https://topwar.ru/104844-mnogofunkciona ... iv63114668
https://pikabu.ru/story/mototsiklyi_vto ... h163173535

Belgian army FN T13-B11 SP heavy machine gun. It's the tricycle and a Vickers 13mm water-cooled SMG. It was designated for both anti air and anti armored purposes.

https://vk.com/wall-134544315_80

[Birgeria]

Martin 167 "Maryland" bomber under the Free French flag, with the black-white stripes.

[Birgeria]

M36B1 tank destroyer. Only 187 examples were produced from December 1944. It's the M36 turret on a M4A3 hull.

[Birgeria]

A modification of the French Somua S35 cavalry tank by the Yugoslavian partisans. They replaced the original 47mm SA-35 gun with a QF 6-Pdr supported by UK. Only one or two examples were converted between 1943 to 1944.

[bondjamesbond]

A modification of the French Somua S35 cavalry tank by the Yugoslavian partisans. They replaced the original 47mm SA-35 gun with a QF 6-Pdr supported by UK. Only one or two examples were converted between 1943 to 1944.

Yes interesting partisan mutant shush )
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-yugo ... -6pounder/


https://vk.com/@club_weapon-partizanski ... skoi-tyage
https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/ww2-yugo ... nski-tenk/
https://en.topwar.ru/68619-bronetehnika ... 45-gg.html

https://warspot.ru/3163-lesnye-oruzheyniki

Partisan tanks.

Partisan detachments operating behind German lines were usually armed with weapons collected on the battlefields of 1941, these weapons were restored by partisan craftsmen.

In addition to small arms, the Red Army lost a significant amount of armored vehicles, and many vehicles were abandoned because of minor damage, inability to pull out a stuck vehicle or lack of fuel. Despite the popular belief that the Germans were hoarders, the Wehrmacht's trophy teams were only marginally interested in obsolete Soviet equipment.

Of course, the partisan leadership could not pass by the potential opportunities to sharply strengthen the combat power of their detachments.

From the testimony of the commander of the Orlyansky partisan detachment VF Kovyazin, who crossed the front line to establish communication: “”In the area of Velikaya Volya .... there is one heavy tank with a 45 mm gun and one tankette ... They can be quickly put into action if fuel and batteries are supplied. In the river Szczare... there are one armored vehicle and three heavy tanks with 45 mm guns...” (heavy tanks are T-26, heavy they are in general against the background of tankettes)

In the detachment of B. A. Bulat, which was part of the Lenin partisan brigade, formed a group of sergeant Lebedenko, who was tasked to get Ba-10 from Shchara. By October 10, 1942 the armored vehicle was put into service. For long stay under water in the process of inspection and ascent gas masks with tubes led to the raft were used. The river bottom was covered with stones and the armored vehicle was pulled ashore by a gate. Batteries and fuel were supplied by Germans caught on the road.

The detachment included a group of artillerymen - servicemen of the Red Army who had joined the detachment in the encirclement. By their efforts 3 45-mm and one regimental 76-mm guns were restored.

Having received heavy weapons at their disposal partisans attacked several large German garrisons. So on 25.10.42 4 partisan detachments attacked Ruda Yavorska Kozlovska district. To save fuel the armored vehicle was pulled to the settlement on horses. The attack began with a gun salvo. Germans and Polizei resisted for about an hour, while the partisans unsuccessfully tried to start the armored vehicle. Finally it started and entered the village firing machine guns and cannon. The garrison was defeated.

The response was a punitive operation. By this time in the partisan detachment #3649 of the same brigade was restored tank T-27. Its baptism of fire was a very brazen improvisation against a convoy of punishers 13.12.42 in the village of Golynka on the Slonim-Derechin highway. Moving with a platoon of partisans tankers came across Germans in the village. The tank immediately rammed a car with officers. A battle ensued during which the partisans were forced to withdraw.

For two days the partisans repulsed the attacks of the police units, and then, having prudently hidden the armored car and the tank (the second armored car, which by this time was in the brigade, was killed in the battle), withdrew into the swamps. The Germans took out their anger on several villages.

In the summer of 1943 the partisans undertook an absolutely fantastic operation to restore the T-34, which had been standing in the vegetable garden of one of the yards in the village of Dvorok in the Mostovsky district since the summer of 1941. Having visited the village several times and having made a map of the damage, they removed the engine and some other parts from another T-34, which stood on the outskirts of the village of Golynok, where the German garrison was stationed, and transported everything to Dvorok by cart. These movements did not go unnoticed and the workshop in Dvorok was attacked by Hitlerites TWO times. The cannon on the tank was defective and it was replaced by a cannon taken from a shot down KV, which was standing nearby. Hence, by the way, we can conclude that both tanks were most likely armed with L-11, otherwise such replacements would hardly have been possible. The main friction bushing was made from improvised materials. The tank was tested on turpentine, which caused the engine to pull badly and stall.

At the end of August 1944, as a result of punishers' actions, the Lenin Brigade was surrounded and pressed to Shchara. The tank arrived in time. Having marched a few kilometers from Dvorka, it crossed the Shchara, overturned the enemy barrier and came to the rescue of the main forces of the brigade, surrounded in the village of Moskali. The encirclement was broken and the brigade was able to cross the Shchara River at night. The tank covered the withdrawal. Having shot ammunition tankers blew up the tank and together with the brigade came out near Slonim.
The names of those who restored the vehicles and fought on them: Vasily Pischulin, Alexander Valetov (former tankers) T-34 crew. Valetov besides operated a tank in the battle in Golynka. Spiridon Kuznetsov and Fyodor Komarov - repairmen. I. M. Glazkov is a former artilleryman who supervised and commanded the restoration of the guns.

https://dzen.ru/a/Xl4plfaCK3OF_vV2

[Birgeria]

The Yugoslavian partisans were also got support from the Western Allied force. Here are two examples:
AEC Mk.II armored car and M3A3 light tank.

[Birgeria]

I'm fulfilling the German SPG prototypes. Today is the Geschuetzwagen IVb fuer 10. cm le.F.H.18/1 (Sf.) Ausf. A. A project started back to 1939, Krupp produced 10 prototypes plus 0-series by the end of 1942. Some of them sent to 16th Panzer division of battle trail. However, since the Wehrmacht preferred the smaller and cheaper Wespe, no more production was conducted for this one.

[Birgeria]

Another German SPG prototype: 10.5 cm Le.F.H. 18/40/2 (Sf.) auf Geschuetzwagen III/IV.
The most interesting feature of this vehicle is that it can dismount the gun and place it to the regular Le.F.H. 18/40 carriage to become a towed howitzer in 20 minutes. The production plan was kept delayed until February 1945, when it got officially cancelled.

[Vledis]

Hello, do you have an icon of StuIG 33?

[Birgeria]

Hello, do you have an icon of StuIG 33?

I have this one from Guille, I replaced the camo via DCS.