Post your cool WW2 shtuff~
Post your cool WW2 shtuff~
Asher Perry
Bentley Anderson
You first.
Julian Hall
I did you NOOB DORK MEME BOY
Cameron Kelly
The Aermoto Volugrafo is probably the coolest little thing Italy made during the entirety of WW2 - not because of it being a successful design that was widely adapted, far from it. Mainly because it was the first entry into a category later (re-)invented by Honda that is known commonly as "Monkey Bikes".
Designed as an italian paratrooper bike, it had a 125cc engine in a compact frame so it could be air-dropped yet still able to carry one fully-geared paratrooper. Two gears plus another two meant for off-road use ensured it could travel across even difficult terrain, even though it was only ever used operationally in Italy by both italian paratroops as well as german paratroops (they trialed and later adopted it, partly due to Italy falling apart and those being up for grabs).
Technically speaking it would have required a thicker tire both in the front and back but the italian war-time economy was simply unable allocate space and time to plan or even produce it, so instead they made due with what they could get and thus it has two tires on the front rim and two on the back.
Alexander Robinson
what a kick ass bike
Levi Sanchez
Hey pal, I was wondering what that bayonet? was. I have a similar blade but much a more worn. All I was able to find out about mine is that it is a dress bayonet.
William Flores
WIthout the conquest of Czechoslovakia, storming France would've been a whole lot harder - because conquering Czechoslovakia gave the Wehrmacht an even bigger inventory of tanks for free. The Pz 38(t) was a big improvement over the Panzerkampfwagen I and II while still being mobile enough for flanking and pushing deep.
It also served as the base for the wonderful Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer which is so cute IRL that I had to hold myself back from hugging it.
Ryder Lewis
When the Britbongs captured them they considered them fun leasure bikes
Then again so did the Britbong troops who were getting silly willy on the airfields with the Corgi/Welbike.
I'd love to know more about potential Soviet and Japanese attempts at paratrooper motorcycles. Italy, the US and the UK all had paratrooper motorcycles (two models in case of the UK!) and german paratroops stationed in Italy trialed and partly used the Aermoto while there were also plans to make a german paratrooper motorcycle (of a shape not unfamiliar of both the Welbike and the ugly US abomination of a scooter).
The Soviets were the first with an operational paratrooper force and the japanese had both one for the Army and Navy, so I'm really curious if they even thought about this concept at all. Motorcycles in military had been around since WW1 where they mostly served signaling/information relay duty.
Nolan Ortiz
Jeremiah Young
Yup the German military used these as a dress bayonet. Quite a common find.
Levi Gonzalez
wow that looks like something straight out of dragon ball haha! How much would one of these cost current day?
Caleb Torres
You type like a fag
Luis Cooper
There's like 5-10 left in the entire world from what I know, most of them non-functional.
Oh yeah, the handlebars are fixed in position by screws and could be folded down.
I'm tipsy but not tipsy enough to correct my typing when I make typos, I blame the combination of whisky, beer and a four-day weekend.
I asked the artist who drew this and does GuP doujins to include Anchovy riding on an Aermoto and he said he'll try to work it in, so here's to hope
Juan Gonzalez
Amazing. Got footage of one working?
Angel Butler
Carter Powell
Literally a medal for giving birth repeatedly. Almost as awesome as the children’s armband in the original post.
Caleb Jones
>wonderful Jagdpanzer 38(t)
It wasn't.
Camden Anderson
Ayden Nelson
Yea, That one was for 8 or more children. They had medals for everything.
Adrian Carter
The Soviets needed an airforce before they could use paratroopers
Noah Phillips
The soviets had a paratrooper force over 1 million stationed along the eastern front (in violation of the non-aggression pact between NS Germany and the USSR). This was one of the main reasons the Third Reich felt they had no choice but to attack the USSR before they deployed.
Ryan Adams
I’ve got some of my Great Uncle’s stuff on hand in my study so I’ll post pictures of it. If you’d like more of an item let me know.
Brayden Powell
These hari kari ‘daggers’ were brought back from the Pacific by my other great uncle and we’re given to my paternal grandfather by his twin brother along with a sword (that he lost in a poker game).
Camden Reyes
Original ww2 german grease. Still works great.
Jace Young
This is a map of my great uncle’s along with some of his ribbons and his Purple Heart. He received the Purple Heart when he was shot through the jaw in Nancy, France.
Lucas Johnson
Logan Perez
Oliver Parker
Forgot photo.
Dominic Morgan
A pocket watch, along with its case, and a naval whistle. My great uncle won this stuff in a poker game.
Robert Mitchell
Wyatt Nguyen
Logan Brooks
Leuchtpistoles
Tyler Cook
Various stamps.
Ethan Peterson
Unsheath the sword plox
Isaac Turner
Owen Allen
Aiden Butler
that's legit cool
Kayden Jones
Brody Collins
Benjamin Diaz
Josiah Turner
Lucas Morgan
Xavier Torres
AH Formal Pattern Silverware
Charles Cox
Nice collection m8
Henry Bennett
nice collection
Christian Gray
My mum has a Nazi saber and armband.
The saber has an oakleaf bit around the Swastika.
She told me that when she dies, she'll gift them to me.
I promised that I won't be so poor that I'll have to sell it.
I have to ask you guys, though, what's with the oak leaves?
Was it a specific German city that loved oaks?
Andrew Evans
>I have to ask you guys, though, what's with the oak leaves?
>Was it a specific German city that loved oaks?
No, all of Germany memorializes oak leaves
Austin Hernandez
Hudson James
Jose Johnson
Robert Walker
Caleb Lee
Joseph Hall
There was another sign. Jeezum, I forget.
It was something unique that I asked Jow Forums like 5 years ago.
When my mum dies, may it be 10 more years, I'll ask here again
My greatgranpap was a 40 year old when the war started and he entered in.
My grandfather was too young to be in the war.
But he got all my great grandfather's loot.
Which was a saber, an armband, and a luger.
I don't have a luger today because my granpop hated his father.
So when his father died, he gave the luger to a collector for free.
What's left is the saber and the armband
Christian Jackson
Chase Davis
Zachary Collins
Noah Gomez
Bentley Thompson
Michael Bailey
Brody Phillips
Cooper Bennett
Nolan Fisher
Jason Scott
Aiden Jenkins
I've got original 1944 US aviation sectionals of Europe too.
About 8 of them. From the strait of Dover all the way to east Germany.
Isaac Hill
Dominic Brooks
Daniel Torres
Isaac Sanders
Jose Reed
Brayden Reyes
Joshua Parker
Jayden Nguyen
Those are cheap shitty fakes.
Jose Torres
Jack Perry
Bentley Roberts
im jelly
modest collection too lazy to take a pic atm
cap eagles comin in the mail
Luke Reed
Jaxon White
nice collections
also, good to see other people hang the Swastika.
Caleb Morales
nice flag, is the armband original?
Brayden Adams
is that your grandpa in that pic?
Easton Morales
yeh both are original.
Jackson Diaz
damn that's a nice clothpiece in the back. The swastika was such a damn aesthetic design. Beautiful.
Justin Diaz
no, this is opa
Leo Russell
Very cool, user.
David Clark
Austin Davis
awww MAN life is crazy.....
Very amazing. I would give anything to have been a soldier for such an amazing country.
Brody King
Did your parents think of him as cool being a soldier and all? Yeesh I'd be a cocky man today if my grandfather had such a history behind him.
Luis Hall
Landon Thomas
My parents and the rest of the family were ashamed of my great grandmother and grandfather's history. They still are to this day. Thankfully my great grandmother survived the war and was open about her experiences. She fled to the US after the war and had to hide her NS past. My grandfather died on the Ostfront.
Caleb Myers
>tfw you can feel the strength and bond coming from a single picture
William Long
I'm always dying to see if there are any Germans from the war who call out the BS on the lies against their own people. Did she share anything with you?
Aaron Hill
I am American. She fled with her daughter (my grandmother). Found her way to a small Southern town with sympathetic Germans. I grew up with her stories. She was married to an SS mann. She saw Hitler a few times. Lived through the depression and Germany's resurgence, and the entire war. She saw everything, and had no regrets. An unrepentant NSDAP member till her last day. I'm glad to answer any specific questions.
Lucas Scott
Jose Baker
FAKE
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faggot
Dominic Turner
She sounded like a good and smart woman.
Jace Clark
I have my great grandfathers solbuch, and some enlistment papers. But I don't speak German
Gavin Wright
ich spreche ein bisschen deutsche.
Xavier Stewart
The posture and facial features of such men are no more. What a shame. People don’t look like this anymore nowadays. It’s literally like our genetics just got uglier and less defined.
Colton Martinez
>faggot
guess that makes two of us. want to head to a red board and share dick pix?
William Hill
Are those Mk108 and Mk103 cannon shells?
Chase Reed
but user, diversity is our strength!