The following Photographs and information have been donated by Battlefrontmodels Customers over the years they range from basic to customised RC tanks and vehicles to heavily modified models.

All images and data are copyright to the Members and BFM

DID YOU KNOW

In The Stalingrad seige was called 'The Rat War' by the Germans this was because of two reasons, firstly that both sides lived underground safe from death and severe cold above and secondly the rats were short of food and they ate everything bodies and the wiring in the German tanks thus rendering them inoperable.

DID YOU KNOW

The Leather Greatcoat worn by Field marshall Erwin Rommel is displayed in the Rommel Museum at Merse Matruh Egypt, 100 miles west of El Alamein.

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' German Krupps Truck '

Sent in by

Andy Jones of Kinver Staffordshire UK

This is a 1/18 scale truck models from Hasbro Co. ' Indiana Jones Series' Andy has carefully re modelled and painted it to a Wehrmacht truck in a Tri Colour camo scheme, quite an affective addition to a 1:16 or 1:18 scale collection of tanks and vehicles.

Below is the origional Hasbro model before modification into a hardtop command type truck

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Below is a photograph of an origional Krupps Wehrmacht Command Truck of the type Andrew has modeled.

Below again is a photograph of a Krupps variant type of light truck 'Protze model' with a three barrelled 20mm anti aircraft gun of some type.

Finally below looks like a straffed Protze light truck probably France late War.

Note: Germany army still using horse power in 1945

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'Sturmgeschulz'

sent in by

Ernie Oliver

Welling Kent, UK

Ernie has sent in this photo of his heng Long STug and modified it with BFM Shurtzen side plates kit, Ernie said he just has a few more things to do to finalise this model build.

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DID YOU KNOW

In 1941 Georgi Shpagin designed the PPsh-41 machine pistol for the Soviet army there was an urgent need for a fast firing machine pistol in the winter war. The Russians fought a bitter winter war also in 1939 against the Finns.

The Finnish army used Machine Pistols with devistating effect in the forest landscape against the Russian forces. And complete finnish Battalians were soley equipped with these weapons as using a rifle with ski's for fast attack is prohibitive.

There are many stories where Finnish troops who under moonlight skied through Russian tented camps machine gunning the tents and any opposition, they were so ast that the Russians did not know what hit them. The Finns were brought up in winter freezing conditions and were expert snow fighters.

When the Russians decided to make war and capture more land from the Finns they sent an army of ten to one against the Finns with artillery and tanks also, the Finns did not have this volumn or types of offensive material but the Finnish troops fought them to a stalemate and in 1938 and forced the Soviets to the table the Finnish border was re adjusted to the Kariian Border.

This is still reguarded an hostile act at that time against a smaller nation who was non aggressive.

Go to YouTube and type in PPsh41 and watch one fire the cyclcal rate of fire is awsome.

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Note: Above two Soviet troop standing next to a KV1 holding PPsH41 Machine Pistols.

"Come Let Me Show You Where The Iron Crosses Grow"

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DID YOU KNOW

The only Canadian tank to last from D-Day to VE Day was floated accross the Rhine, and thereby taking the Germans by surprise.

Sherman D-D M1A1 (Duplex Drive - Floating Tank)

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