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"Hetzer"
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you probably didn't want to be on this end of one of these things in the Ardennes in 1944...  it's a German Jagdpanzer 38, designed specifically as a tank hunter. it was relatively lightly armored, but it packed a powerful 75mm gun, and because of its small size, was often used in ambush attacks. this one is a fully operable example owned by Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection. once a year, it gets driven out onto the tarmac - with rubber pads to keep the steel tracks from chewing up the pavement - and they fire a few blank rounds to delight the crowd...

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~ Rocky
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#2

First pic - I surrender!

I love the clouds in the 2nd one..

Fantastic that they are still able to fire...
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So Paul Allen has his own army as well as his own air force...
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(Mar 15, 2012, 08:30)Toad Wrote:  So Paul Allen has his own army as well as his own air force...

just about. he has this tank hunter, a Russian T-34/85, and a couple of German 88's... and they all work!


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