Warbirds of WWII 2007 (56K Death)

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Warbirds of WWII 2007 (56K Death)

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Hey folks, these are the pics from the MAAM 2007 Warbirds of WWII show. I had to re-size a lot of this, so some quality was lost, so if you want a particular image in ultra high-res drop me a line and I'll get it to you. Otherwise enjoy!

...and to answer your question in advance, no there are not any R. Lee Ermey pics this year.

Hot C-47 action:

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Complete with paras!

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Scale model of CV-38 Shangri La:

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TBMs:

No. 1:

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No. 2:

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B-25 Briefing Time:

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taxing:

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The other Mitchell present:

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It's a plane! It's a boat! It's a flying boat!

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P-40:

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Head-on:

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Where's there's one, there's often two:

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Some sort of Soviet aircraft, I think it's some sort of Yak, but I'm probably wrong:

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An old Neptune:

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The P-47D, the fat joke virtually writes itself:

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You may recognize these next two from virtually every war movie using the Japanese ever, wonderful conversion jobs really:

A "Kate":

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A "Val":

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The SJN was converted to look like an SBD-2 Dauntless, and it did a pretty good job:

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P-51:

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Now for the trainer montage:

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(this asshole wouldn't move, sorry)

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I find myself thinking of Broomstick as I rushed to shoot this taxing:

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B-17 Yankee Lady taxing:

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Now for the weapons the re-enactors brought along. First off, artillery:

Mortar M3 halftrack, IIRC it's an 81mm mortar.

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Ammo:

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75mm pack howitzer:

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German pieces, IIRC they're 105mm:

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The poor-mans MLRS:

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What did the Americans and Germans share? AAA of course:

German 40mm:

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American 40mm:

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German 20mm:

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German twin MG34 AA mount:

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US Quad .50 Cal mount:

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US .30 Cal on AA mount:

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Crazy Japanese gun, can't get an ID on this:

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Let's all go tank hunting!:

US 57mm AT gun:

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Pak37 IIRC:

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Moving onto weapons spreads, let's begin with the British encompassing Lee-enfields complete with rifle grenades, a Thompson SMG, and a Sten SMG:

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The famous Bren:

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From there onto German weapons:

MG-42 and what I think is a ZB-26:

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MG-34 and other tools:

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Gehwer-43, excuse Sgt. Schultz:

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And back to the US:

This spread has everything, had to get it from two different angles to do it any amount of justice:

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A Bazooka and a BAR:

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Needs more BAR, M1 Carbine in far right:

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M1903 Springfield, Shotgun, and Thompson SMG:

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Water-cooled .50 caliber:

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US 82nd Para with Johnson rifle, rare find really:

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Some quick Russian guns, mostly Mosin-Nagants, with a PPS-43 on top and a mystery gun (posibly a Tokarev?) at the bottom:

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Another ID request:

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Ah, the good 'ol Maxim guns:

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Oh, and now on to vehicle spam:

A German scout car, it's so cute:

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75mm short-barrelled assault gun halftrack:

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Vanilla halftrack:

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T-34 converted to look like a Tiger, it seems so unholy:

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US M8 Greyhound scout:

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Why does this picture just scream "SHEP!" at me?

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Last, but not least. There are times when life is just too funny:

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That NOS Guy wrote:Another ID request:

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Is it a Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotnyi (Degtyaryov hand-held infantry machine gun)?

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That NOS Guy wrote:Some quick Russian guns, mostly Mosin-Nagants, with a PPS-43 on top and a mystery gun (posibly a Tokarev?) at the bottom:

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(pic quoted for ease of... well, you know)

Looks like either an AVS-36 or SVT-40 (I can never keep them straight).
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Great pics. That 6-tube towed rocket launcher intrigues me (at least I assume it's a small MLRS as the tubes look too thin for it to be a multi-barrel mortar). Who made it and when?
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Starglider wrote:Great pics. That 6-tube towed rocket launcher intrigues me (at least I assume it's a small MLRS as the tubes look too thin for it to be a multi-barrel mortar). Who made it and when?
German Nebelwerfer multi-rocket launcher, developed in the 30s I believe.
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General Schatten wrote:Is it a Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotnyi (Degtyaryov hand-held infantry machine gun)?
Yep, it's a DP. Thanks for the help.
Brother-Captain Gaius wrote: (pic quoted for ease of... well, you know)

Looks like either an AVS-36 or SVT-40 (I can never keep them straight).
An SVT-40 is a Tokarev rifle (:P), thanks.
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Fantastic pictures! That must have been an absolute blast to attend.
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Count Dooku wrote:Fantastic pictures! That must have been an absolute blast to attend.
You'd think that wouldn't you? :P

Both days my partner (on the first day the girlfriend, on the second my dad) did little else besides complain of the heat. While I'm glad they came with me I had to cut it short both days simply because they couldn't stand the heat.

Bah, bah I say!
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