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:
Complete with paras!
Scale model of CV-38 Shangri La:
TBMs:
No. 1:
No. 2:
B-25 Briefing Time:
taxing:
The other Mitchell present:
It's a plane! It's a boat! It's a flying boat!
P-40:
Head-on:
Where's there's one, there's often two:
Some sort of Soviet aircraft, I think it's some sort of Yak, but I'm probably wrong:
An old Neptune:
The P-47D, the fat joke virtually writes itself:
You may recognize these next two from virtually every war movie using the Japanese ever, wonderful conversion jobs really:
A "Kate":
A "Val":
The SJN was converted to look like an SBD-2 Dauntless, and it did a pretty good job:
P-51:
Now for the trainer montage:
(this asshole wouldn't move, sorry)
I find myself thinking of Broomstick as I rushed to shoot this taxing:
B-17 Yankee Lady taxing:
Now for the weapons the re-enactors brought along. First off, artillery:
Mortar M3 halftrack, IIRC it's an 81mm mortar.
Ammo:
75mm pack howitzer:
German pieces, IIRC they're 105mm:
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The poor-mans MLRS:
What did the Americans and Germans share? AAA of course:
German 40mm:
American 40mm:
German 20mm:
German twin MG34 AA mount:
US Quad .50 Cal mount:
US .30 Cal on AA mount:
Crazy Japanese gun, can't get an ID on this:
Let's all go tank hunting!:
US 57mm AT gun:
Pak37 IIRC:
Moving onto weapons spreads, let's begin with the British encompassing Lee-enfields complete with rifle grenades, a Thompson SMG, and a Sten SMG:
The famous Bren:
From there onto German weapons:
MG-42 and what I think is a ZB-26:
MG-34 and other tools:
Gehwer-43, excuse Sgt. Schultz:
And back to the US:
This spread has everything, had to get it from two different angles to do it any amount of justice:
A Bazooka and a BAR:
Needs more BAR, M1 Carbine in far right:
M1903 Springfield, Shotgun, and Thompson SMG:
Water-cooled .50 caliber:
US 82nd Para with Johnson rifle, rare find really:
Some quick Russian guns, mostly Mosin-Nagants, with a PPS-43 on top and a mystery gun (posibly a Tokarev?) at the bottom:
Another ID request:
Ah, the good 'ol Maxim guns:
Oh, and now on to vehicle spam:
A German scout car, it's so cute:
75mm short-barrelled assault gun halftrack:
Vanilla halftrack:
T-34 converted to look like a Tiger, it seems so unholy:
US M8 Greyhound scout:
Why does this picture just scream "SHEP!" at me?
Last, but not least. There are times when life is just too funny:
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Is it a Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotnyi (Degtyaryov hand-held infantry machine gun)?That NOS Guy wrote:Another ID request:
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(pic quoted for ease of... well, you know)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:
Looks like either an AVS-36 or SVT-40 (I can never keep them straight).
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German Nebelwerfer multi-rocket launcher, developed in the 30s I believe.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?
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Yep, it's a DP. Thanks for the help.General Schatten wrote:Is it a Ruchnoy Pulemyot Degtyaryova Pekhotnyi (Degtyaryov hand-held infantry machine gun)?
An SVT-40 is a Tokarev rifle (:P), thanks.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).
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You'd think that wouldn't you?Count Dooku wrote:Fantastic pictures! That must have been an absolute blast to attend.
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!