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Damn, that JS-2 is huge and in very good condition. No history of the tank on the plaquette? Some JS-2s were taken to museums from the tank reserves, hence the good condition.

Marcus Aurelius wrote:I suppose they were running out of young GULAG prisoners to man the machine gun by that point

Those wouldn't even be let near an airplane.

Marcus Aurelius wrote:The Il-2 had a different shape cockpit, since the rear gunner's position was added as an afterthought.

It was developed initially as a rejected variant, then added when rear defences proved themselves important.

PeZook wrote: "Kubuś" (Jake) armored car. Built by the AK in secret for use in the Warsaw Uprising, based on a Chevrolet truck. Hence, Warsaw partisans became the only insurgency in history capable of domestically developing and deploying armored vehicles

The Danish underground in WW2 also developing their own armored cars, the V3:

Did they ever deploy it in combat? Kubus saw plenty of action in the Warsaw Uprising, which means it was actually developed and deployed operationally.

It also has much better armor coverage, IMHO

Stas Bush wrote:Damn, that JS-2 is huge and in very good condition. No history of the tank on the plaquette? Some JS-2s were taken to museums from the tank reserves, hence the good condition.

I didn't make a picture of the plaquette. IIRC, it actually served in the Polish army post-war, but again, I may be wrong.

PeZook wrote:Did they ever deploy it in combat? Kubus saw plenty of action in the Warsaw Uprising, which means it was actually developed and deployed operationally.

It also has much better armor coverage, IMHO

The German forces already had surrendered when it was ready on 5 May 1945, but was used successfully in combat against Danish collaborators.

Decue wrote: The German forces already had surrendered when it was ready on 5 May 1945, but was used successfully in combat against Danish collaborators.

Well, in this case, I'll edit the post. This is one educational thread

EDIT: Okay, I won't edit the post. Board locked me out.

Fixed it.

Pelranius wrote:I think the Su SP gun is a 76. Very good photos.

More specifically, it appears to be a SU-76M (SU-12M factory designation). By the way, SU is an acronym in this context, so both letters should be capitalized (sorry about the input from the nitpick section of my brain).