Buckets, Bicycles, and Tanks.

Discussion in 'Weapons, Technology & Equipment' started by von Poop, Apr 15, 2011.

  1. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Maybe an odd request :unsure:, and It's just possible I'm doing it to bug a certain mate who once said buckets are far too common on models/dioramas of Panzers...
    If anyone spots a bucket or bicycle hanging off the back of a WW2 AFV, can they share the picture here.
    Evidence of Umbrellas would be nice too ;).

    Cheers,
    ~A

    Some from Bundesarchiv to start off with:
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  2. Ron Goldstein

    Ron Goldstein WW2 Veteran WW2 Veteran

    Adam

    Funnily enough, when I was acting, in addition to my Loader/Op role, as cook for two tanks, we had a canvas bucket that used to hang from the back of our Stuart Honey.

    In this I kept salt water and a piece of meat that I had to leave half cooked as I was disturbed by orders to 'mount up' before I had finished my cuisine. :)

    Ron
     
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  3. Smudger Jnr

    Smudger Jnr Our Man in Berlin

    Adam,

    I will see what I can dig up, but this picture is intersting in so much as the Tiger I is an early version and the crew have fitted a Mk IV luggage bin on the rear of the turret.


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    This was quite widespread until the makers produced the larger standard luggage bin.

    I alway's thought that Tank's and buckets go together :D

    Regards
    Tom
     
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  4. von Poop

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  5. Za Rodinu

    Za Rodinu Hot air manufacturer

    In this I kept salt water and a piece of meat that I had to leave half cooked as I was disturbed by orders to 'mount up' before I had finished my cuisine. :)

    Nowadays such an infraction would stop the war until the H&S unconformity (or whatever) was fixed and reinspected by the FSA :D
     
  6. Jonathan Ball

    Jonathan Ball It's a way of life.

    Certainly looks like a bucket on the back of this PzKpfw III

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  7. sol

    sol Very Senior Member

  8. singeager

    singeager Senior Member

  9. von Poop

    von Poop Adaministrator Admin

    Some fab images on there Singe, I really must go through your excellent .pdfs again soon.

    Don't tell anybody, but half the point with these slightly odd threads is that they tend to provoke interesting images from peculiar Google searches...
     
  10. Drew5233

    Drew5233 #FuturePilot 1940 Obsessive

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    The PoW's on the far left (3) are British by the way.

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  11. gunbunnyB/3/75FA

    gunbunnyB/3/75FA Senior Member

    i know this is technically a tad out of period, but my gun(m109 155mm sph) we allways had a bucket hanging off the ammo rack ,and 1 on the 548 ammo carrier as well, they are fracking indespencable with tracks
     
  12. von Poop

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