The Wehrmacht gave special attention to the units’ management & their cooperation. For the different levels of Army Corps special communications vehicles were produced based on half-track Armored Personnel Carrier Sd. Kfz.251 that had good cross-country ability, antibullet armor & one or two machine guns for self-defense. ...

Modern Russian tanks T-72 & T-80 are operated with the three-man crew: commander, driver & gunner. The majority of Western vehicles, for instance, the U.S. main battle tank M1 Abrams have a crew of 4 – the forth tankman is a loader, while on the Russian tanks this function is performed by the automatic loader. This solution made possible not only to reduce the size of a 72/-80 fighting compartment, resulting in a lower silhouette, but also to increase the fire rate. ...

A serial production of KVs was launched in February 1940. KV had the true innovative design, embodied the most advanced ideas: independent torsion-bar suspension, heavy antiprojectile armor, diesel engine & powerful 76-mm all-purpose gun L-11. The fi rst encounters with KV shocked the Germans. From 24 June 1941, a single KV effectively blunted the drive of the Wehrmacht 6th Panzer Division for two days, blocked off a crucial road in a marshy terrain close to Raseiniai, Lithuania. Before the crewmen were killed they had destroyed 12 trucks, 4 antitank guns, 88-mm AA-Gun, a number of tanks & dozens of enemy soldiers. ...

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- 3 Ch Army Defender Helicopter Battle stations!! This sleek, manned gunship is ready for anything! The slick Matt
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3D Bowtie Quilt by Sheila Goodwin Stitch & fold bow tie blocks from colourful scraps. This is a fun quilt you can make block by block with fabrics you already have, or can perhaps collect over time. It would be a great memory quilt idea for offcuts from dressmaking or children’s clothes
- even old ties! Sheila made two of these quilts for her sisters, who were both celebrating 50th wedding anniversaries. What a wonderful gift! Finished

Size: 153cm x 153cm (60 x 60) Skill Level: Intermediate This project is an extract from Popular Patchwork magazine first published in January 2008. It is a Digital Edition & comes as a downloadable PDF file. Normal 0 false false false LV X-NONE X-NONE


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Features: Full length bevel edged blades manufactured from chrome vanadium steel hardened, tempered, finely
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