tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post8188391175584050932..comments2024-03-28T14:35:30.147-04:00Comments on Tank Archives: French ExitPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-57438206939256200012019-03-09T13:44:09.491-05:002019-03-09T13:44:09.491-05:00Thank you, I made the correction.Thank you, I made the correction.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-67613656753513992192019-03-09T05:55:48.603-05:002019-03-09T05:55:48.603-05:00Correct toponyms -are Mikkolahti and Kuolajarvi.Correct toponyms -are Mikkolahti and Kuolajarvi.Valery Smirnovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04993655761000599883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-74515176714568849862019-01-11T13:08:04.294-05:002019-01-11T13:08:04.294-05:00Ah, the hapless Arctic front. I knew the Germans u...Ah, the hapless Arctic front. I knew the Germans up there didn't exactly have priority for cutting-edge hardware but it's news to me they were having to muck about with old trophy stuff. <br /><br />...though quick look at the Wiki tells me that's pure mea culpa as that info is very readily found. Curiously enough the original parent unit of these old cans, the Panzer-Abteilung 211, was apparently disbanded already in late '41 after the "Polarfuchs" thrust on the Salla-Kantalahti (Kandalaksha) axis fell flat on its face; guess the tanks were thereafter dispersed amongst and folded into the infantry divisions as organic armoured support or something?Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-20565349678693914622019-01-09T19:46:35.381-05:002019-01-09T19:46:35.381-05:00Vicinity of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, so prett...Vicinity of Kandalaksha, Murmansk Oblast, so pretty close.Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09622237223229485503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-30641923627308554202019-01-09T18:46:28.923-05:002019-01-09T18:46:28.923-05:00Where was this? Those place-names mentioned (all t...Where was this? Those place-names mentioned (all two of them) sound distinctly like Finnish, or one of the smaller closely related languages nearby.Kellomieshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04915110653443066212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5030145265861917845.post-70385786905515012452019-01-07T20:57:50.658-05:002019-01-07T20:57:50.658-05:00I wonder if anyone ever got around to drilling a s...I wonder if anyone ever got around to drilling a small gun port for the radio operators of the SOMUA S35s.Marjoriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15520739150794220908noreply@blogger.com