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Posted on 10/10/2005 9:03:44 PM PDT by alfa6
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A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. The purpose of this combination is to produce a vehicle with the cross-country capabilities of a tank and the handling of a wheeled vehicle.  In 1911 the French engineer Adolphe Kégresse converted a number of cars from the personal car park of Czar of Russia as half-tracks. From 1916 onward there was a Russian project by the Putilov plant to produce military half-tracks along the same lines using trucks and French track parts.  Half-tracks were used extensively in World War II by all sides, especially the Germans and Americans, but fell out of favor soon after, replaced with fully-tracked or fully-wheeled vehicles. Half-tracks were used primarily as armored personnel carriers, but also saw duty as mortar carriers, self-propelled anti-aircraft guns, self-propelled anti-tank guns, artillery haulers, armored fighting vehicles and many other tasks. One notable user of half tracks after WW-II was the Israel Defense Forces who used half tracks until just recently.  The Sonderkraftfahrzeuge, or "special vehicle" series were invaluable multi-purpose vehicles used throughout the war as support vehicles. The SdKfz 250 and 251 models were used as troop carriers that accompanied tanks into battle and were armed with machine guns, mortars or rockets called Wurfrahmen. This made them an excellent mobile artillery unit but their weak armor made them easy targets for tanks, heavy machine guns, or even grenades.  While Panzer Divisions were first being developed requirements were given for a personnel carrier that was armored and could carry the infantry into battle. In 1935 it was suggested that an armored body could be placed on a medium half track tractor. The SdKfz 11 became the basis for the chassis of the Sd. Kfz. 251 series  Produced by Hanomag, but the hull and superstructure were built by Büssing-NAG. 22 different models made. A brief listing of some of the models follows. SdKfz 251/1 mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen: Crew of 11. Had 2 7.92 mm MG34s and 1 MG34 or MG42, with 2,010 rounds.  SdKfz 251/1 mittlere Schützenpanzerwagen (Wurfrahmen 40): Crew of 7. Had 2 MG34s or MG42s. Had 5: 28cm Sprengranate (HE round) and 1: 32cm Flammgranate (incendiary round). After France in 1940 J. Gast KG, Berlin were ordered to create a projector for the Wurfgerät 40. The elevation was +5° to +40°. Firing took 10 seconds and the range of 1.9 km for Sprengranate and 2.2 km for Flammgranate. Nicknamed "Walking Stuka" or "Bellowing Cow" 
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Evening Victoria.
Told you the FOxhole would still be around. ;-)
If I ever get the time I'll even finish the Thread I have started.
My first glimpse of a half-track came from old Sgt. Rock Comic books - back when they cost a dime.
Ya done good. Pleasant surprise. Thought Treadhead Tuesday was no more. Thanks.
Good morning alfa6 and everyone at the Freeper Foxhole.
Good morning every one.
| October 11, 2005
Counterfeit Reality
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When people see a photograph or video today, they often ask, "Is it real?" A home computer can manipulate images to create a picture of an event that never happened. Images can be inserted into or removed from photographs. A video can be doctored to make it appear that a person was caught committing a crime or performing an act of heroism. The camera may not lie, but the computer can.
Centuries before such modern technology, the apostle Paul warned Timothy about counterfeit reality in the church. He said that in the last days people would be self-absorbed, "having a form of godliness but denying its power" (2 Timothy 3:5). He repeatedly emphasized the need to live a godly life, warning that "evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived" (v.13).
Paul charged Timothy to "continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of" (v.14). True godliness honors and obeys God while its counterfeit seeks pleasure and personal gain. One pleases the Lord; the other gratifies natural desire. Both are identified by their actions.
When people hear us say we are Christians, they may wonder if our faith is real. Our lives will answer the question by reflecting the reality of Christ. —David McCasland
A good tree cannot bear bad fruit, nor can a bad tree bear good fruit. —Matthew 7:18
Actually, in one critical area they were better. The armor [what there is] is sloped , adding to the occupants' survivability. On US half ttracks, the plate is vertical.
On this Day In History
Birthdates which occurred on October 11:
1671 Frederik IV king of Denmark/Norway (1699-1730)
1759 Mason Locke Weems, preacher (Episcopalian clergyman). (invented the story of George Washington and the cherry tree)
1820 Alfred Washington Ellet Brig General (Union volunteers), died in 1895
1821 Sir George Williams England, founder YMCA
1825 Elkanah Brackin Greer Brig General (Confederate Army), died in 1877
1835 Hunter Holmes McGuire Med Director (Confederate Army), died in 1900
1844 Henry John Heinz founded prepared-foods company (57 varieties)
1872 Harlan Fiske Stone NH, Supreme Court (1925-41) Chief Justice (41-46)
1884 Eleanor Roosevelt 1st lady/crusader
1896 Roman Jakobson linguist/Slavic scholar (Fundamentals of Language)
1902 Leon Belasco Odessa Russia, actor (Lucky Partners, My Sister Eileen)
1906 Earl "Dutch" Clark Colo, NFL hall of fame QB (Spartans, Detroit)
1910 Joseph Alsop political newspaper columnist (Men Around the President)
1914 Edward J Day US Postmaster General (1961)
1918 Jerome Robbins choreographer/composer (Tony-West Side Story)
1919 Art Blakey Pitts Pa, drummer (Billy Eckstine Band)
1925 Elmore Leonard American writer (Glitz, Mr Majestyk)
1932 Dottie West Tenn, country singer (Here Comes My Baby)
1936 Charles Gordon Fullerton Roch, USAF/ast (STS T-1, T-3, T-5, 3, 51F)
1937 Ron Leibman NYC, actor (Norma Rae, Where's Poppa?, Beauty & Beast)
1943 Gene Watson country singer (Heartaches, Love & Stuff)
1948 Daryl Hall rocker/songwriter (Hall & Oates-Sara Smile)
1962 Joan Cusack Evanston Ill, comedienne (SNL)
1962 Leslie Landon LA Calif, actress (Etta Plum-Little House on Prairie)
1971 Luke Perry Mansfield Ohio, actor (Dillon-Beverly Hill 90210)
1975 Kellie Martin actress (Life Goes On)
HA HA! Beat ya! 8:11:41. Yeah I'm pretty great! And did I mention how humble I am? Well that's because I am.
Mornin,
Is that a Popeye bobblehead on the dash? LOL.
Can I get one of those in purple? People would quit cutting me off in traffic if I had one of those babies. :^)
Thanks for the thread!
Great post. Thank you so much for taking the time.
Burried somewhere, I have issues 200, 300 and 400. Not worth anything, I read them to death rather then "collect" them.
I thought it was Dudley Do-Right.
It looks like a Marine bulldog to me.
How many of us grew up reading Sgt. Rock, Navy at War, Army at War...etc?
Happy Treadhead Tuesday and God bless you.
XOXOX
Ah! Nice job Alfa6! Foxhole withdrawl symptoms are easing up now.
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