DJ66
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- Aug 2, 2010
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Dear Andy and Co...
I have been reading Beevor's Berlin and came across a description of the Russian advance that I thought would be mind-boggling as a diorama. Just wanted to share with our gentle readers and yourself.
"The Soviet armies advancing in huge, long columns were an extraordinary mixture of modern and medieval: tank troops in padded black helmets, their T-34s churning up the earth as they dipped and rolled with the ground, Cossack cavalrymen on shaggy mounts with loot strapped to the saddle, Lend-Lease Studebakers and Dodges towing light field guns, open Chevrolets with tarpaulin-covered mortars in the back and tractors hauling great howitzers, all eventually followed by a second echelon in horse-drawn carts."
I think these could be amazing, especially a bunch of modified American Joy-rides, bristling with soldiers.
I know you like to think outside the square so I thought I'd see if this tickeled your (or anyone else's) fancy.
I have been reading Beevor's Berlin and came across a description of the Russian advance that I thought would be mind-boggling as a diorama. Just wanted to share with our gentle readers and yourself.
"The Soviet armies advancing in huge, long columns were an extraordinary mixture of modern and medieval: tank troops in padded black helmets, their T-34s churning up the earth as they dipped and rolled with the ground, Cossack cavalrymen on shaggy mounts with loot strapped to the saddle, Lend-Lease Studebakers and Dodges towing light field guns, open Chevrolets with tarpaulin-covered mortars in the back and tractors hauling great howitzers, all eventually followed by a second echelon in horse-drawn carts."
I think these could be amazing, especially a bunch of modified American Joy-rides, bristling with soldiers.
I know you like to think outside the square so I thought I'd see if this tickeled your (or anyone else's) fancy.