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Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:23:10 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:26:28 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:28:44 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:31:01 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:33:18 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:36:23 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 2:50:44 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:02:23 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:02:49 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:05:20 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:09:04 PM   
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Two elephants shot by Russians at Kursk '43.

Those are Ferdinands. This class got upgraded to Elephants (adding machineguns) in 44 after the Kursk Battle

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:09:05 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:09:40 PM   
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Two elephants shot by Russians at Kursk '43.

Those are Ferdinands. This class got upgraded to Elephants (adding machineguns) in 44 after the Kursk Battle


Proof of evolution

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 3:12:46 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 4:10:46 PM   
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Two elephants shot by Russians at Kursk '43.

Those are Ferdinands. This class got upgraded to Elephants (adding machineguns) in 44 after the Kursk Battle



Actually...these are both Ferdinands, AND have the "upgrade".
Note the bow MG bulge...

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 6:55:48 PM   
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OT!
I see lots of asses but can't see any elephants ...




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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 8:37:35 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 8:39:25 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/8/2019 8:43:42 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/13/2019 4:35:59 AM   
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Two elephants shot by Russians at Kursk '43.





you beat me to it...

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 2/13/2019 7:52:04 AM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/24/2019 11:03:16 AM   
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Used by the Japanese.





Well, at least those few Jap soldiers "saw the elephant".

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/25/2019 10:07:02 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/25/2019 10:16:23 PM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 12:21:53 AM   
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Some historians doubt that any of Hannibal's elephants made it over the Alps, and there's no convincing evidence that any did (last I checked).

I thought Polybius said Hannibal had 'a few' elephants that survived the crossing. I could be wrong.




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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 1:41:05 AM   
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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 1:49:27 AM   
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He may have, but I said "some", so nobody can prove I'm wrong, nyah, nyah, nyah nyah.






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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 2:10:01 AM   
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A VERY GOOD book:

Hannibal
By Theodore Ayrault Dodge
First print 1891
!995 reprint.

The most detailed, and interestingly written, book Ive seen on this subject.
Dodge was a officer in a New York Infantry Regiment during the Civil War. He was at Gettysburg.
Dodge wrote many books on the Civil War and on ancient warfare. He toured the battlefields for his Hannibal book.
His experiences give him a "insight" to his subject.
He wrote a 4 volume set on Napoleon.

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 8:31:00 AM   
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Strange to see them having their gun travel lock still in place

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RE: Elephants in WW2 - 6/26/2019 2:30:06 PM   
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