Introduction A reconnaissance car built in England during WW-II, on the chassis of the standard Morris light truck. This particular car was used in the D' Day Normandy landings. To make it easy for the Allied airplanes to identify, an American star was marked. Sidenote about manufacturing companies. Morris MK II (4 × 4) Approximate … Continue reading Morris light reconnaissance car
Introduction A WW-II German searchlight a.k.a Flakscheinwerfer (Flak Searchlight). In 1941, the German company AEG, in collaboration with the Krupp factory, produced this searchlight.A group of such lights was used to light the skies, thus enabling the AA crews to spot, and shoot at the enemy airplanes. In spite of its gigantic stature, it could be … Continue reading Flakscheinwerfer (Flak Searchlight)
Introduction One of the techniques while defending/attacking waters was to deploy contact mines. These mines would explode as soon as they came in contact with a ship.The Mark XVII naval contact mine, triggered through contact with a ship, was the standard British contact naval mine during World War II. Mark XVII contact naval mine Approximate Values Height: 122 … Continue reading Mark XVII contact naval mine
Introduction In the 20th century iron, and steel had become the backbone of powerful nations. Northern parts of Sweden(Kiruna, Gällivare) have the largest, purest iron ore deposits in Europe. As early as 1902, Sweden begun transporting its iron ore via railway to the Narvik harbour. The port doesn't freeze in spite of being on the … Continue reading Naval ships involved in battles of Narvik
Nissuntjårro mountain on the left of the viewer, Tjuonatjåkka on the right. The above image is of Lapporten (Northern Sami: Čuonjávággi, "Tjuonavagge") clicked by the road(in Abisko) to Narvik. The frozen Torneträsk lake can be seen on the left. Lapporten is Sweden's most widely clicked/familiar mountain pair. Geographically, it is a u-valley which is formed when several glaciers … Continue reading Lapporten – a pleasant view
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