Shot on FX30 with epz 16-55 oss
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Shot on FX30 with epz 16-55 oss
Shot on FX30 with epz 16-55 oss
Voorjaar 2022.
Boskoop - Holland.
Flats aan de Parklaan + KLM 747 . .
Eind van de tuinen aan de Zinkeling.
Boskoop - Holland.
Braak liggend veen tussen Laag Boskoop en Zijde.
Over niet al te lange tijd gaat de koninklijke B.A.M. groep hier huizen neerzetten in Boskoopse stijl (i.e. op ruime voet), op instigatie van de gemeente.
KLM 747 long haul cargo (reinforced hull).
Timmermans werkplaats, annex onderhoudsloods.
Gebouw is niet origineel meer.
And no, although sloped 56 degrees, the 2 inch mostly CHA armor of the Sherman wasn't meant for tank battles.
This machine was mainly developed to support ground troops, infantry and the like, even as a flamethrower (Germany and the Pacific).
Not that the occasional daredevil in a M4 never outflanked a German Panther or Tiger and shot it to pieces, but that was never done head-to-head, because that was a not so splendid idea.
The respective armor, canon and aiming apparatus of forementioned German tanks simply overclassed anything the Sherman could throw at them.
This came horribly to light in the Normandy campaign.
The Sherman's 75mm ammunition could not even penetrate the 150mm sloped front armor or the 180mm turret armor of the German Tiger II in Normandy, not even on a short distance.
The German Tiger II however could obliterate a Sherman M4 up to more than 2.5 kms from any angle.
The nickname of the Sherman was "Tommy cooker" or "Ronson" (the cigarette lighter), because a direct hit always did set the thing on fire, mainly due to the fact that the ammunition was stowed so high inside the tank, directly under the turret, only protected by the 38mm CHA side armor.
Later they installed a sort of a water screen (bags or cans) near the ammunition, just to give the crew a few seconds more to escape from the tank after a direct hit.
Also they started using more RHA than CHA for the armor plating to withstand the high velocity projectiles of the time.
Restanten van het op 19 maart 2006 afgebrande Hotel Radio Kootwijk, dat in 1972 haar deuren sloot.
Restanten van het op 19 maart 2006 afgebrande Gebouw H,
het voormalige Hotel Radio Kootwijk, dat in 1972 haar deuren sloot.
And it actually works, you just have to lit the branch.
But then it's not that ecological anymore . .
Geïnundeerd weiland - kano gebied.
Biesbosch - Holland.
As can be seen at the Louwman Car Museum in Holland.
