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12-23-2010, 09:23 PM
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Re: V-2 Rocket Victim in Antwerp, Belgium, November 27, 1944
Its a different variation of the 1 ton truck. They were given to allied powers both before the US entry in war and after. Deemed med trucks or troop carriers they could be given without making it seem like the US was trying to be neutral. Could have been US or British troops because this was after the US joined the war and had plenty of men and supplies in England. The truck probably was the cause of stuff around the region catching on fire and debris no way a direct V2 hit and the troop carriers had a canvas top that probably caught flames as well as that dude  I am not being a smart-ass just a ex-history major.  · |
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12-25-2010, 01:17 AM
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Re: V-2 Rocket Victim in Antwerp, Belgium, November 27, 1944
The V-2 would strike the ground at high speed and detonate at least 8-10 feet into the ground causing massive cratering.
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12-27-2010, 05:04 PM
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Re: V-2 Rocket Victim in Antwerp, Belgium, November 27, 1944
Yes, this is an image from November 1944 after a Vergeltungswaffe 2 plummeted (at the twice the speed of soune) into an intersection in Antwerp. The burning body in the foreground is the corpse of a young boy; the crater is out of the field-of-view, and some distance for the US Army supply vehicle to still be intact. Even at that distance, structural damage by a 980 kg amatol warhead is evident in the background.
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12-29-2010, 08:36 PM
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Re: V-2 Rocket Victim in Antwerp, Belgium, November 27, 1944
I love history! Thanks for the info, I could tell it was not a typical "duce and a half." And I agree about the V-2, super heated metal would go for some distance, igniting trucks and such... No need for a crater in view.
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nice find
does anybody noticed that ghost face over the open door of the car??? 
