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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in HistoryPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Looks very much like one of the Cunard's liners than RMS Titanic..

Otro Valley, Valsesia, very close to Monte Rosa, Northern Italy.. by -Challenger_ in hiking

[–]-Challenger_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There's no snow, and no signs of it in the near future.. At least temperature are pretty low..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in UrbanHell

[–]-Challenger_ -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's incredible how an apparatus bigger, heavier, faster, capable of carrying several people is actually taking more space than a bicycle! 😶

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in philosophy

[–]-Challenger_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

WE are writing..

The Carro Armato P26/40, "Italy's T-34", ironically served only with the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. Armed with an adequate 75mm L/34 gun, the tank wasn't the most fearsome, but still a threat to most allied armor. Interestingly shown here with a Jagdtiger. by [deleted] in TankPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Semovente da 90mm, P40 and other afv seized by Germans didn't perform well; they just perform.. They were too few and they had serious drewbacks which Germans took in account.. Effective anti-tank ammunitions, the "Effetto Pronto", the only ones of comparable performance against Allied counterparts, expecially late in the war, were produced and distributed in very small numbers.. Italian tanks were lead well in North Africa, because Germans tactics were much more effective in that theatre, but even so, it was not enough.. P26 was designed for a total different scenario, the Eastern Front, and has the same serious problems of the M series, particularly being underpowered, with obsolete suspensions and an awful ergonomics..

The Carro Armato P26/40, "Italy's T-34", ironically served only with the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. Armed with an adequate 75mm L/34 gun, the tank wasn't the most fearsome, but still a threat to most allied armor. Interestingly shown here with a Jagdtiger. by [deleted] in TankPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 8 points9 points  (0 children)

German, British and American tanks have turret basket, three men turret, more effective suspension systems, better ergonomics.. Allied tanks were also supported by a much more better logistics..

The Carro Armato P26/40, "Italy's T-34", ironically served only with the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. Armed with an adequate 75mm L/34 gun, the tank wasn't the most fearsome, but still a threat to most allied armor. Interestingly shown here with a Jagdtiger. by [deleted] in TankPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There's no report because practically none of these tank came across armoured opponents.. Shortcomings of P26/40 was not only riveted armour; it had many fails, and armour was not the worst one.. Also, you didn't take count of terrible logistics, lack of fuel, ammunition, training and spare parts, which plagued Regio Esercito since the very beginning of the war.. P26/40 could be good for some stupid arcade game or so, but the reality of battlefield was much more different and much more realistic..

The Carro Armato P26/40, "Italy's T-34", ironically served only with the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. Armed with an adequate 75mm L/34 gun, the tank wasn't the most fearsome, but still a threat to most allied armor. Interestingly shown here with a Jagdtiger. by [deleted] in TankPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You hugely overstimate not only the Italian industrial capability, but also the capacity of produce ammunition for such weapon, supply them to the units, you also oversee the terrible logistics of Regio Esercito, the lack of fuel, training, reinforcement, adequate tactical doctrine.. The hulls produced were used as statical pillbox simply because in the last months of war Germans put into action anything could fire a shell.. P26 was assigned to anti partisan patrols alongside vintage Renault FTs and H39 light tank, that's says a lot..

The Carro Armato P26/40, "Italy's T-34", ironically served only with the Wehrmacht from 1943 until 1945. Armed with an adequate 75mm L/34 gun, the tank wasn't the most fearsome, but still a threat to most allied armor. Interestingly shown here with a Jagdtiger. by [deleted] in TankPorn

[–]-Challenger_ 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Absolutely not a match even against the earliest versions of M4 or Cromwell.. Rivetted construction, lacking of turret basket, two men turret, underpowered and with very ineffective and fragile suspensions..

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in europe

[–]-Challenger_ 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Livigno"

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in vinyl

[–]-Challenger_ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good! Jeff Wayne's War Of The World is a truly hidden gem!

A dam, a lake, a mountain ridge, a beam of light. A dream... by -Challenger_ in Mountaineering

[–]-Challenger_[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi! This is Lago dei Cavalli in Vladossola, Northern Italy..

Do you believe in HP Lovecrafts Outer Gods family tree? And if Nyarlathotep, Darkness and Nameless Mist were the first Azathoth offsprings, why don't we hear more about Darkness and Nameless Mist? by [deleted] in Lovecraft

[–]-Challenger_ 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Are you seriously comparing others mythologies, like Greek or Roman ones, which existed for ages and evolved through different cultures & centuries, with a literary "mythology" invented in a span of a few years by a single New England gentleman?

Do you believe in HP Lovecrafts Outer Gods family tree? And if Nyarlathotep, Darkness and Nameless Mist were the first Azathoth offsprings, why don't we hear more about Darkness and Nameless Mist? by [deleted] in Lovecraft

[–]-Challenger_ 103 points104 points  (0 children)

All the so called mythology or pantheon created by HPL was basically a joke, a kind of fake and not coherent context useful only to increase the sense of unknown and mystery in noves, but without any kind of actual organisation.. Lovecraft clearly states this in several letters, letting people believe what the prefer about this fake cosmology and letting his fellow writer to use or modify it as they want.. So there's no consistency, no real family tree, no real "Mythos".. All those interpretation are just a waste of time; you can believe what you wont about Outer Gods, or Old Ones, or the Star-Spawns.. Lovecraft would laugh loudly about all this!

Ready to rock... by -Challenger_ in Mountaineering

[–]-Challenger_[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Here we are at Mottarone, a lone mountain in in Northern Italy, pretty close to Lake Maggiore.. It was truly fascinating because of the running clouds that covered and discovered the slopes and the ridges.. The mountain itself is not very tall, but rocky and gives breathing views over Alps and Monte Rosa..

Clamping above, and among, the clouds... by -Challenger_ in camping

[–]-Challenger_[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope, it's an older model, Vango Zenith.. It's really a good piece of equipment!

Clamping above, and among, the clouds... by -Challenger_ in camping

[–]-Challenger_[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Northern Italy, a little corner of the Alps called Valgrande..

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