I have come across a few videos on YouTube of WWI and WWII small arms, and even art pieces being used in Syria today. Stockpiles of Sturmgewehr 44 and MG 42'S with British, Russian and American weapons mixed in.
For Germany the Pz.Kpfw. 35(t)
The Panzerkampfwagen 35(t), commonly shortened to Panzer 35(t) or abbreviated as Pz.Kpfw. 35(t), was a Czechoslovak-designed light tank used mainly by Nazi Germany during World War II. The letter (t) stood for tschechisch (German: "Czech"). In Czechoslovak...
For the U.K. the Vickers Medium Mark II.
The Medium Mark II, derived from the Vickers Medium Mark I, was developed to replace the last of the Medium Mark Cs still in use. Production and rebuilding ran from 1925 until 1934. The tank was phased out of service from 1939, replaced by the Cruiser Mk...
For the United States, the M2 Light Tank.
The Light Tank M2 was an American pre-World War II light tank that saw combat with the US Marine Corps 1st Tank Battalion on Guadalcanal in 1942, during World War II. Its service with the 1st Tank Battalion during the Pacific War was its only U.S...
For Japan the Type 95 Ha-Go light tank.
The Type 95 Ha-Gō was a light tank used by the Imperial Japanese Army in combat operations of the Second Sino-Japanese War, at Nomonhan against the Soviet Union, and in the Second World War. It proved sufficient against infantry; however, like the...
I've Heard That Song Before, Performed by Harry James and Helen Forrest.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7N9EM_vXp0&list=UUeaxAZxuHvyDYsZr-3rF0pw&index=33
For China the M5A1 Stuart light tank.
To relieve the demand for the radial aero-engines used in the M3, a new version was developed using twin Cadillac V-8 automobile engines and twin Hydra-Matic transmissions operating through a transfer case. This variation was quieter, cooler and roomier...
I am reposting this since the video on the first page no longer exist. There are two popular versions of this song, the original recorded in 1942, and the second in 1955.
This is the 1942 version
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1r6PCa6II0
For the Soviet Union, the Stuart M-3 Light Tank.
The M3 Stuart, formally Light Tank M3, was an American light tank of World War II. It was supplied to British and Commonwealth forces under lend-lease prior to the entry of the U.S. into the war. Thereafter, it was used by U.S. and Allied forces...
Bob Smethurst spent years saving images of soldiers from landfill because he could not bear to see them destroyed
'I found the majority of photographs in the 70s and 80s when those who fought were probably passing away'
As well as pictures he has also found letters, postcards and even bullets...
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