An unidentified Russian billionaire has forked out several million euros (or dollars, pounds, etc, they’re all the same) for one of Adolf Hitler’s motor cars. Owing to its 18mm armour plated bodywork the beast, a Mercedes 770K, weighs in at some 5 tonnes. Other features, which I imagine didn’t come as standard, include 4cm thick [...]
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Squillions For Hitler’s Car
Posted in Hitler And His Lederhosen Gang, tagged 1A 148 461, 770K, Adolf Hitler, Classic Cars, Mercedes, Nazi, Vintage Cars on November 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Shooting Around Corners In Russia
Posted in Hitler And His Lederhosen Gang, tagged Commando, Counter-Terrorism, Gun, Military, Periscope Rifle, Rifle, Russia, Sniping on November 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The modern day equivalent of a periscope rifle:
I *so* want one for keeping bunnies off the veg patch . . . .
Hitler: Not An Idiot But A Journalist
Posted in Hitler And His Lederhosen Gang, tagged Adolf Hitler, Adolphe Jacob, Nazi, NSDAP, Völkischer Beobachter on November 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According, that is, to an anonymous French spy, who in 1924 wrote a confidential dossier about the man in question. Said file, reports Le Monde, has recently come to light in the bowels of the French National Archives. Stored away for decades in an iron safe, the now yellowing secret documents, handwritten and including a [...]
Hitler – The German Football Coach
Posted in Hitler And His Lederhosen Gang, tagged Armistice Day, Britain, Hitler, Holocaust, Nazi, UK, World War One, World War Two on November 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well he was according to 1% of British schoolchildren, with a more concerning one in seven believing him to have invented gravity in 1650. A survey of 2,000 nine to fifteen year olds across the UK, which was carried out by the veteran’s charity Erskine, also revealed that two in five youngsters don’t know when [...]
Wearing Nazi Insignias During The Afghan Campaign
Posted in Hitler And His Lederhosen Gang, tagged Nazi, Waffen SS, Afghanistan, World War Two, Czech Republic, Hynek Matonoha, Petr Prochazka, Jan Cermak on November 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Well two elite Czech soldiers, both of whom were decorated upon their homecoming by the Czech defence minister and chief of staff, evidently thought it a good idea to do so. Jan Cermak and Hynek Matonoha, members of a rapid reaction unit stationed up until recently in Logar province, sported for most of their deployment [...]

