4th Cumulative WW2 Quiz
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philippe
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I read the USA also had a kind of shotgun used even in WWI and it's effectiviness was so great the germans were protesting against it's use on the battlefield.
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Wild guesses seem to pay off, at least sometimes.
Finns stay away from the next question and others don't use example wiki yet.
I will give hints if guesses don't get close.
QUESTION:
Finns nicknamed something as "Sotka" during WW2, what was it and what could be the reason for such nickname?
Finns stay away from the next question and others don't use example wiki yet.
I will give hints if guesses don't get close.
QUESTION:
Finns nicknamed something as "Sotka" during WW2, what was it and what could be the reason for such nickname?
DarthNader
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The Trench Gun was issued to some units of the British Army.
Also, the Sotka was the Finnish nickname for the Soviet T-34.
Now you all are in for a treat. My WWII reenacting experience will see that you get an interesting question on the uniform...assuming I got the question right (I know I did).
Also, the Sotka was the Finnish nickname for the Soviet T-34.
Now you all are in for a treat. My WWII reenacting experience will see that you get an interesting question on the uniform...assuming I got the question right (I know I did).
Bugfatty300
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To Germans (and Europe in general for that matter) the shotgun was only used for sport and hunting. The Germans threatened to summarily execute US soldiers caught with one but I don't think it was ever carried out.
The British home guard and militias had lots of personal shotguns because that's all they had. All the Enfields went to the front.
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Right. And what might be the reason(s) why such nickname was given to T-34?
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
becuase they were being pumped out by the hundreds? there was an enormous production of these tanks in the USSR.
philippe
FYI, I chase trains.
I think it has more to do with the fact that the war ended six weeks later after the written protest.
Also, the folly of bayonets was a bit too rusted in the heads of the officers.
Combat shotguns were so much better for the job but they had the tendency to break if you use them a a club
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One might think so especially since there was another tank named like that and some say finns confused these two tanks together naming the wrong model "sotka".
But there is actually another reason which is what I'm looking for...
EDIT: It might have do more with "aesthetics" than anything else.
DarthNader
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If it wasn't the T-34...it must have been the T-100, the dual turreted super heavy tank built to try and replace the T-34. The Finns would have named it "Sotka" because (besides having 100 in the model name) one of its only actions was during the invasion of Finland.
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It was T-34 which I was looking for.
But there's theory that finns might have maybe confused T-34 with T-100 so therefore calling T-34 wrongly as "sotka".
Now that you know it was T-34 I'm asking what is the another reason why they actually appearantly named T-34 as "sotka"?
If nobody doesn't guess it right, I will give the answer tomorrow.
DarthNader
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Oh...
Was it that during the Winter War, some 100 T-34s were captured or destroyed by the Finns?
Was it that during the Winter War, some 100 T-34s were captured or destroyed by the Finns?
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Does it have something to do with how poorly T-34s operated under the conditions in Finland during the Winter War?
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ANSWER:
Sotka was finns nickname for T-34. "Sotka" refers to "aythya" (diving duck) in finnish.
The reason T-34 got this nickname is probably because the side silhouette of the tank resembles swimming waterfowl like common goldeneye (which also can be referred as "sotka" in finnish).
I'll give it to you DarthNader.
Sotka was finns nickname for T-34. "Sotka" refers to "aythya" (diving duck) in finnish.
The reason T-34 got this nickname is probably because the side silhouette of the tank resembles swimming waterfowl like common goldeneye (which also can be referred as "sotka" in finnish).
I'll give it to you DarthNader.
DarthNader
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Wow, thats really interesting. Now that I actually look at the T-34 closer...it does look like a waterfowl. Neat.
Here be my question...I'm keeping my promise.
Question:
The Wehrmacht had the brilliant idea of using colored bits on the uniform to distinguish soldiers from those of other "positions". For example, regular infantry had white, and Artillery/Assault Gun troops had red. The colors were put on the piping and shoulder tabs of the uniform. Now, I want you to identify what troop types go with the following colors.
Rose-Pink
Lemon-Yellow
Dark Blue
Here be my question...I'm keeping my promise.
Question:
The Wehrmacht had the brilliant idea of using colored bits on the uniform to distinguish soldiers from those of other "positions". For example, regular infantry had white, and Artillery/Assault Gun troops had red. The colors were put on the piping and shoulder tabs of the uniform. Now, I want you to identify what troop types go with the following colors.
Rose-Pink
Lemon-Yellow
Dark Blue
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he actually promoted him to feldmarschall. because no feldmarschall had ever surrendered before...
DarthNader
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pink- panzer crews
lemon yellow- signals
dark blue- medics or police/gendarme not sure
Thats right. Rose Pink was for Panzer crews, Lemon Yellow was for signal troops, and Dark Blue was for medics.
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