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Green Zone Patrol by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, July 2009. Troops of the 2nd Mercian Regiment 19th Light Brigade engaged on compound searches during Operation Panchai Palang. |
Christmas Hunt - Bristol Fighter F2B by David Pentland. (PC) 139 Squadron RAF in North Italy, December 1917. |
Off the Beach by David Pentland. (PC) Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, 6th June 1944. A PIAT team and riflemen of the 6th Green Howards part of British 50th (Tyne Tees) Division, push inland in the direction of Caen. |
Red Steel at Kamenewo, Mtsensk, Central Front, Russia, 6th October 1941 by David Pentland. (PC) Following the capture of Orel, the German High Command ordered General Heinz Guderians panzers to push on towards Mtsensk, Tuila and Moscow. Alarmed at the situation Stalin deployed Major General Leyushenko to halt this advance. the battle was finally joined when when the 4th Panzer Division crossed the Lisiza stream at Kamenewo, pushing back the dug in defenders towards Mtsensk, but unaware they had entered a Soviet trap. at this point the T34s and KV1s of Colonel Katukovs 4th tank Brigade attacked from the woods on the Panzers left flank smashing the out gunned and weaker armoured PzIII tanks and half tracks. For the Germans the battle was a terrible shock, stalling their advance and an unexpected demonstration of Soviet armoured superiority. During the battle Lt Lavrinienko, with his platoon of four T34s supported by three KV1s under Sgt Antonov knocked out eleven enemy tanks, plus a pair of artillery guns (squashed under the tracks of the KVs) In his short two month career, Lt Lavinienko knocked out some fifty two enemy tanks! |
Seeking the Way by David Pentland. (PC) Don River, Russia, 17th January 1943. Alpini scouts spearhead the 40,000 strong mass of stragglers retreating from the Don front in the wake of the Soviet Little Saturn offensive. Two columns of Alpini and Italians from other commands, plus various Germans and Hungarians fought twenty-two battles and covered 200 km on foot in fifteen days to regain their own lines. |
Poppy Fields by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, April, 2011. Men of The Highlanders 4th Royal Regiment of Scotland, patrol through a flowering poppy field near Lashkar Gah. |
The Firing Line by David Pentland (PC) 1st Battle of the Marne, France, 5th September 1914. Also known as the "Miracle of the Marne", where the allied armies halted a headlong retreat from the German army, and then counterattacked forcing a German retreat all along the entire Western Front. |
The Steelhorse by David Pentland (PC) Polish Armoured train No.11, "Danuta", Poznan Army, September 1939. The Polish armoured trains such as "Danuta" were powerful weapons. They where considered state of the art having been upgraded in the 1930’s and made up of 2 twin artillery wagons an assault wagon and 5 TKS tankettes used foe scouting. |
Jasta 10, Northern France Early September 1917 by David Pentland. (PC) The Jasta was part of the Flying Circus, and one of the first units to receive and be fully equipped with the new Pfaltz DIII aircraft. In their capable hands this elegant aircraft proved an effective weapon. |
New Orders by David Pentland. (PC) July 1942. Italian M13/40 tanks of 132nd Armoured Regiment, Ariete Division stop to receive an urgent dispatch while advancing on the British defensive lines at El Alamein. |
Scouting Ahead by David Pentland. (PC) Kursk, Central Russia, 1st July 1943. Sdkfz 232 heavy armoured car and Sdkfz 247 light armoured car of the Reconnaissance battalion, 11th Panzer Division, scouting enemy dispositions prior to the Kursk offensive. |
Cross of Iron, Russia, Summer 1942 by David Pentland (PC) German infantry take cover in a shell hole during the blitzkrieg through Southern Russia towards Stalingrad. |
Vikings by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand Province, Afghanistan, 12th August 2008. Armoured personnel carriers from The Queen's Royal Lancers, Viking Group, tasked with providing security for the delivery of a new turbine being moved from the Kandahar Airfield to the Kajaki Dam. |
Operation Skorpion by David Pentland. (PC) Egypt, North Africa, 26th May 1941. Two Panzer IIIG's of Rommel's Afrika Korps advance towards Halfaya Pass during Operation Skorpion. Following the recent loss of the pass to the British in Operation Brevity, the Afrika Korps launched a counter attack to regain the vital position, and forced the British under Lt. Gen. Gott back to Sofafi and Buq Buq. |
Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland. (PC) Captain Fields 2 Scimitar and 2 Scorpion light tanks of 3 Troop The Blues and Royals along with the Milan platoon, provide vital covering fire for 2 Paras assault on the North Spur Wireless Ridge (Apple Pie) Following lessons learned at Goose Green additional support was available from artillery, mortars, machine guns and even HMS Ambuscade. Despite the attack being conducted at night, with frequent snow flurries, and minefields, all the objectives were taken, and at first light the road to Port Stanley lay open and unopposed. |
Business as Usual, Glengall St, Belfast, December 1991 by David Pentland. (PC) A Provisional IRA bomb left outside the Unionist Party Headquarters, exploded prematurely injuring several police, army and civilians. At the same time it devastated the recently repaired Grand Opera House and Europa Hotel. |
Alpini by David Pentland. (PC) Montenegro, Yugoslavia, January, 1942. 75mm Skoda Mountain Gun of 5th Alpine artillery Regiment, 5th Alpini Division, 'Pusteria' in action against Tito's partisans. |
Shock and Awe by David Pentland. (PC) Helmand, Afghanistan, April 2008. A long range patrol by Pathfinder Platoon (Parachute Regiment) in Jackal reconnaissance vehicles watch on from a safe distance as a requested air strike devastates Taliban targets. |
Finale at Arnhem, Holand, 24th September 1944 by David Pentland (PC) In the predawn light the last Pz.Kpfw. VI Tiger II (Kingtigers) of 2nd Company 506th Heavy Tank Battalion, drive south across the Arnhem bridge to prepare for the upcoming counter-attack to retake Elst and the Nymegen road bridge. |
The Machine Guns - Battle of Amiens, France, 8th August 1918 by David Pentland. (PC) A German machine gun team defend against the British 3rd Corps attack on the high ground north of the Somme. This was to be the start of the final Allied offensive of the war. |
The Battle for Norway by David Pentland. (PC) In this, the first true parachute operation of World war two, German paratroops of 1st battalion Fallschirmjager Regiment 1, proved themselves an invaluable component of Blitzkrieg. First in the initial stages of the campaign by seizing airfields and bridges in Norway and Denmark, and subsequently by supporting army ground forces engaged at Narvik. |
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