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Metamorphosis II is a woodcut print by the Dutch artist M. C. Escher.It was created between November, 1939 and March, 1940. The print measures 19.2 by 389.5 centimetres (7 + 1 ⁄ 2 in × 12 ft 9 + 3 ⁄ 8 in) and was printed from 20 blocks on 3 combined sheets.
At the beginning of every year since the 1950s, New York's old guard has scurried dutifully to the Park Avenue Armory for a smattering of some of the finest antiques on this side of the Atlantic.
Before the war began the German armed forces Heereswaffenamt compiled a list of known foreign equipment and assigned a unique number to each weapon. These weapons were called Fremdgerät or Beutegerät ("foreign device" or "captured device") and their technical details were recorded in a fourteen-volume set that was periodically updated.
The Gebirgsflak 38 was a German anti-aircraft weapon of World War II, a lightweight version of the 2 cm FlaK 38 designed for airborne and mountain troops as a dual-purpose gun for use against air and ground targets. The main difference was that the carriage was smaller and lighter than the carriage for the FlaK 38.
[10] It can be seen here that the vehicles referred to as Bergepanther were mostly just turretless tow vehicles that were delivered until the end of the war. Furthermore, a significant part of the Bergepanthers with the special tub for winch and spur attachment was probably only used as a towing vehicle due to the lack of winches. [ 11 ]
A Maury wine that has been aged for 10 years. The Maury AOC within the Pyrénées-Orientales department. Maury (French pronunciation: ⓘ) is an Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) for fortified vin doux naturel [1] wines made in the Roussillon wine region of France. Almost all wines are red, made from at least 75% Grenache noir (Garnacha
Weapons captured by the Germans were given the designation 10.7 cm Gebirgsgranatwerfer 328(r). [4] Its last significant use in battle was in the Vietnam War. The ability to break down the weapon made it particularly suited to the rugged terrain of Vietnam. [5] The mortar fired a light HE round (OF-841) and a heavy HE round (OF-841A).
A 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M99 barrel at Technical Museum Vienna. The 10 cm Gebirgshaubitze M 99 was a mountain howitzer used by Austria-Hungary during World War I. [1]It consisted of a barrel of the 10 cm Feldhaubitze M 99 made from the so-called steel bronze (92% copper bronze strengthened by autofrettage which was used due to the lack of steel industry in Austria, see Franz von Uchatius) on a ...