https://www.facebook.com/153035427887672/

History Power, New York, NY (2025)

02/15/2025

This painting "An Air Combat First" by Keith Woodc**k depicts a dramatic aerial engagement over the jungles of Laos in 1968. It captures the moment when an Air America Bell UH-1 helicopter, armed with a door gunner, engages and shoots down a North Vietnamese Air Force Antonov An-2 C**t biplane. The action takes place over dense jungle terrain, with another An-2 in the background, evoking the intensity of the covert air war during the Vietnam conflict. This historic event marked one of the rare instances of a helicopter successfully downing a fixed-wing aircraft in combat.

02/15/2025

M7 gr***de launcher found on the former Westwall. The M7 gr***de launcher, formally rifle gr***de launcher, M7, was a 22 mm rifle gr***de launcher attachment for the M1 Garand rifle that saw widespread use throughout World War II and the Korean War.

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/15/2025

Some M9A1 rifle gr***de's from the last trip. The M9 rifle gr***de was an American anti-tank rifle gr***de used during World War II. It was derived as a lighter version of the M10 gr***de which was too heavy to be fired to an effective distance from a rifle. Two of them are in amazing condition as you can see but still verry dangerous! The third one was fired and not in such a good shape anymore and not dangerous.

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/15/2025

I found these at the ww2 battlefields in Germany. I dont know if the binocular is from the war....

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/14/2025

Some US parachute I found a while ago. It was probably used as scarf. Always cool to find a piece of parachute and the condition is insane. Not like many others in did not found it at the dropping zones. One of the most famous droppings is Market Garden. Operation Market Garden was an Allied military operation during the Second World War fought in the German-occupied Netherlands from 17 to 25 September 1944. Its objective was to create a 64 mi (103 km) salient into German territory with a bridgehead over the Nederrijn (Lower Rhine River), creating an Allied invasion route into northern Germany. [8] This was to be achieved by two sub-operations: seizing nine bridges with combined US and British airborne forces ("Market") followed by British land forces swiftly following over the bridges ("Garden"). The airborne operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army with the land operation by the British Second Army, with ### Corps moving up the centre supported by VIII and IX Corps on their flanks. The airborne soldiers, consisting of paratroops and glider-borne troops numbering more than 41,000, were dropped at sites where they could capture key bridges and hold the terrain until the land forces arrived. The land forces consisted of ten armoured and motorised brigades with a similar number of soldiers. The land forces advanced from the south along a single road surrounded by flood plain on both sides. The plan anticipated that they would cover the 103 km (64 miles) from their start to the bridge across the Rhine in 48 hours. About 100,000 German soldiers were in the vicinity to oppose the allied offensive. [9] It was the largest

airborne operation of the war up to that point

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/14/2025

A British artillery position in the German woods I found a while ago was hiding some secrets. When the German where defeat the British troops took advantage of the German positions in the woods to bomb the sh out of the German soldiers wo where retreating. This was all part of Operation BlackCock... Operation Blackc**k was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and Heinsberg in Germany during the fighting on the Western Front in the Second World War. It was conducted by the British Second Army between 13 and 26 January 1945. The objective was to drive the German 15th Army back across the rivers Roer and Wurm and move the frontline further into Germany. The operation was carried out by Lieutenant-General Neil Ritchie's XII Corps by three divisions: the 7th Armoured Division (Major-General Lewis Lyne), the 43rd (Wessex) Infantry Division (Major-General Ivor Thomas) and the 52nd (Lowland) Infantry Division (Major-General Edmund Hakewill-Smith). The operation, named after the Scottish male black grouse, is relatively unknown

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/14/2025

Then and Now in Berlin ! 🇩🇪

02/14/2025

This 4lb Incendiary bomb was found during a summer trip investigating a forest what was used during operation black c**k. Many incendiary bombs where used by the British troops and there where cluster bombs what burned entire forest down or even city's! The 4lb Incendiary bomb was the standard light incendiary bomb used by Bomber Command during WWII. The bomb consisted of a magnesium body with a cast iron/steel nose. The bomb was filled with thermite incendiary pellets and was capable of burring for up to ten minutes, the magnesium body added to the incendiary effect.

There was also a high explosive version and delayed high explosive versions (2-4 minutes) which were intended to hinder fire services. The hexagonal body measured some 545mm in length by 42mm diameter. They were produced in massive quantities. In 1944, 35.8 million bombs were manufactured (a decrease due to more bombs arriving from the US).

They were deployed in tin-plate containers see below, the image shows Armourers preparing a Small Bomb Container (SBC) of 4lb Incendiary Bombs. The bombs caused massive firestorms across many German cities and towns, largely due to the vast numbers which were deployed.

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/14/2025

Back to the German position where I found 2 full boxes of Pak36 on a trip last year. The last time we left the place empty handed due policies but there had to be more.... After i found some bullets and metal pak casings in bad condition I started to find some casings in really good condition. The most where brass but also some metal ones. At the end of the day I found over 15 shell's and a box in pretty good condition! The place is still not empty I think but I have to wait to go back in the spring to investigate some more. The Panzerabwehrkanone was the first german mass-produced AT gun. It was derived from a long line of 3.7cm (1.45in) horse-drawn guns, beginning with a 1925 specification from the waffenamt. The 3.7 cm Pak L/45 designed by Rheinmetall was largely produced from 1928, but had several obsolescent characteristics in 1933, including spoked wooden wheels. Modified along a new specification for a towed gun for motorized infantry units, it was designed as the 3.7 cm Pak 35/36 with magnesium alloy wheels with pneumatic tires. It was also made more compact and light, although enhancing its high velocity capabilities. Replacements began in 1934, and the baptism of fire occured in 1936 in Spain, with nationalist forces and lather the legion condor.

📷 teampanzerfaust

02/14/2025

American MkII Grenade.🇺🇸

I found a US Mk2 gr***de yesterday at the edge of the forest near a DZ/LZ. Likely lost or discarded by a soldier, it still had white medical tape—something paratroopers and glidertroopers often used to secure gear. The gr***de was still live, making it unsafe to take home. A fascinating yet dangerous find!

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

US Quick release buckel.

Today was great! Sunny weather, on the dropzones of the 101st Airborne!

And I again found a US parashute harness buckel! Its in great condition still allot of white paint!

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

WWII U.S. 260lb M81 bomb!

This is the bomb I found a couple weeks ago. It turned out to be a US one! It was still very dangerous, it got successfully exploded by

I also found allot of shrapnel pieces of the bomb and 2 detonators, these were still warm when I pulled them out, and it smelled like gun powder all over that place!

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

U.S. B4 life preserver inflator.

This is an Inflating device from a US Life jacket, its in pretty good condition!!

Found on the dropzones of the 101 st Airborne where they landed during Operation market Garden

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

Another U.S. Parachute Risher. (Short cut)

This risher "Para Cord" was cut of after the landing by a paratrooper very shortly.

I absolutely love parachute rishers, Do you?

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

Piece of US camoflaged Parachute, from Operation Market Garden.

Today I found this piece of parachute on the dropzones of the 101st Airborne division, where they landed during Operation Market Garden.

Beautifull piece pretty big, blue color version!

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

A US 75mm howitzer Cover Leaf

This is an iron oakleaf to hold the shell containers for a 75mm howitzer ammunition. I found this one at the dropzones of the 101st Airborne!

Very common but its still history! Still thinking about buying some oxalic acid :")

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

The german Essgeschirr found in Germany!

The messtin is full of Initials like "WE" "KE" "HW" and more!

📷 ww2_and_history

02/14/2025

British 25Pounder Field artillery casings!

These shell casings were found all together in one hole at a British 25pounder artillery position! I absolutely love those big shell casings!

📷 ww2_and_history

History Power

02/15/2025

02/15/2025

02/15/2025

02/15/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

02/14/2025

Address

Website

Alerts

Contact The Business

Shortcuts

Share

Category