WW2 Warfare Discussion thread

[Pac-Fish]

National Socialist Hubble telescope of death

[Pac-Fish]

I have a Q. You know how the US and Britain gave alot of stuff to SU through lend lease. Did thy ever pay them back or did they just say:

"F@%K you guys, if your not a communist then Im not payng you. Besides, Im about to launch Operation Unthinkable on your ass!" - Joseph Stalin(JK)

[neosdark]

Well technically yes, they did. The first Lend-Lease shipments were in fact payed with gold by Stalin himself (we have the order in display at some museum somewhere) And I believe they did pay it all of with gold later on, by the 1950s to be sure. Though I wouldn't have either....

[Pac-Fish]

Well technically yes, they did. The first Lend-Lease shipments were in fact payed with gold by Stalin himself (we have the order in display at some museum somewhere) And I believe they did pay it all of with gold later on, by the 1950s to be sure. Though I wouldn't have either....

Where did the Soviets get so much gold from ?

[neosdark]

Oh a couple of places, selling excess Grain that could have been used to feed the Ukrainians during the Famine to the West, Gulags, some other less less interesting places.

[Pac-Fish]

some other less less interesting places.

Like inside your house ? I don't mean your house specifically I mean inside random Soviet houses

[neosdark]

Well sometimes, I was referring to pillaging the Germans, but ya that too.

[Pac-Fish]

Well sometimes, I was referring to pillaging the Germans, but ya that too.

I didn't think Europe had that much gold to begin with . I know there's alot of gold in Africa, hence the gold-salt trade . Salty . I think there's a significant amount of gold in South America

[Pauly3]

man they got the gold from the national banks in all the soviet union
they didnt dig it up from the earth like with mines and shit

[neosdark]

Well most of the gold in the Soviet Union did in fact come from GULAG miners and actual organized miners (as did a significant amount of our other raw materials) and sold grain. The Soviet National bank had a gold store left over from all this (and in case you guys don't know, Siberia is  a very gold rich zone). I just double checked, in fact Stalin never did pay of all the debt, in fact in the 1980s the debt was pardoned.

[Pac-Fish]

Well he was dead by then so...........

[Pauly3]

well Kaiser wilhelm is dead too still germany payed until 2010 for WW1

[Pac-Fish]

well Kaiser wilhelm is dead too still germany payed until 2010 for WW1

LOL I heard about that on the news

[Pauly3]

but we finished our payments
we dont owe your for WW1 anymore

[Pac-Fish]

What about ww2 :3?
Post Merge: October 09, 2011, 11:16:23 AMWhy is it Sherman tanks have the .50 cal MG behind the tank commander . In the pictures I've seen, the MG is at the back of the turret. How is anyone suppose to fire that without stepping outside

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