Russian Lend lease museum

[Clear_blues]

http://englishrussia.com/2012/05/09/...w/#more-100149

very little text, but some interesting pictures.

[Connaught Ranger]

Very interesting thanks for posting!

Connaught Ranger.

[LineDoggie]

Only quibble is the British also sent substantial material to the Soviets, Like the welbike, Hurricanes, Valentine and Matilda tanks

[big_les]

Yes, not to mention the turbojets we gave them a bit later on.

[TheKiwi]

Yes that was very generous of you chaps, everyone was having such difficulty getting the rubbish ex-German jets to work.

Of course you also gave the tech to the US...

[kerfuffled]

As I was checking out these pics I decided to wiki this guy> "Soldier wearing the uniform of the USA air-assault division №101. The mannequin had a real prototype – staff sergeant Joseph Robert Beyrle – the only soldier of WWII who managed to serve both in American and Soviet armies." Pretty awesome story. He was a kick-ass kinda guy for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle

[Bro Jangles]

Read a Fictional story about a USAAF pilot who flew P-39s to russia then helped train them, then fought with them. good book.

The Pic with the British, American and Soviet soldier, is the american wearing a soviet helmet with a web covering?

[Hollis]

Thanks for the post.

[Vejadu]

Visited an interesting military museum in Khabarovsk 20 years ago. Had already been to the big museums in Vienna, Paris, Wright-Patterson but it was interesting to see a smallish one dedicated to the Great Patriotic War.

[Tom`]

Bit cramped by the looks of it. The tea can with Soviet/Communist & Western leaders mugs on it is interesting, never seen that before.

[calimero2]

Only quibble is the British also sent substantial material to the Soviets, Like the welbike, Hurricanes, Valentine and Matilda tanks

Most of the info boards mention the "soyuzniki" (allies) as the donators, not exclusively the Americans.

[Flamming_Python]

As I was checking out these pics I decided to wiki this guy> "Soldier wearing the uniform of the USA air-assault division №101. The mannequin had a real prototype – staff sergeant Joseph Robert Beyrle – the only soldier of WWII who managed to serve both in American and Soviet armies." Pretty awesome story. He was a kick-ass kinda guy for sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Beyrle

Yeah that guy was pretty nuts alright

[Kilgor]

What really made the difference were the millions of tons of raw materials, and unfortunately they don't make for a interesting museum piece.

Especially spam.

[LineDoggie]

Spam, Waterproof field telephone wire, locomotives, gold braid for officers uniforms, tool sets, etc.

[LineDoggie]

Almost forgot this

http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/...dex.html#index



Lend lease shipments of Army Ordnance from tanks down to tool kits