Rasputitsa, the Russian term for the biannual seasons, when rain turned dirt roads into mud quagmires. A nightmare for the German Army, which made any movement almost impossible for that month. A term the Wehrmacht in Russia learnt to dread.
-Three examples from e-bay.
Adrian.
► Photothread: German vehicles and "Rasputitsa"
► Photothread: German vehicles and "Rasputitsa"
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
Tracked vechiles, e-bay.
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
Three more. e-bay.
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Motorbikes, e-bay.
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Three more, e-bay.
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
Greeting all, three from e-bay,
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
Stuka zu Fuß towing a Ford (Source eBay.de).
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
Three from e-bay.
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This photo shows how bad the roads became. e-bay.
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This Opel Blitz struggling through the mud. e-bay.
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
One from e-bay.
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
This bus and what looks like soviet pows, maybe there to help push if needed. e-bay.
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Even von Manteuffel found it hard going, e-bay.
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Officers pitching in to get ahead (Source eBay.de).
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Re: German vechiles and "Rasputitsa"
8t Mittlere Zugkraftwagon, e-bay.
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