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Okay, I come before you all humbly today because well... I need some help. I'm slowly working on an Imperial Guard army themed around the regiment that stormed and took over the Reichstag during the Battle of Berlin in WWII. BrookM has some awesome photos from a WWII museum. I was browsing through them, and came across something written on the side of a tank. Idk what it says, but I'm hoping that someone can help me here.


Spoiler tags are because the image is very very large.

It's been a few years since my last russian class but I know it is saying something about fascists. Sorry I can't help more.

Braving the wilds after all huh?

Isn't there an iphone app that translates stuff as you see it? other than that sorry I've got nothing else

Russian Keyboard: http://russian.typeit.org/

Google Translate: http://translate.google.com/

Profit

Well sir, I know of the google translates, but I don't know the corresponding letters, soooo... I need that first link, thank you


Edit: Okay so word in black is backwards?? I thought it might be something along the lines of like Die Facist pigs! so I typed die into Google Translate, and got the letters in black except reversed... Still figuring out that first word.

Not sure what the first word means, but the second is either Nazis or Facists.

Yeah... right now I have "(First word in Russian) Facists (second word translates to die if I rearrange the letters)

I do, but I'm not getting into this one, sorry.

remilia_scarlet wrote:I do, but I'm not getting into this one, sorry.

Thank's for adding to the topic :\

remilia_scarlet wrote:I do, but I'm not getting into this one, sorry.

If the word is inappropriate and would get caught by the filters, I don't really care. I'm just trying to learn as much as possible about WWII Russian armies for my IG army I'm building. If you know what it translates to, could you please PM me the translation?

Please do share the loot though!

If remilia_scarlet is only willing to share the translation with me, I'm going to hold it to that... I understand it can be a touchy subject.

For an American?

Now I'm confused...

Soladrin wrote:For an American?

Now I'm confused...

She is russian and live in america IIRC.

If the definition is touchy, it could relate more to gender or relgion, rather than nation...

corpsesarefun wrote:

Soladrin wrote:For an American?

Now I'm confused...

She is russian and live in america IIRC.

Fair enough.

I'm guessing its the classic "Death to all fascists" kind of slogan though I would find it hilarious if it said something about fascist mothers and what not.

It roughly* translates to "move forward!"

*russian cyrillic is difficult, might I suggest using estonian.


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Painting-wise, I mean.

Hit the Fascists! (in red ink)
"Pembitu" - possibly name of the factory that funded the tank, probably Perm Bitumic Factory (in black ink)

BrookM wrote:

Hit the Fascists! (in red ink)
"Pembitu" - possibly name of the factory that funded the tank, probably Perm Bitumic Factory (in black ink)

i wanted to avoid using fascism -.-

Oh grow up, it's just a translation, it's not like that tank is telling you it's going to molest a tree or something.

Even if it was, sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.
And all that.

It's where those words are written on that can hit you like a ton of bricks.

Da Boss wrote:Even if it was, sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.
And all that.

I'm sure the tank could hurt you though, those things can be heavy.

Those pics aren't from Kubinka by any chance are they?

Liberty Park in Overloon picture provided by BrookM

No, I took it at the National War and Resistance Museum at Overloon in the Netherlands.

I was about to say, they get a bit touchy with taking pictures in that museum ever since 2007. By touchy I mean they arrest you for espionage.

Apparantly there's a museum that was in Maryland, but is moving to Virginia. Which is awesome because its moving closer to me instead of making me drive all the way out there. They also have 1 of 2 surviving Elephant tank destroyers.

As long as you don't climb on the wrecks outside and don't touch the exhibits inside you can take as many pictures as you like around here.

Da Boss wrote:Even if it was, sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never hurt me.
And all that.

True dat (insert disgusting Irish slur here).