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Posted: 5/7/2018 11:18:38 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/7/2018 11:49:03 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dave_Markowitz:
Westland Whirlwind. Neat aircraft. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dave_Markowitz:
Originally Posted By NoMoAMMO:
Anybody seen one of these before  ?
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/56078/tn_Whirlwind-28-536331.JPG |
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Posted: 5/7/2018 2:20:57 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW:
https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.strangemilitary.com%2Fimages%2Fcontent%2F139181.jpg&f=1 Front fell off? Ark Royal  HMS Illustrious _(20921205028).jpg%2F1920px-HMS_Illustrious_(ca._1954)_(20921205028).jpg&f=1)
It's not that we weren't aware of the hull going up to the flight deck. We did that with the earlier carriers, Lexington and Saratoga. This is the Lady Lex before WW II. Note the twin 8" gun turrets that gave her the firepower of a heavy cruiser: 
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Posted: 5/7/2018 2:29:19 PM EDT
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Wow. Here's an image of the Lexington, Saratoga and the Langley (CV-1) before part of her flight deck was removed to convert her into a seaplane tender (AV-3).
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Posted: 5/8/2018 2:50:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Solo_]
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Don't remember ever seeing this one in years, so I am posting it.
LIFE magazine, 1944, Belgium - German spies being executed by US MPs. Please note how rifles are all M1903s (and I have to say, all M1903-A1-style, with older style rear sight etc.). Incredible shot taken while executing the prisoners (after trial).  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/10/2018 12:38:16 PM EDT
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Skorzeny's boys? Good! Wear the other side's uniform and you can get shot for it. BTW, in Korea my uncle had to take the repaired fighters up to test them for airworthiness. His C.O. suggested he wear civvies. My uncle refused and said he wasn't going to be set up as a spy.
Wood hull subchaser. 
There was an incident where a subchaser was camouflaged to appear like a baby flattop. She even had some miniature aircraft to complete her camouflage. |
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Posted: 5/10/2018 12:49:51 PM EDT
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Dummy aircraft
Note, dummy truck in the background of this dummy airfield. 
T-34 converted to carry Flak 18 
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Posted: 5/10/2018 12:57:55 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2018 12:59:17 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/10/2018 5:05:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50: T-34 converted to carry Flak 18  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/10/2018 8:40:41 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
Skorzeny's boys? Good! Wear the other side's uniform and you can get shot for it. BTW, in Korea my uncle had to take the repaired fighters up to test them for airworthiness. His C.O. suggested he wear civvies. My uncle refused and said he wasn't going to be set up as a spy. Wood hull subchaser. https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ww2pcsa.org%2Fimages%2Fsc.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Findicatorloops.com%2Fpequot_1296_01_large.jpg&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Flaststandonzombieisland.files.wordpress.com%2F2014%2F12%2Fw1_sub-chaser.jpg%3Fw%3D519&f=1 https://images.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.subchaser.org%2Ffiles%2FPort-Cl-RG165WWF1393No4.jpg&f=1 There was an incident where a subchaser was camouflaged to appear like a baby flattop. She even had some miniature aircraft to complete her camouflage. |
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Posted: 5/11/2018 7:36:54 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/11/2018 7:37:55 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/12/2018 1:04:29 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/12/2018 4:33:13 PM EDT
[Last Edit: UtahShotgunner]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Colt_sporter:
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Posted: 5/13/2018 6:32:07 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryI like these little reminders that tie us all together across generations.
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Posted: 5/13/2018 9:29:08 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/19/2018 12:48:01 AM EDT
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Commander Jack Dempsey, holding rifle, rides a Coast Guard landing craft to the Okinawa Beach in the Philippines a few hours after the initial attack began . 
 Coast Guard Fireman First Class Charles Tyner examines the shrapnel hole in the helmet he wore during the assault on the beaches of Southern France. 
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Posted: 5/19/2018 12:50:05 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/19/2018 12:53:21 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/19/2018 1:09:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 870Fan: Cool beaufighter pic! |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 1:31:14 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By somedude: it might be a Bristol Blenheim |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 9:34:22 AM EDT
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I thought it might be Ju-88 'til I saw the turret on the back.
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Posted: 5/19/2018 10:02:17 AM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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some beaufighter pics
 something I had not seen before. 
story When this Bristol Beaufighter of RAF Coastal Command caught the German mine-detecting ship Sauerland 
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Posted: 5/19/2018 4:41:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DdgMunhWsAEnPF3.jpg It's universal, timeless. It seems eternal. Such an incredible gesture - natural and peaceful while he's ready to lay it on the line. Amazing. |
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Posted: 5/19/2018 8:44:29 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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taking a break 
crash 
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Posted: 5/21/2018 11:11:43 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2018 11:46:59 AM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2018 7:05:34 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/21/2018 9:08:23 PM EDT
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tarp over the cockpit |
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Posted: 5/21/2018 9:14:40 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
. tarp over the cockpit |
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Posted: 5/21/2018 10:25:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: somedude]
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B-24 plant Fort Worth Texas
 
Greece 1941 :max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/battle-of-greece-large-56a61bea5f9b58b7d0dff538.jpg)
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Posted: 5/22/2018 5:24:04 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/22/2018 6:39:57 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2018 10:37:04 AM EDT
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What are the spirals on the nose cones for? ID?
USS Pawnee. She was towing the crippled USS Houston whose engine room had been flooded earlier by a torpedo hit when they were attacked by Japanese torpedo planes flying out of Formosa (Taiwan). The Japs suceeded in putting another torpedo into the Houston, flooding her further. The skipper of the Pawnee could either cut the tow line and save his boat or continue towing the Houston with the threat of the latter taking her under. Every sailor aboard the Houston knew it. The Pawnee signaled, "We will stand by you." Small ship, brave men. 
Here is the CL-81 Houston, a Cleveland class light cruiser. 
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Posted: 5/23/2018 12:32:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4v50:
What are the spirals on the nose cones for? ID? and to differentiate a squadron's aircraft from those of other squadrons |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 12:45:07 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2018 1:57:19 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd5B_U-UwAAs87z.jpg |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 1:59:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Chokey:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dd5B_U-UwAAs87z.jpg |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:11:38 PM EDT
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Hob Nails.
Made that 'Frightening Sound' while marching in the street. |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:26:55 PM EDT
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Looks like 1941 - note the helmets and boots - helmet decals started phase out for national colors around 1940 so you will see the mix of with/without during invasion of Russia and 42 onwards you'll see almost no army helmet decals and lace-up boots started becoming the norm also note the dark collars on some but not others - again an approx 1940 change looks like the gunner has a Czech bayonet - this isn't very unusual |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:41:02 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Chokey]
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colorized photo
German soldiers in a posed photo on or soon after the invasion of Tallinn, the capitol of Estonia, 28th August 1941. German forces started the Tallinn Offensive on 19 August 1941, capturing Rapla on 21st August. They reached Tallinn outskirts in Pirita on 24th August and Harku and Lasname on 26th August. Ordinary citizens were ordered to build defences around Tallinn. Soviet forces started evacuating by sea on 24th August. Of the 195 ships, that left Tallinn and Paldiski, 55 were sunk by mines near Juminda Peninsula, killing around 15,000 evacuees. Evacuating Soviet forces destroyed much of the infrastructure and industry around Tallinn. German forces captured Paldiski and Tallinn on 28th August, shooting down the Soviet Flag on Tallinn Pikk Hermann Tower. Estonians replaced it with the Flag of Estonia, but it was replaced with the Flag of Germany the next day. German forces were greeted as liberators in Tallinn. It was also the first time since 1219 that Tallinn had been captured by a military engagement. |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:46:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:48:32 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:49:27 PM EDT
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Posted: 5/23/2018 2:50:24 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By kar98k:
. Looks like 1941 - note the helmets and boots - helmet decals started phase out for national colors around 1940 so you will see the mix of with/without during invasion of Russia and 42 onwards you'll see almost no army helmet decals and lace-up boots started becoming the norm also note the dark collars on some but not others - again an approx 1940 change looks like the gunner has a Czech bayonet - this isn't very unusual |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 3:08:05 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryWhat's the caption on this photo. There's a few interesting things in there.
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Posted: 5/23/2018 3:10:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Dracster:
What's the caption on this photo. There's a few interesting things in there. |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 4:35:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SoloDallas:
You're right; I seem to se an M1903-A3 which I didn't know they had (I knew Marines had regular A1s, not A3s - the marine on the left seems to have an A3) Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SoloDallas:
Originally Posted By Dracster:
What's the caption on this photo. There's a few interesting things in there. |
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Posted: 5/23/2018 4:44:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: kar98k]
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I think pacific theater - Okinawa? Thompson with drum mag - note how he supports it with his hand bazooka round on the ground what kind of rifle does the BAR assistant gunner have? he's the guy with the big ammo pouches in front of the one with a carbine ETA here it is: https://valoroustv.com/video/war-in-the-pacific-episode-20-at-japan-s-doorstep-okinawa/ |
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