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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
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Originally Posted By somedude:
Nisei Women's Army Corps (WAC) detachment at Fort Snelling, about 1945 http://www.mnhs.org/sites/default/files/-paragraphs/image/edit/niseiwomensarmycorps.jpg might be REDUPE https://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/RV-AX962_bkrvwa_GR_20180517120629.jpg B-32 Dominator https://i0.wp.com/www.defensemedianetwork.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/B-32-Dominator.jpg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfH2Id83lY4 water crossing modification for jeeps, just wrapped it up and paddled or pushed it across. http://www.300thcombatengineersinwwii.com/images/insertShots/ferryBig.jpg Soviet paratroopers https://media.giphy.com/media/pldIeUNdInqF2/giphy.gif View Quote |
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Originally Posted By E-95:
I don't recall why but I'd pulled that book off the shelf and it's sitting on our coffee table. I'll take a look in it tonight when I get home. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By E-95:
Originally Posted By Dog1: Was it Panzer Commander by Hans von Luck? Some of the pics in that book I referenced, had spare tracks for extra armor. Most notably on the Eastern Front they used T-34 tracks. Mostly though, the Germans did not add extra armor. Now the Americans used all sort of field expedient armor. From cutting up Shermans and Panzers hulls, to sand bags, logs and even used rebar welded to hulls then poured concrete. Some worked, some did not. Patton hated that. He would stop and berate tank crews if he saw that, even eventually outlawed it. |
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Originally Posted By luv_the_huskers: I have that book as well. I don't think it was in there. It would be a bear for me to find which book as I have over 300 books on military history. View Quote |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Originally Posted By E-95:
Okay guys, I need a hand here. What purpose would the crews have for wood logs and fence posts strung together and hung on the turret sides and upper glacis. The most plausible theory I've heard is field expedient traction assistance for slogging through the mud, but no one I've talked to knows for sure. The only photos I've seen with this seem to all be identified as tracks around Anzio after Operation Shingle. And I know from field reports they got a shit ton of rain in mid February. Any other ideas or definitive answers? https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7684/17029727129_863e6c573d_b.jpg https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panther-tank/Panzer_V_Panther_Italy_3.jpg https://www.worldwarphotos.info/wp-content/gallery/germany/tanks/panther-tank/Panther_tank_number_114_with_zimmerit_Italy.jpg View Quote |
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Is It Schizoid Paranoia or Just Existential Blues?
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Originally Posted By Javak:
Another possible explanation is that they would detonate shape charge or HE rounds before they reach the armor, thus diffusing the explosion. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By E-95:
I thought about field expedient Schürzen but you would think they'd make an effort to not have such large gaps in their up-armor job. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By E-95:
Originally Posted By Javak:
Another possible explanation is that they would detonate shape charge or HE rounds before they reach the armor, thus diffusing the explosion. |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
You know that could be something for sticking foliage on the tank for camouflage. Remember in the summer of 44 the US Army Air Force was free-ranging all over France, and German panzers could barely move in the daylight and when they did they heavily camouflaged their vehicles of all types
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
The Tiger Ausf. B is a Panther Ausf. A
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Originally Posted By somedude:
If used for training the grenade up there might be because many tank commanders fought with a open hatch. So maybe chance to wound kill or just deafen the Tc is my guess. Also early in the war many Soviet tanks did not have a radio just the company command tank I think it was and they used flags and hand signals to communicate. If attacked from the rear they could not communicate it to the column much at all. View Quote |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/cosa-602473.JPG 2nd Lt. Alton Frazer made it back to base in this bird. View Quote |
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Vote "YES" on 'NO'! For Captain Erick Foster, Wexford, PA KIA 29 Aug, 07. Rangers lead the way. Inspected by #26 |
Originally Posted By piccolo:
The first words out of his mouth when he got out of the airplane and looked at it were "I'm not signed for it." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By piccolo:
Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/cosa-602473.JPG 2nd Lt. Alton Frazer made it back to base in this bird. https://m.facebook.com/MarineCorpsAviationAssociation/photos/a.230671293609632/1273514559325295/?type=3 |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Originally Posted By E-95:
Tom Cockle from Osprey Publishing confirmed they were used for additional traction on soft or muddy terrain. Someone on another forum also posed the following photo of a Tiger Ausf. B in Lviv, Ukraine during July 1944 with a similar device strapped to the turret side: https://arsenal-info.ru/img/3770508587/pic_108.jpg View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By E-95:
Originally Posted By Dog1:
You know that could be something for sticking foliage on the tank for camouflage. Remember in the summer of 44 the US Army Air Force was free-ranging all over France, and German panzers could barely move in the daylight and when they did they heavily camouflaged their vehicles of all types https://arsenal-info.ru/img/3770508587/pic_108.jpg |
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Originally Posted By 4v50:
Since I'm reading about the Navajo Code Talkers: https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fcdn.cnn.com%2Fcnnnext%2Fdam%2Fassets%2F160907143620-navajo-code-talkers-3-exlarge-169.jpg&f=1 http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/140604181221-01-chester-nez-horizontal-large-gallery.jpg We also had Commanche Code Talkers who served in Europe. Code Talking goes back to WW I when Lakota and other tribes were used. View Quote It's easy to know which signatures are of the actuals as it is a shaky 90+ year old man's signature. |
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Vote "YES" on 'NO'! For Captain Erick Foster, Wexford, PA KIA 29 Aug, 07. Rangers lead the way. Inspected by #26 |
Originally Posted By piccolo: FWIW a Navajo ham radio operator did a special event thing on the Code Talkers a while ago. I made a contact, sent for a QSL card and I got a certificate autographed by a couple of the remaining Code Talkers and several children of code talkers. It's easy to know which signatures are of the actuals as it is a shaky 90+ year old man's signature. View Quote <----KB1@%& |
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Originally Posted By piccolo:
The first words out of his mouth when he got out of the airplane and looked at it were "I'm not signed for it." View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By piccolo:
Originally Posted By 4xGM300m:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/201300/cosa-602473.JPG 2nd Lt. Alton Frazer made it back to base in this bird. The hard part was for the Marine who lost an item to convince a buddy to split his item in half and then the two of them survey both halves as two damaged items. |
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That's neat Piccolo. In my library are many autographed books and some are out-of-print which only enhances their value. I buy plastic dustjacket covers for my books and this protects the dustjacket from harm arising from handling. A good dustjacket enhances the value of the book.
There are Navajo codetalkers in NM and AZ, but I'm too lazy to go there and look them up. They may be unhappy about an outsider trying to enter into their world too. |
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Your name here. Inquire within.
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
That is a low mileage B-24.
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"Panic sweeps my men when they are facing the AMERICAN MARINES."
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possibly, the caption did not mention it. but they probably had more than one cameraman so they probably knew they were being filmed. every side staged photos as well
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By mizzarley
Can we all agree now that the D's and R's are the same fucks who are just pimping for control and tax dollars? |
Don’t know anything about this pic but it was taken during the war I’m pretty sure.
Possibly testing the Dragon Wagon? Attached File |
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Originally Posted By EMSflyer:
Don’t know anything about this pic but it was taken during the war I’m pretty sure. Possibly testing the Dragon Wagon?https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/46283/67635069-9DD1-4511-912B-4037D082AE83_jpeg-798289.JPG View Quote here is one towing a landing craft. |
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Stumbling on the stepstool of mediocracy...
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Originally Posted By somedude:
USS Savannah hit by a german guided bomb sep 1943 off Salerno https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/USS_Savannah_%28CL-42%29_is_hit_by_a_German_guided_bomb%2C_off_Salerno%2C_11_September_1943.jpg View Quote |
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Originally Posted By somedude: could be, or post war filming or scrappers. since a lot was sold off. here is one towing a landing craft. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/ac/74/9b/ac749b02a1b438a3fce3e8743e9de214.jpg View Quote |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Originally Posted By Colt_sporter:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/0C74B9FA-20D7-43CF-A035-16CDF9ABF449_jpeg-802257.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/13427757-EDEB-458C-873D-3DCC654A28F6_jpeg-802259.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/10B98B11-99C9-4092-8A08-A5AB952E3F3F_jpeg-802260.JPG View Quote |
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Originally Posted By mizzarley
Can we all agree now that the D's and R's are the same fucks who are just pimping for control and tax dollars? |
Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Originally Posted By jblomenberg16:
Is that a hangar or a bombed out factory? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes |
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Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Originally Posted By Colt_sporter:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/0C74B9FA-20D7-43CF-A035-16CDF9ABF449_jpeg-802257.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/13427757-EDEB-458C-873D-3DCC654A28F6_jpeg-802259.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/24640/10B98B11-99C9-4092-8A08-A5AB952E3F3F_jpeg-802260.JPG View Quote |
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God bless our troops, especially our laser target designators
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Originally Posted By mizzarley
Can we all agree now that the D's and R's are the same fucks who are just pimping for control and tax dollars? |
Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
Hansan: "This is a .30 caliber, gas operated, clip fed, semi-automatic rifle....."
Soldier: "Look, you ain't sellin it to me, you're only showing me how it works." |
I'm not nonchalant, I just don't give a damn.
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my online collection of original recon jeep pics mostly ww2 with extras.
Enjoy. I did a ton researching online through the archives and saved most pics I found relating to ww2 jeeps with guns mounted or unusual field modifications. |
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Only hits count...
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Originally Posted By Dog1:
https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/9749/Screenshot_20190112-171919_Chrome-805566.jpg Burned out Panther and Jagpanther factory in Hanover. View Quote |
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„From a place you will not see, comes a sound you will not hear.“
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Originally Posted By 83rdrecon:
my online collection of original recon jeep pics mostly ww2 with extras. Enjoy. I did a ton researching online through the archives and saved most pics I found relating to ww2 jeeps with guns mounted or unusual field modifications. View Quote 2nd pic I wondered “what weapon is that?” Third pic showed it was twin mounted bazookas. That’s a new one. |
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New Mexico loading AMMO think its 1942, i misplaced the long caption.
Attached File Sailors in the Royal Navy HMS King George V men training while underway. not sure what is going on here, officer training? |
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By somedude:
not sure what is going on here, officer training? https://media.iwm.org.uk/ciim5/30/786/large_000000.jpg View Quote |
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The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
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"Let's eat Grandma!
Let's eat, Grandma! Commas, because your poor grandmother shouldn't be cannibalized." -Chapman |
Originally Posted By GunLvrPHD: Isn't that last one an officer's club? They had a similar one on an episode of Hogan's Heros. View Quote Used to train deck landing officers. |
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