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Oops! I just did a google search and there are several videos and much data on the use of a Unertl scope on the .50 M2. I wonder how they stood up to the pounding?
Also a video on the current USMC version with a really skookum scope and mount. Obviously a still useful tool for the application.
I think that is a 'spoof' picture. Why? Look at the scope mount. On a varmint rifle, the Unertl mount requires resetting between shots due to recoil. If a scope of that type was mounted in a fixed fashion on Ma Deuce, the recoil would likely destroy it PDQ.
Also - look at the angle of the barrel relative to the scope.
Also a video on the current USMC version with a really skookum scope and mount. Obviously a still useful tool for the application.
I think that is a 'spoof' picture. Why? Look at the scope mount. On a varmint rifle, the Unertl mount requires resetting between shots due to recoil. If a scope of that type was mounted in a fixed fashion on Ma Deuce, the recoil would likely destroy it PDQ.
Also - look at the angle of the barrel relative to the scope.
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Dark Alley Dan
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"Soviet and British soldiers rendezvous near Qazvin during the 1941 Anglo-Soviet invasion of Iran."
"Is cute tank. You make yourself?"
"Is cute tank. You make yourself?"
Gas Station, Red Deer, Alberta
The Lanc's definitely in Nanton - visited it last summer. I was really surprised at the size and quality of the museum - tons of stuff in there, great displays, entry by donation. Has a Bomber Command memorial out front as well - found my Great-Uncle's name on that memorial.
They even bring the lanc out and fire it up on special occasions. Nanton's quite close to Calgary and on the way to Waterton National Park, so make it a nice weekend trip!
There's a list of start-up days on their website:
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/
2016 Engine Runs and Special Events
April 23
2016 Kick-off (Engine Run Day)
May 14
Museum Expansion Garage Sale/Auction Fund Raiser
June 4
Calgary's Mosquito Open House
July 9
Bikes and Bombers
July 23
Joe English Memorial Fly In
August 1
Nanton Parade Day
August 20
Museum's 30th Anniversary Celebration
September 17
Salute to the Halifax
November 11
Remembrance Day
Museum Open 10:00 am - 4:00 pm
You gave up and got rid of all yours already, along with most on this site? Wow. He sure is powerful. Why is this not in the news section........
End the politics. This is a picture thread.
Rod B
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Poor buggers. My Grandfather went through most of WW1 in the trenches. He was a Lewis gunner in the Kings Own Yorkshire regiment. He was caught in a gas attack & died shortly after the end of the war.
So many were killed & maimed on both sides, for what? Twenty or so years later they were at it again.
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"So many were killed & maimed on both sides, for what? Twenty or so years later they were at it again."
Winning a war is not a victory until the treaties are sorted out. After WW2, both Germany and Japan were set back onto a path of honour and productivity.
WW1 ended with the treaty of Versailles which basicly started the ball rolling for the next war.
Winning a war is not a victory until the treaties are sorted out. After WW2, both Germany and Japan were set back onto a path of honour and productivity.
WW1 ended with the treaty of Versailles which basicly started the ball rolling for the next war.
ipscgraz
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Remains of a P38 in the sand off the coast of Wales.
Remains of an Emily in the south pacific
I expect that this is a restoration but right after engine start?
Black artillery in WW2.
Poor buggers. My Grandfather went through most of WW1 in the trenches. He was a Lewis gunner in the Kings Own Yorkshire regiment. He was caught in a gas attack & died shortly after the end of the war.
So many were killed & maimed on both sides, for what? Twenty or so years later they were at it again.
Marshal Ferdinand Foch said after the Treaty of Versailles: "This is not a peace. It is an armistice for twenty years".
its a later Mk with the griffon engine, as evident by the bulges in the cowl. the engine is probably just started and the raw fuel that the motor was pulling in but not yet burning is now burning in the exhaust.
I expect that this is a restoration but right after engine start?
Eaglelord17
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It is interesting, if you look at the exact goals of WWII in perspective, it was about the same thing WWI was, empire building/protecting. Germany wished to restore lands that had belonged to them (and maybe expand, that part is debatable though). Italy wished to recreate the roman empire. Japan wished to create the sphere of co-prosperity.
