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German submarine U-118 washed up on Hastings beach
Wow, that is cool! Hastings is just up the shore line from Eastbourne where my uncle lives. I've been on that very spot on that beach.
Probably blown up by the Royal Engineers to prevent the Germans recovering the tank; they did that where possible. The onboard ammo would not cause that damage.
That's quite the tidal range they have there.
I think he meant steel heel and toe plates on the bottom of the sole which made us go all clicketty-clack on the parade square.
We were issued 2 prs of pebble grain, rubber soled leather ankle boots 50 plus yrs ago. The idea was to keep one pair "as issued" for the field. The 2nd pair were worked over into parade boots with the pebble grain buffed off, interior toe cap inserted, triple layer heels and soles and a steel "horseshoe" on the bottom of the heel and a steel plate on the bottom of the toe. The parade boots were lovingly spit shone and kept as a thing of beauty and a joy to behold. After re-working they must have weighed 5 lbs each!!
Boots were worn with puttees which is a whole other story.
Not a .30 mg barrel rather a M2 .50 HMG barrel
Why would the Royal Engineers blow up a German Tiger tank to prevent its recovery? The uniforms and terrain suggest the North African theatre. The onboard ammo wouldn't cook off if it was hit by an aerial bomb and a fire started in the ammo compartment?
You are right ,my bad. It probably came off a White half track,never saw ground mount for a.50 cal.I spent 10 years Army PF,48-58,never saw rubber soled boots other than the Jump boots as issued to the Jumpers.I think the boots in the pic looked like a Yankee issue and a scrounge job by some smart QMS
Hi Duker, i have always been interested in the Canadian Army effort in the Korean war, and you are right, any photos i saw of Canadian troops , they were wearing issue boots , with puttees, also did you Korean vets manage to scrounge the Yank high top boots,..they look a little like a jump boot to
if you expect to lose territory, you dont leave good stuff in it for the enemy to use against you. a small ish arial bomb making a direct hit might do that, but an ammo cook off tends to blow the turret off, not blow the hull into bits.
a common practice for tankers when possible was to shoot at a vehicle until it caught fire, a burnt tank is not repairable, a few holes can be patched. this is probably where the myth of the instant fire shermans came to be.
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Here's one in better condition. Shame about the quality:
Here's a slightly later J model:
Here's a slightly later J model:
Quite right, they are US Army mountain boots. Normally issued to troops in the 10th mountain and 7 light infantry divisions.
Nope, that is a common result of the Mark III ammo brew up. The welds were weak on holding the top deck down.
