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German in only certain parts of the country.
http://www.militaerfahrzeuge.ch/unterkategorie_26_34_340.html
Mais oui, absolument
Is that Swiss Alpenflauge (sp)?Mais oui, absolument
Kampfhamster
CGN frequent flyer
- Location
- Switzerland
Yes, it is. Looks ugly as the night, but quite effective.
"Alpenflage
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swiss Army camo Alpenflage
Swiss Army tent sheet Alpenflage
Alpenflage is the commercial/collector name applied to Swiss Army Kampfanzug 57/70 ("combat dress") and Taz 83 (Tarnanzug, i.e. "camouflage dress") military surplus camouflage clothing that came on to the army surplus market in the 1990s.
The pattern is based on an experimental all-terrain pattern that saw limited service in World War II by Germany's Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht called Leibermuster.[1]
Kampfanzug 57/70 is a six-colour camouflage pattern consisting of a tan-coloured background with white random flecks with light green body overprinted with a green, red/reddish brown and black leaf shapes. The choice of red and green would at first glance seem to make this pattern very bright for something intended to conceal, but it works well for FIBUA (fighting in built-up areas) environments and alpine terrain. Swiss soldiers have referred to it as "Vierfrucht-Pyjama", which translates loosely as four colour pyjamas.
Kampfanzug 57/70 was issued from 1957 to 1993 (after 1970 with a textile daypack) and the lighter Taz 83 with different pattern from 1983 to 1993 for non-combat troops, when both dresses were replaced by Taz 90, a print in colours of green, brown, and black."
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Swiss Army camo Alpenflage
Swiss Army tent sheet Alpenflage
Alpenflage is the commercial/collector name applied to Swiss Army Kampfanzug 57/70 ("combat dress") and Taz 83 (Tarnanzug, i.e. "camouflage dress") military surplus camouflage clothing that came on to the army surplus market in the 1990s.
The pattern is based on an experimental all-terrain pattern that saw limited service in World War II by Germany's Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht called Leibermuster.[1]
Kampfanzug 57/70 is a six-colour camouflage pattern consisting of a tan-coloured background with white random flecks with light green body overprinted with a green, red/reddish brown and black leaf shapes. The choice of red and green would at first glance seem to make this pattern very bright for something intended to conceal, but it works well for FIBUA (fighting in built-up areas) environments and alpine terrain. Swiss soldiers have referred to it as "Vierfrucht-Pyjama", which translates loosely as four colour pyjamas.
Kampfanzug 57/70 was issued from 1957 to 1993 (after 1970 with a textile daypack) and the lighter Taz 83 with different pattern from 1983 to 1993 for non-combat troops, when both dresses were replaced by Taz 90, a print in colours of green, brown, and black."
I assume these guys are celebrating their 25th mission and a trip home.
Why is the B17 painted black?
I'm in. Where do I sign up?
A real hottie for sure, but she's at least 95 now. Mom, is that you?
Today I picked up the book, "Broken Arrow", the story of a nuclear armed B 36 that crashed near Hazelton, BC in 1950 with the on board nuclear weapon unaccounted for.
B-36
German catapult ship, Bussard
Was this a pre-war approach to how to fly the Atlantic commercioally?
Under ideal conditions one of those aircraft could fly from Bremerhaven to St Johns - direct - non stop if it needed to. Possibly farther if they used their "RATO" assisted take off .. and even further if they used some of the ample load capacity for fuel - even then the BV138 aircrafts 'diesel' engines were pretty miserly and kept her up for over 20 hrs
- Location
- Leduc County, Alberta
In regards to Alpenflage or as the Swiss referred to it as "Vierfrucht-Pyjamas", a better translation is "Four Fruit Pyjamas" or "Fruit Salad Pyjamas" for a more loose translation.
I've got full sets of Early and later Alpenflage (Summer/Winter + hats, helmet covers etc) it's really good in Fall, and I could see it being decent in Europe where they have much more brick work in the older towns. I still like my older Swiss WW2 era "Splinter" camo Zelts and helmet covers. The Swiss M18 helmet is a cool helmet as well.
I've got full sets of Early and later Alpenflage (Summer/Winter + hats, helmet covers etc) it's really good in Fall, and I could see it being decent in Europe where they have much more brick work in the older towns. I still like my older Swiss WW2 era "Splinter" camo Zelts and helmet covers. The Swiss M18 helmet is a cool helmet as well.
Looks like they killed Craig as well!LOL
See also Farley Mowat's book Eastern Passage which describes a USAF B-50A bomber with two failed engines flying over the St Lawrence River.
In order to reach the nearest airbase which could handle an emergency landing with a nuclear device aboard, it was decided that the Mark IV version of "Fat Man"
had to go so it was jettisoned around 1600 hrs 10 November 1950.
This incident was down-played by US authorities, and it wasn't until 50 years later (!) that our Minister of National Defence admitted that it happened.
