are you sure that wasnt a RCEME invention-experiment to facilitate replacing links on the tracks in the field?!?!
"OK, here's the plan - we mount rockets on a bren gun carrier. Then, using those rockets, we launch the carrier over obstacles. The Major says it'll work for sure. Ready?"
"Anyone seen the Major?"
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Thinking you'd want to drain all the fluids first.
Grizz
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"OK, here's the plan - we mount rockets on a bren gun carrier. Then, using those rockets, we launch the carrier over obstacles. The Major says it'll work for sure. Ready?"
"Anyone seen the Major?"
what it worked, the carrier is over the barrier.
it took off, cleared the barrier, like we planned.... Just a little problem with the landing, we can fix that.
"OK, here's the plan - we mount rockets on a bren gun carrier. Then, using those rockets, we launch the carrier over obstacles. The Major says it'll work for sure. Ready?"
"Anyone seen the Major?"
Just to be clear, that's a British carrier so don't be thinking Canadian are in any way responsible.
Carriers were rather bad at dealing with anti-tank mines. The mine would either flip the carrier (being much lighter than a tank) spilling its crew and then landing on them, or simply have the mine blast through the unarmoured floor taking out the crew and everything else inside but leaving the armoured shell completely intact.
My grandfather, who passed just before I was born, was in the RCEME. The only story I recall my father passing down was a family who kind of adopted him and another fellow making a fancy dinner before they left the area. Prior to the meal preparation the family had a friendly large cat that my grandfather was fond of. I don't think he or his friend had much stomach for the stew that night. That story always made me feel lucky that I have never experienced anything like that.
fat tony
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The excessive weight of the M1919A6 was the reason the .30/06 ANM2 was pressed into service in the ground war.
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fat tony
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Warrant officer James Edgerton 'Ted' Doan (left) and aircraft mechanic Corporal David Alexander Rennie.
http://www.vintagewings.ca/VintageN...iew/articleId/573/Lost-in-the-Wilderness.aspx
Canada's WWII nightmare begins.
Missing in action September 14 1939. Wreck found 10 July 1958. Scant human remains were found at the crash site. I have no idea if any of the remains (skull fragments) were positively identified.
They earned their fifty mission caps, don't you agree?
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leebuilder
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Absolutely
RIP airmen.
RIP airmen.
Kampfhamster
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@Shredder: whats your problem? If anything goes wrong, it's over very quick.
fat tony
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvDApUHhJs0
Feh! that is just a wee 58 mm mortar! There is a segment of silent film footage of troopers loading the bomb into the mortar & lighting the time fuze, then vamoosing to unseen hidey holes to wait for the kaboom. Link above.
Some truthers out there are frightened the jihadis are poised to attack the USA with mortars like these from a thousand metres. I suppose it could happen, it has happened in the past in various places.
Feh! that is just a wee 58 mm mortar! There is a segment of silent film footage of troopers loading the bomb into the mortar & lighting the time fuze, then vamoosing to unseen hidey holes to wait for the kaboom. Link above.
Some truthers out there are frightened the jihadis are poised to attack the USA with mortars like these from a thousand metres. I suppose it could happen, it has happened in the past in various places.
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fat tony
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The Northrop - Canadian Vickers Delta was a beautiful looking plane. Very graceful art deco look to it. The fuselage of this plane is the only Canadian Vickers Delta in existence. I think there is one other intact Northrop Delta in the USA somewhere. Very rare aircraft today. It is a mystery as to what happened to the wings, tail, floats, & engine which were clearly at the wrecksite & photographed for the board of inquiry.
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Dark Alley Dan
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GREAT looking thing. And 673 made it onto a postage stamp.
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