Not the guy that holding on the that ma duece!
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Not the guy that holding on the that ma duece!
One sporter and one with a sporter butt stock, interesting. The sporters MkIII with bought up early in the war to arm training establishments. It is interesting to see them still serving this late in the war. I assume the butt stock is something the unit armourer did to repair a rifle.
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It should remind us what the true costs are..
Amen to that.
I have an old documentary at home where they interview a German Lieutenant. He said that at the start of the battle of the bulge, his assignment was to blitz through and take 5 towns, one of them being...
Bastogne.
His force consisted of 3 armored cars, with 3 men each. At one point they were attacked and his buddy in one of the other cars chickened out and failed to protect his flank. He said at that point in the war it was understandable and he didn't hold it against the guy. Later he said that they pretty much ignored new officers coming in, that he and the other "old veterans" were tired of seeing them get killed and replaced before they got to know anyone. IIRC he was 21 at the time.
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- East of Home, West of the Rest
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- West Quebec
A very nice piece of history..Here is one that would be the same as the ones on the left, obviously not one in the picture, but it is a matching 1945 LB
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- West Quebec
That seems unreasonable ... or maybe they were really short of infantry at that time
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- East of Home, West of the Rest
It was a last desperate push. He might not have been the only group, but may gave been ordered out on his own. Just send as much personnel and equipment into the bulge and push through. Cause chaos.
Some of the rifles are equipped with the 3/4" Alaskan scopes.
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What is really unbelievable is that the Germans attacked through the Ardennes twice in the same war (plus during war one too). Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me
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Corporal Pruner with Machine gun and Piat Gun
Technically a Thompson M1A1 and he's a Hasty P. This would be in Italy.
A Thompson M1, to be precise. The M1A1 has the ears for the rear sight.
I stand corrected.
