fat tony
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If the wreck /war grave is ever found, more info about their fate will come to light.
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If the wreck /war grave is ever found, more info about their fate will come to light.
fat tony
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Images borrowed from source for educationalurposes,under fair use policies.
https://mikesresearch.com/
Thanks to Mike.
from his article: Patton Tanks in Vietnam
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Dark Alley Dan
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Damn. She single?
Probably but she's 110 years old now so ...........
Without a doubt, some conscientious tw4t turned it in as part of the Dutch, civilian disarmament program. Now as then, they have chosen mercantile prosperity over defense. 5 Days.
Many people, whether they fought or not, hated the firearms they used and were quite happy to turn them in for destruction or discard them.
They weren't exactly visionaries.
They hated what they had to do with the firearms, which went against every Socially Engineered Principle they had been taught to believe.
The grand slogan being used world wide after WWI was "Never Again"
Twenty short and very tumultuous years later they did it all again but with a lot more widespread destruction.
That's a pretty wide brush, but close enough. I'm leaving out the bush wars and the "colonization wars" in between.
They weren't exactly visionaries.
They hated what they had to do with the firearms, which went against every Socially Engineered Principle they had been taught to believe.
The grand slogan being used world wide after WWI was "Never Again"
Twenty short and very tumultuous years later they did it all again but with a lot more widespread destruction.
That's a pretty wide brush, but close enough. I'm leaving out the bush wars and the "colonization wars" in between.
I would throw this out there that the MG34 was seen as just a tool to be used to achieve a goal and not at the time seen as some holy object to be venerated today. As for the Netherlands now since 2023, that while not hitting the 2% GDP threshold, have ramped up Defence spending unlike the once proud Dominion of Canada that the JT Libs have cut defence spending by a billion CAD during these uncertain times,
This guy don't take a well care of is MG34, both sights are not folded, so, very easy to damage them, breech bolt is open, so, easy for an accident.
Cartridge belt ready for action when nothing tell it's action there.
For sure, he don't like is MG34 seem in new condition.
To those who had been obliged to live under the occupation there was a visceral distaste for German weapons, even those that were taken and turned against their makers, so it's quite understandable they would have been gladly dumped for destruction after the war ended and the need to have them was gone. It was the Western troops and their descendants who had always enjoyed freedom to whom these artifacts were nifty war trophies.
Looking at that photo, the people in it are clean-shaven, well-dressed, in clean clothes, with fresh haircuts.
I'm thinking the photo was staged. Look at the folks behind them. Pretty much the same all around.
Doesn't really matter that the 34 (great GPMG) is in new, out of the crate condition.
I've never seen anyone carry a GPMG in that fashion before, awkward and painful to say the least.
I'm thinking the photo was staged. Look at the folks behind them. Pretty much the same all around.
Doesn't really matter that the 34 (great GPMG) is in new, out of the crate condition.
I've never seen anyone carry a GPMG in that fashion before, awkward and painful to say the least.
