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fat tony
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The USN campaign of shore bombardment.
Before the US forces withdrew from the area, 288 16" shells were fired at targets in Lebanon. The USN had no (?) aerial spotters, and were relying on IDF intelligence for target information.
Today the US government is reportedly still uncertain about what entity was behind the two barracks bombings targetting US and French troops. The most likely entity seems to be Hezbollah.
A serious escalation in the Lebanese Civil War. Not much is said about this today. The disturbing narrative that won't go away is that nothing real enough ever happened before the fall of 2001.
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Dan-do you know any more of a Canadian B-25 pictures somewhere out there? For some reason I can't find good,large pictures of RCAF used B-25,Norseman (silver ones),DHC-4 Caribou,C-119 Boxcar etc.
I want to build models of those and picture is always the best reference there is.They will be published (they are print-your-own paper/card models).
I want to build models of those and picture is always the best reference there is.They will be published (they are print-your-own paper/card models).
Whats with the batting cage?
In large part because the RQ-2 Pioneer UAV did not join the fleet (first aboard USS Iowa) until December 1986. It should also be mentioned that the Spruance class destroyer USS Caron (DD-970) also joined the bombardment effort with her 5 inch guns.
Shrapnel deflection
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Keeps nasties away from your Nazis. 
The Horch 901 was widely used by the Germans during the war.
From Russia to Africa (and back again) the Horch hauled the goods. Quite a few built, most of them used up, but there were survivors. Sadly, you're too late to buy this one:
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/132003/index.html
The Horch 901 was widely used by the Germans during the war.
From Russia to Africa (and back again) the Horch hauled the goods. Quite a few built, most of them used up, but there were survivors. Sadly, you're too late to buy this one:
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/132003/index.html
fat tony
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Apparently in a period US investigation into the bombings it was obliquely mentioned the bombings were in part a response to the USN fire missions. Some politics thrown in to ameliorate the outrage, or maybe there are some facts that have not been made public about the peacekeeping mission there?
Does anyone else have more info on the details of this 'provocation' theory?
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From Russia to Africa (and back again) the Horch hauled the goods. Quite a few built, most of them used up, but there were survivors. Sadly, you're too late to buy this one:
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/132003/index.html[/QUOTE]
Annnnnndddd.......................... I happen to know where one is hiding in a barn in the US.
http://www.finecars.cc/en/detail/car/132003/index.html[/QUOTE]
Annnnnndddd.......................... I happen to know where one is hiding in a barn in the US.
No stability issues here:
I wonder where they were dropping the bombs, possibly nearby Camp Dundurn.
When I was a kid I used to see the B-25s operating out of RCAF Station Saskatoon and thought it would be cool to get a ride on one. I had to wait almost 60 years until I could buy a ride on the Commemorative Air Force's restored B-25, Maid in the Shade. It was worth every penny.
The Sdkfz 222 was a slick little armoured recce vehicle that operated from 1939 to 1945.
Cool, just noticed the logo...
Auto Union AG, Chemnitz, was an amalgamation of four German automobile manufacturers, founded in 1932 and established in 1936 in Chemnitz, Saxony. It is the immediate predecessor of Audi as it is known today.
Auto-Union put together some fantastic racers in the years immediately before the War. Only thing that could beat them was that frightening W-125 from Stuttgart.
Whole corporation moved west about the time that Chemnitz was lost and Karl-Marx-Stadt was discovered.
A lot of that went on in those days; same thing happened with Carl Zeiss (formerly in Jena). Praktica stayed in Dresden..... and their shutters in the late 1960s were identical to the one in my 1938..... apart from the fact that the 1938 still works and the East German manufacture had a life of 2 to 4 years. Socialist planning works miracles: you get huge production because everything breaks down so fast!
Whole corporation moved west about the time that Chemnitz was lost and Karl-Marx-Stadt was discovered.
A lot of that went on in those days; same thing happened with Carl Zeiss (formerly in Jena). Praktica stayed in Dresden..... and their shutters in the late 1960s were identical to the one in my 1938..... apart from the fact that the 1938 still works and the East German manufacture had a life of 2 to 4 years. Socialist planning works miracles: you get huge production because everything breaks down so fast!
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Caption reads as follows:
"Edmonton Transit Service Support Unit 601 (r) helps the #9 (Southgate to NAIT) bus through a midsize pothole, April 22nd, 2014."
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There's always "that guy".
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Entering Russia, 1941:
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Leaving Russia, 1955:
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There's always "that guy".
The Germans practiced group rifle cleaning due to the short jointed cleaning rods. I wonder if they were overly concerned with parts interchangeability?
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