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fingers284
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good old God, he's on everybody's side.
Grizz
For that exact reason my granddad came back from the great war an absolute atheist. My Grandmother sayd he left for the war as Christian as anybody but returned atheist to the core. He complained about being on the line in the mud & cold & killing with no or very little sleep for days on end and when they were finally sent to the rear their commanders forced them to attend an hour of church to pray to the same god that the guys that tried to kill them prayed to before they would be allowed to eat or sleep.
T'ain't God's fault.
The Bible is full of accounts about wars and we are told - "There will always be wars and rumors of wars ....". Human history is a chronological account of our wars. Even our closest primate relatives, the Chimpanzees, wage war on each other. Our noble red men (aka First Nations) waged war on each other.
War is part of the human condition; "... an extension of state policy by other means ..." according to Clausewitz.
Religion is at the heart of most but not all wars. The Nazi and Soviet regimes were atheistic and that didn't stop them from slaughtering millions.
The Bible is full of accounts about wars and we are told - "There will always be wars and rumors of wars ....". Human history is a chronological account of our wars. Even our closest primate relatives, the Chimpanzees, wage war on each other. Our noble red men (aka First Nations) waged war on each other.
War is part of the human condition; "... an extension of state policy by other means ..." according to Clausewitz.
Religion is at the heart of most but not all wars. The Nazi and Soviet regimes were atheistic and that didn't stop them from slaughtering millions.
Dark Alley Dan
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Arguments over theology - the thing that makes picture threads really come together... 
Meanwhile, pictures. here's a BMW 327 Cabrio:
That's "Pips" Priller, one of the two members of the Luftwaffe to overfly the beaches at Normandy on June 6th. He needed the convertible top so there was room enough for his balls.
Not many made, and several were pressed into service. If you're gonna invade Russia, you might as well do it in a sweet sports car:
Here's another BMW roadster, under new management:
RCAF 403 Squadron. Pretty nice "banging around" car...
Meanwhile, pictures. here's a BMW 327 Cabrio:
That's "Pips" Priller, one of the two members of the Luftwaffe to overfly the beaches at Normandy on June 6th. He needed the convertible top so there was room enough for his balls.
Not many made, and several were pressed into service. If you're gonna invade Russia, you might as well do it in a sweet sports car:
Here's another BMW roadster, under new management:
RCAF 403 Squadron. Pretty nice "banging around" car...
'Lobo Mau' - Província da Guiné.
'Bad Wolf' - Guinea province.
http://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12786.0
(FAP) FIAT G - 91 - Província da Guiné.
https://paisesdesaparecidos.wordpress.com/guinea-portuguesa/
'Bad Wolf' - Guinea province.
http://www.forumdefesa.com/forum/index.php?topic=12786.0
(FAP) FIAT G - 91 - Província da Guiné.
https://paisesdesaparecidos.wordpress.com/guinea-portuguesa/
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Schwerer geländegängiger PKW
The heavy off-road passenger car was built by Horch in Zwickau and Ford Germany in Cologne, each using their own V8 engines. They were used by the signals corps (Kfz. 23 and 24), as ambulances (Kfz. 31), as tractors for light artillery (Kfz. 69) and AA guns (Kfz. 81), as troop carriers (Kfz. 70) and as a carrier of AA searchlights (Kfz. 83). Furthermore, the armoured troop carrier Sd.Kfz. 247 and the rear-engined Leichter Panzerspähwagen armoured car in all its versions used the same chassis. Nearly 5,000 units were built in total. The cars had an empty weight of 3,300 kg (without four-wheel steering: 3,200 kg). Like the others, the heavy type lost the four-wheel steering along with the mid-mounted spare wheels in 1940. Although it suffered from the same deficiencies initially mentioned, as well as a heavy steering, it appears to have been the most successful type of the standardized off-road passenger car program.
The heavy off-road passenger car was built by Horch in Zwickau and Ford Germany in Cologne, each using their own V8 engines. They were used by the signals corps (Kfz. 23 and 24), as ambulances (Kfz. 31), as tractors for light artillery (Kfz. 69) and AA guns (Kfz. 81), as troop carriers (Kfz. 70) and as a carrier of AA searchlights (Kfz. 83). Furthermore, the armoured troop carrier Sd.Kfz. 247 and the rear-engined Leichter Panzerspähwagen armoured car in all its versions used the same chassis. Nearly 5,000 units were built in total. The cars had an empty weight of 3,300 kg (without four-wheel steering: 3,200 kg). Like the others, the heavy type lost the four-wheel steering along with the mid-mounted spare wheels in 1940. Although it suffered from the same deficiencies initially mentioned, as well as a heavy steering, it appears to have been the most successful type of the standardized off-road passenger car program.
Note his middle finger on the trigger of the M-N. I grew up with a Dutch man who had lived under German occupation and then joined the Dutch military right after the liberation. He was trained on Lee-Enfields by Allied Army instructors (and later, in Canada he always kept a sporterized Lee-Enfield close at hand). He told me that he was taught to pull the trigger with his middle finger and to place the index finger along the side of the stock as a pointer. I wonder who trained this Finnish kid.
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