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A bad day at work.
Caption that goes with this picture is:
WHEN THIS CORONADO LOST ITS RIGHT WINGTIP FLOAT IN LATE 1943, THINGS WENT DOWNHILL QUICKLY. IN THE PHOTO, U.S. COAST GUARD TECHNICIANS MAY BE SEEN HALFWAY UP THE WING. THIS UNUSUAL VIEW MAKES THE UNDERWING BOMB BAYS VISIBLE. (U.S. COAST GUARD VIA NATIONAL NAVAL AVIATION MUSEUM
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https://generalaviationnews.com/201...coronado-seaplane-flew-in-relative-obscurity/
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Dark Alley Dan
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Cargo version of the Short Stirling.
Dark Alley Dan
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Both, I believe. But I'm happy to admit I'm wrong if there's evidence. 
Picture of a Liebral government fully equipped soldier.
Sorta close but wrong picture, today with the idiot Trudeau and his clown car full of Liberal, virtue signaling, misfits the pic would be of a transgender something, in a United Nations uniform and a wheelchair, at a "Pride" parade.
Canadian Airborne.
Its the all new soft armoured smg/lmg carrier....Mk 2019
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You lads can mock a cycle-mounted para all you like...
...but it's worth remembering that the Japanese took Malaya as quickly as they did...
...because they were on bikes.
The military bicycle has a long and excellent history. All the major powers fielded cycle troops in WW1 (if you're interested, buy a copy of Bad Teeth No Bar from Amazon).
The US experimented with "cycle infantry" as early as the 1880's.
Until 2003, the Swiss had bicycle transport for their troops.
It's a fast-ish way to move guys up to a hundred miles a day without using a bunch of gas or making noise.
...but it's worth remembering that the Japanese took Malaya as quickly as they did...
...because they were on bikes.
The military bicycle has a long and excellent history. All the major powers fielded cycle troops in WW1 (if you're interested, buy a copy of Bad Teeth No Bar from Amazon).
The US experimented with "cycle infantry" as early as the 1880's.
Until 2003, the Swiss had bicycle transport for their troops.
It's a fast-ish way to move guys up to a hundred miles a day without using a bunch of gas or making noise.
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I'll see your cycle and raise you one Welbike!
Sergeant Gordon Davis of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, riding a Welbike lightweight motorcycle used by airborne forces, Carter Barracks, Bulford, England, 5 January 1944.
Sergeant Gordon Davis of the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, riding a Welbike lightweight motorcycle used by airborne forces, Carter Barracks, Bulford, England, 5 January 1944.
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You lads can mock a cycle-mounted para all you like...
...but it's worth remembering that the Japanese took Malaya as quickly as they did...
...because they were on bikes.
The military bicycle has a long and excellent history. All the major powers fielded cycle troops in WW1 (if you're interested, buy a copy of Bad Teeth No Bar from Amazon).
The US experimented with "cycle infantry" as early as the 1880's.
Until 2003, the Swiss had bicycle transport for their troops.
It's a fast-ish way to move guys up to a hundred miles a day without using a bunch of gas or making noise.
There's a decent movie on Netflix about a Danish bicycle unit responding to the German invasion. April 9th is the name of the movie.
Kampfhamster
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You lads can mock a cycle-mounted para all you like...
Until 2003, the Swiss had bicycle transport for their troops.
It's a fast-ish way to move guys up to a hundred miles a day without using a bunch of gas or making noise.
The bicycle's are still in service, just the infantry battailons using bicycle's as their primary mode of transport were disbanded in 2003.
Back in 2003 when I did NCO school it was the army's prefered method of transport for the sergeants-to-be. Riding a bicycle made in 1912 is no fun at all with a heavy backback in terrain with lots of hills and mountains. After NCO school I flat out refused to ride a military bicycle, I prefered walking.
There was a Dutch military band which toured Canada in 1995 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of their liberation. They did their performances on bicycles.
When I visited Finland 30 yrs ago the Finnish army were using standard John Deere farm tractors with trailers on high flotation tires for movement on tracks in forested areas.
When I visited Finland 30 yrs ago the Finnish army were using standard John Deere farm tractors with trailers on high flotation tires for movement on tracks in forested areas.
