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[Dark Alley Dan]

When it comes to technicals, someone's doing it right.

A bay window doka is worth some serious coin all by itself. Gotta thing the addition of a Russian HMG would add considerably to the cost. Although, does that gun look fake to anyone else?

Still, I want one.

 

[purple]

When it comes to technicals, someone's doing it right.

A bay window doka is worth some serious coin all by itself. Gotta thing the addition of a Russian HMG would add considerably to the cost. Although, does that gun look fake to anyone else?

Still, I want one.

The camo net is a nice frill. Given the Middle Eastern location chances are low that gun would be a DEWAT/fake. Canada yes; Middle East they aren't ornamental ones.

 

[shredder]

Meanwhile in Taiwan Air Force...

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Well, it would save on the cost of the minister split that many ways......

Anybody know what type of aircraft the painted ones are?? They look like F-16's, but lack the prominent belly air intake..

 

[donor]

It's Ching-Kuo Indigenous Defense Fighter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDC_F-CK-1_Ching-kuo

Looks a bit like F-18 and F-5 offspring with a bit of Mirage genes thrown in.Good looking package.

 

[Sharps '63]

One of the best looking aircraft paint schemes ever - if not THE best!

 

[Sharps '63]

Is there any history of US arms being used by the Wehrmacht other than during the Battle of the Bulge? They did use captured arms from many European countries.

 

[XRCD011]

^ The stuff of Sherman tanker nightmares

To answer your question Sharps the Wehrmacht had zero problem using captured equipment be it US or otherwise

 

[fraserdw]

Is there any history of US arms being used by the Wehrmacht other than during the Battle of the Bulge? They did use captured arms from many European countries.

There's a whole site on the net somewhere.

 

[grelmar]

Is there any history of US arms being used by the Wehrmacht other than during the Battle of the Bulge? They did use captured arms from many European countries.

Interesting photo-blog here:

http://worldwartwo.filminspector.com/2015/07/captured-weapons-put-to-use.html

Some highlights:

A captured B-17
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B-17F-27-BO "Wulf Hound"

There's a whole story about this particular craft, how it was shot up and forced to land, then repaired and flown back to Germany for testing and evaluation. Then later in the war it was used in clandestine operations and its history gets sketchy and hard to track. The Germans got up to lots of shenanigans with it, then it pretty much vanished. There's speculation it was used at the end of the war to ferry high ranking officials out of the country right over the heads of the advancing allies.

P-51 Mustang with a fancy new paint job :
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M4A3 Sherman:
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An American built M4A3 (76) Sherman medium tank, captured and pressed into service by the German army. German markings and the words Beute Panzer (captured tank) were painted on the tank to avoid friendly fire. The tank was knocked out by a US M36 Jackson tank destroyer. A dead crew member lies on the front of the tank, probably hit by machine gun fire while attempting to bail out of the stricken tank. Aschaffenburg, Germany. 1945

German captured M4 Firefly:
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Captured Shermans impressed into Wehrmacht service:
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This one is particularly interesting, because it's more than one tank, and a Jeep in the foreground to boot.

 

[Sharps '63]

I was referring more to small arms as opposed to armour and aircraft.

 

[grelmar]

I was referring more to small arms as opposed to armour and aircraft.

Sorry, misread that.

There's a few pics around, but not sure that anything was used extensively... More of just the expedient "battlefield pickup" kind of thing. With the possible exception of the M1 Carbine - as odd as that may sound. I've read mentioned a couple times that tankers especially were fond of it as a compact rifle with a bit of punch to it. Mostly tankers just had their sidearms, and maybe one SMG per crew (if that), so an M1 Carbine would make sense as a handy self defence firepower upgrade, if one could get hold of it.

Thompson:

Never, ever, turn down an opportunity to shoot a Ma Deuce:

M1 Carbine:

Aside from that... I would assume that 1911's would be a prized capture piece - sidearms were Officer and NCO territory, in terms of official issue. Any handgun you could find would be prized and kept for emergencies.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

I'm not sure just what we have in terms of an operational airborne capability right now, but there is a jump qualified company in each of the 3 brigades. AFAIK there is no designated higher HQ/control organization or support elements like arty, engineers, and logistics for these companies outside of their parent battalions.

They have organized the Special Operations Regiment in Petawawa which has a special forces/unconventional warfare type of mission with some parachute capability. It would be interesting to learn more about its organization, tasks and capabilities. It does replicate something of the former Airborne Regt, but on a smaller scale. I don't read it as a bn level maneuver/fighting unit having organic support elements like arty or engineers.

AFAIK they operate the former CABC training functions and parachute packing in Trenton to support whatever goes on in the airborne sector incl the SAR Techs, the jump companies and the Special Ops Regt.

Its tough to find the resources for all of this in a small army w/o impacting too much on the capabilities of the 3 Bdes.

The Canadian Special Operations Regiment (CSOR) was built on 3 RCR, but after that there are few similarities. There are a lot of non-grunts in the unit, doing unconventional missions. Most of the mentors in Iraq are from this unit. The Canadian Airborne Regiment is unlikely to be reconstituted, their ability to do special tasks has almost exclusively gone to the elements of Canadian Special Forces Command (CANSOFCOM). Each regiment has jump companies, which combined would form a light battalion. But they do not have the same combat power as the CAR.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

The Germans didn't mind using the SVT when they could get one:

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

Sorry, misread - AMERICAN arms. Here's a list from another forum of official German designations for various American arms:

Gewehr 249(a) Ex "Springfield Cal.30 Mod 1903" - Calibre 30
Gewehr 250(a) Ex " Ross Cal.30 Mod 1917" - Calibre 30
Selbstladegewehr 251(a) Ex "M1 Garand" (Semi-automatic rifle) - Calibre 30
Selbstladegewehr 455(a) Ex " U.S Carbine M1" - Calibre 30
Pistole 660(a) Ex " Colt Mod 1911" - Calibre 45
Revolver 661(a) Ex " Colt Mod 1917" - Calibre 45
Revolver 662(a) Ex "Smith & Wesson Mod 1917" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 760(a) Ex "Thompson 28" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 760/2(a) Ex "Thompson 28" (Without front hand-grip) - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 761(a) Ex "Thompson 21" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 762(a) Ex "Riesing" - Calibre 45

Not sure if the designations ever meant they had more than one. Under their system, the 94 Winchester was the "Gewehr 248(e)", and I can't imagine they ever saw more than one or two of those.

Here some curious lads fart about with a Thompson:

 

[purple]

Troops react badly to seeing their weapons and equipment in the hands of the enemy on the assumption that some of their fellows were killed by the people now using it. If one was confronted with the possibility of becoming a POW he could hedge his bets for a good outcome by discarding any enemy equipment that he had.

The other dimension to using enemy equipment is that there is no logistics support for it in terms of ammo, parts and maintenance so it will inevitably run dry or stop working. captured items like POL, medical supplies and rations could be put to good use by anyone.

 

[bdft]

Gewehr 249(a) Ex "Springfield Cal.30 Mod 1903" - Calibre 30
Gewehr 250(a) Ex " Ross Cal.30 Mod 1917" - Calibre 30
Selbstladegewehr 251(a) Ex "M1 Garand" (Semi-automatic rifle) - Calibre 30
Selbstladegewehr 455(a) Ex " U.S Carbine M1" - Calibre 30
Pistole 660(a) Ex " Colt Mod 1911" - Calibre 45
Revolver 661(a) Ex " Colt Mod 1917" - Calibre 45
Revolver 662(a) Ex "Smith & Wesson Mod 1917" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 760(a) Ex "Thompson 28" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 760/2(a) Ex "Thompson 28" (Without front hand-grip) - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 761(a) Ex "Thompson 21" - Calibre 45
Maschinenpistole 762(a) Ex "Riesing" - Calibre 45

That must mean a P17 in 30-06 unless Ross made a 30 calibre rifle for the US that I'm not aware of.

 

[XRCD011]

^ These boys are not afraid of any Tigers

 

[diopter]

 

[shredder]

The Germans didn't mind using the SVT when they could get one:

I recall reading that the Germans captured so many SVT's from the Soviets that they produced their own ammo, manuals, and tools for the SVT. It was better than anything the German Army had in semi-auto rifles at the time.

The ammo produced by the Germans was supposed to be better than the Soviet stuff, too. More reliable and more accurate.

 

[bearhunter]

That one looks like it was taken out with a Panzerfaust. panel 11138