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Sailors moving 16 inch shells across the deck of HMS Nelson in July1941.
Great shot for perspective on the size of those main guns!
In the book Boulogne 20th Guards Brigade Fighting Defence, May 1940, by Jon Cooksley, the author writes of the defense of Boulogne France in May 1940, by the 20th Guards Brigade, comprising of 2nd Battalion Welsh Guards, of which my father was in, and 2nd Battalion Irish Guards, landed at Boulogne in a effort to slow the German advance to Dunkirk, where the bulk of the British Expeditionary Force was been evacuated, in this book the author writes of the Anti Tank platoon of the Irish Guards was equiped with the French 25 mm anti tank, Dad told me that his battalion had no 25 mm anti guns, but were equiped with the Boyes 55 cal anti tank rifles
Zanjeer (Photo Credit: STR New/Reuters)
Zanjeer, The Golden Labrador Who Saved Thousands Of Lives In Mumbai
In March 1993, a series of 12 bombs went off across Mumbai.
The serial blasts left 257 dead and 713 injured. But in the aftermath, an unlikely hero emerged. According to Reuters, a golden labrador named Zanjeer worked with the bomb squad and saved thousands of lives by detecting “more than 3,329 kgs of the explosive RDX, 600 detonators, 249 hand grenades and 6406 rounds of live ammunition.” He helped avert three more bombs in the days following the blasts.
In the photo below, a senior police officer lays a wreath of flowers on Zanjeer as he was buried with full police honors at a widely-attended ceremony.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/zanjeer-labrador-mumbai_n_2932946.html
Zanjeer (Photo Credit: STR New/Reuters)
Zanjeer, The Golden Labrador Who Saved Thousands Of Lives In Mumbai
In March 1993, a series of 12 bombs went off across Mumbai.
The serial blasts left 257 dead and 713 injured. But in the aftermath, an unlikely hero emerged. According to Reuters, a golden labrador named Zanjeer worked with the bomb squad and saved thousands of lives by detecting “more than 3,329 kgs of the explosive RDX, 600 detonators, 249 hand grenades and 6406 rounds of live ammunition.” He helped avert three more bombs in the days following the blasts.
In the photo below, a senior police officer lays a wreath of flowers on Zanjeer as he was buried with full police honors at a widely-attended ceremony.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/03/22/zanjeer-labrador-mumbai_n_2932946.html
7,000 pounds of RDX!!! That would have been a HUGE explosion. The dog should have been knighted.
Not entirely true:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/27/world/asia/mumbai-blue-dogs.html
Good read on how different religions feel about dogs:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogs_in_religion#Islam
OK, I'll be more specific ..... didn't mean to lump everyone in the same group.
There have been reported cases of East Asian cabbies in Vancouver refusing to transport passengers with dogs, even if they were obviously trained "assistance" or "seeing eye" dogs. Reason given - dogs are unclean.
One of the East Asian females on Global was totally blown away by a puppy that loved all over her. As a kid, she never had a dog for the same reason - her family considered them to be "unclean".
In fairness, some restaurants have had the same attitude towards service dogs.
There have been reported cases of East Asian cabbies in Vancouver refusing to transport passengers with dogs, even if they were obviously trained "assistance" or "seeing eye" dogs. Reason given - dogs are unclean.
One of the East Asian females on Global was totally blown away by a puppy that loved all over her. As a kid, she never had a dog for the same reason - her family considered them to be "unclean".
In fairness, some restaurants have had the same attitude towards service dogs.
Rod B
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A nice spread of the more common small arms issued to U.S. soldiers during World War II.
Very nice indeed. Looks like you need the 45 Reising, and a Springfield, maybe a couple of revolvers? I owned two FA Thompsons but could never find the M3 Grease Gun in Canada.
Your BAR looks "Minty"
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Jesus, man - really? You went there?
Back on topic, folks, before a thread with some history and interest gets canned.
"Bloody idiot dog. You want the Lewis gunners. Two trenches on. Bugger off."
Dark Alley Dan
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Looks like the other guys had dogs too.
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Less well known was the elite Japanese Attack Goat Battalion...
...seen here in training.
...seen here in training.
T-22 Locust besides a T-28 super heavy tank destroyer
American T-28 (I don't remember ever hearing about these).
The T-28 never made it into production... It was still under development when the war ended. Probably just as well, it was a case of "the good idea fairy" on a particularly bad drunk. Of the 2 prototypes built, one burned up from an engine fire and was sold for scrap, the other ended up becoming a static display.
It was too big/heavy to cross pretty much any bridge, couldn't ford more than a foot or two of water, was prone to sinking into ground softer than 2 foot thick concrete... After they built it, they realized that they didn't really even have a means of loading it onto a ship to get it to Europe, and REALLY didn't know how to offload it.
Also, while the front casement was borderline impenetrable, the engine deck might as well been made from paper. An infantry mortar round would have punched through it and blown the engine up.
The list of deficiencies was long enough to cost a few people their careers.
I should hope so!! Wiki says it was a 100 ton beast powered by a 500 hp gasoline engine
No wonder its top speed was 8 mph. Even the Tiger II (King Tiger) had a far more powerful engine and less weight.
