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Awesome!!

I want more!

Everything about that, video, AI, story... all were better than "Masters of the Air"

Written & Directed by Nick Ryan, he should have sit down with Goetzman, Hanks and Spielberg... maybe give them a few pointers.
 
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fwm said:
Would that be a “Firefly” version. Always cool to see them on display. I took my sons to the Borden muesem probably 10-12 years ago. Overdue to do it again.
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No, it's a standard M4A2E8 with a 76mm gun and twin diesel engines. They used the wrong color of green paint to re-paint it. The authentic color is olive drab. The firefly conversion has a 17 pdr gun and a large, box-like extension at the rear of the turret.
 
purple said:
No, it's a standard M4A2E8 with a 76mm gun and twin diesel engines. They used the wrong color of green paint to re-paint it. The authentic color is olive drab. The firefly conversion has a 17 pdr gun and a large, box-like extension at the rear of the turret.
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That box-like extension is called a Bustle. No wonder tankers referred to their tanks as 'she'.
 
What, Quartermaster was out of short shorts? :)

One is reminded of the infamous UDT shorts:

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Holy crap - look at the quads on this guy.

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Rocking a set of these is like wearing a kilt. Buddy's secure in his masculinity, and anyone who finds fault is just jealous 'cause they got lil' twiggy bird legs.
 
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I know there were times and places where this sort of dress was OK, but any time I was in the field, in Africa, even long shorts were frowned on.

Not because they weren't allowed but because they offered zero protection from thorns, bugs, sharp things, etc when you needed it most.

I'm guessing this is a posed shot in a "leisure" area behind the lines.

Look at them, all freshly showered and clean???

Those fellows are all fair-skinned and African sunshine is brutal as are the rest of the elements.

Maybe in a safe area and their field uniforms were soaking to get the sweat and stink out of them??
 
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bearhunter said:
I know there were times and places where this sort of dress was OK, but any time I was in the field, in Africa, even long shorts were frowned on.

Not because they weren't allowed but because they offered zero protection from thorns, bugs, sharp things, etc when you needed it most.

I'm guessing this is a posed shot in a "leisure" area behind the lines.

Look at them, all freshly showered and clean???

Those fellows are all fair-skinned and African sunshine is brutal as are the rest of the elements.

Maybe in a safe area and their field uniforms were soaking to get the sweat and stink out of them??
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Could be Villa Salazar I heard that it was pretty ‘different’ there, never the less early in the war as the FN’s still have their carrying handles and are not camo painted. I never saw an FN heavy barrel which is not to say they weren’t in use. I did see loads of spanking shiny new Bren guns in 7.62 with FN 30 round magazines. Apparently they were traded from Zambia for a train load of corn….
 
*lawrence said:
Could be Villa Salazar I heard that it was pretty ‘different’ there, never the less early in the war as the FN’s still have their carrying handles and are not camo painted. I never saw an FN heavy barrel which is not to say they weren’t in use. I did see loads of spanking shiny new Bren guns in 7.62 with FN 30 round magazines. Apparently they were traded from Zambia for a train load of corn….
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I'm willing to bet those Brens were originally chambered for 8x57? The conversion would have been much simpler.

I saw several of the Bren conversions in Angola, where they had them chambered for the 8x57 and 7.62x51. I never saw them together in the same place though and never in the field, not that they weren't fully capable, just too heavy for the duty and slightly more modern MGs issued. So relegated to rear echelon duty.

I hadn't heard of Villa Salazar, where was it located?

Good catch on the carrying handles. The Portuguese FNs I say usually didn't have them.
 
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