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[bearhunter]

3.7 Infantrie Geschutz

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3.7 Infantry canon? I used to have a board made up of a dozen of those cases/solid projectiles, with unit shield markings etched onto one side.

The display I had was Austrian. Nice to see the canon they were used for. I'm surprised by how small it is.

 

[Dosing]

2001




Tiff download > https://archive.org/details/dnd-small-arms-2001

 

[fat tony]

 

[*lawrence]

"Belgian FN FAL used in Congo, 1961 period."

 

[woodchopper]

well that's an interesting use of the sights.... or not.

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

I'll bite. Wherezat?

 

[6GunJustice]

^ AI: Kampfgruppe Peiper, the armored spearhead of the 6th SS Panzer Army, was tasked with advancing through the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. Their route aimed to capture bridges over the Meuse River near Huy, necessitating a push through Ligneuville, Stavelot, Trois-Ponts, and Werbomont. However, the chosen route involved secondary roads, unsuitable for the weight of their vehicles, particularly the Tiger II tanks

https://panzertravel.com/kampfgruppe-peiper-route-malmedy-stavelot-la-gleize/

6Gun

 

[hondroid]

2001

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Tiff download > https://archive.org/details/dnd-small-arms-2001

A lot of the weapons imaged on that poster are now relics. I was trained to maintain every single one of the weapons on that screen.

 

[ipscgraz]

January 1945. On his first mission,19 year old German fighter pilot Alfred Michel overlooks his crashed landed Messerschmitt BF-109G with members of the American 455th anti aircraft battery who had shot him down.

 

[bearhunter]

well that's an interesting use of the sights.... or not.

He's looking beside and past where the rifle is pointing.

It likely doesn't come as a surprise, but under stressful conditions, sights can be extremely difficult to get in focus or line up, especially when it gets under 25-50 meters. Often looking alongside or just above the firearm is a much faster and surer way to get on target, or close enough. Either way it works.

 

[fat tony]

We had the Colt .22 revolvers in our unit. I was surprised. We had a turkey shoot before xmas leave, the target was an image on an 8-1/2"×11" sheet of paper at 25 yards. You were lucky to keep the hits on paper.

I heard from a former Sea cadet who went on a patrol with a warship that the ship armoury included Colt Officer's Model revolvers in .38 Special, with adjustable sights.

A member of the ship's company of HMCS Prince Robert, possibly in 1945. His arm is a Colt New Service, maybe in .455 Webley? Not sure on the chambering though. Some were in .45 Colt, I heard.

Looks like he gets one swing with his WWII Mag lite.

 

[fat tony]

^ AI: Kampfgruppe Peiper, the armored spearhead of the 6th SS Panzer Army, was tasked with advancing through the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge. Their route aimed to capture bridges over the Meuse River near Huy, necessitating a push through Ligneuville, Stavelot, Trois-Ponts, and Werbomont. However, the chosen route involved secondary roads, unsuitable for the weight of their vehicles, particularly the Tiger II tanks

https://panzertravel.com/kampfgruppe-peiper-route-malmedy-stavelot-la-gleize/

6Gun

Good work. It is in Baugnez, near the infamous crossroads. The building was a roadhouse up to 1944. It looks like a private residence now per streetview.

Lest we forget.

 

[wheaty]

The girl with the Mk.2 STEN is at a Kibbutz in Israel.
I had a chance to get into the underground ammo factory that was under the laundry at one Kibbutz..
What an honour to be allowed in there and examine all the equipment

 

[tiriaq]

We had the Colt .22 revolvers in our unit. I was surprised. We had a turkey shoot before xmas leave, the target was an image on an 8-1/2"×11" sheet of paper at 25 yards. You were lucky to keep the hits on paper.

I heard from a former Sea cadet who went on a patrol with a warship that the ship armoury included Colt Officer's Model revolvers in .38 Special, with adjustable sights.

A member of the ship's company of HMCS Prince Robert, possibly in 1945. His arm is a Colt New Service, maybe in .455 Webley? Not sure on the chambering though. Some were in .45 Colt, I heard.

Looks like he gets one swing with his WWII Mag lite.

My uncle served on Prince Robert.

 

[fat tony]

My uncle served on Prince Robert.

Thanks for sharing that. Was he involved in the action against the German commerce raider off Mexico? This was at the time the most powerful warship in the RCN.

 

[tiriaq]

I do not know. He went to Hong Kong prior to the Japanese attack.