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Desert_Fox said:
Well truthfully, as you may know, one cannot tell the difference if they are using either the US Model 1917 .30, or the British Pattern 14 in .303 just by the pictures of the rifles themselves...

But I took an edumacated guesstimate which took into account that they are:

- American troops circa WW1.
- Issued US M1907 30-06 Cartridge belts.
- Wearing US issued M1917 Bayonet.

This leads me to believe they are holding Model 1917 rifles, and not borrowed Limey Pattern 14s.... but without looking at the receivers, none of us can be 100% sure...
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I imagine you're right. Just wondering if there was some sort of way to tell from a distance. :)
 
03 Springfields here, and a whole 'nother World War...

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...and who among you can decode this?

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Dark Alley Dan said:
Firing from the schnellboot...

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And the last one, being restored in the UK:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/defence/4045221/Nazi-E-boat-saved-by-military-enthusiast.html
http://www.rovcom.co.uk/s130_ww2_schnellboot.htm

That'd be quite the fishing rig.
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Thanks for posting and interesting that Kevin Wheatcroft is going to restore the E boat. I met his father Tom at Donington in 2005 and the most most humble wealthy person I have had the pleasure of meeting. Tom died in 2009 and I will always remember the conversation I had with him.

IIRC Kevin is a military collector with a great assortment of tanks and military vehicles.

Good that Kevin is going to do this as this is a important part of history that should be preserved.
 
The resto of that boat looks like an enormous undertaking, with plenty of specialized woodwork. It'll be something to see it blast along again.

This is interesting:



Im Kolor!
 
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Jumbo is NOT going to like that; the job market for deaf elephants is just too slim.

Browning Potato-digger was reliable, had some good points (really good primary extraction) but had to be mounted very high....... and tended to be a slow machine-gun.

Still, a number of them came to Canada, more went to England during the Great War. Here, they armed the Yukon Machine Gun Company, Borden's Battery and many other now-forgotten outfits with exemplary combat records.

Only question is very simple: when did the US Army start drafting elephants?
 
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