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Crossposted from Grey Hunter's (second) War in the Pacific Let's Play after a major IJN victory:
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Some Belgian officer either was a history hipster or a Final Fantasy fan way before any of us.
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chitoryu12 posted:I've actually started to forget sometimes that it's not really called a Gavin. I sometimes call tanks barrels for probably similar reasons. You see it called that often enough that you just accept it.
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I got into the habit of saying Gavin because it would drive the dudes on this other forum absolutely nuts because they were so deeply invested in the self-image of being serious military technology enthusiasts who read the good, smart amateur military analyst blogs rather than the bad, silly ones. Then I decided to just stop going there because it seemed like a waste of time and also I guess because they were all Nazis but y'know. Someone did not want to have to wait to be driven closer before being able to hit them with his sword. aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 16:47 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Nov 29, 2016 16:45
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aphid_licker posted:I got into the habit of saying Gavin because it would drive the dudes on this other forum absolutely nuts because they were so deeply invested in the self-image of being serious military technology enthusiasts who read the good, smart amateur military analyst blogs rather than the bad, silly ones. Then I decided to just stop going there because it seemed like a waste of time and also I guess because they were all Nazis but y'know. I desperately need someone to find that WWII hex and counter game where the SS pieces were all hot pink. I need those wehraboo reactions.
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MikeCrotch posted:I desperately need someone to find that WWII hex and counter game where the SS pieces were all hot pink. I need those wehraboo reactions.
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Hot pink was a real manly colour in the 19th century, now excuse me I am going to be a smug arse and bestraddle a map of a continent.aphid_licker posted:Someone did not want to have to wait to be driven closer before being able to hit them with his sword. This sword was the real reason why the Dutch never reclaimed Belgium.
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SeanBeansShako posted:Hot pink was a real manly colour in the 19th century
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MikeCrotch posted:I desperately need someone to find that WWII hex and counter game where the SS pieces were all hot pink. I need those wehraboo reactions. Winter Thunder has purple-ish SS counters. As for pink, the only thing I can find are "Berserk Counter for SS units in Cross of Iron"  
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If alcohol never happens, like idk, our brain chemistry is slightly different and it does nothing for us, what would soldiers outside the places where weed or opium grows be getting hosed up on? It probably wouldn't be fly agaric, right?
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aphid_licker posted:If alcohol never happens, like idk, our brain chemistry is slightly different and it does nothing for us, what would soldiers outside the places where weed or opium grows be getting hosed up on? It probably wouldn't be fly agaric, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_psychoactive_plants
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I was reading about film Henry V, produced in Britain during WW2 and released in 1944, and I'm feeling a little bummed that they didn't do blooper reels back then because this would have been good:trivia posted:The filming of a battle scene was stopped in order for the company to watch while overhead a group of British fighters attacked a formation of German bombers on their way to bomb London. When the real battle passed out of sight, the movie battle resumed filming. Most of the battle scenes were therefore shot in Ireland so that a gathering of knights at Agincourt wouldn't draw the attention of Stuka pilots, but also because it was hard to find suitable extras in the UK. Another problem rose from material shortages, so chain mails were actually knitted gray wool and costumes were made from scraps of fabric. Despite of these measures it was the most expensive British movie ever. And again Winny has to micromanage everything!  quote:The most significant cuts to the text - the ones which generally provoke criticism at Henry as a king - were reputedly made at Winston Churchill's request.
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HEY GAL posted:you probably couldn't have achieved hot pink in the 17th century, but pink in general was associated with the Hapsburgs then since it was the paler form of red, so i've seen officers' sashes of pink in paintings (most notably surrender of breda) Also Louis XIV's famous fabulous red schoolgirl heels. What is a Gavin, also?
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OwlFancier posted:Also Louis XIV's famous fabulous red schoolgirl heels. Some crazy old man thought that M113 is the bestest armoured personnel carrier ever and was deeply offended when the US Army started replacing it with the wheeled Stryker family. He then decided that because Stryker is named after a general, M113 is at a disadvantage for having no namesake and hence M113 General Gavin was born. It's become a kind of shibboleth now. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24Rr03hqDec Nenonen fucked around with this message at 19:38 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Nov 29, 2016 19:32
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Soo... IRL that's a Sheridan?
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OwlFancier posted:Soo... IRL that's a Sheridan? Sorry, I amended my post, see above.
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Is this some strange parody or is it supposed to be serious? Because using a plastic model AeroGavin "landing" on beige carpet with a slideshow of tangentially related pictures/quotes to make a point seems too stupid to be taken seriously but then again we're talking about the Gavin.
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I still kind of maintain that a tank which flies is fairly well encapsulated by the Sheridan given that you can chuck it out the back of a flying C130, or airlift it with a helicopter. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgg3iRaVnbw M113s are cool though, it's a literal crate full of infantry.
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OwlFancier posted:M113s are cool though, it's
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Dude who is going to berlin: Check out Hohenschönhausen museum. It's a building that was used by the NKVD as a prison after the war and then turned over to the Stasi. It's maintained as it was in the 80s and is loving mental. This is the place you ended up if a van labeled "fish delivery" black bagged you ooff the street. If you speak German they have tours by inmates. If not they have also good tours by English speaking grad students. Check online for times as there is a set schedule and you can't just walk around alone. Easily one of my top five Berlin things.
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Of Space Marines! http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b215/Luckyjoe_/Miniatures/15%20mm/M113Rhino.jpg
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Crazycryodude posted:Is this some strange parody or is it supposed to be serious? Because using a plastic model AeroGavin "landing" on beige carpet with a slideshow of tangentially related pictures/quotes to make a point seems too stupid to be taken seriously but then again we're talking about the Gavin. That YouTube account is full of similar videos and the profile links to combatreform.org and the website links to these videos, so I *think* it's for real. Though I really suspect the Thunderbirds video was made by trolls but then the Combat Reform dude took it at face value and posted it in his YouTube. OwlFancier posted:I still kind of maintain that a tank which flies is fairly well encapsulated by the Sheridan given that you can chuck it out the back of a flying C130, or airlift it with a helicopter. Here's another way of deploying the Sheridan, if you don't need that C130 afterwards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4L50eMI8gY And some more airborne AFV porn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwizQfIiBuQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEb6UI4S3QQ Nenonen fucked around with this message at 20:13 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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I've never been there so maybe in actuality it's really poo poo, but the Pergamon Museum in Berlin has always been on my list of museums I wanna go to someday.
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HEY GAL posted:before we make the modern drugs, the same drat things they were getting hosed up on already only they used the word "medicine" for it Yeah that's kinda what I was getting at, I would love to see a medieval/early modern army settle in for recreational deliriants and chill. Maybe "love" is not exactly the right word. e: I suppose this is gay black neurochemistry aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 20:34 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Nov 29, 2016 20:32
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Jobbo_Fett posted:Winter Thunder has purple-ish SS counters. Just a few minutes of editing counter sheets lets the SS show its true colors in War in the East: 
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah that's kinda what I was getting at, I would love to see a medieval/early modern army settle in for recreational deliriants and chill. Maybe "love" is not exactly the right word. Gay Black Hitler and the Shisha Den Putsch. Slim Jim Pickens fucked around with this message at 21:46 on Nov 29, 2016 |
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Sure you guys aren't confusing the SS with regular old panzer divisions? They wore pink details.
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Siivola posted:Sure you guys aren't confusing the SS with regular old panzer divisions? They wore pink details. They still do! 
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Koramei posted:I've never been there so maybe in actuality it's really poo poo, but the Pergamon Museum in Berlin has always been on my list of museums I wanna go to someday. It's pretty good. It's lesser billed, but I was honestly most impressed by some of the arabic stuff they've got there. Beautiful carving. Oh yeah, and the Ishtar Gate. That's a thing they have. Plus, you know, the Pergamon itself.
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Cyrano4747 posted:Oh yeah, and the Ishtar Gate. That's a thing they have. The... whole thing?
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OwlFancier posted:The... whole thing?
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Displaying major chunks of ancient architecture is kind of the Pergamon's "thing" They've also got some beautiful intricately carved chunk of wall from somewhere in the middle east or africa or something. It's gorgeous, lots of arabic geometric carving. I'm sure it's famous and priceless, but I can't remembe it's name.
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Was the American army ever totally routed during the Korean War?
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Nenonen posted:Here's another way of deploying the Sheridan, if you don't need that C130 afterwards: The best place to deploy a Sheridan is into a toilet, then flush the toilet.
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Baron Porkface posted:Was the American army ever totally routed during the Korean War? "totally routed" might be a bit strong as the units in play weren't exactly heavy hitters, but the retreat to Pusan was pretty undignified.
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Siivola posted:Sure you guys aren't confusing the SS with regular old panzer divisions? They wore pink details. So did the SS  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corps_colours_(Waffen-SS) 
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Cyrano4747 posted:"totally routed" might be a bit strong as the units in play weren't exactly heavy hitters, but the retreat to Pusan was pretty undignified. The retreat from the Yalu was pretty chaotic. Certainly elements of the army could be described as 'routed', but IIRC, the Marines did a credible job of holding the line to allow for a more orderly retreat. Still, casualties were pretty bad and there was a ton of lost equipment.
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Baron Porkface posted:Was the American army ever totally routed during the Korean War? Task Force Faith on the east side of the Chosin Reservoir was basically destroyed during that battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Task_Force_Faith#Destruction Maybe routed is the wrong word, it was 3,000 US Soldiers vs 20,000 Chinese. Good documentary about it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHotyyg0x_E SimonCat fucked around with this message at 05:47 on Nov 30, 2016 |
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