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In some random small town off I70 in western Kansas, there's an F-14 sitting in front of a VFW or something. just sayin
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Reading about Imperial Japanese rations, I've now learned that Lee Powell (the first actor to play the Lone Ranger on film) not only served with the USMC in the Pacific theatre, but died from drinking a Japanese stash of alcohol that turned out to be wood alcohol for fuel.
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chitoryu12 posted:Reading about Imperial Japanese rations, I've now learned that Lee Powell (the first actor to play the Lone Ranger on film) not only served with the USMC in the Pacific theatre, but died from drinking a Japanese stash of alcohol that turned out to be wood alcohol for fuel. Based on what GIP says about Marines, sounds about right.
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Apr 4, 2018 14:46
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chitoryu12 posted:I know with British rationing, the lack of fish was because the risk of U-boat attacks led to them reining in fishing to avoid exposing fishermen to torpedoes. If I recall correctly, fish was explicitly not rationed (gotta have fish and chips for morale reasons!). Obviously, fishermen were a bit less inclined to put to sea when they could end up sunk, though (not through the government forcing them to stay in port, more just self preservation), so thanks to supply and demand it got quite a bit pricier than usual.
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Apr 4, 2018 15:31
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Mycroft Holmes posted:every town in the motherland must have a tank in case the fascists return, comrade! Most badass memorial:  Sadly, these appear to be sculptures instead of real tanks, but there are memorials of real tanks crushing other real tanks: 
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The Chad T-34-85 vs the virgin Pz IVF2
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goatsestretchgoals posted:I have no citation for this but didn't they fire up an old museum tank and it ran after a shitload of oil was poured into places that like oil? Maybe I'm confusing this with the T-34 already mentioned, but I thought thieves drove off with a Soviet heavy tank (like a IS-2 or 3) because it just had its hatches welded shut.
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Nebakenezzer posted:Maybe I'm confusing this with the T-34 already mentioned, but I thought thieves drove off with a Soviet heavy tank (like a IS-2 or 3) because it just had its hatches welded shut. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1Z4IOQWNKY They did. It was an IS3. Its drat impressive something still starts up after 50 some odd years of neglect.
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aphid_licker posted:The Chad T-34-85 vs the virgin Pz IVF2 THE CHAD T-34-85 -Makes as much noise as it can, enjoys getting ambushed -Sloped armor can defeat all known projectiles -Track pins kept in place by piece of metal welded to chassis -Not ashamed of wide tracks for better flotation -Carries a large stick, and isn't afraid to use it THE VIRGIN Pz IVF2 -Hides whenever it can, never truly feels joy -Vertical armor defeated by oversized rifle - -Has to put on shoes in winter -Wears a skirt Jobbo_Fett fucked around with this message at 16:54 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Apr 4, 2018 16:52
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https://twitter.com/historylvrsclub/status/980147453377830912 Uh what's the spiderhelm for
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Apr 4, 2018 17:28
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I like how the siege burganet is clearly a helmet for aliens.
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Apr 4, 2018 17:53
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The end point of the barbute looks like Ancient Greek helmets
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Apr 4, 2018 17:55
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the "legs" on the spider helm are hinged so they can be folded up or down so that, uhhh...sometimes you don't have to have the bars in your face I guess. I think it was a cavalry helmet so it was probably so they could show off their pretty rich-boy faces to everyone without taking the helmet off entirely.
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Apr 4, 2018 17:56
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Mycroft Holmes posted:http://abc30.com/gang-member-arrested-in-southwest-fresno-with-wwi-rifle/2929737/ From 2012 
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Gort posted:The end point of the barbute looks like Ancient Greek helmets The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one or two of those.
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Apr 4, 2018 18:16
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:From 2012 don't doxx me
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SlothfulCobra posted:I like how the siege burganet is clearly a helmet for aliens. if you like that google savoy helm
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Zamboni Apocalypse posted:From 2012 Looks like a Mosin? Would make sense, since they cost like $120 back then.
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HEY GUNS posted:if you like that google savoy helm  http://www.germaniainternational.com/kspecials.html I also ran into this article on "The Weirdest and Fiercest Helmets from the Age of Armored Combat". The oil-painted sallet is pretty great. 
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Also in addition to the conversation on alcohol rations, the Massachusetts colony in the time of the French & Indian War issued 7 gills of rum per person per week. This is 28 fluid ounces per week, or 4 ounces per day. Not accounting for watering down, that would be two good shots of rum a day.
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Apr 4, 2018 18:47
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darthbob88 posted:Savoyard helm might work better, otherwise your results get clogged with Fallout references. Germans and their loving skulls on poo poo.
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darthbob88 posted:I also ran into this article on "The Weirdest and Fiercest Helmets from the Age of Armored Combat". The oil-painted sallet is pretty great. It'd be nice if they photographed that with some decent lighting. I tried brightening it up in photoshop 
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Sir, they have furries. EDIT: Oh god a helmet for a dork https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--RprRdBe0--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18nudd81ddjf1jpg.jpg Fangz fucked around with this message at 19:37 on Apr 4, 2018 |
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Fangz posted:EDIT: Oh god a helmet for a dork https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--RprRdBe0--/c_fit,fl_progressive,q_80,w_636/18nudd81ddjf1jpg.jpg  Henry VIII was a goon, okay. Granted, that particular helmet was a gag gift from Maximillian I. Edit: Holy crap I've never noticed the breastplate on that harness is actually made out of lames. It's got gut articulation. 
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Apr 4, 2018 19:52
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Siivola posted:
The Met's actually got two sets of armor from him: one from when he was younger and fitter (albeit still a bit hefty), and that one.
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in his youth that dude was a bruiser, but lots of guys like that fatten as they get old/injured
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They've also got a set of armor from a dude who looks to have been 6'6 or taller, and clearly built as hell.
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And yet Eugene of Savoy was a head shorter than I am and much thinner, to judge from his buff coat and mail
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HEY GUNS posted:in his youth that dude was a bruiser, but lots of guys like that fatten as they get old/injured Send for the breastplate stretcher
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but people made fun of Eugene in Paris for being tiny, ugly, dead, and gay, and when he left he said he would never come back except at the head of a conquering army.
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So I am reading Raimondo Montecuccoli's Sulle Battaglie. On generals: "His visage should be serene, his eyes intrepid and luminous, and his clothing flamboyant." On inspiring contempt for the enemy: "One may also stimulate contempt for the enemy by exhibiting naked prisoners to the soldiers. Once they have viewed the captives' fragile, filthy, diseased, and infirm legs, as well as their hardly valiant arms, they will have no reason to be afraid, for they will have had the chance to see the kind of people with whom they must fight--namely, pusillanimous, humble, and tearful individuals."
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that guy fucks
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:that guy fucks 
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13th KRRC War Diary, 3rd Apr 1918 posted:The day passed uneventfully. Water is very scarce and our supply has to be supplemented by water which is taken from a tank near by. This water has been passed by the M.O. and is fit for drinking after boiling. 13th KRRC War Diary, 4th Apr 1918 posted:The day passed quietly, and there is little to record.In the evening the advance party of the 6th Bedfords arrived and took over. At 8.20 p.m. the companies moved off independently to take up a new position in GOMMECOURT WOOD where are are comfortably installed in an old Boche tunnel system which presumably was once a Brigade H.Q. There is plenty of room in these tunnels for all companies - they are rather damp, but quite roomy. Relief was completed at 2 a.m.
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 "Don't crusade near me or my son ever again"
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I cannot keep up with this thread. I'm just going to throw some statements WWII out there and ask smart people to discuss why they are right or wrong: Most answers to the question "How could Germany have won the war?" require the Nazis to not be Nazis. Yes, they might have won if they had stopped at Poland, but the primary goal of the war was turning Ukraine into an agricultural colony. Maybe they could have won without invading France, but getting revenge on France was the other primary goal of the war. Ramping up industrial production also isn't realistic, because no Nazi regime could ever produce a functioning economy. If they hadn't gone to war, their economy would have collapsed before 1950. There are three reasonable things Germany could have done that might have given them a chance, *and* didn't violate the goals of the war: 1) Germany could have limited attacks on the UK. After Dunkirk, but before the Battle of Britain, British morale may have been too low to continue the fight. 1a) How was Dunkirk viewed at the time? If the US Navy had to borrow my sailboat and my rich neighbor's yacht to evacuate a bunch of Marines, I'd call it a disaster, not a miracle. 2) They could have not declared war on the USA. Roosevelt had a horrible time getting the US into the war, and even after it entered, there was a long debate about whether to concentrate on Europe or the Pacific. If Germany hadn't declared war on the US, it's likely the US wouldn't have declared war on them. Or at least, they would have focused on the Pacific and given Hitler some time to breathe. 3) Not get involved with Japan in the first place. Germany didn't get jack poo poo out of that alliance. All of this is a moot point, because even without the USA, France or the UK (and the other allies), Germany would have eventually fallen to the Soviets. It would have been a hell of a lot bloodier (and it would *really* change the dynamics of the Cold War), but Germany never had a realistic chance of total victory over the USSR. Debate, discuss, disprove. Thanks. Bagheera fucked around with this message at 01:30 on Apr 5, 2018 |
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Somebody photoshop over a swear jar and replace the label with 'WW2 Alt History Questions''.
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Considering how the US was already engaged in an undeclared naval war with Germany and it looked like that the Japanese had succeeded in delivering a knock out blow on the US fleet, Hitler declaring war wasn't really that bad of an idea at the time. It was a decision that was keeping with Hitler's world view that war with the US was inevitable and thus it was better to get started on it now while they were distracted by the Japanese.
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Without Japan being part of the Axis, Stalin wouldn't have waited for Richard Sorge to transfer the Far East divisions to the front with Germany.
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