|
CRUSTY MINGE posted:Note that he said back pay, not benefits. Probably collecting money he was contractually obligated to, but the purse was on empty in '44-45. Correct.
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 16:46
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 1, 2024 04:46 |
|
|
You get any war stories from that grandpa?
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 16:53
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/olex_scherba/status/1514587421622648833?s=21&t=v2yQcWe4RYYdudeXaQtGaQ Dicks, dicks never change.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 17:18
|
|
|
madeintaipei posted:Hell, the current German state paid out WW1 Askari in the 1950's. The US and Vietnam still identify and repatriate MIA soldiers' remains. The story of how the Askari were paid is a great military anecdote in itself. The Askaris were native troops raised by this very German fellow in East Africa to fight the British in WW1. They did a very good job of it. As an illustration, von Lettow-Vorbeck's forces were in the middle of an offensive into what is now Zimbabwe when they were informed that the rest of Germany had signed the Armistice several days earlier to avoid their forces on the Western Front being totally overrun. When he was marched off to a British POW camp every one of his Askaris tried to follow him. As German soldiers who had fulfilled their terms of enlistment, the Weimar Republic and the prewar Nazi regime issued them pensions despite the former Askaris now being residents of British colonies. Then WW2 happened and things got complicated. It wasn't until 1964 than the West German government decided to resume paying the remaining Askaris. The trouble was that it was now fifty years since the war began and most of the surviving Askaris who could make it to where the German officials were waiting to register them didn't have their original paperwork because they lived in the middle of Africa during the 20th century. Since the Askaris were owed what in African terms was a sizeable chunk of change, the Germans wanted to make sure they paid the right people. Some were able to provide bits of their old uniforms as proof but many had nothing at all in the way of evidence of service. One of the bankers involved, an ex-soldier himself, suggested that those claimants without documentation perform the old Imperial manual of arms using a broom in place of a K98k. Not a man failed to complete the drill and all were paid.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:25
|
|
|
Von Lettow was also in the best episode of Young Indiana Jones.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:32
|
|
|
psydude posted:We've already discussed this a good bit in this thread, but CNN has a nice summary of the issues Russia is having with motor transport and vehicle maintenance issues: If I come away from this thread having learned only one thing, it will be the importance of auto mechanics and pallets.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:49
|
|
|
cruft posted:If I come away from this thread having learned only one thing, it will be the importance of auto mechanics and pallets. You can’t cut back on logistics. You will regret this.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:50
|
|
|
FrozenVent posted:You can’t cut back on logistics. You will regret this. Look, man, I never said I wanted to! But especially not now.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:52
|
|
|
cruft posted:Look, man, I never said I wanted to! But especially not now. Make sure you invest in Chepp pallets. Don't skimp.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 20:59
|
|
|
cruft posted:If I come away from this thread having learned only one thing, it will be the importance of auto mechanics and pallets. Between navy UNREPs and the air force's massive investment in tankers, it's undeniable that one of the key elements of US military dominance is deep familiarity with, and emulation of, the drive-thru window concept.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:02
|
|
|
Cimber posted:Make sure you invest in Chepp pallets. Don't skimp. Whoah easy there Mr Moneybag.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:08
|
|
|
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843 Down she goes.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:12
|
|
|
And the Russian submarine forces increase! Russia Stronk!!!
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:15
|
|
|
Arrath posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843 Whoa! Wonder if it sunk quickly and it took a while to confirm or if the onboard fires got out of control. Would assume the rescue vessels would have done all they could to tow it back to shore to avoid the black eye of losing it completely.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:16
|
|
|
they said it sank while being towed.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:17
|
|
|
I love how the ship apparently held on just long enough for a massive wave of cope to give a tiny bit of hope to the pro-russia people. Say what you will about the moskva, but she had dramatic timing
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:25
|
|
|
Arrath posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843 I am gonna have a smile for the rest of the day now.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:26
|
|
|
Of course everyone serving on her is 100% OK and definitely still alive.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:27
|
|
|
Hyrax Attack! posted:Whoa! Wonder if it sunk quickly and it took a while to confirm or if the onboard fires got out of control. Would assume the rescue vessels would have done all they could to tow it back to shore to avoid the black eye of losing it completely. Pentagon said she was headed home under own power, so I guess "got out of control" is it.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:30
|
|
|
psydude posted:Of course everyone serving on her is 100% OK and definitely still alive. especially those poor bastards in the engine compartments.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 21:36
|
|
|
Cimber posted:especially those poor bastards in the engine compartments. Hey, someone gives a poo poo about us!
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:23
|
|
|
Arrath posted:https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61114843 So that's by far the biggest warship to be sunk in combat since the Belgrano, right?
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:34
|
|
|
Terrifying Effigies posted:So that's by far the biggest warship to be sunk in combat since the Belgrano, right? They’re pretty comparable in size. I think Moskva juuuuust about edges out General Belgrano. I’ve been trying to figure out the last time a major surface combatant (not destroyers in WWII, but a cruiser or larger) was sunk by shore batteries.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:39
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:They’re pretty comparable in size. I think Moskva juuuuust about edges out General Belgrano. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher Edit: That one was particularly embarrassing. They got torpedoed by a fort.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:40
|
|
|
MrYenko posted:They’re pretty comparable in size. I think Moskva juuuuust about edges out General Belgrano. Other way around, Belgrano is 12.2k ton, Moskva 11.5k ton.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:41
|
|
|
EasilyConfused posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher With whitehead torpedoes, the original torpedo. (Drøbak sound is 500 meters across though, it's not the most difficult shot)
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:46
|
|
|
EasilyConfused posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher  Thanks! Xakura posted:Other way around, Belgrano is 12.2k ton, Moskva 11.5k ton. Belgrano is 12.2k at full combat load, yes. The Slavas are six feet wider, a handful of feet longer, and draw quite a bit more. I’m pretty sure it’s a toss up of what each one is loaded with to call it. If the Russians published her empty displacement, it’s no contest at all.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:48
|
|
|
EasilyConfused posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ79i11JSnU
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 22:54
|
|
|
Wow.
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:00
|
|
|
EasilyConfused posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher With german-made torpedoes, no less! e: Austro-hungarian actually, upon double-checking, but 40 years old at the time they were fired and the norwegians weren't even sure if they were in working order Slashrat fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Apr 14, 2022 |
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:03
|
|
|
EasilyConfused posted:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_cruiser_Bl%C3%BCcher Oh yeah weren't Norwegian shore defenses one bright spot for the Allies during that campaign?
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:09
|
|
|
Slashrat posted:With german-made torpedoes, no less! That's awesome
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:15
|
|
|
Looks like Belgorod has spontaneously combusted again https://mobile.twitter.com/NotWoofers/status/1514724874929025039
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:31
|
|
|
The Belgorod Peoples' Republic is in dire straits yet again, who will rescue them?
|
|
#
?
Apr 14, 2022 23:42
|
|
|
https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/ 1514644932832681994 Ukraine’s General Staff reports that 70 Russian soldiers, including many of Kadyrov’s Chechens, have been killed while patrolling the occupied city of Melitopol & surrounding areas. The soldiers have been shot or stabbed by Ukrainian resistance cells during nighttime patrols. Link broken as the first picture is a non gory picture of a dead chechen.
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 00:24
|
|
|
psydude posted:Of course everyone serving on her is 100% OK and definitely still alive. https://mobile.twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1514713072182738945 The other 500-ish sailors are 100% OK /s.
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 00:35
|
|
|
A Turkish ship was reported as picking up 50+...
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 00:44
|
|
|
Mozi posted:A Turkish ship was reported as picking up 50+... What happens from here? Does Turkey drop them off in Russia, or put them in a hotel until things are sorted out?
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 00:51
|
|
|
Turkey is not a belligerent so has no reason or right to hold them. The news out of Belgorod tonight is interesting. I think the Ukrainians were warning of the possibility of a bombing there as a false flag a couple of days ago. As far as I know they never claimed responsibility for the helicopter attack the other day either.
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 00:53
|
|
|
|
| # ? Jun 1, 2024 04:46 |
|
|
golden bubble posted:https://mobile.twitter.com/ukraine_world/status/1514713072182738945 Schrodinger's Crew
|
|
#
?
Apr 15, 2022 01:00
|
|
