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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: jeffdn on July 15, 2013, 10:51:22 PM
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(http://i.imgur.com/TKYvgEW.jpg)
:O :salute
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looks like a 109 from jg-27.
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Oh look, Limeys in silly helmets. :devil
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Oh look, Limeys in silly helmets. :devil
they're wearing soup bowls...note the extended rim for placing bread so it doesn't rest in the soup. :D
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they're wearing soup bowls...note the extended rim for placing bread so it doesn't rest in the soup. :D
Very keen observation. So the Brits built a dual-use head gear. One, to keep the sun out of their eyes. Two, soup bowl with bread supporting extension. I suppose a third, they used a tougher material so even some noob from the South of London or Wales will struggle to break the soup bowl/head gear.
All makes spectacular sense to me.
boo
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Oh look, Limeys in silly helmets. :devil
Wouldn't be too quick to throw stones, this is the Americal division from early WW2.
(http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/files/display/16/thumbnail)
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Didn't the limeys also pee and potty in those hats - almost looks like a toilet bowl!
And then they had hot steamy soup!
:rofl
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Wouldn't be too quick to throw stones, this is the Americal division from early WW2.
(http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/files/display/16/thumbnail)
At least they evolved past those helmets shortly after.
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That helmet was designed to protect the soldier's head and shoulders from shrapnel bursting over the trenches in WWI. It could stop a .45 ACP fired from 10 feet away, or a Daimler Benz engine dropped from 16,000 feet say :banana:
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109 is so tiny.
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I'm glad to see that this thread didn't immediately devolve into an Axis vs Allied pee party because of a pic and appropriate player captioning of such. :)
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I'm glad to see that this thread didn't immediately devolve into an Axis vs Allied pee party because of a pic and appropriate player captioning of such. :)
:aok :D me too! Just wanted to share a great photo and a laugh! :rock
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what makes you think these are AmericaL's? And not Brits using an American rifle? The insignias? The Chevrons? The flags? The boots?
Wouldn't be too quick to throw stones, this is the Americal division from early WW2.
(http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/files/display/16/thumbnail)
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what makes you think these are AmericaL's? And not Brits using an American rifle? The insignias? The Chevrons? The flags? The boots?
the boots, weapons and the backpacks...u.s. army
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what makes you think these are AmericaL's? And not Brits using an American rifle? The insignias? The Chevrons? The flags? The boots?
Even easier than what Gyrene said:
Right click on pic - view image info
http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/files/display/16/thumbnail
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Didn't the limeys also pee and potty in those hats - almost looks like a toilet bowl!
And then they had hot steamy soup!
:rofl
Germany lost!
:bolt:
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Even easier than what Gyrene said:
Right click on pic - view image info
http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/files/display/16/thumbnail
:neener: i didn't have to cheat... :neener: :rofl :neener: :rofl
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:neener: i didn't have to cheat... :neener: :rofl :neener: :rofl
I missed the rule against that. ;)
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the boots, weapons and the backpacks...u.s. army
I think he's asking how do you know it's a picture of soldiers from the Americal Division, not if they're American soldiers.
ack-ack
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Well, he probably grabbed the pic from their website and posted it, I'd surmise.
I cheated and followed the pic address back to it, myself.
The patch gave it away.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img32/3540/opd.png) (http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/)
http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americal_Division
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:aok
I think he's asking how do you know it's a picture of soldiers from the Americal Division, not if they're American soldiers.
ack-ack
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Well, he probably grabbed the pic from their website and posted it, I'd surmise.
I cheated and followed the pic address back to it, myself.
The patch gave it away.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img32/3540/opd.png) (http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/)
http://www.182ndinfantry.org/history/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americal_Division
I followed them back a little farther 370 years :aok
"The 182nd Infantry Regiment is the oldest combat regiment in the United States Army. The regiment traces its history more than 370 years, when it was a colonial regiment of foot of the British Crown in Massachusetts. It later served in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, with Union forces in the American Civil War, and as a federalized Massachusetts National Guard regiment with the U.S. Army during World War I and World War II. For many years the regiment was a mechanized unit, and in 2006 the regiment was converted into the 182nd Cavalry Regiment, headquartered at Melrose Armory in Melrose, Massachusetts. The only active element of the regiment is the 1st Squadron, 182nd Cavalry Regiment."
They did become the 182nd in 1920.
Metacom,
http://www.b-2-1-196lib.com/httpdocs/Sub_Htms/History-182nd-Infantry.htm (http://www.b-2-1-196lib.com/httpdocs/Sub_Htms/History-182nd-Infantry.htm)
and your Wiki link seemed a little disingenuous :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/182nd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/182nd_Infantry_Regiment_%28United_States%29)
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109 is so tiny.
so is a stick of dynamite :uhoh