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Originally posted by pmulcahy11b
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Again this wasn't the state of art aircraft that we are used to today. After the A-10 as mention the other aircraft is the C-130 in being able to survive... -
The C-47/DC-3 might rank up there, too. At least one lost a few feet off a wing to one of the Himalaya Mountains, and flew home. Another was rammed by a Japanese fighter and survived to come home. All this, and there are some still flying today, 70+ years after the design was first built.Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostMy Twilight claim to fame: I ran "Allegheny Uprising" at Allegheny College, spring of 1988.Comment
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For what its worth, there are those pics out there showing an IDF F15 landing with one wing missing.Member of the Bofors fan club! The M1911 of automatic cannon.
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I don't know...I looked it up on Google and saw the pictures...even saw a YouTube video from the History Channel about it...but something smells bad about this story.Originally posted by Panther Al View PostI'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes
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Group,
Does this count as a stupid GI trick, or just wacky?
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2009/...bs&Qis=XL#qdig
Of course, air cavalry is nothing crazy! Just a fanciful application of the concept, circa 1956.
Check out the comments! Priceless.
TonyLast edited by helbent4; 12-20-2010, 03:21 AM.Comment
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He was a tech instructor....or should I say a former tech instructor!Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View PostThe reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.Comment
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Don't forget the B-17 that got rammed by a Fw 190, cutting all but the keel and a couple of feet right behind the waist guns, the Flying Fortress made it back to England, landed and then the tail dropped off.Originally posted by Adm.Lee View Post
Watching those old b&w films can show some pretty amazing stuff.The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.Comment
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Ouch. Yeah I had to ask because the way it was written. So do the Drill Sergeants at Fort Knox do any of the tank gunnery instructions or is this done by a support unit that specializes in giving these instruction to units as they rotate through their Basic Training/Advance Individual Training cycles.Originally posted by dragoon500ly View Post
I know at Benning, there were member of the the 29th Infantry that would do more detail instructions of the various weapons system beyond the basic upkeep of the M16.
I also realize a lot depending from training unit to training unit on how much support they would get from various support units assigned to the various Training Brigades.Comment
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Yeah those old B-17s and even the B-24 I think they were would come back in stock footage with damage that would send other aircraft spiral down to the ground...Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostComment
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When I was stationed at Knox, the Armor School used instructors rather than using the DIs. The problem was that they had to rotate through the instructor's course in order to pick up the Hotel identifier, so you would see a 19K30H running a section. The problem was that the school had a eleven-month backlog when I was there so a lot of instructors were E-5/6s pulled from various bases or, and this is what I hated, they would pull the best students and make them "acting corporals" and use them as instructors.Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View Post
When I went to Germany for my 2nd tour I was assigned as a Section Sergeant and I always made it a point to ask if the new personal had acting corporals, that told just how much retraining I had to do to get the kids qualified.The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.Comment
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Ouch "acting Corporals"... So what was harder, retraining an "Acting Corporal" or their students...Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostComment
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Originally posted by Abbott Shaull View Post
Three guesses?
And if you say both then you win a a real life John Wayne Bar! (You do have dental insurance?)The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.Comment
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I didn't like John Wayne Bars -- they made me fart.Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostI'm guided by the beauty of our weapons...First We Take Manhattan, Jennifer Warnes
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Tsk, Tsk, Tsk, Paul....you've forgotten the essential truths of John Wayne bars:Originally posted by pmulcahy11b View Post
John Wayne bars were epoxyed to the front slope of the tank...damned things increased your armor protection by a factor of 150!!!!!
You could also use them as deadly ninja throwing stars and cut trees down with them!!!
And if you were really, truely darn-near starving, then you could hit the grizzily over the head with one and eat the grizzily! LOL!
The reason that the American Army does so well in wartime, is that war is chaos, and the American Army practices chaos on a daily basis.Comment
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Sounds like the old 'Biscuits, Brown' in the compo ration packs :-)Originally posted by dragoon500ly View PostTsk, Tsk, Tsk, Paul....you've forgotten the essential truths of John Wayne bars:
John Wayne bars were epoxyed to the front slope of the tank...damned things increased your armor protection by a factor of 150!!!!!
You could also use them as deadly ninja throwing stars and cut trees down with them!!!
And if you were really, truely darn-near starving, then you could hit the grizzily over the head with one and eat the grizzily! LOL!
Chuck Norris can kill two stones with one bird.Comment
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