Poacher
Poacher
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Joined: Jan 24, 2007
Topics: 107 / Replies: 2172
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Re: Newark Militaria show on Sunday 4th

Wasn't much to take my fancy, 58 pattern water bottle for open days and 2 tubes of brown cam cream. I did see a few old mates which made it well worth...

14 years ago
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Re: Thompson Batter, TM Large connector

I should have 1. I certainly will have an adapter.

14 years ago
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Re: Newark Militaria show on Sunday 4th

Its ok, you'll have plenty of guards.

14 years ago
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Re: BATTERIES

What type are they? What connector?

14 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Green mugs come up with Arrows from time to time. The last one I saw was a half pint size. White mugs were alleged to be unpopular after an apocryphal...

14 years ago
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Re: use of support weapons

It takes a bit of time. If you're ignoring that time factor Not really, especially as you have a number of riflemen not doing much as you are stuffin...

14 years ago
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Re: use of support weapons

Almost every army in WW2 had a squad support weapon that ran on the standard rifle cartridge for just those reasons. Rifles are handy for some jobs b...

14 years ago
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Re: US Infantry

Not all alone, I'll be there. You might wish you were alone.....

14 years ago
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Re: US Infantry

I have quite a bad cold, It is the season for them. I've had sniffle for a week or so. Never gets worse than the odd cough and a runny nose though.

14 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

I'm only pulling Spiers leg cos he's all dashing and butch in his gear. I'm sure your kits fine. With US airborne people tend to over do it. They carr...

14 years ago
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Re: US Infantry

At least I'm honest about my fantasies. Well, some of them.

14 years ago
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Re: US Infantry

Why I wanted the BAR,

14 years ago
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Re: US Infantry

M41s, M43s, winter combat jacket, wool 5 button pullovers, M1941 knit cap, A4 cap. All seem to wear wool trousers and the canvas and rubber over-shoe.

14 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

the gloves are pretty washed out as it is! Such deviance! You are not doing yourself any favours with such heresy. Dispatch yourself to Epic or SoF im...

14 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Yes, little slips are quite forgivable but keep me entertained. or No, as member number 8 of Net Errors Team, sworn enemies of incorrect helmet net we...

14 years ago
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Re: The Kit Pic Thread

Face is filthy but hands are clean. Just washed for lunch? What's the story with the large gauge net? Is that usual for 101st in Normandy? I thought t...

14 years ago
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Re: use of support weapon's

But if we are to play WW2 and try to follow WW2 practice then the section MG has a crew not just 1 guy. The Bren group is a sub set of the British inf...

14 years ago
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Re: use of support weapon's

If it was so easy for one why did armies have multi person crews on machine guns? The ammunition alone weighs more than 1 can carry, then there is the...

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