Having almost 40 years in law enforcement and having survived my share of relying on our tools of trade, I would priorities my preferences as reliability, familiarity and availability.
I would...
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Having almost 40 years in law enforcement and having survived my share of relying on our tools of trade, I would priorities my preferences as reliability, familiarity and availability.
I would...
Nothing like an inheritance to destroy a happy family.
What a great post. Thank you for the fascinating information.
A paratrooper from the American 17th Airborne Division gets a light from a Churchill tank crewman of 6th Guards Armoured Brigade near Dorsten in North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany, on March 29, 1945
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Took longer to do the description than it did to make the rifle I guess.
I find it amazing what you guys have tucked away. Who would have thought to keep an old pam like that.
What do they call 1000 lawyers at the bottom of the ocean? .......... A bloody good start.
Not sure about magazines from WWII but after the Battle of Long Tan (18th August, 1966) in the Phuoc Tuy Province of South Vietnam, the Australian Army adopted the practice of emergency ammunition...
I would love to know what is in the rest of the cabinets in the photos????
That's a very interesting part in the fifth picture with the "A" stamped on it.
My dad was with the AIF 9th Div in Tobruk and told a story about a guy (Pte Maurice JENKINS) who was awarded an MM by manning a tripod mounted Bren who took on attacking Stukas. Dad was his loader...
You didn't say how much your "good deal" cost which is of interest to a lot of us.
I’ve been reading the historic threads and catching up as all new member should and a question has popped into my head.
After seeing various comments on barrel gauges, measurements and wear I was...
Its a Japanese type 97 grenade from WWII. It came in two types, one for throwing and the other was rifle launched.
The one in the picture is the throwing version.
My respect for the M1 was cemented several years ago in a former life in law enforcement. Early one morning we had a disagreement with a gentleman in his hallway whereby he opened up on us with an...
New to the site but amazed by the amount of detailed technical knowledge displayed by the contributors.
I’ve owned a number of M1 Carbines over the years including one that came back from WWII...