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Thanks. My dad got his hands on one of those fiber helmets in the 1950s and we used it on expeditions for a couple of decades.

Bob

Didn't combat engineers wear the pith helmets in back areas as well?

Bob

I've been able to talk to the gunsmith who built the rifles. Actually, what I have is a rifle and a pistol AR. He said they could use anything from Milspec grade up but the pistol really should...

The center guy in the front group looks like a young Jack Palance. Jack was a B-24 pilot in the Army Air Corps in WWII and was wounded in a fiery crash on the West Coast. The rebuilding of his face...

Hi, folks.

I have inherited a pair of really, really nice, hand-assembled assembled AR-15 rifles, a carbine and a long rifle. The owner and his gunsmith friend chose the parts without price ...

There is a presentation Garand presented to a high ranking officer in a local museum. It's flamed stock is nowhere near as beautiful as yours is. Yours is absolutely the most beautiful example I've...

It strikes me that both these guards are holding their weapons at rest as if they just came back from hunting. There seems absolutely no stress in the situation.

Bob

The Messerschmitt BF-109 was designed around a centrally-mounted 20mm "motorkanone" that fired through the propeller hub and a pair of cowl-mounted, synchronized machine guns. Some later versions...

Mmmm...

Rick Rescorla at Ia Drang...
https://www.milsurps.com/images/imported/2024/08/MMar19IaDrang2-1.jpg

Bob

Yep.


Bob

Probably to allow them some room to change suppliers if necessary.

Bob

On a corner like this it is god to be right handed, no?

Bob

No, the guy in the back picking his nose. :madsmile:

Bob

Alrighty, then. We've about run the course here and have repeated veered into politics. Off we go.

Bob

And, it is a shot of a lefty taking a shot.

Bob

I can imagine that an enraged family member might track down the government sniper and exact revenge. It wouldn't be smart to out him.I understand that they've contracted with an Israeli software...

All right, gentlemen. Drop it and go on. We want to keep our discussions civil and not get into personal fights.

Bob

Looks like Hollywood's version of a war flick: a love story with a bunch of camo and green stuff in the background. :madsmile:

Bob

But be sure to put on the brake before taking the shot.

Bob

Is that a pilot in the midst of that lot?

Bob

He looks... so clean.

Bob

There was a witness who says he watched the shooter climb up there with the rifle and tried to get the police to act. He described the event as happening over two-to-four minutes. He waved his...

I really don't know. I've got a friend who went onto a rooftop near a Vice President Bush appearance who looked down at his chest and saw the laser beam from the Secret Service counter-terrorist...

I'm looking at the Google satellite photo of the site. The series of rooftops from which the shots came is fairly long so the range looks to be from 200 to 350 yards. The body of the shooter was...

This is obviously horrific. I'm sitting by my TV, as I did when JFK and RFK were killed.

Please, let's keep this non-political so that the conversation can happen. Thank you.

Bob