10-6-18 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

"I can't tell if he's friendly or not"

"Well if he keeps coming I'm going to give it to him..."

[BEAR]

Old WWII adage:
If a unit is advancing on your position and you can't recognize them; fire a single shot over their heads.
If you receive a fusillade of very accurate rifle fire ....then they're British.
If you receive a furious outpouring of automatic fire ...then they're German.
If the unit withdraws out of sight, and then your position is obliterated by artillery ....then they're Americans.

[Bob Seijas]

And on the German side: RAF planes are blue, American planes are silver, Luftwaffe planes are invisible

[13Echo]

That reminds me of the observation that Marines solve their problems with the bayonet. The Army prefers High Explosives.