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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1980 on: 08-01-2010, 09:01:01 »
And has a cool name  :)

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1981 on: 08-01-2010, 10:01:31 »
(unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).

Hoth had one arm and stayed on front line duties like a real G.


Ah, but a general doesn't need to shoulder a firearm ;)

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1982 on: 08-01-2010, 10:01:59 »
Ah, but a general doesn't need to shoulder a firearm ;)

nor a Major
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1983 on: 08-01-2010, 11:01:40 »
Oops  ;D

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1984 on: 08-01-2010, 11:01:04 »
A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
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I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1985 on: 08-01-2010, 16:01:24 »
I'm thinking 1960's? The picture is too clear for WW2, and his wounds wouldn't of had time to heal yet.

WW2 colour was pretty advanced in cases, and the wounds would have plenty of time to heal dude....  Remember, there were Germans in WW2 who got 5, and even more, wounds in combat, and its not like it took the years to recover, they were back in the frontlines in a couple days to a couple months depending on the injury (unless we're talking major like loss of limb or such, in which case they were either discharged, or sent to a training camp as a training officer/sergeant).  Also, considering he has a Hindenburg Cross and some kind of Imperial German state award on his ribbon bar, he could have even been wounded in WW1, then wounded later in WW2 to recieve a WW2 silver award.
To add to your point, German cameras were at that time the best in the world, and that colour filter is typically 1940's.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1986 on: 08-01-2010, 17:01:59 »
Doesn't really fit in here, but I didn't want to open a new thread. You may know the site "lonesentry.com". They publish old information brochures from WW2 there, where soldiers are informed of new enemy weapons or ruses, or about new tactical developements. Anyway, look what I found:

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Breda Light Machine Gun. The Breda light machine gun is similar to the British Bren gun. It is mechanically superior to the Bren gun under dusty conditions. It requires only one man to service it as compared to several for the Bren gun. It has a slightly higher rate of fire than the British weapon. Its disadvantages are that it has no carrying handle, cannot be fired on fixed lines, and has no tripod mounting.

wat?

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1987 on: 08-01-2010, 18:01:50 »
Doesn't really fit in here, but I didn't want to open a new thread. You may know the site "lonesentry.com". They publish old information brochures from WW2 there, where soldiers are informed of new enemy weapons or ruses, or about new tactical developements. Anyway, look what I found:

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Breda Light Machine Gun. The Breda light machine gun is similar to the British Bren gun. It is mechanically superior to the Bren gun under dusty conditions. It requires only one man to service it as compared to several for the Bren gun. It has a slightly higher rate of fire than the British weapon. Its disadvantages are that it has no carrying handle, cannot be fired on fixed lines, and has no tripod mounting.

wat?
What?

The Breda jammed with even the slighest amount of dust, its manufacturing was done with lesser quality materials. EVERY BLOODY ROUND had to be OILED MANUALLY before being fired! It had 20 rounds

The brengun was better in EVERY aspect then the Breda 30. Its like saying= Ye like the bren is like better then the MG42 on every aspect

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The Breda 30 is widely regarded as a poor weapon. It had fragile clips, a low rate of fire, used the underpowered 6.5x52mm cartridge and was prone to jamming.
It was magazine fed from the right side. The magazine was attached to the gun, and was loaded using brass or steel 20 round stripper clips.

This weapon is interesting in that it fired from a closed bolt alongside using blowback for its action, and had a small lubricating device that sprayed oil on each cartridge as it entered the chamber. This system allowed the chamber and barrel to heat rapidly, which caused rounds to "cook off" (fire) before they were fully in the chamber. The oil from the lubrication also quickly picked up dust and debris, making the weapon highly prone to jamming during the North African Campaign.

Firing from a closed bolt causes the round to cook off once sitting in the chamber, not during loading. Any MG can have an out of battery fire (firing before fully loaded) due to overheat, though open bolt guns do generally cool a little better.
This is a clear problem because when the round cook off the crew may be relocating (normal after extremely heavy firing), and there is a chance the barrel may be pointed in an unsafe direction (regardless of training and common sense).
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1988 on: 08-01-2010, 18:01:53 »
But the Breda would never overheat ;)



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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1989 on: 08-01-2010, 19:01:07 »
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
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I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.

Nope, that's not a pip, that's a trade badge.  I can't tell what for though :(  But its def not a pip, as the pip would be off center to the end of the shoulder, and would be a pointy, pyramidal shape.

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1990 on: 08-01-2010, 20:01:06 »
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

ah, but you forget, officers are traditionally issued weapons that can be used with one hand, the idea is they can easily direct troops while comfortably holding a machine pistol or regular pistol!


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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1991 on: 08-01-2010, 22:01:38 »



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Landing of a platoon of war dog at bougainville 1943.

25 Marines war dog died in the pacific.(14 on duty)
a platoon was formed of 24 dogs  (21 dobermann Pinschers, 1 belgium shepherd et 2 German shepherd).
There were 1,047 dogs enlisted during the war, with 465 serving in combat.




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http://www.vet.utk.edu/wardog/background.shtml
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1992 on: 08-01-2010, 22:01:53 »
@ Kading:  Actually Majors would absolutly need to shoulder weapons, german officers, even up to Obersts, commonly fought on the frontlines.  There's actually, I should say, even cases of lower ranking Generals in combat.

ah, but you forget, officers are traditionally issued weapons that can be used with one hand, the idea is they can easily direct troops while comfortably holding a machine pistol or regular pistol!


SO I HAVE YOU REGARDLESS THROUGH SHEER LOGIC AND GENERAL MILITARY KNOWHOW!!

MP40 is absolutely a 2 handed weapon ;)  And that still disregards my point, that NCOs and other walking wounded were also sent to the training camps when they had lost limbs :P

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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1993 on: 08-01-2010, 22:01:00 »
A very well decorated German Major, complete with Knights Cross, Krim Shield, Silver Wound badge (which some pretty self evident wounds on his face), and a Romanian Order of Michael the Brave 3rd Class, essentially the Romanian Medal of Honour
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I think he is an Oberstleutnant Mudra. He got one of those blinky star things on his rank, in the middle. Major got none, Oberstleutnant 1 and Oberst 2.
Nope, that's not a pip, that's a trade badge.  I can't tell what for though :(  But its def not a pip, as the pip would be off center to the end of the shoulder, and would be a pointy, pyramidal shape.
Trade badge? Enlighten me  :P I also noted it was in the middle but never knew about other things they smacked on their ranks.
« Last Edit: 08-01-2010, 22:01:48 by Fuchs »
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Re: Picture of the Day
« Reply #1994 on: 08-01-2010, 22:01:14 »
Your quote messed up fuchs, but I think I get what you're saying.

Trade badge would be for a specialist job.  Like a medical officer would have the twisted snakes around that metal rod thing, a radio officer would have lightening bolts, a armourer would have some gothic letters, etc....