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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
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Paratrooper Ready for Mission Original caption: Private First Class A.R. Stone, paratrooper, shown in full dress and ready to go, during fourth army maneuvers in the Carolinas. He and his buddies are about to take off on a mission. Note chutes in background. |
Good thing they changed the uniform and equipment. "The Band of Brothers" would have looked a lot differnet....
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LOL But don't you know that BoB is the end all source of WWII history? LOL. That is one thing I also think that the Maneuvers helped out with. New tactics,weapons and materials.
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LOL But don't you know that BoB is the end all source of WWII history? LOL. That is one thing I also thing that the Maneuvers helped out with. New tactics,weapons and materials.
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Good thing for that then. Are the results of the manuevers taught in some of the courses in the Army War Colleges, West Point, ROTC, etc? Seems like that event had a great impact on the US Army's prosecution of the war, and as you mentioned, in weapons, tactics and material developement. WW2 would have turned out a bit different, at least concening our contribution without those manuevers.
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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
I would assume that the results are probably taught as examples  . May have to see what I can find. At that point in time the US military was in a somewhat forced started evolution into what it would become.
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Its pretty interesting on how all the uniforms and equipment during the early part of the war were quite similar between all the other countries.
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Functionability before style I guess....
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Yep. Thanks god they all settled on metal Helmets rather then the leather ones LOL. Here is another shot from the Manuevers LOL.
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There goes more GI teeth and ribs!
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Seems that the Military loved to take photos of it in the air LOL.
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Were they taking "the pause that relaxes?"
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LOL I dunno 'bout that.
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I wonder if the medical corps had chiropractors back then?
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LOL You would think so.
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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
I'd like to see a Kubelwagen do that.....
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You know. I dont recall seeing any pics of the Kubelwagen doing this LOL.
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I read an article in Wikipedia that rated the kubelwagon higher than the jeep, and the kublewagon was only 2 wheel drive. Before someone accuses me of blasphemy, understand I am only the messenger here....
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AHHHHHH... but as I stated before. I have yet to see anything showing the same as what they did with the Jeep in the photos LOL. And of course not many showing the same types of versitility either   .
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That's true, not many pictures of the kubelwagon being put through the motions available. Maybe the beginnings of a new thread, the jeep vs. the kubelwagon perhaps? Who knows?
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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
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That's true, not many pictures of the kubelwagon being put through the motions available. Maybe the beginnings of a new thread, the jeep vs. the kubelwagon perhaps? Who knows?
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There already is one. The jeep wins hands down.
http://www.ww2f.com/weapons-wwii/123...-belwagen.html
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Thanks for the link and the head's-up. My search function was "broken." Wait, now it works! Hey, the jeep WAS better than the kublewagon after all.
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