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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
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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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Pssstttt don't let some hear ya say that    LOL.
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What, the search function or the jeep over the kubelwagon?
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March 24th, 2009, 04:56 AM
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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
The latter .
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March 25th, 2009, 03:06 AM
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Heavens Forbid that we would claim to have something better then the awesome Germans LOL.
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Heavens Forbid that we would claim to have something better then the awesome Germans LOL.
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Well, since the SS didn't develope it and make it famous, and it was not prominently featured in video games or a mini-series, there's not much chance to that happening you know....
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March 25th, 2009, 06:14 AM
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Ahhhhh....True. True  .
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This thread has served its purpose and will be closed. Thank you!
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Thread reopened.
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Re: Louisiana Maneuvers (1940-1941)
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I couldn't imagine something like that happening today in the US. Could anyone see the US army sitting on a street in some small town in say a Hummer with a TOW launcher and a .50 machinegun with blank ammo participating in a "wargame" while the locals drive nonchalantly by....?
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