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The Brits really dug camo for their snipers
Common among snipers the world over today, the ghillie suit or bush suit, traces its origin to Scottish gamekeepers with a Scotland-raised yeoman regiment, the Lovat Scouts, using them for the first...
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Two WWII vets, still hard at work
Here we see past Warship Wednesday subject, the oldest vessel in the U.S. Coast Guard, and one of the last ships afloat and in active service that dates from World War II: the Gorch Fock-class...
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Feeling froggy? Like 1944 froggy?
IMA has a great grouping from a frogman of Underwater Demolition Team 7 during WWII.They include a set of Owen Churchill of LA swim fins, a Waterproof Bag BG 160 by U.S. Rubber Company, a wetsuit with...
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Functions TF for WWII Tommy guns
Complete with the super-detailed cutaways, this 1942 U.S. Army training film covers the non-Blish lock operation of the M1928A1 and M1/M1A1 made by Savage Arms and Auto-Ordnance after April 1942. The...
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I bet Hugo Schmeisser is rolling and spinning
There, under the Krinkov, is a German StG44 in exploded view, which would probably be OK on any monument except that of Mikhail Kalashnikov As I covered over at Guns.com, the Russians spent 35 million...
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Warship Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2017: One Able Sims
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Torpedo fighters, British edition with an Argentine chaser
Here we see the oddball that was the Westland Wyvern TF Mk I, one of the few “torpedo fighters” in naval history. BRITISH POST WAR AIRCRAFT (ATP 14814F) Westland Wyvern TF Mk I Copyright: © IWM....
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Stumbling across the Emperor’s Mustang, 72 years ago today
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph 127-GW-1627-135889, now in the collections of the National Archives. Marine Private First Class Lisle E. Mell, Jr. inspects a recaptured Army P-51 Mustang in a...
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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2017 Farewell, Admiral
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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New pokey thing in the collection with a sad backstory
Bull Moose had this great selection of old Mauser bayos up for grabs. (LtoR): Spanish wooden handle M43, WWI German S84-98, WWII K98 41 FNJ, WWII K98 WKC Commercial, WWII 41 FFC, and a WWII DURKOPP...
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74 years ago today: A silent testimony
In command of occupied Wake Island after the American surrender of that U.S. Territory in the opening weeks of WWII, Rear Adm. Sakaibara Shigematsu was cut off from resupply by U.S. submarines, and...
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A Canadian highlander picking his shots in spaghetti land
Private J.E. McPhee of (Canadian) Seaforth Highlanders, Foiano, Italy, 6 October 1943– 74 years ago today. A sniper, McPhee is equipped with the excellent Lee Enfield No. 4 Mk. 1 (T). Chosen for...
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The Devils’ 5-inchers
Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. 80-G-K-3037 Here we see a great image of one of the six twin Mark 32 Mod 4 5″/38 caliber mounts aboard USS Alaska (CB-1),...
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Letting Dushka sing a song of her people
75 years ago today: Caption: Soviet Sergeant Fyodor Konoplyov and his crew firing a DShK anti-aircraft gun, Leningrad, Russia, October 9th, 1942 The standard service heavy machinegun in the western...
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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2017: I’d like to be back on my horse
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Didn’t shoot it all? Bury it!
One common thing that happens all the time in the military is being issued too much ammo, such as on a live fire exercise, and intead of returning it which is a whole pain in the ass, it gets disposed...
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There is prone, and there is Hawkins prone, 73 years ago today
A British Army sniper demonstrates the superior ‘Hawkins’ prone firing position (right) next to another in the standard position, at the 21st Army Group sniping school near Eindhoven, 15 October 1944....
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That’s a lot of haze gray muscle on red lead row
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, October 1995, right as the site closed. As you can tell, it was a popular Inactive Ships location for some real WWII/Cold War heavyweights chilling in the City of Brotherly...
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Warship Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017: Franco’s big stick
Here at LSOZI, we are going to take off every Wednesday for a look at the old steam/diesel navies of the 1859-1946 time period and will profile a different ship each week. These ships have a life, a...
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Getting Kiffe
Here we see a rundown of the standard bayonet fare for U.S. military rifles from the early 20th Century through the early days of the Vietnam conflict. From top to bottom: an M1905 sword bayonet with a...
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