Wednesday, November 23, 2022

Know your helmets

 


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  1. Missing Denmark, that looks to weigh some
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1923_helmet_(Denmark)

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  2. A pet peeve of mine is looking for American WWII movies and catching actors wearing only the fiberglass inner shell, the tell is a rivet on the side.
    I have my issue late 70s which is same as a WWII, it's heavy

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  3. got an M33 on the windowsill ...nostalgia.

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  4. just do recall reading of Gurkha troops in Italy (?) snoop'n & poop'n through German lines. Before partially eliminating a German watch stander they'd confirm friend or foe by fingering the outline of the helmet. Sleeping occupants later awoke to a dead comrade. No idea if a sea story or not. Their personal fighting knife "kukri" is an awesome edged weapon. Traditionally, once unsheathed, it has to have a "taste" before being sheathed.

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