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Tuesday, September 24, 2019
84th Division Documentary
Watching this old documentary. 84th Division holding the Marche - Hotton road in the Battle of the Bulge, and other actions.
I wonder why this guy's ammo has the rounds sticking our like that? At first I thought it was stripper clips for an '03, but now thinks it's an M1.
But it's nice to see closeup of a soldier kit in these.
Everyone has one of these. Guessing gas mask? I could be wrong and they are extra rounds for the mortar tube spread out over a squad. But other than that they seem to be packing surprisingly light. These days I expect bigger rucksacks getting humped all over for our soldiers. When they're not fighting. Maybe these aren't expecting imminent action, but action soon. Nice having lots of trucks hauling your groceries.
Even with a bigger pack it's still not that big.
But there is the entrenching tools.
It just struck me.
Lots of this is stock footage or footage re-used from other parts of the same documentary. Such is the way of 1940s film. You got more movie than you got footage. I recognized someone hitting the deck from a different training film. But the vast majority seems to be stuff from November and December 1944. They aren't putting too much stuff from 1942, say, to pad it out.
To be confident and competent enough with a rifle to be able to hit anything I can see in a Jovian Thunderbolt kind of way.
To be able to defend myself with a handgun.
To perhaps harvest some tasty venison with either a rifle or a shotgun, any skin or antler is just a nice bonus, here.
And, if necessary: To Defend the Ramparts of Democracy from a Level 4 Zombie Outbreak or against the Jacobin, Rampaging, Godless, Red-Commie Hordes (or their modern equivalent.)
"You never select a shotgun as your primary anti-zombie firearm. It's great for onesy twosey, but zombies travel in hordes. The reload time is onerous, and the ammo, while effective, is heavy and bulky and short ranged."
Big Mistake for Her
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1 comment:
He's carrying a Garand and those rounds are visible in clusters of 4, not 5, so those rounds would be loaded in 8 round en bloc clips for the Garand.
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