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By the way, I don't believe Jason sent out applications for egotisical !@#holes to join this nice forum.
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If the Warsaw uprising was a joke, then was the "uprising" (if you want to call it that) that spawned the War for Independance in the US of A a joke also?
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Sterling production started im the '60s I think. I think it was adopted by the Brits around then also. It was used in the Army and with Special Forces units. The Sterling looked like the Sten, ugly as hell but very reliable, and the magazine was curved and was fed in from the right instead of the le...

I assume it still stands because I havent heard/read different.
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What does "Sierra Hotel/@#% Hot" mean in fighter pilot slang? I've heard it before but never understood what it ment.
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Thanks for the correction Dackel.
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I think the guns were of 150mm cailber and there were six guns in the battery. They were moved a little over a mile behind the beach in a orchard. Intel reported they were 155mm but I dont think the Germans had a 155mm gun.
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If you fit the drawing on the picture of the 109, it looks like the cannon mechanism itself is mounted behind the engine with its barrel fed through the propeller shaft.
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My guess would be in the heat of combat the gunner would just put the target in the crosshairs and fire off a shot.
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I'd be a part of the biggest, baddest SOBs in the whole ETO (IMHO), 2nd Ranger Btn. Rangers lead the way!
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How cheap can these knives go for?
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17 and still going!

Is there a list somewhere of all the turret numbers in his unit at that time? Maybe we can narrow the search down that way.
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The Firefly had a 17pdr (76mm) so I guess if it got close enough it could. Depends on where the shot hits.

I stand corrected. Thanks alot guys for clearing that up.
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