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Paul I think Fritz called it "Hitler's buzz saw" or something like that. And yeah - I was a light machine gunner. Carried the venerable Bren and subsequently MAG (aka GPMG if British). Light machine gun my ass! But it was a darn sight better than Browning. I packed one of those babies (in...

Ave guitarkid, I second Jasons advice. Be very careful with old ammunition, especially if the primer looks rusty. I handle old ammunition quite a bit, and the hole in my wall is a reminder to have a healthy respect for it. :shock: :shock: As for it's worth, I don't know exactly. What did you pay for...

Avete,

The performence of KG Scherer in Cholm from January 21 to May 5, 1942 was most impressive. Hats off to Generalmajor Theodor Scherer and his men.

Valete,

-Spandau

Reb wrote:Spandau was British slang in WW2 for any German machine gun. Just as Schmeisser referred to MP 38 / MP 40 sub machine guns.

Avete,

Indeed, that is what I had in mind when I registered on this forum.

Valete,

-Spandau

Finally, the only defect(s) I could think of are that it was heavier than a JS-2 tank, and secondly about only 5500 were produced, compared to the 20,000-40,000 of the T-34s. These are only approximate numbers by the way. Avete, low production is the bane of all vaunted German tanks, and high produ...

If I mange to find “Grandfather's Tale: The Tale of a German Sniper” I will let you know where :up: Ave Fallschirmjager, Don't waste your time with "Grandfather's Tale," It is among the worst books I have seen in the literary sense and it has no historical value at all. I couldn't even ge...

Avete, I only recommend one war movie, and that is "Apocalypse Now." Valete, -Spandau War in this movie is only background for studies of human nature, based on book "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad. Battle scenes are great but war is not subject of this film Ave Pirx, I kno...

panzerschreck1 wrote:Indeed, a nice book but Carius makes some weird claimes at the end of the book, saying that the AIDS virus was created as an bio-weapon
a cross section of the human flue virus H5N1 and the Vishna virus.

Avete,

What?!?
How did I miss that?

Valete,

-Spandau

Doug Nash wrote:Well, good grief - it really does pay for someone to read all the previous posts on a topic - it sure would avoid having to do the whole argument all over again!

Ave Nash,

You are correct, the argument should have ceased after Rudi's post.

Vale,

-Spandau

Avete,

I only recommend one war movie, and that is "Apocalypse Now."

Valete,

-Spandau

Jason Pipes wrote:Do I need to slap and ban both of you?? Christ, give it a rest. And in the thread about returning to normal, no less.

Oh, the irony...

Ave Jason, Ausgezeichnet! :D :D Being primarily a reader rather than a poster, such threads are all the more frustrating Also, let's keep cancerous threads such as "The Collected Wisdom of max painless" at a minimum, if at all. The amount of postings those rack up is ridiculous. Such posti...

Ave Sniper1shot,

I always trust your opinion, so how does this compare to Iron Coffins by Herbert Werner? Iron Coffins is the best U-boat book I have read.

Vale,

-Spandau

Stabsfeldwebel Spandau gratefully accepted the bottle and took a swig, handing it back. "Danke. They're concealed over there in those trees." He said, jerking his head back the way they had come. "I'm more inclined to let the armor do it's own dirty work and just sit here, but I guess...

Stabsfeldwebel Spandau saw W.F. offering the bottle of schnapps.
'Oh well, what the hell. We only live once.'
keeping his head down, Spandau glid forward.