WWII Equipment - Vics, Aircraft and Kit

[heydaralon]

In regards to the taking of territory, after the war ended, Stalin and his army were taking entire factories out of Manchuria. They were breaking down the equipment, and in some cases the buildings themselves, and just straight up stealing that shit for use inside Russia. Completely blatant.

[C-Mag]

I didn't know that.
Says something when the Commies are stealing Jap industrial machinery.

[C-Mag]

Norden Bombsights used human hair for cross hairs, all from one womans head

https://www.thefirearmsforum.com/thread ... ry.188956/

[heydaralon]

Norden Bombsights used human hair for cross hairs, all from one womans head

https://www.thefirearmsforum.com/thread ... ry.188956/

That is fucking weird! Its interesting that in the same age where we made nukes, we still used things like human hair for weapons, which is probably what some neolithic people used to bind arrow heads onto the shaft or to wrap obsidian knives.

[C-Mag]

Norden Bombsights used human hair for cross hairs, all from one womans head

https://www.thefirearmsforum.com/thread ... ry.188956/

That is fucking weird! Its interesting that in the same age where we made nukes, we still used things like human hair for weapons, which is probably what some neolithic people used to bind arrow heads onto the shaft or to wrap obsidian knives.

Yeah, human hair was the only fiber they could find that would handle the environmental changes required. The 9th AF, which unfairly got overshadowed by the 8th, flew out of Africa for a lot of the war. Their aircraft would be 150 degrees plus F inside the plane in Africa, and maybe be -40 F at operational altitude.

[Montegriffo]

Anti-Aircraft gun platforms built in the Thames estuary during WWII.
Still in place but rusting away.







Beginnings of a restoration project.

[C-Mag]

The humble Stug III, deadliest armored vehicle of WWII, as such, should be considered the greatest tank of the war.

[Haumana]

My Dad gave me my Grandfather's leather travel cribbage board before he passed late last year. As near as I can tell, it is circa 1942 military issue by E.S Lowe Co. Pretty cool, the marks on the left side flap are where he engraved his name only our last name is still visible. I am still researching on how exactly the score was kept on this board(the 5 holes and the middle holes in particular.) I can't help picturing my young granddad breaking this out from his shirt pocket for a game of cribbage with his mates.






https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1857051519

[C-Mag]

My Dad gave me my Grandfather's leather travel cribbage board before he passed late last year. As near as I can tell, it is circa 1942 military issue by E.S Lowe Co. Pretty cool, the marks on the left side flap are where he engraved his name only our last name is still visible. I am still researching on how exactly the score was kept on this board(the 5 holes and the middle holes in particular.) I can't help picturing my young granddad breaking this out from his shirt pocket for a game of cribbage with his mates.






https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1857051519

That is seriously cool. I have never heard of those before. Found a guy on Etsy making replicas.

I've played cribbage a lot. Learned it growing up, then worked in an engineering office where cribbage was played on breaks at 10, 12, and 2. On average we'd play 6 games a day with one or two boards. Being engineers, records were kept, high scores going back to 1980. Scoring includes lots of options, but is not complex. Pegs are moved as points are scored. The highest scoring hand you can get counts 29 points, there are a total of 120 points to win. The odds of getting a 29 hand are approximately 1 in 700,000. I've never gotten one.


Here a microsoft windows game you can play
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/cribb ... verviewtab

[Montegriffo]

My Dad gave me my Grandfather's leather travel cribbage board before he passed late last year. As near as I can tell, it is circa 1942 military issue by E.S Lowe Co. Pretty cool, the marks on the left side flap are where he engraved his name only our last name is still visible. I am still researching on how exactly the score was kept on this board(the 5 holes and the middle holes in particular.) I can't help picturing my young granddad breaking this out from his shirt pocket for a game of cribbage with his mates.






https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ ... 1857051519

That is seriously cool. I have never heard of those before. Found a guy on Etsy making replicas.

I've played cribbage a lot. Learned it growing up, then worked in an engineering office where cribbage was played on breaks at 10, 12, and 2. On average we'd play 6 games a day with one or two boards. Being engineers, records were kept, high scores going back to 1980. Scoring includes lots of options, but is not complex. Pegs are moved as points are scored. The highest scoring hand you can get counts 29 points, there are a total of 120 points to win. The odds of getting a 29 hand are approximately 1 in 700,000. I've never gotten one.


Here a microsoft windows game you can play
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/cribb ... verviewtab

After poker, cribbage is my favourite card game.
The only game where you score ''one for his nob''...
Playing Cribbage, Newmarket and occasionally Blackjack on camping holidays as a kid is how my father taught me to love gambling.

Somewhere in my sister's loft, amongst Dad's trophies and stuff, we've got his father's WWII field glasses. They would have seen service in North Africa and the Italian campaign.
I still have Dad's machete, issued to him during his active service in Malaysia in the late 50s. The date stamp on it is 1944. I still use it for chopping kindling and cutting back brambles and keep it as sharp as a kitchen knife.