DB Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 I believe that some of the damage to Normandy fortifications occurred later as some were used to assess the effectiveness of demolition methods, so the effectiveness of shore bombardment might appear to be overstated when visiting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yama Posted September 15 Share Posted September 15 Two Somua S-35 tanks from Panzer Abteilung 211, knocked out at road to Tornio, October 1944: Bet those who built the tank did not foresee it would be used in Lapland by Germans to fight Finns. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted September 16 Share Posted September 16 16 hours ago, DB said: I believe that some of the damage to Normandy fortifications occurred later as some were used to assess the effectiveness of demolition methods, so the effectiveness of shore bombardment might appear to be overstated when visiting. Makes sense. The Allies knew they'd encounter bunkers like these again on the Westwall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Memorable book, as I first read it shortly after it was published Deadly Business: Sam Cummings, Interarms, and the Arms Trade: Brogan, Patrick, Zarca, Albert: 9780393017663: Amazon.com: Books TL:DR? Cummings the rich white boy toured around Europe in 1947 (?) and noted the small arms stacked like cordwood still along French roads. He started a commercial enterprise collecting them (possibly at the behest of the CIA) until he had a warehouse in Birmingham filled with enough ordnance to outfit a full sized Division. INTERARMS peddled these weapons for decades afterwards to anyone with the cash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 Oh, INTERARMS. Ive heard of them. They were featured/parodied in that film George Lazonby did 'Universal soldier.' Thanks, Ill read that, I see its on archive.org. https://archive.org/details/deadlybusinesssa00brog/page/n7/mode/2up?q=Deadly+Business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichTO90 Posted September 19 Share Posted September 19 We used to go to the INTERARMCO surplus store by his warehouses in Alexandria to look for coll World War II stuff. Around 1973 to 1978 IIRC. They had a Nebelwerfer sitting out front and some other intersting odds and ends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
X-Files Posted September 20 Share Posted September 20 (edited) 3 hours ago, RichTO90 said: We used to go to the INTERARMCO surplus store by his warehouses in Alexandria to look for coll World War II stuff. Around 1973 to 1978 IIRC. They had a Nebelwerfer sitting out front and some other intersting odds and ends. Mid 1990s, that front yard full of 47mm Bofors and 25mm Hotchkiss AT guns. Tangential JEOPARDY answers. Samuel Cummings - Wikipedia Cummings was born in Philadelphia[3] and became interested in weapons after acquiring a Maxim gun from a disused American Legion hall at the age of five His daughter Susan Cummings was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in 1998, after shooting her boyfriend Roberto Villegas.[10] Edited September 20 by X-Files Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On the way Posted September 21 Author Share Posted September 21 On 9/10/2024 at 4:25 AM, Stuart Galbraith said: Just popped up on my feed... Oh, and the reverse of the original question. Wow, that's enough to equip post war Norwegian army. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuart Galbraith Posted September 21 Share Posted September 21 'Ideal for Home Defence' etc etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Markus Becker Posted September 24 Share Posted September 24 On 9/21/2024 at 9:30 AM, On the way said: Wow, that's enough to equip post war Norwegian army. It was. I wonder how much work it took to convert them to .30-06 because that round is longer than 8mm. Not so much that it mattered much? @bojan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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