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Post by lt13demi on Jan 21, 2009 10:26:25 GMT -5
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Post by oggy on Jan 21, 2009 16:51:32 GMT -5
Nowt wrong with that - the 75 was in service up to the start of WWII - it was also adopted by the US in WWI (It was a very radical design, the first to use a recuperator to run the gun back into battery) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_de_75_mod%C3%A8le_1897 |
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Post by lt13demi on Jan 21, 2009 23:54:08 GMT -5
Personally I absolutely love the things!!!!!! One of my all time favorite guns! I wish I had one in my front yard (or as you say front garden!  )...... Renault |
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Post by oggy on Jan 23, 2009 13:29:46 GMT -5
Fair dos Renault - there are probably a few out there serving in some obscure armies!
Personally I'd like to have a 2 Pounder Anti-Tank Gun, but since that's still in service with testing establishments, it's still a dream.
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Post by fmf on Jan 23, 2009 15:36:37 GMT -5
The Marines used 75s mounted in the back of Halftracks at Guadacanal , they knocked out the Japanese Tanks that were moving down the beach , one of the tanks was still there in 2002
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Post by lt13demi on Jan 23, 2009 22:56:15 GMT -5
My 1941 edition,"Guidebook for Marines" still has a chapter in it on the use of the French V-B rifle grenades! Awesome!!!!!
The 1er DFL loaded their French 75's in the back of 300 wt. Chevy troop trucks and used them against German and Italian armor at Bir Hakeim, 1942!!!!! There are several pics out there of this being done!
Renault!
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Post by oggy on Jan 24, 2009 12:22:48 GMT -5
The Marines used 75s mounted in the back of Halftracks at Guadacanal , they knocked out the Japanese Tanks that were moving down the beach , one of the tanks was still there in 2002 They were an integral part of US TD Bns before the M18/M36s came into service. We also used them for a while. |
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Post by Turner on Jan 24, 2009 15:07:07 GMT -5
The 1er DFL loaded their French 75's in the back of 300 wt. Chevy troop trucks and used them against German and Italian armor at Bir Hakeim, 1942!!!!! There are several pics out there of this being done! Renault! I know there are other pics but I've found only this one:  |
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Post by lt13demi on Jan 24, 2009 21:11:22 GMT -5
Merci, Turner!!!! That was the exact photo I was thinking about!!!!!
Renault!
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Post by slehman on Jul 22, 2015 21:28:55 GMT -5
Gents Our armoured corps museum has one of the Pak 97/38s. It was used in the movie Storming Juno in which several of us participated in. As the armour advisor I trained the crew to act like 'tankers' and for the beach scene we had a regular army driver, I was the gunner, the SFX guys manned the loaders and co-drivers station with the actor manning the commanders station. The gun is located in the bunker we engaged and destroyed. The movie prop crew were taping up the muzzle brake on the gun and I asked them why, they explained 'they wanted to make it look like a German gun' my reply was 'but it already is a German gun'. The Sherman wasn't bad for a DD mock up but it was correctly marked as one of the tanks that did make it ashore. I've attached the movie link, they have a 360 view of the beach from the grunt perspective as well as several vet stories. If you click on the tanker story, you will see the French/German Pak engaged by our Sherman. stormingjuno.com/#Overall it was a very good film. Steven  |
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Post by lew on Jul 23, 2015 12:19:05 GMT -5
I'll have to watch that. Stephen Ambrose's book on D-Day covers Juno beach well (and everything else as it's massive).
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Post by slehman on Jul 23, 2015 18:07:09 GMT -5
Steve:
When you get a chance to watch it, I have a small part as a German MG-42 gunner firing on the beach from a sandbagged trench. My left arm will be raised parallel to the ground as opposed to being tucked in to the chest as I had a squib in my chest pocket. I get one good burst off before I take a hit and slump in the trench, my nummer Zwei tries to run but also gets gunned down by the tanks coax. As the tank's gunner firing the coax and main as a Canadian 1st Hussar I shoot myself as a German machine gunner. I was always a better tank gunner than a dismounted machine gunner.
If you can't find a copy, I'll take a look around.
Steven
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Post by lew on Jul 24, 2015 6:16:08 GMT -5
It's showing up on the usual torrent sites, so I'll download it later. I'll make sure to skip over those parts lest I be forced to view your performance. I assume it will be dreadful.  |
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Post by slehman on Jul 24, 2015 16:20:07 GMT -5
It was gun drills so there was no acting involved, just an automatic reaction to a familiar order under stress. Heck as I got hit with the squib, I even placed the 42 on safe as I fell forward.
I can't say any of the actors will get called up on the stage for an Oskar but the film is still pretty darn good for a docu-drama.
Cheers
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Post by lew on Jul 26, 2015 8:35:59 GMT -5
In that case, it'll be safe for viewing. I found it on a torrent site without issue. Downloading shall commence. Thanks!
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Post by slehman on Jul 26, 2015 10:00:25 GMT -5
Steve
I'd be interested to hear your critique on the film. The beach scene was shot on Sauble Beach on Lake Huron. After the shooting crowds of pretty women in bikinis all wanted a ride on the Sherman, but I digress, sigh...
Steven
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Post by lew on Jul 26, 2015 18:18:01 GMT -5
I know where that beach is. I've spent a fair amount of time along that shore, from The Pinery, to Goderich, through on up the Bruce Peninsula. Actually, on up to Parry Sound. If only Canada wasn't so hostile to firearms- specifically, the carried handgun variety- I'd visit more often.
It might be a week or two before I get around to watching it, but I'll share my thoughts.
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Post by slehman on Jul 26, 2015 20:57:42 GMT -5
Sauble is about 30 minutes away, as I'm in Owen Sound. It's a great little city that is very military friendly. We have 3 Victoria Cross winners buried here. Private Tommy Holmes WW1, William Avery Bishop (Billy Bishop) and David Vivian Currie (helped hold the Falaise gap closed). What's nice is the families of Holmes and Bishop are still in the area and our area training centre is along the shore. It's one of the last bases that still allows off shore bombardment so we get some interesting teams up to shoot from the lake.
Sadly you hit the nail on the head, our gun laws are pretty brutal but we're still better off than our British friends. When we used to go to Custer WWII weapons were not a problem but for the Nam stuff around Onondaga, we usually borrowed as the BATF doesn't like the Chinese.
I guess in your travels, you've went by Camp Ipperwash a few times?
Cheers
Steven
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Post by lew on Jul 27, 2015 7:08:28 GMT -5
I've been by that mess a few times, all of which were during times when, literally, the natives were getting restless. That was my first exposure to the Rez. When I went to the Southwest, the reservations there were set in different scenery, but it was the same old crap. Driving by that road out front on the way to The Pinery, Ipperwash looked like a well-used MOUT training site. If I was a millionaire, I'd have a house on one of the islands in the Georgian Bay. Great weather in the summer, gorgeous scenery, friendly folks. You could live in a far worse place than Ontario, and you're not near Toronto, so you've got that going for ya.  At least Canada's gun laws are better than the People's Republic of Massachusetts, and there is the small positive that you Canucks get some cool stuff that we in the supposed land of the free will never see. On both sides of the border, we need to kick the bastards out, but I digress and don't want to get too political lest I have an aneurysm. |
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