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Post by earlymb on Aug 13, 2022 8:23:02 GMT -5
Here are a few random Indochina- and Algeria-period photos I collected because I found them interesting... feel free to post others or add comments if you like! 
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Post by earlymb on Aug 15, 2022 19:24:54 GMT -5
Ok, stop twisting my arm, here are some more 
Vietnamese paratroopers of the 3e BPVN ( 3ème Bataillon de Parachutistes Viêtnamiens , nicknamed " bawouans "), under the command of Chef de bataillon Mollo, engaged in heavy fighting in Laos, at the outpost of Banh-Hine-Siu and in the village of Na Pho de 5 on January 9, 1954, against elements of the 325th Viet Minh Division ( Daï Doan 325 ). |
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Post by lew on Aug 18, 2022 11:52:08 GMT -5
Vos contributions sont impressionnantes!
Any further details on the Algerian pictures? That's cool to see the Luger. One doesn't typically see sidearms. If one is present, it's usually a 1911.
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Post by can on Aug 20, 2022 4:58:41 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the guy with the chicken could fit at least one more thing in that right leg pocket.
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Post by earlymb on Aug 27, 2022 12:23:35 GMT -5
Vos contributions sont impressionnantes! Any further details on the Algerian pictures? That's cool to see the Luger. One doesn't typically see sidearms. If one is present, it's usually a 1911.
No, no further details. I think the one with the Luger is Indochina though, a colonial para it seems. M1917 boots?
Let's continue:
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Post by Kenneth on Aug 28, 2022 10:19:07 GMT -5
I thought the Luger was interesting, too, and I noticed that the holster is a US Army model for the .45 auto.
And speaking of Lugers, I think I read somewhere that when Germany took over Norway in WWII, they naturally disarmed the Norwegian Army and used those weapons elsewhere, as they did everywhere else they went. The Norwegians used Colt .45 autos, which I believe they termed the M1914. The Germans even manufactured a few themselves. At the end of the war when the Germans surrendered, they were in turn disarmed and the Norwegians used those pistols, mostly Lugers, until they were replaced by Glocks sometime in the 1980s. In their case, the holsters that came with the pistols were modified to be used with web belts.
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Post by lew on Aug 28, 2022 13:41:07 GMT -5
No, no further details. I think the one with the Luger is Indochina though, a colonial para it seems. M1917 boots?
No problem. I figger it never hurts to ask. I think your observations are correct on all counts. |
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Post by earlymb on Aug 31, 2022 5:33:43 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure the guy with the chicken could fit at least one more thing in that right leg pocket. I think the chicken just vacated that space  |
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