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Paraguay keeping M3 Stuart, M4 Sherman tanks in service
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| 12-29-2015
| Erwan de Cherisey
Posted on 12/30/2015 9:35:29 AM PST by Snickering Hound
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To: Snickering Hound
I believe it was Ben Franklin who said “Use it up, wear it out, make it do, or do without.”
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:36:34 AM PST
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taxcontrol
( The GOPe treats the conservative base like slaves by taking their votes and refuses to pay)
To: Snickering Hound
Those things were obsolete in 1938.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:36:50 AM PST
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Robert A Cook PE
(I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
To: Snickering Hound
They are newer than some of the cars on the streets of Havana.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:37:02 AM PST
by
Don Corleone
("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
To: Snickering Hound
Well, that should make producers of movies about WW II happy.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:38:29 AM PST
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: Snickering Hound
I did not know that there were any M3’s in service anywhere. Same with the Sherman. They do have collector value.
To: Snickering Hound
They could probably make enough selling them to collectors to upgrade to cold-war era armor.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:42:14 AM PST
by
PAR35
To: Snickering Hound
I would love to see one of those in working condition, just for the history sentiment.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:43:55 AM PST
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Old Sarge
To: Snickering Hound
In other news Boliva is closing a deal on the purchase of a half dozen Panzerkampfwagen Tiger Bs.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:45:12 AM PST
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skeeter
To: archy
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12/30/2015 9:45:15 AM PST
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Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: Snickering Hound
In the movie Kelly’s Heros, there’s a scene with a column of Sherman tanks. They were all borrowed from the Yugoslavian Army, where the film was made.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:45:58 AM PST
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11th_VA
To: taxcontrol
To: Snickering Hound
I saw a show on “The History Channel” where a group was restoring a WWII Sherman.
One thing they did was rebuild the engine and also the clutch. They actually found a brand new in the box replacement clutch.
The thing which struck me is it took them several days to take the engine out. One of them commented that during WWII they routinely replaced engines in the field in two hours.
Our parents and grandparents were very capable people.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:50:07 AM PST
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yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: yarddog
One of them commented that during WWII they routinely replaced engines in the field in two hours. There is a slight difference in motivation between the two scenarios...
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12/30/2015 9:53:03 AM PST
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rjsimmon
(The Tree of Liberty Thirsts)
To: Robert A. Cook, PE
No, they were quite viable till maybe mid-1941.
Most German tanks till mid 41 were worse in most ways.
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12/30/2015 9:53:07 AM PST
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buwaya
To: Snickering Hound
Why does Paraguay need an army in the first place ?
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:54:10 AM PST
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Eric in the Ozarks
(Baseball players, gangsters and musicians are remembered. But journalists are forgotten.)
To: skeeter
Oh, you’re evil, evil, evil.
To: 11th_VA
Serbia, actually! The ending scenes were Serbian villagers, not French as portrayed in the movie.
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:55:51 AM PST
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gr8eman
(Don't waste your energy trying to understand commies. Use it to defeat them!)
To: rjsimmon
Yep, for one, probably not engaging union labor back in the day
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posted on
12/30/2015 9:56:23 AM PST
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C210N
(When people fear government there is tyranny; when government fears people there is liberty)
To: Lurker; Darkshear; snippy_about_it
Tread head ping Concur. On the way!
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12/30/2015 9:57:15 AM PST
by
archy
(Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger. Except bears, they'll kill you a little, and eat you.)
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