Maggie’s Motivational Pic Thread v2.0 - - New Rules - See Post #1

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Just looked up ACTBLUE and it will make your blood boil to see the companies that have donated. Not sure how the USPS and US Army are allowed to make contributions
No doubt they come from the annual military "voluntary" CFC donations.
Way back when at my first duty station, when CFC time came around, we got the rest of the day off if we made a donation. If you didn't, you ended up painting rocks or some other bullshit.
Friggin private e-2 making jack squat being basically shamed, threatened, embarrassed into giving your money away.
 
No doubt they come from the annual military "voluntary" CFC donations.
Way back when at my first duty station, when CFC time came around, we got the rest of the day off if we made a donation. If you didn't, you ended up painting rocks or some other bullshit.
Friggin private e-2 making jack squat being basically shamed, threatened, embarrassed into giving your money away.
can confirm all this. Just another way for the higher-ups to make rank.
 
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WunderWaffe 1 - Vampire Vision

The Sturmgewehr 44 was the first ever assault rifle, similar to the modern M-16 and AK-47. The ZG 1229, also known by the code name Vampir, was an infra-red sight designed so that this rifle could be used by snipers at night. It was first used in combat in the last months of the war and weighed about five pounds, but was also connected to a thirty pound battery support pack, strapped to the soldier’s back.



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The Little (Vintage) Scooter That Could... Maybe

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It's the work of the French Military!

After World War II, there was little money for defense spending while the nations of Europe rebuilt their industry and society. When there was some cash to spend, one had to be creative to stretch it as far as possible. The French probably accomplished the most astounding example of that with the ACMA Troupes Aeról Portées Mle. 56. Deployed with their airborne forces, this was essentially a militarized Vespa scooter outfitted with a 75mm recoilless rifle. Five parachutes would carry the two-man gun crew, weapon, ammunition, and two scooters safely to earth, and the men would load the weapon on one scooter and the ammo on the other, then ride away. More impressively, the recoilless rifle could be fired effectively on the move by the best of the gun crews. Total cost? About $500 for the scooter and the recoilless rifle was war surplus. Were they successful military machines? Well, the French Army deployed about 800 armed scooters in wars conducted in both Algeria and Indochina."

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They probably thought it would make a good high speed reverse gear until they understood the "recoilless" principle......