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RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:11 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: danlongman
Good Old "Ma Deuce" Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun was introduced in the 1920's and still in use today.
I loved that Old Lady but she was bad to carry anywhere.
cheers
Warspite1
Are you talking about granny again?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 3:18 am
by danlongman
sort of
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 2:16 pm
by Extraneous
ORIGINAL: brian brian
did Exeter ever fight in the Med?
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ORIGINAL: danlongman
Good Old "Ma Deuce" Browning M2 Heavy Machine gun was introduced in the 1920's and still in use today.
I loved that Old Lady but she was bad to carry anywhere.
cheers
"Ma Deuce" is a term made up by some REMF officer because it sounded cool.
Or is "M" in the military phonetic alphabet now "MA" instead of "MIKE"? [:D] (I'm in "MA" company) [:D]
*SIGH* the kinder gentler U.S. Military.
What was wrong with using the original nickname "The Fifty" for the Browning .50 Caliber Machine Gun?
Note: please don't look up military abbreviations if you are under 18 or abhor bad language.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Mon Jun 11, 2012 10:21 pm
by ezzler
Which {infantry} weapon, introduced in WW2...
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:09 am
by michaelbaldur
which units had a name change, because they did not wanted to be confused with WW1 units.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 1:41 am
by danlongman
I never wondered how the nickname came about that is what we always called it and I am not young.
I worked around but not in the US military..Lotsa other countries use it.
And I clearly said introduced in the 1920's and in use today.
Mike has been the phonetic for "M" since WW2 as far as I know.
Anybody who actually called that gun a "Mike Two Bravo" when he wasn't being monitored for Phraseology
would have been giggled at ..at the very least.
The references to youth escape me. Unless you were born before Eisenhower was pres you are younger than me.
cheers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 5:33 am
by warspite1
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
which units had a name change, because they did not wanted to be confused with WW1 units.
Warspite1
Australian Army?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:42 am
by Extraneous
ORIGINAL: danlongman
I never wondered how the nickname came about that is what we always called it and I am not young.
I worked around but not in the US military..Lotsa other countries use it.
And I clearly said introduced in the 1920's and in use today.
Mike has been the phonetic for "M" since WW2 as far as I know.
Anybody who actually called that gun a "Mike Two Bravo" when he wasn't being monitored for Phraseology
would have been giggled at ..at the very least.
The references to youth escape me. Unless you were born before Eisenhower was pres you are younger than me.
cheers
[:D] Harry S. Truman was president when I was born [:D]
[:)] Your younger [:)]
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:36 pm
by danlongman
My younger what?
cheers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 8:40 pm
by danlongman
Australian WW 2 infantry battalions serving overseas were numbered 2/# to distinguish them from WW 1 AIF battalions which were then numbered 1/#.
I do not know about any of the others I am sure there is a Stroin or 2 around who knows....
cheers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 9:39 pm
by ezzler
Which {infantry} weapon, introduced in WW2...
clue 1# It uses no ammunition.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 10:16 pm
by danlongman
Hmmmm I'd wanna say the K-Bar but that was issued to the USMC and later the USN. I think they still use it.
I do not know anything about official issuance to the US Army.
cheers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 7:46 am
by michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
which units had a name change, because they did not wanted to be confused with WW1 units.
1. they changed name, not to be confused with their much more famous namesakes
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 2:29 pm
by warspite1
Canadian highland infantry?
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 4:09 pm
by michaelbaldur
good guess but no
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:06 pm
by ezzler
KA-Bar it is.
Still going strong.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Wed Jun 13, 2012 5:35 pm
by michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
which units had a name change, because they did not wanted to be confused with WW1 units.
1. they changed name, not to be confused with their much more famous namesakes
all troops in those units were volunteers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Thu Jun 14, 2012 7:23 pm
by michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
ORIGINAL: michaelbaldur
which units had a name change, because they did not wanted to be confused with WW1 units.
1. they changed name, not to be confused with their much more famous namesakes
all troops in those units were volunteers
3. the first world war units were famous from the western front and they were also volunteers
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:25 pm
by JeffroK
The Australian Imperial Forces?
Battalions were numbered 1 to 60 in WW1.
When the 2nd AIF was raised in 1939-40 the Battalions were numbered as in WW1 but quickly renamed 2/1st, 2/2nd etc to distinguish them from the WW1 units and Battalions of the Australian Military Forces (Militia)
All members if the 2nd AIF were volunteers.
RE: OT - WWII quiz
Posted: Fri Jun 15, 2012 8:49 pm
by michaelbaldur
correct