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[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

On 5/10/2024 at 10:58 PM, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

WOW!!

[DocWard]

4 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

WOW!!

 

I think I'm more impressed by Lt. Bill Overstreet, who flew a P-51 Mustang, called "Berlin Express" under the tower in pursuit of a Bf-109. The 109 didn't escape.

 

https://theaviationgeekclub.com/the-story-of-bill-overstreets-p-51b-berlin-express-the-mustang-that-flew-under-the-eiffel-tower-in-hot-pursuit-of-a-luftwaffe-messerschmitt-bf-109/

[Sedalia Dave]

[DocWard]

2 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said:

 

Do you know why people say "drink and swear like a sailor?"

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Because paratroopers hadn't been invented yet!

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

1 hour ago, DocWard said:

 

Do you know why people say "drink and swear like a sailor?"

 

Because paratroopers hadn't been invented yet!

Nope. It's because they're too scared of The Marines.

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[DocWard]

1 hour ago, Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 said:

Nope. It's because they're too scared of The Marines.

 

But "eats crayons like a Marine" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

12 minutes ago, DocWard said:

 

But "eats crayons like a Marine" just doesn't have the same ring to it.

Why do you think we drink and swear?

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

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[Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770]

[Subdeacon Joe]

 

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

You've heard of Rosey the Riveter?

Meet Stella the Sten Gunner.

[Eyesa Horg]

Stens are fun 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

Those early ones were scary!

If you ran out of grenades while clearing rooms, put in the magazine, put it to full cock, throw it into the room and duck behind something solid!

It would stop firing when the mag went dry.

The Sterling was a little better, but I recall one fellow getting off the truck on a guard change during the FLQ Crisis and almost cutting himself in two.

I still preferred it to simply carrying a HP but I carried it closed bolt and nothing chambered.

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15 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

You've heard of Rosey the Riveter?

Meet Stella the Sten Gunner.

She can't be British, her teeth are beautiful!

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

4 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

She can't be British, her teeth are beautiful!

 

We made them at Long Branch Arsenal near Toronto, Ontario

I understand they cost around $10.00 to make, because they were mostly stampings, thus making the type an easily manufactured illegal SMG, for the criminal market.

Edited May 15, 2024 by Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474

[Sedalia Dave]

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[Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494]

  

 

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[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

[Ozark Huckleberry]

2 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

 

Been that guy, at Navy AOCS

 

Went back as staff as a twilight tour, so have another perspective -- notice the quiet conversation taking place at the left side of the photo?

[Bad Bascomb, SASS # 47,494]

  

 

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

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[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 5/15/2024 at 5:28 AM, Eyesa Horg said:

Stens are fun 

Uh, Tommy guns and grease gun are funner.  

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[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]