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Zenbadger wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:41 pm They went for the MG34 pose with it being fired from the shoulder of the second. I never like this pose which I always think of as Bach and Beethoven. Bach bangs out the music while Beethoven goes deaf...

Not to mention being remarkably rare in terms of it actually being used on the battlefield. One slip, by either guy, and the No.2's back is full of lead, which - if nothing else - would at least provide a welcome distraction from the ringing in his ear.

I've often wondered about that. It hardly seems a pose suited to taking deflection shots on a crossing target.

Jeremy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:43 pm Some anti tank Vallejos from Boyes in York. Good price at £1.59 I thought.

When were you in York, you should have given me a shout.

BaronVonWreckedoften wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 9:53 pm

Zenbadger wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 8:41 pm They went for the MG34 pose with it being fired from the shoulder of the second. I never like this pose which I always think of as Bach and Beethoven. Bach bangs out the music while Beethoven goes deaf...

Not to mention being remarkably rare in terms of it actually being used on the battlefield. One slip, by either guy, and the No.2's back is full of lead, which - if nothing else - would at least provide a welcome distraction from the ringing in his ear.

It was however, a standard training drill so would have seen some use.

tim.w wrote: ↑Wed Oct 10, 2018 11:39 pm

Jeremy wrote: ↑Thu Oct 04, 2018 9:43 pm Some anti tank Vallejos from Boyes in York. Good price at £1.59 I thought.

When were you in York, you should have given me a shout.

Last week. We had the Missuses parents and aunt in tow so I don’t think it would have gone down well! Women can be funny like that

But they didn’t mind you being inside Boyes ?

When you’ve been married as long as we have, variety is the spice of life

He was just looking for an anti tank rifle.

Etranger wrote: ↑Thu Oct 11, 2018 2:13 am It was however, a standard training drill so would have seen some use.

I had often wondered about that, but thought it might have been up (or should that be "down"?) there with Sven Hassel's standing to attention whilst someone balanced a stick grenade on the top of your helmet in terms of veracity. I imagine it didn't survive much longer than the passing out parade for most people. I can't imagine many folk being keen on having a 1,000-round-a-minute weapon's muzzle blast next to their ear and muzzle flash next to their eye. Actually, I can think of one or two I've met over the years, but I wouldn't want to be near any of them with loaded weapons, even if the enemy wasn't present.

D'you mean them with these loaded weapons, or you? I have a list a mile long of people who are not welcome to carry loaded weapons near me; it's a bit shorter for me carrying the weapons.

Gatta agree about the pose, imagine if he slews right.