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I agree....Jordan does have the makings of a booklet/ book here...
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Quote:
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Those who live by the sword will be shot by those of us who have progressed. - M38A1, 67-07800, ex LETE |
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A stable shooting platform? At least the Thompson would be more flexible than the aircraft Vickers of a few years earlier shown here training at Camp Borden ranges, Ontario, Canada. Not to get off topic ...
Commenting on the Thompson gun at $353.00 each, as compared with the shotgun at $8.32 each. |
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Michael. Your picture makes me wonder if the "rypa" wasn't a training device but was more for a gun platform in the turret. I had been told by the lady at special collections for the library that the turret or part of it had to be ordered from a company in Toronto. When looking at the pictures that small turret appears to be a different construction then the rest of the vehicle.
I'm just tossing ideas out to everyone here trying to figure this vehicle out.
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Used for training zipper heads who were assigned to the Renault tanks at Borden. The article appears in the January, 1941 edition of Popular Science, pages 76-80.
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@Michael - yes, I remember that picture from period publications. Unfortunately , it is the range but not the actual device.
Added URL for the picture above. http://books.google.ca/books?id=NicD...page&q&f=false
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Terry Warner - 74-????? M151A2 - 70-08876 M38A1 - 53-71233 M100CDN trailer Beware! The Green Disease walks among us! Last edited by maple_leaf_eh; 01-06-13 at 03:43. |
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The device is in the lower left.
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