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Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:24 am
by 7george
Image was made in Tunisia.
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 2:47 am
by DesertSun
Oh my, I've never seen such an image before 7george! Impressive! Thank you for sharing!
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Mon Apr 23, 2018 5:39 am
by ElieEstephane
Getting shot is less painful than being full of glochids
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sun Apr 29, 2018 10:35 pm
by hegar
I would at least put some goggles on, in case the enemy shoots back. I can just imagine, getting hit by some exploding cactus pads and sprayed with glochids. I did some weed whacking this spring and accidentally hit a few Opuntia cladodes. What a mess that was!
Also, prickly pear cacti do not offer much protection and are definitely not bullet proof.
Harald
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 6:10 am
by Shane
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 6:53 am
by ElieEstephane
Hmm never knew the drum magazine was issued to the army on the tompson smg
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 9:23 am
by greenknight
ElieEstephane wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 6:53 am
Hmm never knew the drum magazine was issued to the army on the tompson smg
Some were issued, but they were not popular. The British shipped thousands of them back to the States in exchange for box magazines, complaining of the weight of the drums, that they rattled, and that changing magazines was slow. Later versions dropped provision for the drum magazines.
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 11:10 am
by ElieEstephane
greenknight wrote: ↑Sat May 05, 2018 9:23 am
and that changing magazines was slow
Yes the notorious bolt lock assist thingy that if lost, you'll spend a few minutes battling the drum to mount. I did not know about the issues you mentionned so thanks! There was also problems with the spring sometimes not having enough tension for all 51 rounds and misloading problems.
Re: Cacti as camuflage
Posted: Sat May 05, 2018 3:24 pm
by 7george
Well, when I was in the army we had to dig trenches for cannons in the ground manually and that wasn't easy, believe me. I would take the glochids.