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quiz pic for military history buffs

TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
edited July 2015 in General Discussion
Time period and country?

EI_M27_2.jpg
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  • nordnord Member Posts: 6,106 ✭
    edited November -1
    Austro-Hungarian Steyr-Mannlicher WW1
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  • TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1st guess: 1939, Poland.

    2nd guess: 1940, Italy.

    Just a SWAG, I really have no idea...[^]

    Trinity +++
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  • Don McManusDon McManus Member Posts: 23,685 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Look like SMLE rifles to me.

    Probably 1930's.

    Couldn't guess from which part of the empire they hail.
    Freedom and a submissive populace cannot co-exist.

    Brad Steele
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  • fatercatfatercat Member Posts: 106 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hell, I was there.
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  • nunnnunn Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 36,087 ******
    edited November -1
    British No. 1 Lee Enfield rifles. Gas masks. Says WWI era to me, but I can't identify the uniforms.

    Maybe it's a still from something done by the History Channel. On that channel, I have seen depictions of German and American troops using Enfield rifles. Some of the Enfields even had left-handed actions!
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  • p3skykingp3skyking Member Posts: 23,916 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Circa 1975 while filming The Blue Max motion picture.

    Actually, probably in the 1920's at the beginning of Weimar, country I don't know, but I've seen Stahlhelms with those two rivets in the front, just can't remember what country used them.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You can see the mounts in the first pic, but for some reason their helmet emblems were missing.

    EI_M27_1.jpg
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  • JamesRKJamesRK Member Posts: 25,670 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I could make some decent guesses on who they ain't. No idea who they are. Time frame 1930s - 1940s.
    The road to hell is paved with COMPROMISE.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by JamesRK
    I could make some decent guesses on who they ain't. No idea who they are. Time frame 1930s - 1940s.
    That's accurate.
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  • SoreShoulderSoreShoulder Member Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'll stay out of this as I seem to remember the very picture. The next one showed different helmets. It's at my local library.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SoreShoulder
    I'll stay out of this...Go for it.

    A couple more of these troops that are obviously training pics.

    EI_M27_4.jpg

    EI_M27_5.jpg
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  • SoreShoulderSoreShoulder Member Posts: 3,148 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ireland 1920s.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SoreShoulder
    Ireland 1920s.
    [^]

    Irish Army, but in the late 30's. Those helmets weren't adopted until the very late 20's, then were replaced by British Brodie style helmets shortly after WWII began to prevent confusion if the threatened Nazi invasion were to occur.

    Though very similar, those were not German helmets. They were designed after the stahlhelm type but manufactured for them by Vickers.
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  • Sam06Sam06 Member Posts: 21,244 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by SoreShoulder
    Ireland 1920s.


    Bingo!

    1920sirishcwwmarmyhatinsobv.jpg
    RLTW

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  • serfserf Member Posts: 9,217 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Frankenstein pins in Helmets makes it WWI all the way! Firearms will fall in line with helmet!

    serf

    http://www.alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/short-history-german-steel-helmet-great-war/


    The Stirnpanzer lugs were made in different lengths for different sized helmets. The smaller the helmet the more extended the lug was from it's base. The Stirnpanzer was only made in one size, therefore different size lugs allowed the plate to be accommodated on whatever size helmet was.
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  • TxsTxs Member Posts: 17,809 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by serf

    Frankenstein pins in Helmets makes it WWI all the way! Firearms will fall in line with helmet!

    serf

    http://www.alexanderandsonsrestorations.com/short-history-german-steel-helmet-great-war/


    The Stirnpanzer lugs were made in different lengths for different sized helmets. The smaller the helmet the more extended the lug was from it's base. The Stirnpanzer was only made in one size, therefore different size lugs allowed the plate to be accommodated on whatever size helmet was.
    As I said, these aren't German helmets.

    They're based on the German stahlhelm, but are an Irish designed helmet manufactured under contract by the Brits.
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  • fishkiller41fishkiller41 Member Posts: 50,608
    edited November -1
    The new Kevlar helmets USGIs wear today look a lot like the WWI german/Irish helmets.
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