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The above undated postcard shows a waarnemingsgroep of the Koninklijke Landmacht.
Judging by the uniforms, the picture was taken somewhere in the 1950s or 60s.
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Displayed above is a German press photo showing a Spähtrupp advancing past a destroyed bridge, 7th of June 1940
Characteristic of the early campaigns, a number of the men can be clearly seen wearing their gas sheet pouches.
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The above postcard shows a German Gebirgsjäger securing the advance of his comrades.
Number four in an unknown series of propaganda postcards, the series of which this postcard was a part may -
judging by the title -
have showcased the various arms of service.
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This undated postcard shows a group of Swiss soldiers with an Lmg 25 light machine gun.
Though the postcard itself does not give us an exact date, the helmets in combination with the weapon date this image from 1925 to 1944.
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Today's manual concerning the Pistolet automatique de la
manufacture d'armes de Saint-Etienne 9 mm G1 is a license-produced Beretta 92FS,
in use since 1989 with the Gendarmerie and since 1992 with the armed forces in general.
Interestingly, the weapon does not appear to be in widespread use, something confirmed by the 1999 rifle platoon
structure which will be discussed soon.
The manual is available for download here.
The archive of all manuals is available here.
- 14th of June, 2018
The second article - the Dutch Marine Corps 1978 - has been published.
Images now open as a pop-up.
- 7th of June, 2018
The first resource - concerning the Vietnamese sappers - is added.
- 5th of June, 2018
Interactive footnotes are added to the Dutch 1963 Marines Corps article.
The first manual is added.
- 4th of June, 2018
The first scanned postcard is added.
- 3rd of June, 2018
The first article - concerning the Dutch Marine Corps 1963 - is created.
- 2nd of June, 2018
The website is created and launched.
