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Miniatures Adventure => The Conflicts that came in from the Cold => Topic started by: Too Bo Coo on November 05, 2014, 06:47:52 PM

Title: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: Too Bo Coo on November 05, 2014, 06:47:52 PM
A really interesting article with an eye opening surprise!

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/why-is-this-mi-24-hind-wearing-u-s-coast-guard-colors-1644434863
Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: Arlequín on November 05, 2014, 10:33:15 PM
As odd as it seems the U.S. Coast Guard is actually part of the Armed Forces. Certainly it would be a potent piece of kit against the high speed boats used for smuggling.
 ;)
Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: Dr Mathias on November 05, 2014, 10:37:22 PM
Great find!
Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: commissarmoody on November 07, 2014, 03:58:07 AM
I want to know what the movie is about now.  ::)
Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: Nimrod on November 07, 2014, 06:10:50 AM
I want to know what the movie is about now.  ::)

http://impdb.org/index.php?title=Zarjazhennye_smert%27ju

Never saw this movie myself. :)
But local movie database describes synopsis as following:
On the far east American drug dealers trying to deliver big pile of drugs to Russia on board of some sort of the fishing boat.
But after arriving at  the landing point were they plan to unload the drugs, they got captured by gang of escapees from the local prison.
Escapees plan to run away to Alaska on the boat using drug dealers as hostages. Well in fact they don`t now about drug dealing operation and consider drug dealers as ordinary fishermen.
Ship from the Russian fleet follows the boat trying to save "honest fishermen" At this time American coastal guard also joins the chase.
After trying to execute hostage saving operation Russian marines team finds that "hostages" not really want to be saved and more prone to killing unlucky saviors then be saved by them. Coastal guard  Hind got shot down at this point btw. :)   But somehow Russian team overcomes all obstacles and triumph over all bad guys.



Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: commissarmoody on November 07, 2014, 08:29:07 AM
So pretty much every action movie ever made then  ::)
Title: Re: Evidentally the Soviets thought the US Coast Guard had a differnt job...
Post by: Arrigo on November 07, 2014, 04:03:15 PM
i think they used the hind as a substitute for USCG Panthers, well, while they are not Hind, the Hind is the closest vismod you can get.