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Offline gringo

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Re: Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #525 on: June 26, 2019, 07:14:36 AM »
Carlos...interesting fag info... :D

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Re: Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #526 on: June 26, 2019, 07:16:11 AM »
latest updated M48A3 ….. :D

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #527 on: June 26, 2019, 08:20:16 AM »
Interesting about the ration pack contents. Is it that Marlboro is the most distinctive packet, or was there sponsorship involved in the prevalence of photographs of troops with the packet tucked in their helmets?

I am going for the Morley's brand on mine ^__^.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_(cigarette)
I have the (American) text for a Vietnamese billboard advertising them awaiting time, enthusiasm and Google translate.
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Re: Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #528 on: June 26, 2019, 08:46:57 AM »
latest updated M48A3 ….. :D

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Much better.  :)

Might just be the angle/ perspective of the image but you may want to look more closely at the rear deck. The rear end of the hull comes down pretty much flush with the end of the track guard. The slope on the rear deck is also nowhere near as pronounced as it looks in that image.
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #529 on: June 26, 2019, 08:49:17 AM »
Interesting about the ration pack contents. Is it that Marlboro is the most distinctive packet, or was there sponsorship involved in the prevalence of photographs of troops with the packet tucked in their helmets?

I am going for the Morley's brand on mine ^__^.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morley_(cigarette)
I have the (American) text for a Vietnamese billboard advertising them awaiting time, enthusiasm and Google translate.

I suspect that it was just a popular brand, still is in so far as cigarettes still enjoy any popularity. Obviously enough troops didn’t just smoke the issue smokes.

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #530 on: June 26, 2019, 09:40:10 PM »
This discussion on C-Span looks interesting.

https://www.c-span.org/video/?439943-1/us-marines-vietnam-wars-tet-offensive

oops you may have to copy and paste.
JM


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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #531 on: June 26, 2019, 10:57:30 PM »
Cuirassier...inspired post
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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #532 on: June 28, 2019, 08:19:33 AM »

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #533 on: June 28, 2019, 08:57:31 AM »
These are fantastic-order coming soon.

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #534 on: June 28, 2019, 09:09:48 AM »
Bergschotten  thanks for the support and great comment ;)

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #535 on: June 28, 2019, 10:35:24 PM »
One of the great benefits of gaming this conflict is the wealth of material now on-line.
This is a fascinating piece on the twin-rotor USMC helicopters.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuVXwklc20I

JM

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #536 on: June 29, 2019, 02:05:53 AM »
Well if you like CH-46s and fancy gaggles of them, plus the chance to paint some of your figures in ERDL camo, try this:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NtSFp3PrM8Y


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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #537 on: June 29, 2019, 12:40:22 PM »
Carlos another good find.
JM

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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #538 on: June 30, 2019, 09:48:50 AM »
Don't be put off  y the "military pseudo-science" but this study has some useful information about a platoon level action.

https://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/reports/2008/R821.pdf



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Re: (COMMERCIAL) Hue 1968 from Gringo40s. New!!
« Reply #539 on: June 30, 2019, 10:18:45 AM »
The Marines have a superb historical division and many of the Vietnam-related publications listed here can be downloaded as pdf's.

https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Publishing/History-Division-Publications/Books-by-topic/VietnamWar/

Enjoy. There is a wealth of material out there.
JM