What's This?

[Billhook]

Days tucked in quietly in the trenches, then nights out on work details repairing and rebuilding the wire obstacles. I've seen the cutters before, but that pouch is something else, very elegant and looks like you could open and close it with cold fingers or gloves.

 

This is a humbling book that shows some of the logistics of feeding, fueling, transporting and sheltering the troops. Amazing pictures and some details of the hundreds of thousands of tonnes of woven hurdles, timber slabs, brush faggots and charcoal created to keep lines of communication open-

 

Farming and Forestry on the Western Front - Murray Maclean

 

Thank you for that link Wills, I have ordered a copy

[bluebedouin]

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[Timbermcpherson]

For one attack the brits developed a special wire cutter that went on the end of there SMLE's, turned out they had only previously tested it on british wire with disastrous results.

 

Amazing how a little tool can make such a big difference

[bluebedouin]

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Amazing how a little tool can make such a big difference

As the actress said to the bishop!

[Beardie]

Damned army acromyms; what's SMLE stand for?

[bluebedouin]

Short Model Lee Enfield

[R Mac]

Short Model Lee Enfield

 

Short Magazine Lee-Enfield

[bluebedouin]

I stand corrected.I'm not old enough to remember so I cheated & googled it.

[R Mac]

I stand corrected.I'm not old enough to remember so I cheated & googled it.

 

 

Now listen 'ere you young whipper snapper

 

Edited October 31, 2016 by R Mac