“The Outsider” - Decades before ‘Flags of our Fathers’ this 1961 film follows Ira Hayes from basic training, to Iwo Jima, and the years following the war. Gain an appreciation of Ira’s demise as survivor’s guilt is thrust into the hero’s spotlight.
Hidden Gem: One of the best accounts of just how happenstance the second flag raising was.
BIG AT guns!
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When I saw these things, I just had to show you guys, these are some AT riffles from WWII, not sure on the finland one though. :evil: :-o :-o Look at the pic with a guy shooting it, it’s massive!
Thats a long hyperlink….
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Yeah, Boys AT Rifle and Equivalents are junk IMO. They had their uses against light vehicles early on, but you could do the same with a lower caliber weapon, which in some cases had higher velocities and greater RoF. And of course they were of no effect, even against light tanks.
GG
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Yeah, but big guns are really cool, just like big trucks!





