I would like to direct your attention towards the gentleman on the right page in the foreground. He's competing in a rifle match at Creedmoor Rifle Range and with posture like that, you practically can't miss.
Wood engraving by A.B. Frost, 1876, in the Public Domain
British Riflemen found it a good position for shooting French officers in the Napoleonic wars.. Thomas Plunket killed a French general during the Peninsular War with an extremely long range rifle shot, then killing the general's aide-de-camp, who had gone to his side to render aid, with another.
British Riflemen found it a good position for shooting French officers in the Napoleonic wars.. Thomas Plunket killed a French general during the Peninsular War with an extremely long range rifle shot, then killing the general's aide-de-camp, who had gone to his side to render aid, with another.
Fascinating, Sir. The stance in your picture seems more intuitive to me, as the butt of the rifle is positioned against the shoulder and the left arm isn't going around the back of the head. But clearly, there was precedent
Ahh the modern portee! The French and British used portees in WW2 to some success and even the Americans got in on the action when they eventually joined the war.
Teaser
I'm putting together real uniforms of prominent people within our 29th, as I'm a nut for uniforms and history, here is a teaser of the first uniform, should be entirely complete within the next 2 weeks.
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The sport of the future is now.
Am I a fan boy?
A M4 Sherman that was used in Canada as a range target for small arms fire and m72s
From SMBC
I will never play another hour of Arma 3 again.
pretty funny whiffed AAR
i am not mature. https://imgur.com/a/UfOrB85
"AFK 5 mins"
Bruce Wayne can surely buy a few war bonds
Not sure why these are in my apartment, but I'm glad they found each other...
Some quick artwork I made within a matter of 10 minutes
I made a mousepad for myself at work.
it's the bad company 1 image with a photoshopped 29th logo.
I would like to direct your attention towards the gentleman on the right page in the foreground. He's competing in a rifle match at Creedmoor Rifle Range and with posture like that, you practically can't miss.
Wood engraving by A.B. Frost, 1876, in the Public Domain
British Riflemen found it a good position for shooting French officers in the Napoleonic wars.. Thomas Plunket killed a French general during the Peninsular War with an extremely long range rifle shot, then killing the general's aide-de-camp, who had gone to his side to render aid, with another.
Fascinating, Sir. The stance in your picture seems more intuitive to me, as the butt of the rifle is positioned against the shoulder and the left arm isn't going around the back of the head. But clearly, there was precedent
Apparently, it's even called the "Plunkett Position". Here's a picture of reenactors doing it.
2009, in the Public Domain
Technicals with BMP-1 turrets.
Ahh the modern portee! The French and British used portees in WW2 to some success and even the Americans got in on the action when they eventually joined the war.
A Laffly S15 and W15 TCC somewhere in France.
Australian 'portee' 2pdr in North Africa
American Dodge with M2 Browning and 37mm AT gun
Teaser
I'm putting together real uniforms of prominent people within our 29th, as I'm a nut for uniforms and history, here is a teaser of the first uniform, should be entirely complete within the next 2 weeks.