Michael Emrys Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 The boots give it away. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Canadian Cat Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 @JonS, love it. He has to do something about those boots though 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warts 'n' all Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 Mother :- "Get your boots off of the sofa, or I'll send you to bed without any tea, you naughty boy". 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Emrys Posted October 10, 2017 Share Posted October 10, 2017 53 minutes ago, Warts 'n' all said: Mother :- "Get your boots off of the sofa, or I'll send you to bed without any tea, you naughty boy". That's alright, Ma, the tea just keeps me awake anyhow. Michael 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 (edited) On 2017-10-08 at 9:23 PM, Ts4EVER said: It was used in Normandy by one of the Armored Divisions involved in Cobra, as well as the 30th infantry. They got rid of it because of friendly fire, since camo was associated with the Germans. That's what I remember reading as well. It just wasn't worth the hazard. I think the US Army used some camo gear in the Pacific, as well as the USMC of course. I've also read somewhere that many Allied troops automatically thought German troops in camo were snipers, since they were one of the few Allied troops (as well as British paratroops) that regularly wore camo in the ETO. This apparently contributed to a bit of a sniper scare in Normandy when individual German troops left behind were considered snipers and thereby extra dangerous. (It actually went both ways: there is at least one instance of captured British paratroopers being executed in Normandy, probably because they were mistaken for commandos.) Edited October 27, 2017 by Duckman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duckman Posted October 27, 2017 Share Posted October 27, 2017 Pictures of US soldiers in camo in Normandy: https://www.atthefrontshop.com/category_s/97.htm You can definitely see how misidentification would be a problem, especially in this picture: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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