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What was the difference between the British Dragoon regiments and the Dragoon Guard regiments? Hi! Semantics, mostly. The Dragoon Guards were the Guards . It means that they were senior cavalry regiments of the Army, had better pay, more prestige and a very prolonged leaves for officers (up to 6 mo...

Dusan,

Congratulations with a book! Seems like a solid and useful work. Hope to get it for Christmas.

The helicopters appear to be Allouettes. Quite a mix of fixed winged aircraft, from jets of the 60s to the Cessna Skymaster. Lots of C47s. I know that the war in Rhodesia featured an arms embargo at some point, but I was impressed by the level of equipment displayed. Was that simply a feature of th...

Look guys what I've found on a the Ebay. http://www.ebay.com/itm/1912-US-Army-Cavalry-Board-Report-Lots-of-Photos-/121303681555?hash=item1c3e434a13 Somebody selling DVD with photos of M1912 equipment. http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NzkwWDEwMjQ=/z/TSEAAMXQuTNTMIJ3/$_57.JPG http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/MTAyNF...

Pat, then we're stick with a German\Austrian pattern for the time being. And I'm surely will be surprised if it's turn to be French or anyone else! :) As for the Russian pack saddles... I'll try and find some pictures and post it here. Only hope that I will not forget the password for flickr as it w...

Milcollect wrote:Here is a copy of my Dad's WWII Troop History.

Greg,

it seems you forgot to put the link to document.

Thank you! Nice to found your forum! Well it looks like it was rusted and someone painted it with a varnish thus it looks kinda thick black color.. I am considering the idea of fine blast the thing so to see if I can locate and markings.. Regarding the 2 possibilities it's not any of them.. What ma...

You might want to take a look at the threads on German and Swiss packsaddles on this site. They have a lot of photographs and you may be able to basically match these up with one of them. A Yugoslavian pack saddle would not have occurred to me, so that's an interesting possibility. It's worth notin...

Hi and welcome! Is it rust or somebody painted it with black? Does this frame carry any marks or stamps? Looks like Tragsattel 23 which German Gebirgsjager used to pack their guns. https://forum.militaryhorse.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=8240&start=0 or it might be Yugoslav pack saddle. http://ww...

Milcollect wrote:I have a PDF scan of my Dad's Troop history and can email it to any interested parties 32 pages long.

Greg,

I urge you to share it here, using Google docs, Microsoft SkyDrive or similar services. It'll help everyone who interested in Recon troops during WW2 in Europe.

MfG,
Alex

Cesar,

simply magnificient work. Good stuff and thanks for sharing it with us.

MfG,
Alex

Also you may check with the Eisenhower's library http://www.eisenhower.archives.gov/research/finding_aids/pdf/US_Army_Unit_Records_Index.pdf : Box 533 - 5th Mecz. Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 8th Mecz. Cavalry Reconnaissance Troop, 9th Reconnaissance Troop And it worth to check the book Steeds of S...

Hi, please look this topic http://militaryhorse.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=9784 which deals with 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments in WW2. To make it brief - these two regiments were colored and were included into 4th Cavalry Brigade of the 2d Cavalry Division. In 1944 they were, along with two ...

By the way, the Australian army re-authorized the wearing of their slouch hat with their field uniform, outside of combat, a couple of years ago. The basis of their action recalled the original purpose of such hats, they protect a person from the sun. In the Australian case, they were specifically ...

Roy and Pat!

Thank you for the replies and information on the subject. I'll contact with a Grey's on Facebook and after that I'll try to speak with societies who do various military reconstructions.

Sorry for so late answer but you both have been a great help.

MfG,
Alex.

Hi, I simply cannot resist to share this picture of a Soviet border troops on the Soviet-Chinese border (outpost Horgos) in Kazakhstan, in January, 1984. Soviet border guard was not a part of the Army, it was an agency within the KGB. For a details on equipment please refer to the Soviet Army Cavalr...

Okay Pat, thank you for lead. Australian hat is good, but I really want to have Grey's Scout-like hat. I'll continue my research. MfG, Alexander. As long as the crown and brim are of a similar or identical size and pre blocking shape, a person who knows how to block hats should be able to do that r...

Okay Pat, thank you for lead. Australian hat is good, but I really want to have Grey's Scout-like hat. I'll continue my research.

MfG,
Alexander.

Need to buy a slouch hat looking exactly as Grey's Scouts with feathers, bands and insignia. Ebay is no help. Replica, new, surplus - doesn't matter. Thanks in advance for help!