Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use

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Oscar Torres
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Dear friends,

From the Army website, with their permission:

Chilean officers on manouvers in the 20’s

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Chilean Army manouvers in the 20’s

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Machine gun section Chilean Army 1906

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Machine gun section Chilean Army 1906

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Hope you enjoy.

Oscar
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Couvi
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Excellent! That is an interesting sled mount for that MG08. Is that exclusive to Chile?
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Oscar Torres
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Couvi wrote:Excellent! That is an interesting sled mount for that MG08. Is that exclusive to Chile?
Unfortunatelly I don't have that information but I asumme it was of German design, as most of the military equipment in Chile at the turn of the 20 century.

Huge horses anyway for chilean standards, probably Percheron/Chileno Horse (criollo) cross.

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Most of them I have seen and handled look like this one. http://www.imfdb.org/images/thumb/0/02/ ... imMG08.jpg
Although they add a bit of weight, wheels aren’t a bad idea.
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Interesting pix. I am always caught a little off guard by the Teutonic look of the Chilean Army.

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