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Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use
Posted: Fri Mar 28, 2014 11:17 am
by Oscar Torres
Dear friends,
From the Army website, with their permission:
Chilean officers on manouvers in the 20’s
Chilean Army manouvers in the 20’s
Machine gun section Chilean Army 1906
Machine gun section Chilean Army 1906
Hope you enjoy.
Oscar
Re: Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use
Posted: Sat Mar 29, 2014 7:57 am
by Couvi
Excellent! That is an interesting sled mount for that MG08. Is that exclusive to Chile?
Re: Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use
Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2014 2:54 pm
by Oscar Torres
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.
Regards,
Oscar
Re: Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 7:04 am
by Couvi
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.
Re: Old photographs of Chilean Army horse use
Posted: Tue Apr 01, 2014 6:38 pm
by Joseph Sullivan
Interesting pix. I am always caught a little off guard by the Teutonic look of the Chilean Army.
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