Historic Photos/GAF weapons

[G.W. Strong]

I think I may be missing something. I get notification of things like

ohhh big yawn ,  you do no what yr going get is cowboy hat a  and that your going  shape  your selve

and

i hope yr going to post a some pic of this hat hopalong,   cause i cant wait to disect it , and for yr sake i hope there s a big inprovement to the hat i got from him 2 years back

and

no  yr all wrong thats  a  british 13th infanrty uniform, of the crimeon war

and

well thats all very nice mr trail rider , but we are all trying to get hopalong sorted, can we stick to the subject thanks

and my personal favorite

i dont think he no,s what he wants to be!  next week itll be a indain scout

I  am saddened by the disappearance of his quotes I had planned on printing them out and using them the next time I run out of sandpaper.

[Delmonico]

We get his kind on the dog forums also, they have all kinds of knowledge or so they claim but we never see pictures of their dogs. 

It must be sad to have nothing better to do than be an internet troll, but it's not my problem.  Funny not all folks in New Zealand are like him, I know some from the dog forums and they are nice people. 

[RattlesnakeJack]

Whenever he goes silent briefly, am hopeful that he has gone off to learn the English language and some minimal writing skills, but alas ...... 

[Niederlander]

Jack, my theory is that he's reloading his bong, but I could be wrong.

[Pitspitr]

Ok, so as moderator I suppose I should mention that if we don't have anything nice to say...............Sand paper (snicker).... writing skills (snicker)...Bong (snicker)...Uh what was I saying?

[Niederlander]

Okay, I'll be nice.....or at least not say anything!

[RattlesnakeJack]

Yeah ... but he started it, Dad!   

[G.W. Strong]

I will hold my tongue. (firmly in my cheek)

[River City John]

Liten up, people!

[Drydock]

Historic Photos with GAF weapons in 'em, dangit!   

[G.W. Strong]

I will try to get us back on track a bit. Here are some pics of GAF period British rifles.

[RattlesnakeJack]

OK, OK .... Colonel! 

Here are a few 1870 studio shots of Riflemen of the 3rd Battalion of Canadian Militia, the Victoria Rifles (Montreal) which display their full marching order and Snider-Enfield rifles quite nicely:







(Although liten will undoubtedly be able to find fault with the authenticity of their arms and kit ......    )

[Niederlander]

Great pictures Jack!  The third one concerns me a little bit, as that young soldier seems a bit "happy"!

[RattlesnakeJack]

Probably just pleased that it is a studio session with a fake "snow scene" backdrop .... and that he isn't actually outside without a greatcoat!

[Charles Isaac]

The third one concerns me a little bit, as that young soldier seems a bit "happy"!

He seems to really like that Snider. Great photos Rattlesnake!

Nice guns Hopalong.

[cpt dan blodgett]

Thinking anyone wearing the shako and pom pom would look a little "Happy"
That and about $365 to Dirty Billy made me choose the 1881 helmet to wear with my dress 72 Frock Coat.

[Hangtown Frye]

Interesting, I wasn't aware that the Queen's forces had ever issued a painted haversack!  I had been under the impression that they were all "natural" or white in colour, rather than the black-painted (a la "US" Civil War) style.  Pretty neat to see that in a photo.  Thanks for posting it.

Cheers!

Gordon

[Grizzly Adams]

Here's a picture of a USN landing party from the USS South Carolina (BB26) during the 1914, occupation of Vera Cruz, Mexico.  Notice the "coffee dyed" hats, and US Marine uniform items (?) sported by the these Bluejackets.



It was a great time to an American!

[Grizzly Adams]

Here's another (for the photographer) shot of USN Bluejackets at Vera Cruz, Mexico.  Notice these sailors are wearing the undress white uniform, but they have dyed the white uniform with coffee to effect a bit of camo.  This landing party is off of the USS Michigan.

[RattlesnakeJack]

Interesting, I wasn't aware that the Queen's forces had ever issued a painted haversack!  I had been under the impression that they were all "natural" or white in colour ......

The 3rd Battalion were a "Rifles" unit which, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars at least, were issued with black kit to go with their rifle green (or even black/near black) uniforms, rather than the white/off-white coloration of the equipments of the red-coated Regular Infantry..... it was one of the distinctions of being "elite" units.

Circa 1812 -


Circa 1855 (left) and 1870 (right) -


Circa 1880 -


Another distinction was the issue of "sword bayonets" to Riflemen rather than the usual triangular-bladed socket bayonets issued to Regular Infantry - noticeable in the above plates.  That distinction is perpetuated to this day in British Commonwealth Rifles units in the command "fix swords" ..... instead of the usual "fix bayonets" ..... even though such units are now issued with exactly the same rifle and bayonet as any other unit!

(Indeed, after the adoption by Britain of the Pattern 1853 Enfield Rifle Musket, "Rifles" units soon lost the distinction of being the only troops issued with rifles rather than smoothbore muskets ..... but that certainly didn't stop them from jealously guarding their various other distinctions!)