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  1. HanauMan

    My latest G-1

    Nice jacket. Fit looks much like my E series 42'' Brill, including the uneven zipper panels at the bottom (which doesn't bother me but is still interesting to see on other jackets)!
  2. HanauMan

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    A Sunday morning in September (forest by a northern shore).
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    Industrial twilight.....
  4. HanauMan

    Cooper A2 - orange label - age help

    As I said in my original post, the labels are the same except for the 8716 / 8718. It thus may indicate that your jacket is an earlier jacket to mine. One good way to see whether you have a trimmer, earlier Cooper are the elasticated cuffs and waist bands. In later jackets they're brown, the...
  5. HanauMan

    Cooper A2 - orange label - age help

    No, mine doesn't have side panels. These, along with the side hand warmers and inside pocket, were added later. The early 1990s Coopers didn't have these additions and were more in line with WWII era jackets. I know my jacket is early 1990s because I bought it in 1992. I have the same label as...
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    Cooper A2 - orange label - age help

    Many folk here have done the same, taken a chance on a jacket and if it doesn't fit, as you state, resell it and try again. You will learn from that experience as to what fit suits you best. On the other hand, you may wish to hold on to it if the fit isn't just right until you're a bit older and...
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    The old WWII 'Clyde Puffer' design VIC 32. This started off as a victualling (hence VIC) supply boat for the Royal Navy and was built in England in late 1943 and used to ferry supplies from land out to battleships. The design was taken directly from the Scottish puffers that sailed the western...
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    Cooper A2 - orange label - age help

    I agree that the Cooper A2 shoulders are wide but depending on the jacket size it shouldn't necessarily be too baggy. Leaving the shoulder issue aside (granted, a BIG issue with some folk here), the actual jacket itself is very good. The leather is great and the general features are just like...
  10. HanauMan

    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    The Soviets captured many Panzer IVs, and other stuff, and post WWII they supplied their allies with this equipment, including the Syrians who were given the IVs as well as Russian T-34s etc. I have read some books on the air war in Vietnam and there would certainly have been some aspects used...
  11. HanauMan

    Autumnal Thoughts........

    Slipping quietly into autumn up here in the north and the foliage is beginning to slowly change color. I'm really looking forwards to doing more nature hikes in the coming weeks and enjoying the show.
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    Oak in a wood.
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    Vintage Cars

    There are quite a few vintage cars in my local woods though none are as nice as the cars above and they're all a tad beyond the restoration stage by now! I did find one of their old time plates the last time I passed by.
  15. HanauMan

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    Coming into my favorite season again...... September in the woods View towards Craig Dunain Leachkin hill
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    View down the valley.
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    Christ the Redeemer (Inverness Cathedral). Urban study (old stairwell).
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    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    Thanks for all that, always interesting to get more info. Funny enough, my father's first Germany posting was to Hanau in the 1960s as a mechanic in the 18th Arty. He was in one of the Lamboy kasernes working on the old M52s. He also briefly worked in Fliegerhorst in 1972 right after VN and...
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    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    That is actually quite interesting. Yeah, I had forgotten that the Bundeswehr were not allowed near the border but that it was patrolled by the German BGS instead. I also remember the signs, East German border one mile, no Americans past this point. Never stopped my father driving us right up...
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    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    I kind of liked the Sherman M4, many were static displays in various army bases and my friends and I used to climb into one and use it as a hideout, until the UPs padlocked the hatches. I recall that they were very roomy inside, compared to the M60s and M551s my father worked on and even if the...
  22. HanauMan

    The wrist watch.

    Yes, all my watches end up like this as I'm not overprotective when wearing them. Even my Omega Speedmaster has scratches on the face and the bezel and the metal housing is marked thru wear. I don't treat my watches as investments or heirlooms and, in fact, I don't keep the paperwork or cases...
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    WWII Myths and Misconceptions (That Need to Go Away)

    My father also served in West Germany in the 1970s and we were stationed in northern Bavaria (Daley Barracks), just 25 miles from the tanks of the Soviet 8th Army. His armored cavalry regiment did regular field exercises with the German Bundeswehr, as did the local US infantry division in the...

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