Moonrise

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

I was searching the Web.......

....for information on World War II Snipers, and the evolution of their craft....Ok, so that's a weird subject, I agree, but I came on this photo of some German Soldiers and what looks to be the most bizarre "Bear Ghillie" I've ever seen......

Dude is dressed as a friggin' Polar Bear, fer crissakes. Who thought THAT was a good idea? No wonder they lost the War.

On the other hand, and showing the "softer" side of Sniping, here's a photo of a family of present day Snipers, going on a Sunday stroll, looking for a nice place to lay out their blankets and have a picnic.......

I'm the one carrying the bag of hot dogs up toward the front......

Heh.

1 comment:

ΛΕΟΝΙΔΑΣ said...

Holy Cow!! Who said those Krauts had no sense of humor? That snuffy on the far left in the coal scuttle helmet is the spittin' image of one I have in an old scrap book of another snuffy aged 19 who now uses a Greek handle. Different uniform though.