PT Boats

[kach22i]

Some old WW II ads.
http://www.geocities.com/ptboatads/sz.htm

[charmc]

Neat, George.

I remember reading ads like that in old National Geographics when I was a kid collecting newspapers and magazines to recycle for the money. I'd cull the NG's, keep them in my room, at least until my mom swept through periodically and tossed them.

I told her once that I would have become wealthy selling all my old childhood "stuff" to collectors if she hadn't kept throwing it all away. Her response was that since I couldn't keep my room clean, I didn't deserve to be wealthy.

[kach22i]

I thought they all used 50 cal Brownings?

Winchester

Pheasants with my bird gun in the morning, Zeros with my twin-50's in the afternoon!

[charmc]

Originally Posted by kach22i

I thought they all used 50 cal Brownings?

In WW I and WW II, when the priority was maximum production of critical items, it was common for the government to arrange for other companies to produce an item under license. In the case of Winchester, however, there was a prior relationship, as the Browning .50 was developed while Browning was doing work with Winchester.

"Browning and the Winchester engineers also developed the Browning .50 caliber machine gun during the war (WWI). The caliber.50 ammunition for it was designed by the Winchester ballistic engineers." Indopedia, Winchester Rifle

[safewalrus]

Poetic license, who cares, worked didn't it - bloody good job it did! Stop nitpicking, you could have been doing it in Japanese or German otherwise!!

[kach22i]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Poetic license, who cares, worked didn't it - bloody good job it did! Stop nitpicking, you could have been doing it in Japanese or German otherwise!!

No nit-picking, I'm just enjoying myself by learning something new.

[safewalrus]

OH well in that case, pass the nits, why keep them to yourself?