Citat:A Commonwealth’s stretcher bearer fails to persuade his mule to continue pulling a cart loaded with medical supplies, Sicily, 19 July 1943.
Take away the soldier’s modern uniform and we could be looking at any of the armies that invaded Sicily in the last 25 centuries. Proof that technology may have evolve, intentions not so much.
Both in Sicily and Italy, the rugged terrain proved an obstacle as hard to beat as the Axis forces. Fully mechanized armies had once again to rally on ancient means of transport.
Despite some obvious flaws in its character, none was more reliable and hard-working then the mule. Thousands were used by the opposing armies to transport supplies, weapons, ammo and wounded up and down hills and mountains... https://www.facebook.com/TheTruthInColor/photos/a......mp;theater
voja64 ::Dve interesantne slike zaštite životinja u I SR sa zaštitnim maskama
Bile su mi interesantne slike pa sam malo proguglao. Ovo je nemačka maska iz WWII, model Pferdegasmaske-41. Evo još fotografija:
Ono što mi je čudno kod ove maske je to što ima zaštitne naočare i ova dva bakelitna konusa sa filterima koji se guraju u nozdrve, ali nema nikakvu zaštitu za usta. One četiri crne "kese" iz kompleta na poslednjoj fotografiji su zaštita za noge. Nije mi jasno kako ovakva maska funkcioniše sa nezaštićenim ustima. Jedino ako su konji obučeni da dišu samo na nos...
