M8 Greyhound Armored Vehicle Being Assaulted In WWII.

[mds308]

OK, so I lied.  It's not really being assaulted.  I know what he's doing but I thought I'd have some fun with this.  What he's really doing is...

 

1.  Checking the oil.

2. Inflating a tire.

3. Checking for leaks (found one).

4. ???

5. ???

What's your take?

 

[mikie]

He's pissed off about something?

[T Ambrosini]

"Open ranks inspection?  Uh, yeah...  Let me just straighten up this gig line first"........

[COL911]

My sergeant told us it was good for the rubber tires; extended their service life.

[mikie]

I heard that Russian cosmonauts pee on the tires of the bus that takes them to the pad on launch day. It's supposed to be good luck.

[Dogsbody]

He's clearly going with the flow..

 

Rene

[General Apathy]

On 11/27/2020 at 8:00 PM, mds308 said:

OK, so I lied.  It's not really being assaulted.  I know what he's doing but I thought I'd have some fun with this.  What he's really doing is...

 

1.  Checking the oil.

2. Inflating a tire.

3. Checking for leaks (found one).

4. ???

5. ???

What's your take?

 

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Hi mds308,

 

Looking at the photograph it looks late war period heading into Germany, the front and rear mudguards were taken off at this period of the war.  Perhaps he was just emulating General Patton who stopped while crossing the Rhine and topped up the flow of the river. 

 

I added the arrow as part of the General was out of uniform at the time the photo was taken.  

 

regards lewis

 

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[mds308]

16 minutes ago, General Apathy said:

Looking at the photograph it looks late war period heading into Germany

Most of the other photos from the group were dated 1945.

[mds308]

That's his M8 and he's marking his territory.  

[Dogsbody]

11 hours ago, General Apathy said:

.

Hi mds308,

 

Looking at the photograph it looks late war period heading into Germany, the front and rear mudguards were taken off at this period of the war.  Perhaps he was just emulating General Patton who stopped while crossing the Rhine and topped up the flow of the river. 

 

I added the arrow as part of the General was out of uniform at the time the photo was taken.  

 

regards lewis

 

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That's a very straight aim.............

[GMPETE]

Draining the radiator.

[The Rooster]

I was in the guard from 81-99 and that excersize was a very common occurrence.

And most likely Prob still is. No body ever explained the theory behind it, but everyone did it.

Made a nice shield from oncoming traffic on the highways.

I read that in WW2, Allied POWS of the Germans and Italians did that because it deteriorated the tires.

Maybe thats how it started. ???