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Originally Posted by Albany Rifles
Colonel when were you in the 4th CMBG? I was in the US 1st Infantry Division (Forward) 1981-1984. 1-26 INF...later 4-16 INF. We had partership units with the PPCLI and 3 RCR.
Bought my Volvo through the Canadian PX! Good O Club too as I recall. Didn't it have a Pirahna tank near the bar?
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Sorry, saw this. Wanted to reply. Forgot. Other things came on my mind.
I was there 86-87 detached right at the downturn right just before the decision was confirmed to pull 4 Bde out. The Piranha tank. Yeah, that was good. Remember we dropped rats into that thing. I heard a story that a Lt from the Crazy 8s (8th Canadian Hussars (Princess Louise) dropped a snake (a boa or a python) into that thing. The snake caught a fish before the blood made the rest go wild.
I think that was the last year of the Canada Trophy and it was a hoot watching the Americans trying to drink Canadian beer. You know after a trip or two into town, you think they could've handled the increased alcohol.
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Originally Posted by Albany Rifles
Purely conventional? NATO would have won but North Germany would have been lost.
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It would've been one hell of a bloody fight. Lahrs was set up good. I had complete confidence that we would stop them. Only thing is that we knew if we were too stubborn, they would just nuke us.