±Recent Visitors

Recent Visitors to Com-Central!

±User Info-big


Welcome Anonymous

Nickname
Password

Membership:
Latest: HighestAce
New Today: 0
New Yesterday: 0
Overall: 6648

People Online:
Members: 0
Visitors: 428
Total: 428
Who Is Where:
 Visitors:
01: Home
02: Home
03: Your Account
04: Community Forums
05: Member Screenshots
06: Community Forums
07: Community Forums
08: Photo Gallery
09: Community Forums
10: Community Forums
11: Community Forums
12: Community Forums
13: Community Forums
14: Community Forums
15: Community Forums
16: Home
17: Photo Gallery
18: Community Forums
19: Community Forums
20: Home
21: Home
22: Home
23: Community Forums
24: Community Forums
25: News Archive
26: News Archive
27: Member Screenshots
28: Photo Gallery
29: Community Forums
30: Community Forums
31: Community Forums
32: Community Forums
33: Home
34: Downloads
35: Home
36: Home
37: Downloads
38: Home
39: Home
40: Home
41: Photo Gallery
42: Home
43: Home
44: Home
45: Community Forums
46: Home
47: Community Forums
48: Home
49: Community Forums
50: Home
51: Community Forums
52: Community Forums
53: Community Forums
54: Downloads
55: Member Screenshots
56: Home
57: Home
58: Home
59: Home
60: Photo Gallery
61: Home
62: Home
63: Home
64: Community Forums
65: Home
66: Photo Gallery
67: Community Forums
68: Home
69: Member Screenshots
70: Home
71: Home
72: Your Account
73: Member Screenshots
74: Home
75: Home
76: Home
77: Photo Gallery
78: Home
79: Downloads
80: Home
81: Community Forums
82: Home
83: Downloads
84: Home
85: Home
86: Home
87: Home
88: Home
89: Home
90: Home
91: Community Forums
92: Community Forums
93: Community Forums
94: Community Forums
95: Photo Gallery
96: Community Forums
97: News Archive
98: Home
99: Home
100: Home
101: Home
102: Community Forums
103: Home
104: Community Forums
105: Home
106: Home
107: Community Forums
108: Member Screenshots
109: Statistics
110: Community Forums
111: Photo Gallery
112: Community Forums
113: Downloads
114: Home
115: Community Forums
116: Community Forums
117: Community Forums
118: Community Forums
119: Home
120: Community Forums
121: Downloads
122: Community Forums
123: Community Forums
124: Community Forums
125: Community Forums
126: Home
127: Home
128: Home
129: Home
130: Community Forums
131: Home
132: Home
133: Photo Gallery
134: Home
135: Home
136: Home
137: Community Forums
138: Home
139: Home
140: Home
141: Home
142: Home
143: Home
144: Home
145: Member Screenshots
146: News
147: Photo Gallery
148: Community Forums
149: Community Forums
150: Photo Gallery
151: Home
152: Community Forums
153: Member Screenshots
154: News Archive
155: Photo Gallery
156: Member Screenshots
157: Downloads
158: Home
159: Home
160: Home
161: Home
162: Home
163: Home
164: Home
165: Community Forums
166: Home
167: Community Forums
168: Home
169: Community Forums
170: Home
171: Home
172: Photo Gallery
173: Community Forums
174: Photo Gallery
175: Community Forums
176: Community Forums
177: Member Screenshots
178: Member Screenshots
179: Community Forums
180: Member Screenshots
181: Community Forums
182: Home
183: Community Forums
184: Home
185: Home
186: Community Forums
187: Home
188: Home
189: Home
190: Home
191: Home
192: Home
193: Home
194: Home
195: Community Forums
196: Home
197: Member Screenshots
198: Home
199: Member Screenshots
200: News Archive
201: Community Forums
202: Community Forums
203: Statistics
204: Community Forums
205: Home
206: Home
207: Home
208: Community Forums
209: Community Forums
210: Photo Gallery
211: Community Forums
212: Member Screenshots
213: Home
214: Community Forums
215: Community Forums
216: Downloads
217: Home
218: Home
219: Photo Gallery
220: Home
221: Home
222: Home
223: Downloads
224: Home
225: Home
226: Home
227: Home
228: Community Forums
229: Home
230: Home
231: Home
232: Photo Gallery
233: Community Forums
234: Statistics
235: Home
236: Home
237: Home
238: Home
239: Home
240: Home
241: Home
242: Home
243: Home
244: Home
245: Home
246: Home
247: Home
248: Photo Gallery
249: Home
250: Home
251: Home
252: Home
253: Home
254: Home
255: Home
256: Community Forums
257: Photo Gallery
258: Member Screenshots
259: Community Forums
260: Community Forums
261: Home
262: Community Forums
263: Home
264: Home
265: Home
266: Home
267: Community Forums
268: Home
269: Home
270: Home
271: Community Forums
272: Home
273: Home
274: Home
275: Home
276: Home
277: Home
278: Home
279: Home
280: Community Forums
281: Home
282: Community Forums
283: Home
284: Home
285: Member Screenshots
286: Home
287: Home
288: Photo Gallery
289: Community Forums
290: Home
291: Home
292: Home
293: Home
294: Home
295: Community Forums
296: Community Forums
297: Member Screenshots
298: Member Screenshots
299: Member Screenshots
300: Home
301: Home
302: Home
303: Home
304: Home
305: Home
306: Community Forums
307: Home
308: Home
309: Home
310: Home
311: Member Screenshots
312: Home
313: Home
314: Home
315: Photo Gallery
316: Home
317: Home
318: Home
319: Home
320: Community Forums
321: Home
322: Home
323: Community Forums
324: Home
325: Home
326: Community Forums
327: Photo Gallery
328: Community Forums
329: Home
330: Home
331: Home
332: Home
333: Home
334: Community Forums
335: Home
336: Home
337: Home
338: Home
339: Community Forums
340: Home
341: Home
342: Home
343: Home
344: Home
345: Home
346: Photo Gallery
347: Home
348: Home
349: Home
350: Home
351: Community Forums
352: News
353: Community Forums
354: Member Screenshots
355: Community Forums
356: Home
357: Home
358: Home
359: Home
360: Home
361: Community Forums
362: Home
363: Photo Gallery
364: Community Forums
365: Member Screenshots
366: Home
367: Photo Gallery
368: Photo Gallery
369: Community Forums
370: Community Forums
371: Community Forums
372: Community Forums
373: Community Forums
374: Member Screenshots
375: Photo Gallery
376: Community Forums
377: Home
378: Community Forums
379: Community Forums
380: Downloads
381: Photo Gallery
382: Community Forums
383: Community Forums
384: Community Forums
385: Community Forums
386: Community Forums
387: Community Forums
388: Photo Gallery
389: Home
390: Community Forums
391: Photo Gallery
392: Downloads
393: Community Forums
394: Community Forums
395: Community Forums
396: Community Forums
397: Community Forums
398: Photo Gallery
399: Community Forums
400: Community Forums
401: Photo Gallery
402: News Archive
403: Photo Gallery
404: Home
405: Home
406: Community Forums
407: Home
408: Home
409: Home
410: Home
411: Home
412: Home
413: Home
414: Community Forums
415: Home
416: Home
417: Home
418: Downloads
419: Home
420: Community Forums
421: Home
422: Member Screenshots
423: Home
424: Home
425: Community Forums
426: Community Forums
427: Home
428: Community Forums

Staff Online:

No staff members are online!
Licher Bier alert!!!
The AFV ASSOCIATION was formed in 1964 to support the thoughts and research of all those interested in Armored Fighting Vehicles and related topics, such as AFV drawings. The emphasis has always been on sharing information and communicating with other members of similar interests; e.g. German armor, Japanese AFVs, or whatever.
Go to page Previous  1, 2
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page     Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board

View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2068
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 2:29 am
Post subject: Re: Licher Bier alert!!!

Geoff,

You guys didn't have the "Mug Man" come by once a year?

I got mine packed away somewhere. Good old Licher, Last time I had one was 1986. I gotta order some.

About having those Data Plates changed,

Army was rebuilding and upgrading so many M60's they started confusing folks. Didn't help when many were done at local Depots (Mainz) that didn't update the plates. Was even more confusing if you were in a Battalion with more than one model. In my Platoon in Riley we had RISE/Passive, RISE, and AOS. Also had both types of searchlights. Very confusing. Got so bad PS Magazine put out a guide.

PS Magazine a

PS Magazine b

This is one of the upgrade plates, notice it doesn't have the Government Acceptance Stamp

RISE/Passive Data Plate

Joe D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Geoff_walden
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 26, 2006
Posts: 133

PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 7:20 pm
Post subject: Re: Licher Bier alert!!!

Joe,

Thanks - I was thinking that's what was wrong with our old data plates - they didn't say "Passive."

In my company ... I think in the whole battalion ... we all had RISE (Passives) that were less than three years old. EXCEPT one ancient M60A1 AOS that was about 10 years old, as I recall. I know it was the oldest tank in the battalion. It was a blade tank and it hadn't run in anyone's memory. We fixed it up and took it to Graf one year but it broke down at Hohenfels and never worked again. A couple guys from MZAD came and coded it out, and we were still waiting to turn it in when I left.

No, we didn't have the "Mug Man" ... we did still have the special Tiger Bn. unit insignia and crossed sabers branch insignia for 2-33 then. The "thing" to get when I was there was a fancy wooden desk name plate with all this sort of stuff on it. They came from somewhere around Hunsfeld, so we could only get them when we went on GDP recons.

Did your all's mugs have a "special" scene built into the bottom, so when you emptied it and held it up to the light you got a "surprise?" This 1961 mug has that.

BREAK ...

Don, the "Rock" that used to set out on the road from the main gate to Niederkleen was gone when I was last there about 4 years ago. No-one around there seemed to know where it went.
Mad

Geoff
Back to top
View user's profile
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2068
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:09 pm
Post subject: Re: Licher Bier alert!!!

Geoff said,

Did your all's mugs have a "special" scene built into the bottom, so when you emptied it and held it up to the light you got a "surprise?" This 1961 mug has that.


Yep, I'm pretty sure it's the same "Frauline" too. Don't see why they would change them. Although the top on mine is different, No Tank Sad . They also made the notorious "Dribble Mug" for those unsuspecting freeloaders. I wish I had got one.

Joe D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Dontos
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 24, 2006
Posts: 3436
Location: Vine Grove, KY
PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 8:41 pm
Post subject: Re: Licher Bier alert!!!

- Geoff_walden


BREAK ...

Don, the "Rock" that used to set out on the road from the main gate to Niederkleen was gone when I was last there about 4 years ago. No-one around there seemed to know where it went.
Mad

Geoff


I painted That Rock (at intersection, outside post) The morning I flew (PCS'd). Left it with CAT 89 logo, but was careful as I dumped the cans at the airport, prior to check in.

2/33 had a LT get busted in 86, when paint cans were found and fingerprints were found, at least that was the 'rumor'. Noone touched it for the 3 years I was there, till I 'tagged' it.

No clue what happened to it or the other,.....

Don
Back to top
View user's profile Send e-mail Visit poster's website AIM Address Yahoo Messenger Photo Gallery
Joe_D
Power User

Offline Offline
Joined: Jan 29, 2006
Posts: 2068
Location: Razorback Country
PostPosted: Sun Oct 26, 2008 11:11 pm
Post subject: Re: Licher Bier alert!!!

Don,

Seems like everyone leaving their unit had to do something different so they would be remembered. Seen everything from boots hanging on power lines to spontaneous paint jobs on certain tanks. Chapter cases were the most notorious. Heard of one character who crapped on a Commanders desk and then placed the glass over it to spread it real good. I imagine the CQ runner or Extra duty troop really enjoyed cleaning up that mess.

Joe D
Back to top
View user's profile Photo Gallery
Display posts from previous:   
Post new topic    Reply to topic    Printer Friendly Page    Forum Index ›  AFV News Discussion Board
Page 2 of 2
All times are GMT - 6 Hours
Go to page Previous  1, 2



Jump to:  


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You cannot download files in this forum