Good Guys and Bad Guys

[xoxoxoBruce]

Our team's handsome lot, Putin's team are thieving sots.

Now everyone knows is the late thirties the US was the bestest neighbor, not bullying anybody except maybe Mexico… um, South America, and some little tiny islands nobody wanted anyway. We weren't taking sides either, that lend lease stuff was just charity... err, business... no, charity.

But despite our neighborliness they couldn’t leave us alone, so we had to go save the whole world and a few close galaxies. Being wonderful people, we didn’t rape and pillage… hey that was consensual and you can’t prove different. And the Germans in the Atomic program begged to move where they could be free. So did the rocket guys.
Oh, and the weapons guys… and aircraft.

In contrast, the Russians were accosting pure virtous barmaids, and stealing the whole factories... we hadn’t gotten around to bombing into pixie dust.
Tsk tsk, naughty Russians.

Our goodguy soldiers only brought home nasty things that the German children might injure themselves with.
See, for the children, our guys thought of the children.


Like a 9mm Luger.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Well I'll be damned, what the hell is that post doing in Dana's thread? I meant to start a new thread. DAMN YOU HONEY MEAD!

[DanaC]

Lol I did wonder what relevance this had! Was puzzling over it for about an hour :p

[xoxoxoBruce]

Sorry Dana, maybe glatt will move it.

[glatt]

I could do that. Where do you want it?

[xoxoxoBruce]

I'd intended to post it in Philosophy, but as a new thread, not cluttering Dana's.

[sexobon]

"BEL.B" likely stands for Belgium Browning, "7.65" being the caliber (7.65×17mm Browning/32 ACP), with "74490" being the serial number. It was likely a Browning M1922, a variant of the M1910 with a longer barrel and magazine, which was made for military use including for the Germans after they took over Belgium. It was also produced chambered for the 9x17mm Browning/9mm kurz (short)/380 ACP. The M1922 link lists the multiple variations of that model number to help identify it. It also shows that the serial number is within the 1940-1944 production time frame. The 32 auto was a much more popular military and police cartridge in Europe than it was here where the 380 auto/9mm short was preferred. The 9×19mm Parabellum/9mm luger is a different cartridge that would not match the paperwork.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Hmm, strange, I haven't seen it for a shitload of years but I remember it looking like a Lugar with the round barrel and that toggle on top. When I found this paperwork I jumped to the conclusion it was for that gun. My bad. Didn't know he'd liberated more than one... for the children of course.