Thomas W Posted April 30, 2011 Share Posted April 30, 2011 Can anybody tell me what this handwriting says? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytop Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi, Sieger im ... 12. Pl. in 1 Std 38 Minut. Winner in [the] ... 12th place in 1 hour 38 minutes It must be a very special competition, I can not decipher it. Is there a picture or something else? Uwe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 1, 2011 Share Posted May 1, 2011 Hi, Sieger im ... 12. Pl. in 1 Std 38 Minut. Winner in [the] ... 12th place in 1 hour 38 minutes It must be a very special competition, I can not decipher it. Is there a picture or something else? Uwe thats what I read as well, I assume an overland navigation excercise or something? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted May 1, 2011 Author Share Posted May 1, 2011 Here's the photo: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted May 2, 2011 Share Posted May 2, 2011 Looks like he is back from a hard route march... I dont know if they did Topo/Maptreading marches back then. Maybe there was a route march race? Whatever, a great pic showing sweaty and tired... best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AOK4 Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 It says: "Sieger im Armeegepäckmarsch - 12 Kl in 1 Std 38 Minut." So this guy marched 12 kilometres with his rucksack and rifle in 1 hour and 38 minutes. Quite a prestation considering the very comfortable boots... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted June 19, 2011 Share Posted June 19, 2011 I wonder how Army Fitness compared then to now? I realise the boots were not "it", but I remember in the army there was a standard 8km run with kit and anyone taking longer than 45 minutes would get a clip on the ear. Best Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas W Posted June 20, 2011 Author Share Posted June 20, 2011 (edited) I wonder how Army Fitness compared then to now? That's a really interesting, controversial subject. I got into a huge flame war on another military Web site by suggesting that so many physically fit young men were killed in World War I and World War II before they could marry and have children that it may have changed the genetic makeup of Europe. That infuriated almost everyone there. Of course I didn't say it to be insulting. The reason I thought about it is that German flamethrower operators in World War I wore 70-lb flamethrowers into combat. I have photos of flamethrower operators running beside lightly equipped shock troops, and it appears that the flamethrower guys are keeping up without any problem. What if a 70-lb load was easier for the average man to carry in 1916 than it is for today's men? I read that there's nobody alive today who can use a genuine English longbow. English archers were trained from childhood to use the weapon, and they developed massively strong upper bodies. But what if there's a genetic component involved? What if the prime physical specimens were killed in both world wars before they could pass along their genes, and that's the real reason there's nobody alive today who can manage an English longbow? Giraffes and elephants are much smaller today than they were at the turn of the century, because the largest ones were killed by trophy hunters. Let the flame war begin! Edited June 20, 2011 by Thomas W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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