Military Scene In Progress 2004-05-16 - By D Evers
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Didn't the infamous "checkpoint charlie" have CHARLIE or the letter "C" written
in big letters across the front?
I remember a scene from the movie "Gotcha!" where Anthony Edwards turns back to
the commie's on the other side and flips them off. The guard at the gate says
something about how he had been waiting 3 months to do that himself.
[cold war films were great...some still are]
--- Ted Southard <ted@(protected)> wrote:
> Just to nitpick ;) They usually don't put the post numbers on the post.
> Reason being, if their radio's are being monitored, it's just that much more
> helpful if the enemy didn't know so easily which post "post 5" was, hehe. In
> place they'd put the unit or force insignia, or the name of the command.
> Also, in the ground they have hydraulic ramps that open slowly(or really
> fast, but then they need maintainence to get them back down, lol) to stop
> oncoming vehicles. They come in the form of either the ramps(ramp side
> facing away from traffic), or pylons that move up and down out of the
> ground. Sometimes, if there's a long road leading up to the post, they'll
> have large concrete barricades or planters placed so that all traffic has to
> zig-zag to get to the gate. This is so they reduce the chances of truck
> bombers ramming the gate at high speeds.
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