Military Scene In Progress 2004-05-16 - By Ted Southard
Back
Possibly back then and at that post(or mayb just in the movies, I dunno),
though I haven't seen any post in my time in that labeled itself like that.
That's like posting a "<- you are here" map for the enemy, lol.
Ted Southard
DigitalFlux Entertainment, LLC
Ted@(protected)
http://www.DigitalFlux.com
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From: "D Evers" <dmevers@(protected)>
To: <truespace@(protected)>
Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2004 10:30 PM
Subject: Re: [TSML] Military Scene In Progress
> 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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