Thread 64233180

I love these guys and their funny clown camo. Post Belgians, can be either historical or present day.

belgian pawa

I love that chapter of the Belgian air force where they switched to flecktarn for some 10-15 years

Their modern gear is generic and gay

>>64233557

Have a high res version

>>64233271
Didn't those doggos tow machine guns if I recall correctly?
>>64233549
Well they do share a border with the Dutch?

>>64237506
Nvg for a europoor military in the 90s was a big deal. Surprised to see it here.

>>64237699
Belgium was balling in the 90s

>>64234336
I bet it sucks riding that but im not gonna pretend like that doesnt look fucking sick

>>64233180 (OP)
Why Belgium even exist? Couldn't Napoleon fuck them up in a day ? Heck even today's France could take it in a day. They are pathetic compared to similar "countries" like Switzerland. Idk why France is so gay and doesn't take all the french speaking countries around

>>64238030
Considering the Belgian army is a branch of the French army in all but name nowadays. A day would be long.

>>64233509
there's a lot going on in this picture and I love it.
RIP to the Belgian Air Force

>>64238030
>Why Belgium even exist
That whole region exists because French and Germans cant stop hatefucking eachother and creating confused hybrid cultures.

>>64239245
fpbp

>>64238030
>>64239245
>>64239272
Its a product of the Spanish Hapsburg's and exists as its own separate entity because its Catholic while the rest of the low countries are largely Protestant. It has almost nothing to do with the Germans.

How did they get themselves invaded not once, but TWICE?

>>64239245
So why isn't Wallonia a province of Frogland and the flems a Catholic minority of Clogland?

>>64239380
the brits wouldn't let the dutch retake the south so they gave the french the okay to counter invade. but also told the french not to take any land.
the new "belgian" royal house was a german princ widower of an english princes and a french princes.
it was the "everyone but the dutch" affair. all because the great powers saw that a united low countries would be to strong.

>>64239380
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Revolution. Note that the term "liberals" in that article means "industrial tycoons", not American liberals.
Also read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congress_of_Vienna.
Another issue is Belgium's strategic and fortunate economical position throughout European history, which caused a lot of happy looting, glorious war and centuries of oppression. Belgians aren't particularly fond of (foreign) authority.

>>64239404
Tl:dr: Belgium exists because otherwise the Netherlands would dominate too hard. Without Belgium, Europe is fucked and without Europe, the world is fucked

>>64239611
>>64238030
It was a Catholic part of the Netherlands which at the time was trying to suppress Catholicism, which is why it's a weird mix of Frogs and Clogs. Flemish are Catholic Dutch and Walloons are basically another type of French. They had a bloodless revolt and claimed independence in like 1830, and the Dutch appealed to the UK, France and Germany to not recognize Belgian's independence (because UK was battling Irish independence, Germany with the Poles, France with its regions etc) and they all said "fuck you this is a real country now, get rekt faggot"

as a side-note, Wallonia used to be the armoury of Europe.
Before the FN, wallonia invented the Mosin-Nagant, the first Machine Gun (the Montigny gun), and even before the Mons Meg (the medieval canon, mostly used in Scotland) , and basically build the artillery of the Spanish Empire (through Jean Curtius).

>>64240051
correct

Didn't the Flems and the Walloons nearly have a religious civil war in the 20th Century?

>>64240244
no? why that

>>64233509
...a boar?

>>64240539
>Awelawelawel! Een zwijnske! Komt ge maar efkes mee naart bureau!
>En denk moar nie datet Parket in uwen geknor trapt he!

>>64240599
Knowing English and German, and then reading dutch feels like an abuse of pattern recognition

>>64240878
Is Dutch just German with funny writing?

>>64241015
Dutch is like if a Frenchman was writing in English using German letters while completely wasted.

>>64240599
koek

>>64233557

'nother pic from Operation Dragon Rouge. You can clearly see the Belgians are wearing a mix of WWII-era Denison smocks and newer Jigsaw uniforms.

>>64233180 (OP)
Annex! ANNEX!!

t. Dutch.

>>64233271
Dogcarts and tophats. God I hate Belgium. We should have won in 1830. A country personified by Poirot. A French mockery of Dutch industriousness.

>>64240599
>maar Gertje ik wil helemaal niet naar het kantboar

>>64243057
>ik moest knorren want de bel deed het niet

>>64239838
>bloodless
there was quite a bit of fighting in 1830
including a lot of Flemings that volunteered for the Dutch army (the Dutch king being more popular in Flanders then the Netherlands certainly didn't hurt).
But the French intervened and stopped the reconquest with the approval of the bongs.

>>64243034
>Annex! ANNEX!!

You fuckers already have one

>>64243071
>ten eerste is het albertooooooooooooooo
>ten tweede ik ben het (mijn koekjes) vergeten

>>64243049
t. sour dutchfag

>>64243072
>the Dutch king being more popular in Flanders then the Netherlands certainly didn't hurt
The truly hilarious part is that the French king Napoleon installed was more popular in the Netherlands than William I.

>>64243201
yea, William I was a bit of a dick and had lived most of his life abroad.
it didn't help that nearly all of his minsters where deeply resented and he personally had a grudge against the Dutch constitution.
2/3 of the 1830 revolt succeeding is on him the other 1/3 is French meddling (such as setting up the whole revolt)

>>64243229
> lived most of his life abroad.
So did Louis, but he at least tried.
I'll never forgive the Bourbons for robbing us of our rabbit (and being Spanish).
Between Willem and not being allowed to go back to being a republic, we really got the short end of the stick politically, huh.

>>64243273
could be worse, you could have a half blood jew lover that dyes his hair to look blond rule the place

>>64243282
...I'm gonna need some context on that one

>>64243308
Wilders is a half blood, his mother is indonesia and he loves jew cum
he dyes his hair because due to being a half blood he can't have his daddies blond hair

>>64243337
Ah, him.
I was still thinking of 19th century monarchs.
He wasn't really in charge though, it seems he's at least smart enough to realize he's only good for pointing out problems, not actually fixing them.

>>64243229
Our constitution is gay. Who are you, NSC?

>>64243368
heel holland is homo
de enige fout die Alba heeft gemaakt was verliezen

>>64239293
Are the Dutch speaking Belgians Catholic too?

>>64243940
Yeah.
The general trend was that below the Rhine delta was majority Catholic, and above was Protestant (though nowadays the Catholics are the biggest Christian group in the Netherlands in general).

>>64243072
>the Dutch king being more popular in Flanders then the Netherlands certainly didn't hurt
I think you made that up

>>64243201
what's also funny is that the Dutch king was a francophone with dodgy dutch and his wife was walloon

>>64243076

I don't get it

Anyone got any info on these PASGT knockoffs the Belgians wearing in the 90s?

>>64250276
>PASGT knockoffs
More like M1s

>>64250285

I mean the vests. Here's a pic of them from behind.

>>64250276
I have the Smarties (local version of Flecktarn, >>64233509) version
I can take more pics if you want

>>64250587
>I can take more pics if you want

Don't let me stop you

Any interesting tidbits about this? Got the vest for cheap without pouches.

>>64250587

please do

>>64252435
>>64253130
sorry for taking so long Anons, I forgot about this thread
anyway, here goes
here's the front and back of the flak vest

>>64256274
and here are the rest of the pouches >>64253130, but not the holster since Ive yet to find one
this along with the bottle pouch are the most common

>>64256288
then there's this general purpose pouch/ bread bag (?)

pistol magazine pouches, this along with >>64256296 arent very common, mine are the only one's Ive found so far and I havent seen any pop up since

>>64256301
forgot pic

>>64256305
size comparison
I had to compress this quite a bit to get 4 chan to accept it, quality might suffer

>>64256315
and the elusive holster pictured here, not mine
made to fit a Browning Hi-Power

>>64256274
>>64256281
>>64256288
>>64256296
>>64256305
>>64256315
>>64256323

Next you want one of my Riesen's?
How many pouches per man and where might those be placed?

>>64256288
one more thing I should mention
the bottle I have in it is an ABL model, which slightly smaller than the American pattern of kidney bottle
American bottles will fit them, but its a tighter squeeze

>>64256342
from what little Ive managed to find on this topic
two magazine pouches per man, usually place to the left and right of the buckle on the webbing
and one water bottle pouch, placed wherever comfortable
I speculate the holster and accompanying pistol magazine pouches were reserved for officers
the bread bag I honestly dont know

>>64256376
You've earned it, anon.

>>64256274

What are the straps on the top and bottom for exactly?

>>64233549
European cars are such shit.

>>64233509
I love flectarn. But why do they have a pet pig?

>>64258763
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chasseurs_Ardennais

>>64258763
It's the food ration.

>>64239224
>a lot going on in this picture
I must be missing it, all I see is wet bracken and an ugly dog.

>>64258746
You didn't post a Ford Pinto either

>>64258726
fitment
Im not fat so I have them about as small as they'll go

>>64258954
or did you mean the ALICE loops?

>>64240878
That's not proper Dutch; it's some Flemish dialect.

t. used to live there

>>64259522
its flemish dialect but not a specific one in particular, its pretty generalised
best I could locate it would be east or west flanders
t.born, raised and lives there

I love Jigsaw so much, it’s so silly.

>>64259927

Same

>>64256274

Got a better pic of the tag?

>>64264821
I'll take one when I get home from work

>>64264821
here you go Anon

>>64265672
two for the price of one

>>64264920
>>64265672
>>64265674

thx /k/

>>64267745

*/k/ing

>>64258829
The pinto and corvair were completely average for compacts in their time and yet he spent no time talking about dangerous import cars

Ralph nader had valid points but the way he presented them was either retarded and sensationalist or actively malicious depending on your take of hanlon's razor.

>>64245309

newfag

>>64243076

kek

>>64243057
NEE SAMSON, KANTOOR

>>64243005
I know this thread is about the Belgians but that flight suit, bomber jacket, and bus driver hat combo fucks incredibly hard

>>64272418

hehe

I like Dutch surplus so much better than Belgian.

>>64282399

What's the difference?

>>64284971
>better camo
>nicer colors
>more usable items
Over all just better stuff.

>>64285194
>better camo

>look inside
>it's literally just a copy of British DPM but with a less shitty helmet

>>64285489
DPM and woodland (I think their marines use that) are so much better than tism jigsaw. And just plain green.

>>64272452
>actively malicious
Not a suprise from someone who doesn't read books and wife was killed in a Corvair accident. He doesn't even have a driver's license.