The 76th Independent Battalion (Part 6)

FLATTOP

Friday, December 15, 2006 4:23 PM

The banner is free to any and all members of the 76th!

I'm glad you like it Colonel.

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You appear to have snagged just a touch more than you wanted, or not quite enough.

The "Sign up NOW!" and "More information" lines are actually 2 seperate lines.
If you want to include them, snag lines 2+ of my sig. (reply with quote to this message, and pull it out of the reply).

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TRISTAN

Friday, December 15, 2006 4:28 PM

Hi, there, FFG!
Long time no hear from! Are all things shiny in your part of the 'Verse?

FlatTop, thank you again. I will be adding that to my sig by next post!

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TRISTAN

Friday, December 15, 2006 4:33 PM

Test to see if this worked...

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Thank you again for this, FlatTop!

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CANTER

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:00 PM

Hi guys!

Thanks for all the offers of help! You guys are making me very, very shy now. I don't know what to say. If you guys can get me the badges together and just let me know where to send the cash, I'd be very, very grateful!

Tristan, will you let me know if there's anything I can do? I feel a bit useless.

I've heard back from the weapons guy. They say the gun I'm asking about doesn't exist. Which I find a bit strange since I've seen pictures.
It's probably a numbers thing, I'm looking now through his catalogue to see one that looks similar and think I've found one. Its a
Tokyo Marui TM-AEG-G36C, and it looks rather similar to the pictures posted here. In fact, I think it's the same gun (what with the G36C and everything!) So I can't understand why they told me that a G36C is a Glock 36 handgun. ?!! Well, life is strange I suppose.

And I might get some good news on airtickets. Keep your fingers crossed.

And Magdalena: I was just wondering, Are you flying directly from Aus to Atlanta, or do you also have to stop along the way to change flights?

I'm visiting my folks next week and will then ask my mom to help me with the coat. Will we know by then what sort of material we're using? And you'll have to post pictures because I haven't recognised a single material name since the beginning of the coat discussion. I suppose terminology change the further south you go...

And, one last question until I get back to a computer on Monday.. Can we make t-shirts with the battalion logo? It's so pretty.

Have a nice weekend!



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TRISTAN

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:13 PM

Morning, Canter!

One thing I may suggest...hold off on the coat until at least Monday. By then, I should have a pattern stabilized and pictures up in this thread. We are aiming at having a single "cut" of coat if at all possible. I promise that I am working as fast as humanly possible to get photos up so you can see what it is supposed to look like! The material is still up in the air, but I think we have narrowed it down to either a linen or a looser-weave cotton duck (almost canvas). The coat I am building right now is made of the cotton duck. Y'all will have to let me know what you think when you see it.

As for the gun...from what I remember, the Marui you are talking about is a high-end gun...they are kind of expensive, too. Remember, if you can't get ahold of one, there will be at least a few for you to borrow when you arrive! (Notice the when and not if )

Don't worry about doing anything...if you come up with any ideas or input, let us know. Just showing up will be enough!

T-shirts...now that would be a shiny idea! Anyone in here know anything about printing up t-shirts?

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TRISTAN

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:45 PM

This is a post from Quandom over on the Roll Call thread that I am moving over here for all of us to see. We would like to keep the Roll Call thread for the use of people signing up, and this thread for the longer posts involving discussions. Not trying to be an ass about it, but it makes it easier for us to find who signed up and to transfer the info.

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Originally posted by Quandom
We are a bandd of KNOWLEDGEABLE brothers, that much is evident.

Also, for the exact location of CSA butternet pants with optional infantry Sargeant's strip, see

http://www.blockaderunner.com/Catalog/catpg14.htm

amd find the text
"STANDARD INFANTRY TROUSERS"

and for the NCO stripe, the text
"STRIPE OR PIPING "

'butternet' is extra (!!) so the cost of butter NCO all wool pants with the regulation 1" wide stripe will be $ $125. (65+30+30) - and you'll have to wear drawers underneath or your legs will itch!

Turning back to organization;
Given that Independents would be raised local to a particular location, I'd expect that you would first see sharpshooter detachments first organized informally within the batallion (regiment) and then gathered within the brigade, which is what happens in the Army of Northern Virginia. In contrast, the US service had two entirely independent batallions of United States Sharp Shooters (USSS) with special uniforms (dark green with black rubber buttons) and weapons (Sharps breech loading rifles).

So, let us suppose the 76th is an element of the 57th Brigade. The sharpshooters might be cathered into a 'converged' battalion during an engaement, then returned to their parent battalions.

I'd also note that unlike current practice, the Indy batallions have their own identity - they are 1/57, but more like the regiments in a Civil War brigade. As you all may remember, all regiments in a CS brigade would nearly always be from the same 'state' - I suppose that would be analagous to 'planet' in our 'Verse.

I'd speculate that the Alliance would be much more like the US army of WWII - 'vanilla legions'.
Indies are 'fire and manuever',
Alies are 'mass and blast'
et al.

This is way too much fun and is keeping me from work.

Oh well, another time consuming vice is born.

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FIREFLYGAL

Friday, December 15, 2006 5:52 PM

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Originally posted by Tristan:
Morning, Canter!
T-shirts...now that would be a shiny idea! Anyone in here know anything about printing up t-shirts?

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