Operation Longhorn
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Operation Longhorn
Operation Longhorn
Date taken: April 1952
Photographer: John Dominis
Date taken: April 1952
Photographer: John Dominis
Mariano Paz
LU4ALM
1967 M606
1952 M100
MEP CE-016-AC Hol-Gar Mfg.
1945 Willys MB
Buenos Aires,ARGENTINA
LU4ALM
1967 M606
1952 M100
MEP CE-016-AC Hol-Gar Mfg.
1945 Willys MB
Buenos Aires,ARGENTINA
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Nice helmets...........
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Very progressive, the soldier chick is Airborne.
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Re: Operation Longhorn
What's that thing on top of the helmets?
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Re: Operation Longhorn
It was a friend or foe I.D. interesting story
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Like Steve Webb posted, it was to identify friendlies from OPFOR troops. I guess the (US) Army thought it made the helmets look more "Soviet"? Notice that the uniforms being worn are a much darker color then the standard Army fatiques and that the rank chevrons are sewn on upside down. This was done in an attempt to make the persons playing OPFOR look more foreign to US troops training with them.SB5477 wrote:What's that thing on top of the helmets?
As for the female wearing the jump wings, She must have been pretty high speed/low drag because back in the day, they didn't water down the training for jump school.
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Nice M38's being used. As the aggresor force I'm sure she was a pleasant distraction to the oppressed civilians, I mean who could resist that!
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Re: Operation Longhorn
The insignia used by the OPFOR was a pink triangle inside of a white circle. Notice that several soldiers are wearing armbands with that on them. On the side of my M59 APC (now, since long departed) the remains of the OPFOR insignia was still visiable (just barely).
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Standard 1950s era OPFOR helmet comb.SB5477 wrote:What's that thing on top of the helmets?
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Re: Operation Longhorn
The dreaded Circle Trigon strikes again! http://thedonovan.com/archives/2009/02/ ... ou_fi.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Aggressor Uniforms:
http://ahecwebdds.carlisle.army.mil/aww ... &awdid=787
FM 30-101
Other aggressor FMs
30-102
30-103
JG
http://ahecwebdds.carlisle.army.mil/aww ... &awdid=787
FM 30-101
Other aggressor FMs
30-102
30-103
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Re: Operation Longhorn
The Trigon Agressors spoke "Esperanto" a Latin derivative language developed espescially for the Trigon agressors.. The insignia on the vehicles was a 6" white circle with a triangle within. The Trigon Agressors were active in the 50's-70's.
I bought a clean 1955 M-38A1 at Ft Devens in 1966 that was assigned to the ASA and had the Trigon Insignias on the sides of the cowl and on the front of the frnders. The USA Registration was 2A 5177 with a Serial No 82922.
I bought a clean 1955 M-38A1 at Ft Devens in 1966 that was assigned to the ASA and had the Trigon Insignias on the sides of the cowl and on the front of the frnders. The USA Registration was 2A 5177 with a Serial No 82922.
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Au contrair mon frere...The Trigon Agressors spoke "Esperanto" a Latin derivative language developed espescially for the Trigon agressors...
Esperanto was developed and used long before the U.S. Army used it.
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Re: Operation Longhorn
Nope! Triangle was green! "Aggressor vehicles and heavy equipment are marked with a white circle containing a green equilateral triangle (the Trigon)." FM 30-101 page 27Buggy Man wrote:The insignia used by the OPFOR was a pink triangle inside of a white circle. Notice that several soldiers are wearing armbands with that on them. On the side of my M59 APC (now, since long departed) the remains of the OPFOR insignia was still visiable (just barely).
Matt
As for uniform:
"The Army uniform is jungle green in color which is in keeping with the national colors and the traditional emblem of the Circle Trigon Party. The cut of the shirt, trousers, and oversea cap resembles that of similar items of the United States Army uniform. Footwear also follows United States Army design. Aggressor Army female personnel (including nurses) wear the conventional jungle green uniforms of the same general pattern as those worn by female personnel of the United States Army. The Aggressor helmet, although similar to the United States Army helmet, has a distinctive ridge running front to rear over the crest of the helmet. This ridge is about 81/2 inches long, 1 ½ inches wide, and tapers in height from 11/2 inches in front to 1 inch in back (fig. 5)"
FM 30-101 p.4
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