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Title: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: LongBlade on May 21, 2013, 12:45:40 PM
Gus asked me to post this on his behalf.

PBS is running a show on the Ghost Army tonight. Might be worth DVRing.

http://www.ghostarmy.org/

I'll set mine now.
Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: Martok on May 21, 2013, 01:53:57 PM
Huh; interesting.  Would these be the same guys that helped create Patton's fake invasion force to keep the German 15th Army pinned down in Calais? 

Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: bob48 on May 21, 2013, 03:24:09 PM
Oh yeah. US '1st Army Group' - Operation Bodyguard / Fortitude.
Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: TheCommandTent on May 21, 2013, 05:34:09 PM
I'll probably miss this but let us know how it is.
Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: LongBlade on May 21, 2013, 06:31:57 PM
It'll be on later tonight and I think Thursday too.
Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: eyebiter on May 21, 2013, 07:30:38 PM
What type of AFV chasis was used for the sonic unit?  Tracked vehicle with large speaker mounted on top.
Title: Re: Ghost Army on TV
Post by: Staggerwing on May 21, 2013, 08:28:39 PM
EDIT: deleting a guess that was probably way off the mark. Instead...

It must be an M3 variant with the front cab area hidden by the camera angle. Look at the drive wheels and return wheels.

(https://www.grogheads.com/forums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2F9%2F96%2FM3_Halftrack.jpg&hash=6269895533e09dac6fd94d3cbedc6a422b3f7085)