1968 Department of the Army pamphlet

[Doc Safari]

We all know what CLP is. What was LSA?

LSA was the precursor to CLP. CLP was the result of a product improvement program for LSA if I remember my history correctly.

[Cincinnatus]

LSA was the precursor to CLP. CLP was the result of a product improvement program for LSA if I remember my history correctly.

Thanks. I figured that much; specifically, what did LSA stand for? CLP= Cleans Lubes Protects.

[Doc Safari]

Thanks. I figured that much; specifically, what did LSA stand for? CLP= Cleans Lubes Protects.

"Lubricant, Small Arms"

[dewatters]

LSA was originally designed for the M61 Vulcan. Standard lubricants would get thrown off of the mechanism when it was spun up to 6,000rpm. Given that an aircrew is hard pressed to add additional lubricant to their M61 while in flight, they decided that a thicker, more tenacious lubricant was required. It is referenced as a semi-fluid lubricant.

[az doug]

Those are pickel suits, not Jungle Fatigues. The creases were perma and the pockets give it away.

They were not permanent unless they were sewn in. You "broke starch" back then. My first Army issued Permanent Press Fatigues were in 1977 or 1978 while I was stationed at Fort Benning

When I went in the Army, a few years after that DA Pamphlet came out, they were still using it or one very similar. Brings back old memories.

[DeathMetal]

you gotta love this old retro stuff.

[Cobra66]

The manual for German Tiger tank crews was more risque.
The Tigerfibel

This is a great find too!
Elvira and Connie are both women with curves.
COMPLETELY OFF TOPIC - when did women built like 14 year old boys become popular

The PM manuals still featured nice looking gals as late as the mid 2000s when I got out (haven't seen one since), but are certainly a lot toned down from what they were in the 1960s.

[Tango-Alpha]

I ordered some several months ago:

http://www.midwayusa.com/viewproduct...tnumber=310436

Worth every penny of just over $3.00

Ordered a couple for myself. Don't you just love Midway? Thanks Larry Potterfield!

[warpigM-4]

the comic reminds me of the SGT Rock Comics I read as a Kid and the Sherman Tank comic I can't remember the Name of that one

[Doc Safari]

the comic reminds me of the SGT Rock Comics I read as a Kid and the Sherman Tank comic I can't remember the Name of that one

Wasn't that GI Combat?

No wait, that was the one where they drove a Stuart tank and the guy kept seeing the ghost of General Jeb Stuart from the Civil War. Later the Stuart tank got destroyed and they had some kind of cobbled together tank made up from different tanks IIRC. Man I loved that comic.