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 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment

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PostSubject: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptySun 12 Feb - 10:03

Ik ga dus een Indian Rifle Company beginnen
en historisch gaat het gaan over het 4th battalion van het 16th Punjab regiment

Bon het grappig is dat het 4th battalion in de reform van 1922 werd gevormd uit het "9th Bhopal" battalion en dat die mannen in de eerste wereld oorlog in Vlaanderen en Frankrijk hebben gestreden

"If one of the component regiments of the 16th Punjab can be singled out for comment, it must surely be the 9th Bhopal - usually referred to as the Bo-Peeps - in Flanders in October 1914. In the late afternoon of a cold, wet, late autumn day, the Bhopals went to the aid of the remnants of a British battalion near Neuve Chapelle. Still in cotton-drill, they had their first encounter with trenches and barbed wire and stayed, locked in battle for three days without food. Their losses were eleven officers and 262 men. Three days later, at Festubert, they lost a further 200. Remaining in France until May 1915, they then went on to Mesopotamia where a sepoy, Chattar Singh, earned a Victoria Cross. On return to India, there remained only fifteen of the originals who had sailed for France in 1914.

The Bhopals did not have linked battalions so that they suffered immediate problems when they sustained the heavy casualties of Flanders in 1914 and 1915. Unknown officers were posted in and whole platoons of reinforcements arrived, made up of differing tribal origins. Notwithstanding, the Bo-Peeps' reputation stood high but they constituted a potent argument in favour of the reforms planned for after the war."

Het 4th battalion maakte in WOII deel uit van de "4th Indian Division" (red eagles) die mee in de grote zandbak tegen de Italianen en de Duitsers mochten vechten, later zaten ze ook in Italië. Het grootste gedeelte van de troepen bestonden uit Punjab Moslims maar er was ook redelijk aandzeel van Sikhs en Dogras.

Bij de onafhankelijkheid in 1947 van india en Pakistan werd het gehele "16th regiment" toegewezen aan Pakistan waarbij de Sikhs en Dogras werden vervangen Punjabi's.

Het "16th regiment" werd daarna deel van het Pakistaanse Punjab regiment en het "4th battalion" werd het "17th Punjab battalion"
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptySun 12 Feb - 11:39

Tom

Ik heriner mij een foto uit het Flanders Field museum waar je een loopgraaf ziet met een heleboel tulbanden die erboven uitsteken. Ze zien er hilarisch uit maar volgens mij een zeer goede keuze.

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allé de eerste aankopen zijn gedaan; ne Indian HQ en ne indian pattern carrier blister... nothing impressive maar alle begin is klein Very Happy
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptySun 12 Feb - 22:46

Ahhh.. The Commonwealth army is getting stronger yet, now the colonies are chiming in...
Ge zult wel uw wapens moeten gaan pikken uit een of andere Duitschen Ammo-depot in Cairo want die hebben we voor jullie niet echt voorzien... Sorry ol' chaps!
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptyFri 24 Feb - 8:38

en lift off alien alien alien zondag mijn eerste battle... k zou die lancia's een moeten kunnen lenen van tomas voor tegen maude Laughing
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptySat 25 Feb - 10:12

Ik weet wel dat die Indiërs wapens van de axis gingen pikken, maar heelder Lancia's? Razz
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptyMon 27 Feb - 8:20

Als zelfs the commonwealth overtuigd begint te geraken van d esuperioriteit van het italiaanse arsenaal...

Sorry, eer is echt geen manier waarop ik die zin op een serieuze manier kan afmaken. Superioritiet en Italiaans arsenaal gaan écht niet samen in 1 zin. Very Happy
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De gemiddelde Italiaanse man denkt daar evenwel lichtelijk anders over Twisted Evil
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PostSubject: Re: 4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment   4th battalion 16th Punjab regiment EmptyTue 28 Feb - 13:09

Wat is trouwens een superioritiet?
Moeten we dan aan Lolo Ferrari denken, ofzo?
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