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05-24-2014, 06:40 AM | #1 |
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The Dial Tone figures (male) have a patch on his left shoulder of a standing horse and a lightning bolt in a shield. Is this a real unit patch? If so, what unit? The black beret and beret flash look like '80's Ranger-wear, but the shoulder patch has always puzzled me.
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05-24-2014, 08:47 AM | #2 |
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I dont know if the patch it "real"
but: Horse= Cavalry Division Lightning bolt= Infantry Division |
05-24-2014, 09:03 AM | #3 |
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Lightning bolts are often used for signals units, which would make sense.
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05-24-2014, 11:05 AM | #4 |
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The patch on his shoulder is not an official U.S. Army Shoulder insignia. The closest thing that I have ever seen that the Army has to that design is the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment. A Black horse on a red and white back ground.
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05-24-2014, 11:10 AM | #5 |
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Joecustoms has a page dedicated to this subject:
Why they have the 10th for Dialtone I don't know. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ment-patch.svg Real Military Patches Used on GI Joe Figures - JCWiki
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05-24-2014, 12:03 PM | #6 |
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Joecustoms has a page dedicated to this subject:
Why they have the 10th for Dialtone I don't know. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ment-patch.svg Real Military Patches Used on GI Joe Figures - JCWiki Maybe the Joes wear them for counter-intelligence. Confuse the enemy, etc. One of Scarlett's ideas, maybe. ;)
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05-24-2014, 01:35 PM | #7 |
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Seems like some were well thought out and others were picked because they looked cool-
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05-24-2014, 02:23 PM | #8 |
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If I had to guess I'd say, given that was still back in the day when Rudat had a lot to do with the line, that he might of dug up some old unit patch. I would guess based on his military history hobby that it had something to do with an old and probably now inactive cavalry unit that specialized in communications. Relaying had written messages back in the day between commands. Eventually they modernized with the times and while most the cavalry units upgraded to horses in the 1930's (and some later to helicopters in the 1950s and 60s), they lost their mobility but gained modern radio equipment that added the lighting bolt to their patches.
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05-24-2014, 03:45 PM | #9 |
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That's an interesting website, but on this one occasion I'm not sure I believe everything I read on the 'net! I think they got Dial Tone, Tunnel Rat and Blizzard wrong.
As Trigue noted, I suspect it's some arcane patch dug out of an old footlocker of memorabilia. |
05-24-2014, 04:29 PM | #10 |
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I think you're right.
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