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AS SEEN ON TV - Seen at 110th Street Subway Station

I can’t tell from this angle what gun that is but I have seen a number of NYPD officers carrying what looks to be the Smith and Wesson M&P 40. I even saw two guys that had M&P 40s with silver slides, which is odd to see on a police sidearm.

2:58 pm  •  31 July 2012  •  8 notes

A handy little ID guide to the more common World War II German insignia’s. I grabbed this because I noticed that in the tagged WW2 photos there were a number I could not ID. 

A 34th SS Gren Division “Nederland Storm Country

B-23rd Volunteer Panzer Gren Div. “Nederland” 

C-24th Waffen SS Mountain Div. “Karst Jager” 
D-25th Waffen SS Gren Div. “No Hungarian. 2” 
D-26th Waffen SS Gren Div. “Hungarian no. 3” 
R-15th Waffen SS Gren Division “Latvian No.. I” 
G-35th pole Gren Division “Polizei Division 2” 
H-31st SS Frw Gren Division 
I-SS Frw Gren Division “Bohemia-Moravia” 
J- 32nd SS Volunteer Gren Division “January 30” 
K-33rd Waffen SS Gren Division “Charlemagne” 
L-11th Frw Panzer Gren Division “Nordland” 
M-5th SS Panzer Division “Wiking” 
N-36th Waffen SS Gren Division “Dirlewanger” 
O- 19th Waffen SS Gren Division “Latvian No.. II” 
P-20th Waffen SS Gren Division “Estonian No.. I” 
Q-21st Div weapons building of the SS “Skanderbeg” 
R-22nd WW Frw Kav Division “Maria Theresa” 
S 6th SS Mountain Division “Nord” 
T-37th SS Vol Cavalry Division “Lutzow” 
U-27th SS Vol Gren Division “Flemish No.. I” 
V-28th SS Vol Panzer Gren Division “Wallonie” 
W-29th Waffen SS Gren Division “Italian No.. I “ 
X-30th Waffen SS Gren Division “No Russian. II” 
Y-7th SS Vol Mountain Division “Prinz Eugen” 
Z-10th SS Panzer Division “Frundsberg” 
AA 38th SS Panzer Gren Division “Nibelungen” 
BB-23rd SS Vol Panzer Gren Division “Nederland” 
CC-12th SS Panzer Division “Hitler Jugend” (Hitler Youth) 
DD LSSAH 
EE-lovers banner SS 
FF-9th SS Panzer Division “Hohenstaufen” 
GG-16th SS Panzer Gren Division “Reich Fuhrer SS” 
HH-17th SS Panzer Gren Division “Gotz von Berlichingen” 
JJ-18th SS Vol Panzer Gren Division “Horst Wessel” 
KK-13th SS Mountain Division “dagger” 
LL-14th SS Waffen Gren Division “Galicia No. I” 
MM-8th SS Cavairy Division “Florian Geyer “ 
NN-1st SS Panzer Division “Lieb standard” 
OO-2nd SS Panzer Division “Das Reich” 
SS Panzer Division 3rd PP “Totenkopf” 
QQ-4th SS Panzer Division “Polizei Division” 
RR-Great Germany Division

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3:42 pm  •  18 March 2012  •  1 note