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May 31, 2018 at 6:51 pm #1195368

oriskany

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Here’s the scary thing, @piers – if you did do Chaos Sealions, they would look so good and so convincing I would almost believe they were historically accurate. 😀

“Pictured here we have a Stabsgefreiter and his team of sonderseelöwen angriffkommando (SdSK), specifically detached from SdSK Abtlg 901. These are not to be confused with their Kriegsmarine counterparts, sea lions trained to clear enemy minefields and were thus trained and served thus under the aegis of the German Navy. Although their enhanced sea lion flippers were specially modified and armored (i.e., the dreaded panzerflippen), and they did well as slapping the hell out of British Home Guard bicycle scouts, their overall effect on the outcome of the campaign is debated. A specialized airborne variant for the Luftwaffe (fallschirmseelöwen) was proposed but the war ended before the idea could be expanded upon.”