| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2018 12:29 p.m. PST |
Any that come to mind in particular? Which country(ies), leader(s) and/or year(s)? Dan
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| panzerCDR | 01 May 2018 12:57 p.m. PST |
Yes, July 14, 1989, Paris, France for the French Bicentennial. We had great seats on the Champs-Élysées to watch, right across and down a bit from Presidents Mitterrand and Bush. A great day for a major military parade. Lots of jets, tanks, APCs, soldiers marching, etc. Of course, getting tear gassed later at a cafe was less fun, but over all, an amazing event. |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2018 1:11 p.m. PST |
Panzer: "getting tear gassed later at a cafe was less fun" OMG. What happened at that cafe? Dan |
| OldGrenadier at work | 01 May 2018 2:04 p.m. PST |
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| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2018 2:34 p.m. PST |
That's how they announced last call? :) Dan |
 Legion 4  | 01 May 2018 3:22 p.m. PST |
Hasta la vista baby ! Game over, man ! Schools out ! |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2018 3:50 p.m. PST |
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| panzerCDR | 01 May 2018 3:52 p.m. PST |
This is no S***! After the parade, we went sightseeing around Paris. LOTS of kids with many fire crackers. I joked that we had to get across a bridge over the Seine before they blew it. As we ate dinner at a café, I noticed that many people at the opposite end were getting up and rapidly leaving their seats. More and more people started to leave, with the exodus getting closer to our table. That's odd, I thought. Soon enough we smelled the tear gas and started wheezing, so we got up and ran inside into the restaurant. I think the kids got tired of merely throwing firecrackers and graduated to chemical weapons. We survived, though we went someplace else for dessert. Pretty funny, almost 30 years later. |
| Cacique Caribe | 01 May 2018 4:26 p.m. PST |
Panzer Kids? As in terrorists-in-training? :) Dan |
| skippy0001 | 01 May 2018 5:30 p.m. PST |
In the '60's I was watching television with my father. The news showed the Soviet May Day Parade and it was the first time the BMP was shown. My father was shocked and thought if they ever attacked there'd be no stopping them. One of the reasons I studied history and got into gaming. |
| panzerCDR | 02 May 2018 5:07 a.m. PST |
Not terrorists-in-training, just teenagers or younger with a LOT of fire(cracker)power. ;) |
| Virginia Tory | 02 May 2018 5:49 a.m. PST |
I recall the 1985 May Day parade (coinciding with the WW2 commemorations) and the 1987 one (Bolshevik Revolution) were pretty big. You can find them on Youtube, i think (or at least clips from them). |
| dapeters | 02 May 2018 1:26 p.m. PST |
Always thought it odd that while the West German army stop goose stepping, the East Germans did not, but then the Soviets did as well. |
| Narratio | 02 May 2018 7:05 p.m. PST |
I was in Moscow in 2002, working on design for the Caspian Pipeline. That was quite spectacular in a "Look, we're not threatening global annihilation anymore!" kind of way. |
| Old Wolfman | 03 May 2018 7:10 a.m. PST |
I've seen some fair-sized protests too. |
| twawaddell | 04 May 2018 7:30 a.m. PST |
When I was a kid I used to tell everyone that the Russians and Chinese held big parades in honor of my birthday on May 1st. I told them that all the banners read "Happy Birthday Allen!" I'm pretty sure no one believed it but it gave them pause after watching the news on May 1st!. |
| Cacique Caribe | 04 May 2018 2:32 p.m. PST |
Here's the FINAL parade done by the East Germans in 1989, just days before the collapse of the DDR: YouTube link
YouTube link Dan
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| Legion 4 | 08 May 2018 6:06 a.m. PST |
I do remember in the Army … the last thing we wanted to do is a "frakk'n parade" !!!!  |
is after something that has presence, that actually looks like a small stand of tropical bushes, and is cheap, tough and portable.
