what ever gets you through the nite

[DennyB]

In my U.S.Army unit in the early 70s there were quite often 5% to 10% frequently using heroin and about 75% used marijuana, including the company commander.

[florian_geyer72]

hello,

Ernst Udet was a Pervitin addicted too.

[pzrwest]

In his book No Birds Sang, Lt. Farley Mowat makes many references to issue rum being used. Alot carried canteens full of the suff

[Stammerjohan]

In his book No Birds Sang, Lt. Farley Mowat makes many references to issue rum being used. Alot carried canteens full of the suff

Who are you refering to? no mention of rum ration in his book? so it never happened? You comment is very vauge... please explain.

[pzrwest]

What I was referring to was near the end of his book he remarks that he and other used alot of issue rum to dull their senses and to drive off "the Worm" as he states. Helped them through the terror they were about to face.

[fozz]

what

Just watched Jacob's ladder on SKY, SCARRY S***!

[PlaceOfBayonets]

All I can add to this is my Dad (and crew) while in the guard and in command of a tank during the yearly training in the Californian Desert would load the tank up with cold beer and drink it all day long on duty. And never have to get out to take a leak he added.

W.

[landsknechte]

I thought that LSD was originally intended to be an "interrogation" drug.

One of my many pending reenacting projects is to try to find a suitable aluminum vial to use as the basis of a Pervitin bottle for my kit. (Probably filled with Penguin caffeine mints or something similar.) I've got enough photos to work with to repop the label, if I can find the bottle to put 'em on.

[Paul G]

I recall reading about Japanese Kamakazi pilots being given Methanphetamine to get them going.

PG-

[r_hufschmied]

You will find that soldiers in combat will use anything and everything too dull the senses, wind down, get through, stay alert, stay sharp ... take your pick. Uppers for action and downers for the rest and monotony, as combat/high stress doesn't f*#k you up enough!?

[napesica]

pervitan containers

well here you go.....

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...light=pervitan

I thought that LSD was originally intended to be an "interrogation" drug.

One of my many pending reenacting projects is to try to find a suitable aluminum vial to use as the basis of a Pervitin bottle for my kit. (Probably filled with Penguin caffeine mints or something similar.) I've got enough photos to work with to repop the label, if I can find the bottle to put 'em on.

[karlo]

One of the earliest uses of methamphetamine was during World War II when it was used by Allied and Axis forces.[6] The German military dispensed it under the trade name Pervitin. It was widely distributed across rank and division, from elite forces to tank crews and aircraft personnel, with many millions of tablets being distributed throughout the war.[7] From 1942 until his death in 1945, Adolf Hitler may have been given intravenous injections of methamphetamine by his personal physician Theodor Morell. It is possible that it was used to treat Hitler's speculated Parkinson's disease, or that his Parkinson-like symptoms that developed from 1940 onwards resulted from using methamphetamine

[lnijherald]

The Dutch were neutral during the Great War, so they supplied cocaine to every belligerent nation. It was produced by the Dutch Cocaine Factory in Amsterdam, and its production even continued after the Opium Law was introduced in 1920.

http://www.rnw.nl/english/article/du...ltimate-weapon

Luc

[jelle]

http://en.allexperts.com/e/b/be/benzedrine.htm

British airborne were isseud these tablets,and were used during the Arnhem battle to keep men awake and on edge according to accounts .A side effect sometimes being double sight.

Regards Johan