Topic: Cold War
Playing cards marked with silhouettes to practice recognition of armoured fighting vehicles and aircraft were a novelty given or sold to soldiers during the Cold War. A late edition of such cards was produced by Woods Manufacturing, of Ottawa, Ontario, (now Guthrie Woods.
The four aces for this deck, pictured above, featured the following:
- M1A2 Abram Main Battle Tank (MBT) (US)
- T80 Main Battle Tank (MBT) (Russian)
- MIG-29 FULCRUM (Russia)
- CF-18 HORNET (Canada/US)
Posted by regimentalrogue
at 12:01 AM EDT