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To emphasize how well done and true to life the uniforms and equipment created for the movie really was, the CIA was alerted about the presence of a “train of soviet equipment” being moved to the shooting location and the CIA began an investigation into how the movie studio acquired that much soviet hardware. Also during the opening scene of the VDV landing on the school yard one of the performers was blown off course and landed in a ranchers field, the rancher then proceeded to pull out a rifle and held him prisoner until someone from the film could come and verify that the man wasn’t actually a Russian VDV paratrooper 😂
It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone. The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache. It’s twelve o’clock, American, another day closer to victory. And for all of you out there, on, or behind the line, this is your song.” (Battle hymn of the republic)
I watch 'Red Dawn' every 4th of July! I also imagine the Red Dawn camo would work pretty well in a half-snowed over winter environment where it's mostly woods but there are patches of snow on the ground/branches.
0331 machinegunner - u made it.. Semper Fi-- Red Dawn was a huge reason I joined the Marines in 94.. lol, in '03 i had my platoon of young guys watch REd Dawn to understand the Afghan and Iraq thinking and Soveit type arms.. they actually never saw it , until I showed them as their PltSgt..lmao
Definitely one of the greatest movies of all time. Scared the crap out of us at the time (I was 14 when it came out), as the Cold War was still in full swing. Funny thing is, looking back, the world was far LESS scary and made way more sense back then. Wolverines!
In 1984, I was 19, last year of college, I remember on a gun magazine called Diana Armi ( I'm in Italy) the recension of the movie. Some week later the movie was in a local theatre. I remember, was winter, like in the movie, the cold war was again, Reagan, Breznev, Bush Sr., Andropov. The Soviet invasion of A-stan.....good times, The Free World, and the Com-Bloc. Nostalgia.
It’d be cool if company would make a Hawaiian shirt out the Red Dawn paratrooper camo with AKs or RPKs mixed in. I always thought that from a distance the white splotches on it looked like flowers.
In the late '70s I read a book with literally 'no author' as the publisher tells the story - a guy drove to his house handed him the manuscript and drove off without leaving any contact info. The novel was published under the title 'Defiance' and I swear it was the book the 'Red Dawn' movie was based on although I understand there was a book called 'Red Dawn' - so I dunno. I can't find heads or tails of that book in several internet searches so I figure it was a small batch published and never revised. I gave my only copy of 'Defiance' to a friend to read and forgot about it for years and had since moved and lost contact. Iconic movie that probably too many of us still fantasize about - not the girls - the 'invasion'!
CORRECTIONS UPDATE: It must have been before Amazon and eBay since I searched for the book titled 'Defiance' by Oliver Lange. He is the 'author' (not publisher) but admitted the manuscript was handed to him. It was also published in 1984 - same year as 'Red Dawn' movie - so I didn't read it in the '70s as I thought. It's out of print but still available 'used' on eBay and Amazon.
Mr Mason "Sons of bitches tried t'havin' their way with 'em" We need a SERE challange of Mr Mason on the run after the Reds come to the house a looking.for his granddaughters and . Red Dawn side stories that need seen through...........
The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache. It's twelve o'clock, America, another say closer to victory. And for all of you out there on, or behind the line, this if your song.
I was 13 when it came out. I had my rifle and my ruck loaded and ready to go under my bed. Luckily I was raised on a cattle ranch. So I just had to cross one county road and I was in millions of acres of wilderness. People may find it funny but we were honestly fearful of a Red Dawn scenario.
Don't you kick yourself for the things you wish you could have acquired back in the day. There's a few firearms that I really wish I didn't pass on decades back.
A cinematic masterpiece for sure. This movie became the blueprint for most of the GI Joe scenarios my brother and I ran through. Obviously my Snake Eyes was a Wolverine while my brother's Storm Shadow was a Commie invader and got wasted.
Will check out the "Red dawn". Seems quite well made camouflage clothing for a movie. I often wonder how come that in nowadays militaries (apart from the germans in ww2 and soviets and russians) don't utilize reversible camo more often?
The US had the frog skin reversible pattern as well as the Mitchell reversible pattern, I think the big reason is SOP. Different command units making different rules on how the uniform could be worn and what pattern should be worn etc etc, it would start to muddy the waters. Also in modern combat with body armor, riggers belts, things that would be hard to impossible to make reversible to match both camo patterns. They could do what the USMC did with making Coyote Brown a standard color across both Marpat variants however that’s still two separate uniform patterns.
Didn't know that- in regards to the US camo patterns, thanks. Right now it looks like that tape in various colors to ID friend or foe is needed, since so many militaries use multi-cam. The gear doesn't cover legs and arms- but I agree about coyote brown- it blends quite will with camo- saw it myself in exercises.@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
@@karamelles98 yes multicam is hell. I really wish the US army would’ve went with a digitized woodland similar to MARPAT, even Canada the progenitor of digital camo is going to a multicam inspired pattern. Germany made a flecktarn multicam and China has already done similar with its type 07 design. WW3 would be a fratricide nightmare if it ever happens.
I think I heard a story, where one ukrainian was left behind by his unit when they were cut off, and that he was wearing multi-cam, and all he took off his unit patches and tape, blended in with a group of russian soldiers that also had multi- cam and managed to get out of encirclement. @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
I watched the film in my childhood room when I was 12-13 years old. Now I'm 26. My uncle was visiting us. He was a former GRU Spetsnaz soldier. He also served in Afghanistan. He watched it with me for about 30 minutes and laughed his head off About the portrayal of Spetsnaz, I think he saw it more as a comedy 😅😅 I recommend that anyone interested in the topic of Soviet or Russian special units take a look at Anatoly Lebed's biography
Iwas on active duty in the USAF,stationed in sw Texas. I watched the movie 7 times when it came out!! Then it was shown on base!! Wow! I was at Dyess AFB. 96th BW. Thank for sharing this with us!!!!
Thanks for the work! I do have one question, but what are the actual colors? I have been trying to create my own, using "print on demand" for personal use, but I can't seem to get the colors right. Some seem to use tan/black/brown... Others, its white/dark green/brown. I read elsewhere that they actually used camera filters to change colors on screen, etc.
@@Brent0331 Of course, I understand that. But between color shift from video, fading from 40 year old fabric, etc, it's hard to tell what the actual colors are.
Does the camo hq stuff hold up well? I’m looking at making a red dawn inspired short movie and I need some cheap uniforms but I’m torn between original KZS camo and repro movie camo. Any other suggestions? I’ve already got some Soviet webbing and AK stuff too.
Thanks, I tried to Red Dawn it as much as possible. One of the goals of OPFOR was to be an actual uniformed organized force this time, instead of just a bunch of rag tag what ever.... Tiger Stripe was cheap and available and because not many people use it, it has a somewhat foreign look to it.
I'd love to see an actual sequel to Red Dawn with most of the original cast; obviously Swayze can't be there, but it would be cool to see the survivors have to train another group to fight the border invaders, eh?
Never seen so many camouflage patterns. If you can dream of one, somebody's probably selling it. All I want is some brand new OD green utilities that were used in Vietnam with the slanted breast pockets. Just some simple camo will be perfect for me. Want the slanted breast pockets. No straight pockets please.
I've never related to a man more, with the comment "If you don't like Red Dawn, you're obviously a beta male, who hates America." It is my favorite movie, and has been since 1984 (interesting year of release). I wore out 2 VHS tapes of that movie, and if I say I've watched it 1000 times, that's probably a conservative number. Heck, I used to make the Russian helicopter with wings, out of Legos, and would play with that with my G.I. Joes and re-enact the scene after they were baited with the food. Fantastic movie.
I literally watched my copy of red dawn on vhs so much it started to ware out the tape. Absolutely in my top 3 of movies. Its really a shame the remake sucked so bad. I watched it once and that was all I needed to see.
Correction.... They should have been fighting the Chicoms! The newer remake caved to Chicom pressure and they changed the enemy to North Koreans. That right there ruined the whole film. There was so much potential for that movie and they blew it imo.
Lists of books on small unit tactics: www.amazon.com/shop/brent0331
**This website sells a lot quality reproductions of vintage camouflage patterns**:
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**Crossfire packs**: crossfirepacks.com/
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War of the Flea by Robert Taber is a good one.
Great vid!
Q: On a scale of 1-10, how sick are you of the communist Biden regime?
A: WOLVERINES!!
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you wouldn't know of a company doing Rhodesian paint brush camo by chance?
Find a movie The Fourth war from 1990. There is some amount of that camo in that movie.
WOLVERINES!!!
To emphasize how well done and true to life the uniforms and equipment created for the movie really was, the CIA was alerted about the presence of a “train of soviet equipment” being moved to the shooting location and the CIA began an investigation into how the movie studio acquired that much soviet hardware.
Also during the opening scene of the VDV landing on the school yard one of the performers was blown off course and landed in a ranchers field, the rancher then proceeded to pull out a rifle and held him prisoner until someone from the film could come and verify that the man wasn’t actually a Russian VDV paratrooper 😂
That's awesome 😂 thanks for sharing
It’s 11:59 on Radio Free America; this is Uncle Sam, with music, and the truth until dawn. Right now I’ve got a few words for some of our brothers and sisters in the occupied zone. The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall. John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache. It’s twelve o’clock, American, another day closer to victory. And for all of you out there, on, or behind the line, this is your song.”
(Battle hymn of the republic)
Normandy June 6th 1944 WW2 is where this was used and in the movie RED DAWN. Love the movie ❤ .
FJB
I can still hear her voice
I watch 'Red Dawn' every 4th of July! I also imagine the Red Dawn camo would work pretty well in a half-snowed over winter environment where it's mostly woods but there are patches of snow on the ground/branches.
Living in northern Minnesota, I've settled on the German schneetarn pattern. I like it even better than the 'pine needle' pattern.
That's a damn good idea to watch it every 4th of July... I love it.
0331 machinegunner - u made it.. Semper Fi-- Red Dawn was a huge reason I joined the Marines in 94.. lol, in '03 i had my platoon of young guys watch REd Dawn to understand the Afghan and Iraq thinking and Soveit type arms.. they actually never saw it , until I showed them as their PltSgt..lmao
Definitely one of the greatest movies of all time. Scared the crap out of us at the time (I was 14 when it came out), as the Cold War was still in full swing. Funny thing is, looking back, the world was far LESS scary and made way more sense back then. Wolverines!
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Best video of 2024 thus far.
In 1984, I was 19, last year of college, I remember on a gun magazine called Diana Armi ( I'm in Italy) the recension of the movie. Some week later the movie was in a local theatre. I remember, was winter, like in the movie, the cold war was again, Reagan, Breznev, Bush Sr., Andropov. The Soviet invasion of A-stan.....good times, The Free World, and the Com-Bloc. Nostalgia.
Ha! Just watched Red Dawn this morning then opened CZcams to find this awesome video! Great timing, @Brent0331! Semper Fi, brother!
Because we live here!
My favorite line of the movie 💪
It’d be cool if company would make a Hawaiian shirt out the Red Dawn paratrooper camo with AKs or RPKs mixed in. I always thought that from a distance the white splotches on it looked like flowers.
*BOYS... AVENGE ME!*
Very cool deep dive brother, it's a really interesting bit of military and film history. Wolverines!!! 🤘
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Hey man, the SERE Challange was sooo well done, thank you very much. DeinStamm
I keep seeing the movie in my recommends, i quess its time for another rewatch. Awesome video. I gotta get some of that camo for winter deer season.
It looks good, I think.
@@Brent0331I’d like to see that pattern in desert/ocp color scheme. I think it’s got so much potential beyond the winter spec.
I would love to have a set of Wolverine camo
0241tactical is your best bet to get an actual usable tactical garment.
@@Brent0331 got the site tanks man
Original Red Dawn, The Patriot, Gladiator, and Predator. My top fav movies!
DOWN WITH THE UNION--- Gangs of New York
Awesome! I had an old school commercial set based on the movie back in italy and coming from the usa. Great video bro
Appreciate it, thanks for watching and commenting.
Next let's see Jed Eckert's pickup review for shtf. Lol
You're such a great American!
Great video Brent. This is awesome.
Thanks brother. 👊
Great video to back up the uniform history one!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
In the late '70s I read a book with literally 'no author' as the publisher tells the story - a guy drove to his house handed him the manuscript and drove off without leaving any contact info. The novel was published under the title 'Defiance' and I swear it was the book the 'Red Dawn' movie was based on although I understand there was a book called 'Red Dawn' - so I dunno. I can't find heads or tails of that book in several internet searches so I figure it was a small batch published and never revised. I gave my only copy of 'Defiance' to a friend to read and forgot about it for years and had since moved and lost contact. Iconic movie that probably too many of us still fantasize about - not the girls - the 'invasion'!
CORRECTIONS UPDATE: It must have been before Amazon and eBay since I searched for the book titled 'Defiance' by Oliver Lange. He is the 'author' (not publisher) but admitted the manuscript was handed to him. It was also published in 1984 - same year as 'Red Dawn' movie - so I didn't read it in the '70s as I thought. It's out of print but still available 'used' on eBay and Amazon.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
You do such a good job on all of your videos. Its not easy to do what you do!
Great movie!
Would really love to see some use of blue or grey in urban enviro's. Your work is the best, man!
Mr Mason "Sons of bitches tried t'havin' their way with 'em" We need a SERE challange of Mr Mason on the run after the Reds come to the house a looking.for his granddaughters and . Red Dawn side stories that need seen through...........
John Mileus is a fucking badass and one of the great American filmmakers. Red Dawn, Conan, Apocalypse Now etc. 🇺🇸
Hell yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good movie, good stuff! Thank you, comrade Brenski! 🇷🇺 🥴
Missing your current events videos.
Good stuff!
Need a break, they will be back eventually.
Can you do a top of your favorites movies? When i watched this film after see the video i was fascinated!
Awesome!
Red Dawn is an Awesome movie....
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The chair is against the wall. The chair is against the wall.
John has a long mustache. John has a long mustache.
It's twelve o'clock, America, another say closer to victory. And for all of you out there on, or behind the line, this if your song.
Wow! Good score. I think that's the real deal. Now you need a Steyr Maadi akm.
ikr!
Greatest movie of its time.......
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Great video.
Thanks brother.
Good stuff!
I was 13 when it came out. I had my rifle and my ruck loaded and ready to go under my bed. Luckily I was raised on a cattle ranch. So I just had to cross one county road and I was in millions of acres of wilderness. People may find it funny but we were honestly fearful of a Red Dawn scenario.
100%
I saw one of those with brush loops back in the 80's.The KY National guard had it on a mannequin for an OPFOR display at a gun show.
Don't you kick yourself for the things you wish you could have acquired back in the day. There's a few firearms that I really wish I didn't pass on decades back.
@@Brent0331 I had one of the jump suits back in 80's ordered in from the classifieds in the back of SOF.Wish I still had it.
A cinematic masterpiece for sure. This movie became the blueprint for most of the GI Joe scenarios my brother and I ran through. Obviously my Snake Eyes was a Wolverine while my brother's Storm Shadow was a Commie invader and got wasted.
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Will check out the "Red dawn". Seems quite well made camouflage clothing for a movie. I often wonder how come that in nowadays militaries (apart from the germans in ww2 and soviets and russians) don't utilize reversible camo more often?
The US had the frog skin reversible pattern as well as the Mitchell reversible pattern, I think the big reason is SOP. Different command units making different rules on how the uniform could be worn and what pattern should be worn etc etc, it would start to muddy the waters.
Also in modern combat with body armor, riggers belts, things that would be hard to impossible to make reversible to match both camo patterns. They could do what the USMC did with making Coyote Brown a standard color across both Marpat variants however that’s still two separate uniform patterns.
Didn't know that- in regards to the US camo patterns, thanks. Right now it looks like that tape in various colors to ID friend or foe is needed, since so many militaries use multi-cam. The gear doesn't cover legs and arms- but I agree about coyote brown- it blends quite will with camo- saw it myself in exercises.@@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
@@karamelles98 yes multicam is hell. I really wish the US army would’ve went with a digitized woodland similar to MARPAT, even Canada the progenitor of digital camo is going to a multicam inspired pattern. Germany made a flecktarn multicam and China has already done similar with its type 07 design. WW3 would be a fratricide nightmare if it ever happens.
I think I heard a story, where one ukrainian was left behind by his unit when they were cut off, and that he was wearing multi-cam, and all he took off his unit patches and tape, blended in with a group of russian soldiers that also had multi- cam and managed to get out of encirclement. @@loganbaileysfunwithtrains606
Wolverines!! Great video and the matching commie blanket in NVA pattern
I see Red Dawn camo, I comment and like
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Hey just wondering if you're planning on doing anymore camo effectiveness videos this spring and summer?
Who remembers the flat car rolling through the rail yard with a German 37mm AT gun and a US 37mm AT gun? Comic relief.
OMG Brent still alive 🙂 thanks bro 🙂
If you saw the original film on an old model TV you are 40 years old guys. And since that you know what is a AK47 WOLVERINES!!!!!
It's really cool gear.
I watched the film in my childhood room when I was 12-13 years old. Now I'm 26. My uncle was visiting us. He was a former GRU Spetsnaz soldier. He also served in Afghanistan. He watched it with me for about 30 minutes and laughed his head off About the portrayal of Spetsnaz, I think he saw it more as a comedy 😅😅 I recommend that anyone interested in the topic of Soviet or Russian special units take a look at Anatoly Lebed's biography
Iwas on active duty in the USAF,stationed in sw Texas. I watched the movie 7 times when it came out!! Then it was shown on base!! Wow! I was at Dyess AFB. 96th BW. Thank for sharing this with us!!!!
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Thanks for the work! I do have one question, but what are the actual colors? I have been trying to create my own, using "print on demand" for personal use, but I can't seem to get the colors right.
Some seem to use tan/black/brown... Others, its white/dark green/brown.
I read elsewhere that they actually used camera filters to change colors on screen, etc.
You're looking at an original piece in this video.
@@Brent0331 Of course, I understand that. But between color shift from video, fading from 40 year old fabric, etc, it's hard to tell what the actual colors are.
Does the camo hq stuff hold up well? I’m looking at making a red dawn inspired short movie and I need some cheap uniforms but I’m torn between original KZS camo and repro movie camo. Any other suggestions? I’ve already got some Soviet webbing and AK stuff too.
Its not field use stuff, its like wearing a running suit.
@@Brent0331 thanks Brent
But you didn’t use it in the sere challenge. Although your accent was on point.
Thanks, I tried to Red Dawn it as much as possible. One of the goals of OPFOR was to be an actual uniformed organized force this time, instead of just a bunch of rag tag what ever.... Tiger Stripe was cheap and available and because not many people use it, it has a somewhat foreign look to it.
@@Brent0331 I was kinda jealous of the tiger stripe. Can’t find that often here in the surplus stores one of these days I’ll order a set just because.
I'd love to see an actual sequel to Red Dawn with most of the original cast; obviously Swayze can't be there, but it would be cool to see the survivors have to train another group to fight the border invaders, eh?
"Avenge me boys avenge me!!"
Red Dawn is a classic, Amerigeddon an abomination xD
There's an amaizing from Uniform History here on YT about this movie, camo pattern and uniforms as Brent says. You Might want to take a look.
Brent, what is CONOP8888?
will you do a Red Dawn camo effectiveness video?
Maybe, but if I do it wont be with the original garment. Its brand new unworn condition.
that's understandable. looks like all you need is another pair of pants.@@Brent0331
Wolverines!!
Never seen so many camouflage patterns. If you can dream of one, somebody's probably selling it. All I want is some brand new OD green utilities that were used in Vietnam with the slanted breast pockets. Just some simple camo will be perfect for me. Want the slanted breast pockets. No straight pockets please.
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Its my trivia team name.... 😅
WOLVERINES! 🔱
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Remember to say the original one because there's two
0:09 I did.
I enjoyed the second one. If you read it between the lines
@@Dread_Pirate_Homesteader it was pretty good it wasn't as good as the first one but it was all right
What about the camouflage use in the moive "The Rock"?
The only pattern I remember is subdued urban, that is still plenty available on the market.
Link?
Yes. Only people who sit to pee hate that movie
I honestly can’t tell the difference between Camo headquarters and the other one you mentioned. Both sound like great sources to get this from though
They're all really close. In person you can see the differences in color a lot better then on camera. None the less its close enough.
@@Brent0331 I see. Thank you for the recommendations, sir
Robert Market is the best character the teen who lost his dad Morris Market
I've never related to a man more, with the comment "If you don't like Red Dawn, you're obviously a beta male, who hates America."
It is my favorite movie, and has been since 1984 (interesting year of release). I wore out 2 VHS tapes of that movie, and if I say I've watched it 1000 times, that's probably a conservative number.
Heck, I used to make the Russian helicopter with wings, out of Legos, and would play with that with my G.I. Joes and re-enact the scene after they were baited with the food.
Fantastic movie.
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I literally watched my copy of red dawn on vhs so much it started to ware out the tape. Absolutely in my top 3 of movies. Its really a shame the remake sucked so bad. I watched it once and that was all I needed to see.
Top 3 movies of all time: Red Dawn & They Live... but what would be your 3rd movie?
Predator
Tombstone
High Plains Drifter!
But...Southern Comfort....eh. MacGruber. Is the pilot really a COL or just evading?
It’s not a movie!!!!
ITS A DOCUMENTARY!!!!
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I want the smok and I think Charlie Sheen wore a Black Beret in the movie I'm absolutely want the jacket though
I think you're thinking of Robert, he rocks the Black Beret with the Wolverine on the front.
@@Brent0331 I got to look again at Charlie Sheen outfit lol
Great breakdown sir! Wolverines!
Are you am be don't good the English?
@@slappy8941 are you retarded or are you just can't read
You know your a Uber camo nerd when ....
We'll I mean, I do have over 100 camouflage effectiveness videos uploaded featuring different patterns.
There is a newer version where they fight the chycoms.
Correction.... They should have been fighting the Chicoms! The newer remake caved to Chicom pressure and they changed the enemy to North Koreans. That right there ruined the whole film. There was so much potential for that movie and they blew it imo.
@Brent0331 Yes, you are correct!!!👍 I didn't realize they caved. Go figure...
Well, we do have grandpa chycom!
Abomination
Do a reaction video if my film
WOLVERINES!!!! 🇺🇸🦾🦅
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Be a Fox!
The hate it keeps me warm.
*REVENGE ME*
avenge
@@slappy8941 yeah your right, BUT I’m an old cuss now given I was that close that’s the start of a goooood week for me !!
I really wouldn't mind if someone made a BDU cut of the commie camo. Or a tanker Coverall.
For sure man.
As an Ukrainian, man
Hollywood folks made better camo pattern than soviets
I would wear it in real combat right now to be honest
I love the 1984 Red Dawn, but I have no love of The United States
Oh yeah, guess what.......no one cares 😆
RDCP?😂😂😂😂😂😂🍺🫵🤟🇨🇦🫡🇺🇸🤟🫵🍺. Wolverines!