Agreed, the ex and I went to Belgium in 1998, did a Flanders Fields tour run by a small husband and wife company called Quasimodo IIRC. Bloody good tour and we were at the Menin Gate at 1700 that day. Cue big lump in throat - still have the photos somewhere, maybe stick them in the gallery

Lavilla's and Haslam's Ducatis thumping past me at Thruxton BSB a few years back. Soo much better than straight 4's.

Merlin , from the first cough and sigh to shutdown. Just beautiful. Even better 4 Merlins doing the same , Just Jane or the BBMF Lanc.

Military : pitch black.. doss bag getting zipped up 'ZZZzzzziipp' then curling up into a ball with a daft grin on my face!!

as someone has said.. Lynx helicopter screaming towards you 'two minutes to pick up' nice one..

and 'endex' is a good one

Civvie: Mark 2 Escort BDA engine on full throttle...

Stupid: coughing just as a ring pull on another 'tinnie' is opened..
started in Canada and went on for years in our coy..

I defy anyone not to look up at a spitfire with the merlin engine

Being woken up at silly o'clock in morning to stag on, and hearing the patter patter of rain drops on your bivvy bag.....

How about the "tissk - phhhhhoooooommmmmmmsshhhhh" of a trip flare, followed by shouts of "[insert name here], you dozy cnut!" because it was one you were setting up for a night ambush on ex.

The Lancaster is a good one. A Lightning on re-heat is also a winner.

The sizzle of bacon in the pan.
The crackle of a fried egg ...just before you turn the heat down.
The rustle of the bread wrapper.
Kettle clicking off
The slam of the kitchen door as the smoke alarm goes off in the hall.

"break into double time...."

"prepare to move..."

"standby..."

All make me think "here we fcuking go..."

Conqs moving around at night on Soltau,you could feel deep thunder in your stomach.

The slow start up of a very cold CRARRV one morning in BATUS, makes me shiver now at how F*cking cold it was.

For Dutch soldiers it's that slap, slap sound as somebody beats a flaccid penis against their necks ... knowing they have been zwaffelled yet again!

The puffing billy doing it's best dog impression when being lit by yet another clueless victim on exercise.

"WOOOOOOOOOOOOOFFFFFFF"

A Mk 1 Golf,if there are any still around,Bought one for DM16000 Tax Free in Osnatraz in 81 Loved that car

The feeling of butt against your shoulder as you cock a GPMG, then the erotic thumping of the rds disappearing down range. Guaranteed to press the prostate button.

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I agree with Menin Gate but for me 3 black hawks landing at Normandy Bks hele pad last summer!!

"Red On"........you hardly ever hear the Go!
The crack of the canopy opening.
Flowers of the Forest on the pipes.
The rain lashing against your basha in the middle of the night when your dry and warm underneath.
Oh and fanny Farts.

The sound of a Cent AVRE bulldozing tank positions at night, Exhausts glowing red and popping and crackling every now and then as the driver hits the governors.

The screaming bellow of a Chieftain hammering away under full throttle.

The sound of a weapon being cocked close to you that you didnt know was there when you are in some emerging nation (sh1thole).

The sound of Archer's post at night when there's no movement or firing (or blokes shitting thorugh the eye of a needle).

Oh and the earsplitting roar as a Chieftain lets loose an APFSDS propelled by Torpex 4 being used as a propellant as oposed to its more normal use as HE.

Rain drizzling onto a basha and the phrase "you're on stag now".