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compo cheese, bacon burgers, jam in a tube, milk in a tube, 24hr rat packs, everything in them including matches and can opener, that and the 58 mug with standard NATO tea works all time as best kit, today the stuff is c**p all fluffy dice and lightwieght (blame the yanks) as for the arguement about 7.62mm against 5.56mm I take quality over quantity why shoot some with 5 rounds of 5.56mm and they still get up when 7.62mm 1 round stops them dead in there tracks and do mean "dead" if it works for AK 47 then whats the problem ?
- 08-02-2012, 09:35 #22
Steel helmet. scrim and a Charlie G. A fuzzy shot from Thetford.
Who do you think you are kidding, Mr Brezhnev?
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It was like that when I got here.
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3rd Shock Army must have been shitting themselves.
Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad 
Steel helmet. scrim and a Charlie G. A fuzzy shot from Thetford.
- 08-02-2012, 09:54 #24Two tone denims - that takes me back. The RSM used to hate them... Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad Here you are chaps; khaki furry shirts, Dems Ma Shoes, puttees, and 2 tone denims with weights in.
Rodney2qIn the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.
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- 08-02-2012, 10:03 #25 Originally Posted by exXIX
I visited East Berlin several times in the 80's and got to see some of the Soviet conscripts close up.
Spotty, ill fitting uniforms and certainly not as well trained. They didn't seem quite to scary afterwards.
...but you had to have some respect for their numbers and armour! Quantity has a quality all of its own as Stalin said.
Rodney2qManod Bach likes this.In the career of glory one gains many things; the gout and medals, a pension and rheumatism....all of these fatigues experienced in your youth, you pay for when you grow old. Because one has suffered in years gone by, it is necessary to suffer more, which does not seem exactly fair.
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- 08-02-2012, 10:08 #26It was all a good game, not many people died. Originally Posted by exXIX
Alot of their gear broke down (still alot left though)
Nutstrangler likes this.It was like that when I got here.
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- 08-02-2012, 10:15 #27Senior Member
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'Inside the Soviet Army', Carey Schofield? Originally Posted by Rodney2q I visited East Berlin several times in the 80's and got to see some of the Soviet conscripts close up.
Spotty, ill fitting uniforms and certainly not as well trained. They didn't seem quite to scary afterwards.
...but you had to have some respect for their numbers and armour! Quantity has a quality all of its own as Stalin said.
Rodney2q
- 08-02-2012, 10:21 #28They all look rather errrm....camp Originally Posted by Rodney2q I visited East Berlin several times in the 80's and got to see some of the Soviet conscripts close up.
Spotty, ill fitting uniforms and certainly not as well trained. They didn't seem quite to scary afterwards.
...but you had to have some respect for their numbers and armour! Quantity has a quality all of its own as Stalin said.
Rodney2qI don't care if you hate me, I don't live to fucking please you.
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- 08-02-2012, 10:36 #29Senior Member
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Cheese posessed, cubed and mixed with the mash from the 10 man packs, served with compo sausages (check middle one not missing) Food of the gods. (except for the bloody tinned pilchards)
Shirt KF. Once 'broken in' was delightfully soft and could be worn for days on end without smelling too bad.
Chinese fighting suit, warm but took up 98% of space in the large pack leaving only just enough room for white dap slappers (Silver shadows.....luxury)RoofRat and Sparky2339 like this.They shall mount up with wings as eagles.
- 08-02-2012, 10:36 #30Senior Member
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Originally Posted by Brotherton Lad It was all a good game, not many people died.
Alot of their gear broke down (still alot left though)
Any thread that gives BL a chance to post his shots from BRIXMIS get's my vote. They provide a peek behind the Iron Curtain that only a few were privileged to take.
I have to say the first time I saw the 'enemy' up close it was quite scary. This was at the GDR border fence; we were observing by a gate when a guard walked right up to us (about 3 feet away) shifted his AK47 about a bit, gave us a surly look and buggered off back to the gate. My respect for the Soviet Block had been reinforced the day before when we were informed that the life expectancy of a 'Blowpipe' operator, after he had discharged the thing, was about 15 seconds!Last edited by bigeye; 08-02-2012 at 10:44.
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