Thread: rifle upgrades
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20-04-2008, 00:32 #256
Re: rifle upgrades
True, but you can see 'ops' in the demos i.e. in the 70s all the NI hands, me included, had the nods firing at the flak jackets, helmets, walls, vehicles, etc using US weapons and calibres known to be possessed by PIRA. When we came back from 82 we added bullet pen lessons around dug in or hardened positions and weight of fire.
Originally Posted by EX_STAB
If I remember correctly it was one of the course requirements that a young Cpl on his PW course modify, design or otherwise improve upon a weapon system, fieldcraft or Troop tactic. Mine was a simple alternative firing position for the 66. My best mate's was a checklist for Wessie Mk V pilots inserting troops because he was pissed off with them flaring all over the place and letting every fucker know where they were. Another lad designed a fighting trench based upon the experiences of US troops in Vietnam; it took a dozen of us a day to dig/build it. The nice thing was that we trialled it with the recruits on my first ever post on a training team.
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Harry
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21-04-2008, 08:56 #257
Re: rifle upgrades
True
Originally Posted by misterp
Just under triple ISTR
Originally Posted by misterp
No it wasn't. We adopted it because the FN FAL was old and everyone kept running out of ammo during the attack in FI. Also 556 was seen as more friendly for the house clearing in NI IIRC. Nothing to do with shoot 1, 4 to carry him. Just an urban rumour.
Originally Posted by misterp
True.
Originally Posted by misterp
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25-04-2008, 06:35 #258Senior Member
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Re: rifle upgrades
There was talk of mudbricks before ...
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25-04-2008, 07:55 #259
Re: rifle upgrades
Looking at that blockhouse at 4:30 I think an AVRE would be the thing.
Originally Posted by winnfield
A Centurion AVRE that is!
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25-04-2008, 13:49 #260
Re: rifle upgrades
Noooo
Originally Posted by EX_STAB
NOT the 165 AVRE.....
Whoever designed that thing had obviously come from submarine design and had a thing about flying torpedoes.
Interesting concept, but ferkin dangerous!Charisma: The ability to convince without the use of Logic.
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25-04-2008, 14:02 #261
Re: rifle upgrades
Cant be as dangerous as candidates for a VC making mousehoules with barmines can it?
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25-04-2008, 15:04 #262
Re: rifle upgrades
I wouldn't have thought so and I can't understand why it wasn't replaced. The argument that Fast Air can do the job with equal precision doesn't stack up to my mind.
Originally Posted by ugly
1) Fast Air may not be available. (Weather, AAA etc.)
2) I wouldn't want to be anywhere near the bunker when it got bombed so the assault section would need extra time to get to the breach, time in which the enemy can re-org.It's time for British Independence.
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25-04-2008, 15:22 #263
Re: rifle upgrades
That's why we gave it to the RE, couldn't risk using anybody important!
Originally Posted by HE117
:P
Born to make big holes in small counties!
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25-04-2008, 16:27 #264
Re: rifle upgrades
Ohhh Yesss it can....!
Originally Posted by ugly
Actually running up with a breaching charge is not as dangerous as it sounds - the opposition has as much trouble getting through the walls as we have...
Last time I saw the 165 fired they tied a long long bit of D10 to the firing handle & hid in a trench
Apart from anything else, there is the problem of getting the 56T of scrap metal launcher into Helmand in the first place. Something a bit more man portable is much more likely to survive..
Worry not Ugs, the boys have got a number of quite successful (and tolerably reliable) ways of creating holes in walls. The 165 was never anywhere near reliable enough to be used up close & personal....Charisma: The ability to convince without the use of Logic.
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25-04-2008, 16:40 #265
Re: rifle upgrades
I'll take your word for it!
"I'd rather be a tired old Has been, than a tired old Never Has Been!!"
"If the women don't find you handsome, they should at least find you handy."
Semper in excremento sum, solum profunditas mutat
According to Ispeakcrabandpongo "Typically Island Ape Brits," That suits me!
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25-04-2008, 21:17 #266
Re: rifle upgrades
Hello HE117,
Originally Posted by HE117
are you talking about our secret weapon?
tangosix.
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26-04-2008, 20:08 #267
Re: rifle upgrades
Sh1t - rumbled....
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27-04-2008, 14:05 #268
Re: rifle upgrades
Flash eliminators. This design has a "toothed" effect at the business end to improve its utility in "hand to hand" combat. I suppose it might do a bit more damage than an ordinary one if you hit someone in the face with it....
Worthwhile for those weapons that can't take a bayonet? Or perhaps just a bit of fantasy for the US survivalist market...
http://www.yankeehillmachine.com/store/muzzle.htmlIt's time for British Independence.
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21-02-2010, 14:47 #269
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21-02-2010, 15:34 #270
Re: rifle upgrades
No...and personally i don't think you should worry about things like that yet!!!
Originally Posted by Skarin
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