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Op Banner photos - some memories for the old and bold
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FourZeroCharlie
MIA
If you believed that what you described was 'ballooning', then you were badly advised.
Think Squat to Dumb but with out the crimping . . .
Dan Gleebles
LE
That old bird off the US telly never messed around, iirc she was Judge Judy and executioner.
Dan Gleebles
LE
What was that all about, when people were talking about "across the water" instead of just saying Ireland?
It was no great mystical place.
I think 'Bricks' became 'Teams' in the early 80s.
Thankfully.
Thankfully.
It was Northern Ireland....
I think the 'over the water' shite was like saying 'Ulster' or 'The Province' after the 70s when that parlance was more widespread.
It was the only war we had for a long time, remember?
'Emerald Toilet' has always been my favourite though.
Dan Gleebles
LE
Fat POM
Old-Salt
Except in Tin City
Although of course only six counties of Ulster are in Northern Ireland; the other three are in the Republic.
Not a lot of people know that. I was wondering when someone would come along and mention it!
Dan Gleebles
LE
I think it's the use of the term by the UDA, UVF and UFF which peeves some.
beefer
LE
Only when the DS were stood next to me a Hythe.
Take comfort in the funeral in Derry of the former volunteer a few days ago. COVID finished what five rounds failed to achieve. A few SF (the other sort) councillors are being investigated for breach of covid rules.
My sympathy to all those upset etc etc. I was very upset at the time too.
Yes, it’s true. Some of that ammunition issued in those days really was sub standard. 5 rounds hit him! Absolutely disgraceful that soldiers were forced to rely on it in most hazardous situations. Somebody should be shot ....
www.newsletter.co.uk
ETA: the backstory
My sympathy to all those upset etc etc. I was very upset at the time too.
Yes, it’s true. Some of that ammunition issued in those days really was sub standard. 5 rounds hit him! Absolutely disgraceful that soldiers were forced to rely on it in most hazardous situations. Somebody should be shot ....
Covid-19: 'Two or three' Sinn Féin councillors at republican funeral
Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.
www.bbc.co.uk
Late IRA man Eamonn McCourt ‘killed one of his own comrades by mistake’
Eamonn ‘Peggy’ McCourt – whose funeral procession has come under fire over possible flouting of Covid rules – allegedly killed one of his IRA comrades by accident, according to one account of the shooting incident.
www.newsletter.co.uk
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Mike Barton
LE
There are more theories regarding the McBrearty & Maguire shooting now doing the rounds than there are of the JFK shooting, including on this forum. Would anyone like to give the definitive version?Take comfort in the funeral in Derry of the former volunteer a few days ago. COVID finished what five rounds failed to achieve. A few SF (the other sort) councillors are being investigated for breach of covid rules.
My sympathy to all those upset etc etc. I was very upset at the time too.
Yes, it’s true. Some of that ammunition issued in those days really was sub standard. 5 rounds hit him! Absolutely disgraceful that soldiers were forced to rely on it in most hazardous situations. Somebody should be shot ....
Covid-19: 'Two or three' Sinn Féin councillors at republican funeral
Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.www.bbc.co.ukETA: the backstoryLate IRA man Eamonn McCourt ‘killed one of his own comrades by mistake’
Eamonn ‘Peggy’ McCourt – whose funeral procession has come under fire over possible flouting of Covid rules – allegedly killed one of his IRA comrades by accident, according to one account of the shooting incident.
ordinaryforces
MIA
The animal rendering plant is now but an empty space being used by local hauliers to park trailers.
It's destined to become a large warehousing site.
HE117
LE
Whilst appreciating your emotions, I hardly think blaming the ammunition or the weapon is a relevant comment...Take comfort in the funeral in Derry of the former volunteer a few days ago. COVID finished what five rounds failed to achieve. A few SF (the other sort) councillors are being investigated for breach of covid rules.
My sympathy to all those upset etc etc. I was very upset at the time too.
Yes, it’s true. Some of that ammunition issued in those days really was sub standard. 5 rounds hit him! Absolutely disgraceful that soldiers were forced to rely on it in most hazardous situations. Somebody should be shot ....
Covid-19: 'Two or three' Sinn Féin councillors at republican funeral
Gerry Kelly says the party was not involved in organising a republican funeral being investigated by police.www.bbc.co.ukETA: the backstoryLate IRA man Eamonn McCourt ‘killed one of his own comrades by mistake’
Eamonn ‘Peggy’ McCourt – whose funeral procession has come under fire over possible flouting of Covid rules – allegedly killed one of his IRA comrades by accident, according to one account of the shooting incident.
There was nothing sub standard about the 9mm issued in Ireland during the campaign. Whilst there was a quantity of foreign 9mm procured at the time to meet a shortfall, it was only ever used for training. All the ammunition used in the Province was "in date" RG 2Z which was one of the most powerful loadings for 9x19 ever made. I may have criticism of some of the later RG output in the past from a target accuracy point of view, but it was never less than capable of meeting the military spec.
You are never going to get guaranteed lethality with any military small arm, even a rifle, unless you hit a vital spot. Full metal jacket ammunition as mandated by the Haig protocols simply does not allow for this. 9mm is a good self defence round, and in this case achieved the immediate aim, the fact that the outcome was not terminal is no reflection on the weapon or the ammunition, which functioned correctly.
There are no guarantees in these situations, and big boy games are played by big boy rules.. they all knew the risks and were prepared to take them. They were not "forced" to rely on anything "sub standard"...
Give your head a wobble!
Expect "performance art" shortly.
Bodenplatte
LE
We old and bold referred to 4 tonners as 3 tonners.
Bodenplatte
LE
Captain Mainwearing Walt.
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