Am I seeing this right, but are his magazines empty?Odd one to my non airborne mind. Why does he have is wings on his stripes, yet his mate has them on the shoulder? Taken 18 days before D Day apparently .
between the hand guard and the mag well - also serve as the hooks that hold the bipod in place while folded
They were, it was the first unpleasantness which saw them come into common usage.Absolutely. You wouldn’t want that to give away a whole column of clanking gun limbers and braying donkeys
You’ll have @stacker1 on here banging on about having to wear cam cream on exercise next...
Anyway I thought wristwatches were a rarity pre WWI?
Exercise before the invasionAm I seeing this right, but are his magazines empty?
A better idea is a few gentle stretches... save your energy.Exercise before the invasion
He’s explaining to HM that he’s just wiped out the Free French Parachute CompanyAm I seeing this right, but are his magazines empty?
That's quality!! One of my lecturers in college during the early 80s began his military career as a subaltern in the Mountain Gunners. He started on the NW Frontier and then moved to Burma / Malaya. He transferred to the RA on the Partition of India in 1947, and finished his time as an RAEC Instructor Officer in BAOR. A cracking bloke with a vast store of interesting dits.I think this is Ally,
Leading the men and donkeys through the Kyber Pass carrying a swagger stick while smoking a pipe.
Come on then you Afgahni tribesmen, fcuking bring it on.
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I'm a tree ma'am......airnd what do you dooo?
is that why UAV 'aircrew' wear growbags?, i guessed that they were just knobsTo clarify I said why wear it on tech exercises, apparently its so soldiers can have the martial mindset.
You can sing Screw Guns to the tune of the Eton Boating Song.I have to admit, I'm a big fan of Kipling. Right words, right sentiments, at the right time - and I believe very perceptive of the lot of Tommy Atkins of the time.
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The children of Orkney MP Neven-Spence.
Note the Parachute Regiment shoulder flash, the Pegasus and the Airborne badge as well as the wings.
Marvellous, and when do you expect to bear fruit?I'm a tree ma'am.
When Gloria climbs up on me shoulders, Ma'am,Marvellous, and when do you expect to bear fruit?
Note also the twist of shoulders to get them in the picture![]()
A tradition which endures to this day.