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[Oyibo]

Operation Barras:

And an unusually accurate vid:

 

[_Chimurenga_]

Any good?.........

Hose tops in lieu of puttees/gaiters?

 

[smartascarrots]

Hose tops in lieu of puttees/gaiters?

Probably a set of wool gaiters like these.

Can't say I fancy them in the UK climate but for places with more dry cold I can see them working.

 

[medwaymud]

That's basically true. But even more importantly, the folks took the language of the day over to the New World with them. It was thus never subject to the influences steadily altering British English and remained "old fashioned". That's why the Septics still refer to murder as "homicide" - among many other similar cases.

MsG

I think the ghost of dear old Hamlet might take issue with that statement .

" Homicide most foul, must be avenged " does not ring any bells with me .

 

[Cold_Collation]

Man third from right seems to have an Energa projector on the muzzle of his rifle.
Man on right in BD is I think Tony Deane-Drummond; looks like his nose.

Broken-down 3.5in rocket launcher on left. No wonder he’s leaning into the load.

 

[Bordon/hants]

Hose tops in lieu of puttees/gaiters?

The Image was from the Paradata website page on the rifle that dare not speak it's name.

Sorry there was no photo caption so can't add any location or other info.

 

[Bodenplatte]

Broken-down 3.5in rocket launcher on left. No wonder he’s leaning into the load.

Well spotted.

I was used to lugging a 3.5 inch RL around, and one of its virtues was that it was light at 9 lbs.

What a shock it was when I first picked up a Carl Gustav !

 

[fromunderthestone]

The SLRs have mags fitted, as that was the unloaded condition then (and until changed during the NI campaign).

 

[tearsbeforebedtime]

Operation Barras:

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I note the graffiti above their heads does not match reality.

 

[Cold_Collation]

The SLRs have mags fitted, as that was the unloaded condition then (and until changed during the NI campaign).

Just not made ready, surely?

Or, for a demonstration parade, empty.

 

[wasteofrations2]

The early FN's were loaded by charger, the mag was generally only removed for cleaning.

 

[stoatman]

The early FN's were loaded by charger, the mag was generally only removed for cleaning.

That was one of the types trialled, not adopted.

Those there are in full L1A1 config, whether they were originally FN made and upgraded, or Enfield / BSA production (you can't tell from the pic).

BTW in the Woolwich collection in the Rotunda, there was an L1A1 built on an FN trials receiver which had been kept up to date, so even had the plastic furniture. That was a bit of a "wow" one to see!

 

[Stovepipe]

Operation Barras:

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And an unusually accurate vid:

Don't know who the narrator is but English doesnt appear to be his first language. Worst delivery ever!

 

[wasteofrations2]

That was one of the types trialled, not adopted.

Those there are in full L1A1 config, whether they were originally FN made and upgraded, or Enfield / BSA production (you can't tell from the pic).

BTW in the Woolwich collection in the Rotunda, there was an L1A1 built on an FN trials receiver which had been kept up to date, so even had the plastic furniture. That was a bit of a "wow" one to see!

I know that type wasn't adopted, I didn't say it had been. When I was in recruit training at Bassingbourn there were a number of them in the armoury, we used them on CFT's etc instead of service weapons. They were all converted to Drill Purpose (DP).

 

[Bordon/hants]

Not sure the chair is issue, but anyone shooting back in bomb alley nearly 40 years ago (where did that go!) must be worth a post.

 

[colinmc400]

Not sure the chair is issue, but anyone shooting back in bomb alley nearly 40 years ago (where did that go!) must be worth a post.


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Aw that image makes me chuckle. Gimpy on a lash up pedestal mount, what could go wrong. In my case, once the RM CSM said “let her rip”, I duly obliged and never let off even as the barrel carved a graceful arc up and right. Just as well the Booty acted as my travel stop, or gawd knows what I might have hit

 

[Cutaway]

Waiting for the Upland Goose ?

 

[Oyibo]

I note the graffiti above their heads does not match reality.

Curiously they called themselves the 'West Side N*ggers', but the media went for 'West Side Boys'.

 

[Cold_Collation]

Not sure the chair is issue, but anyone shooting back in bomb alley nearly 40 years ago (where did that go!) must be worth a post.


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The helmet scrim is particularly effective there.

 

[Cold_Collation]

The early FN's were loaded by charger, the mag was generally only removed for cleaning.

That was one of the types trialled, not adopted.

Those there are in full L1A1 config, whether they were originally FN made and upgraded, or Enfield / BSA production (you can't tell from the pic).

BTW in the Woolwich collection in the Rotunda, there was an L1A1 built on an FN trials receiver which had been kept up to date, so even had the plastic furniture. That was a bit of a "wow" one to see!

Here y'go...