A few guns in the Para Museum.....
Re: IWM Duxford trip.
A few guns in the Para Museum.....
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Re: IWM Duxford trip.
Gun crazy
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Re: IWM Duxford trip.
Interesting to see the Artillery LPO8 with snail drum trommel. I know that these had a following in British Special Forces, check out the RM Commando below, was that one used by the Para's or just a bit of war booty do you know?
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: IWM Duxford trip.
A few random pics from the U.S. hangar......
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Not the first one mate , thats why the APJI's and PJI's have large feet !!by Adrian
Apparently poor Bing was a little reluctant to jump over Normandy because the sounds of battle put him off the job so he had to be 'helped' out the door.......
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1st July 1916
Thought shall be the harder , heart the keener,
Courage the greater as our strength faileth.
Here lies our leader ,in the dust of his greatness.
Who leaves him now , be damned forever.
We who are old now shall not leave this Battle,
But lie at his feet , in the dust with our leader
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Not sure Ned, I got the feeling from the captured weapons they were war booty as opposed to used. The LP08 looked in remarkably good condition to have been used very much. Great piece of kit though.
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Yeah, you're probably right looking at some of the other kit there like the Iraqi manufactured Al Kadesiah sniper rifle. It's similar to the Russian Dragunov SVD but features a stamped steel receiver. No parts are interchangable with the Drag.
You often see these displayed as 'Saddam's personal gold plated sniper rifle', but in reality there were hundreds, if not thousands of these floating around.
I know that 1 Para had one in their 'interest room' at Dover a few years back. Actually it may be the same one when you get thinking about it!
'I do not think we can hope for any better thing now.
We shall stick it out to the end, but we are getting weaker of course, and the end cannot be far.
It seems a pity, but I do not think I can write more. R. SCOTT.
Last Entry - For God's sake look after our people.'
In memory of Capt. Robert Falcon Scott, Edward Wilson, Henry Bowers, Lawrence Oates and Edgar Evans. South Pole Expedition, 30th March 1912.
Re: IWM Duxford trip.
Quite possibly, it was fairground quality plating. Nothing spectacular on close inspection.Yeah, you're probably right looking at some of the other kit there like the Iraqi manufactured Al Kadesiah sniper rifle. It's similar to the Russian Dragunov SVD but features a stamped steel receiver. No parts are interchangable with the Drag.
You often see these displayed as 'Saddam's personal gold plated sniper rifle', but in reality there were hundreds, if not thousands of these floating around.
I know that 1 Para had one in their 'interest room' at Dover a few years back. Actually it may be the same one when you get thinking about it!
Looking for LDO marked EK2s and items relating to U-406.....
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