Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
another question for you all
lord raglen decided that his reg of hussars should be different from all other reg,s
how did he achieve this
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
I knew that this would develop into an interesting subject guys!
Lost count of the number of times I've been sent down the ranges as a recruit to check on the physical state of a Fig 11 target.........not forgetting to get "his" name and number for the records!
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
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jimpy
I knew that this would develop into an interesting subject guys!
Lost count of the number of times I've been sent down the ranges as a recruit to check on the physical state of a Fig 11 target.........not forgetting to get "his" name and number for the records!
erm dont get that enlighten me
OK got it errr mabe im a dumb smack took a few mins and a bit of memorry hard drive LOL
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
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ian
erm dont get that enlighten me
OK got it errr mabe im a dumb smack took a few mins and a bit of memorry hard drive LOL
Memory recall now working Ian??
Fig 11 target.........large (man) size range target
Fig 12 target.........small 1/2 size range target
Otherwise known as "Big Hun" and "Little Hun" because of the similarity to the German helmet style that was on the target.
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
you forget the FIG 8 head size
if i remember right it was 1/8 head size so snipers could practice at 100 yrds as equivelent size to 600yrds
cheers ian
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
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ian
you forget the FIG 8 head size
OK smartarse!!
Now Im the one having the brain farts! LOL
Didnt have much call for using them on GPMG-SF......the targets were all the same size at 1000yds PLUS away!
Ian
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
ok then
whats an
1157
a G1098
an what does QMT stand for
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
"Army Form G1098" : this gave a list of all the kit a unit was entitled to.
Cheers, Ade.
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
G1098 was the form used by squodron and company qms to sign out kit to you that was not personal IE
sleeping bags ,comppasses ,watches and webbing
it was only valid for three months and had to be renuede
so it was hard work for sqms and cqms to run arround the sqn or comp trying to keep these up to date
if he missed you in thery you could keep what ever you had
BUT that was a bad idea becouse life could be made very hard for you
cheers ian
and having thought about it ADE
you are right in a way becouse it was a list in a tick the box format and sign at the bottom
so ide say 75% on that one mate
Last edited by ian; 02-18-2010 at 11:37 AM.
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Re: Age old questions bit of a quiz: Why did the Army do things?
I can still strip down an SLR in my mind after 30 years how about that
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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