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'Were' on our way to Specsavers'..........:cheesy:

Note the vehicle hangers in the background. Those members who have served in Germany will remember no doubt. That there were very similar hangers in most of the Barracks they were stationed at? A Great Deal of these original Wartime vehilcle hangers survived, & were untilised by postwar armies when they moved into these former Whermacht Camps. A LOT are still being used on a daily basis. Testimony to the well designed & 'Forward Thinking' German Military of the Time!

Gary, You cant wack 'Local Inteligence!'...........:-D

Hello Spider, So that was the ONLY reason then? Just to check all componants were secure! If that is the case then, I would assume that a private owner who looked after his own gun a lot more diligently. If he ensured all componnats WERE indeed securely affixed, COULD tow an L6 further than the stipulated 20 Miles? As an Armourer myself, I went upto 120mm ON Recoiless A/T Weapons. The Mobat which was towed, didnt have a milage restriction on it. I alwasy wondered why the L6 had this, now I know! Cheers!

:angel: It was removed because it was an ineffcient & expensive design! I have no doubt that there were indeed incidents of bayonets getting 'Damaged' through the negligence of the user incorrectly fitting the Bayonet. This also happens to a LOT of Bayonets from EVERY concievable Country in Service. When the user does not fit & CHECK that the Bayonet IS fitted properly! I have written countless reports as 'expert witness' statements in Service. Used as evidence against a poor unfortunate Squaddie who failed to fit his bayonet correctly. The resultant Bullet exiting the barrel hit the spines & shattered blades VERY efficiently! There is a clear expalination in the Rifles user handbooks on ftting bayonets & how they can be VERY easily & quickly checked. If the user got 'sloppy' & failed to do this. Then the resultant 'Diciplinary action' usualy ended in a Charge on OC's Orders for damaging Government Property! Remember, we ALL pay Taxes, so the recovery of funds for a replacement should fall to the negligent, & NOT the Tax payer again!.....:angel:

The CORRECT magazine for an L9 has a Black NYLON follower & the baseplate is retained by a small plate with an indentation pressed in on the end of the internal mag spring. ALSO has a N.A.T.O. stock number on it. The CORRECT magazine for an Inglis No.2 MKI* has an ALLIMINIUM follower, & the mag base plate has two slits machined in it & the edge rolled over to act as a 'Spring' retainer. NO Stock number, but the inistials JI on stand for John Inglis. The Magazines WERE technically interchagable, & in an emergency WOULD be. BUT, the points lsited above are the CORRECT pattern issue. The reason the nylon was introduced was a logical improvement. Cheaper to produce, & more importantly. The slide passing over the top of an alliuminium one would cause unessacary wear to the front edge of the slide which was the feeding point for ammo. This was eliminated with the introduction of nylon as a softer material. No wear to slide, & cheaper to replace a worn nylon follower with a groove eventually worn in it! (I KNOW, it's Train spotter stuff, but better to get the CORRECT definition than pass on Misinformation. Which tends to then get accepted as the truth with time!) We ALL know about cases of that!......:-X

These are usualy encountered with BROWN Tuffnel grips. The GUARDS were the FIRST to recieve them in Service because they looked bigger & better on a No.4 Rifle on Cerimonial duties! The version for the Experimental EM1 Rifle project was SIMILAR, but NOT the same! It had a MUCH SMALLER hole in the cross guard for the projecting Rifle barrel muzzle. Unusualy a bayonet that was overly complecated for it's intended task! It aslo was a weak design, in that the 'Pommel' was able to rotate 3069 degrees & lock in either of two positions. That was a weak centre point in this Bayonet & fractures happend frequently! Interesting point in the spares parts list for the MKV Sten. Is the fact that the sten MKV had THIS bayonet only as the approved issue! BUT, the sten could in fact accept ANY of the spike bayonet series range!

Roll out the barrel!.....lets have barrel of fun!..........

'She took Water Conservation VERY seriously, & always bathed 'with a Friend'. Mind you, there was a limt to how many could share, & this was STRICTLY enforced!.............

Clive, Its small consolation but. All the Water you gather from inside the collection containers in the De Humidifiers. Is Distilled & can be used in vehicle batteries! Also as a bonus for the Wife, it's also a VERY good idea to use in the electric steam irons indoors! (It prevents bunging them up with a limescale deposit that forms!)

The NEW SONIC CANNON was accepted for Troop Trials!......

The new 'Belly Buster' Breakfast, was not a complete sucess!........

A great shame. The message is a bit blunt though,...Dont you think? Anyone know what the prob was?

Nice one, will look forward to seeing them when they materialise! :cheesy:

Er.....No Pics visible........:-X

The Resourcefull Major Hirst was tasked with getting the factory up & running originaly as a REME Repair Workshops for the area. He then set to with agreement from 'higher authorities' to see if it was feasable to attempt to get some sort of production going in constructing vehicles from left over componants Etc. There were a lot of people living in the area who used to work in the factory during hosilities. Gathering together a lot of this former workforce & gleaning thier knowlege & skills. Benifited both parties, it provided employment for the locals. & produced vehicles to supplement the Army's vehicle fleet for more practical purposes. Light cars were better & more comfortable for officers & liason duties than a Jeep! Also more economical to run with lower fuel consumption. A lot of Beetles were supplied to the British Control Commisions as well. these were used for quite a few years! Also, Kubelwagens were made for the same reasons. & also Kubels with BOX BODIES on the rear were manufactured for the the German Postal Service. & one or two for factory 'Runabouts', delivering spares, tools Etc around the factory buildings. There was a 'Type Number' for these. But without looking it up in one of the books on VW's, I cannot recall it's type no.

The British Army also assembled roughly 250 KUBELWAGENS from left over components at the remains of the Factory after the war. I had an old Friend who owned one of these. Confirmation was sourced from the VW factory records, which they still have! I also owned a 44 Kubel myself for a few years. I nice vehicle to drive, simple to maintain & relativley easy to keep going with spares sourcing. I have always been interested in VW of the Kubel, schwimmer & Beetle classes. I have coincidently, just obtained an EX Postwar Factory Tech Report on a componant failure on one of the Postwar Army Kubels. Very indepth & with a x ray type photograph! All original. It menations a Capt. Pearson at the factory in one of the Nomencleture boxes. I am ASSUMING that Capt. Pearson was involved on the R.E.M.E Side of things there. Doe's anyone have any info on this Person, or could point me in the direction of where I might begin to research him/ (Apart from the obvious REME Museum at Arborfield!) Thanks Guys!

Thier getting better then! :cheesy: Note the 'Great British Pounds Sterling' in the text. I would assume as you did originally, that this originates from 'Warmer Climes'...:cool2: I hope you passed it on to interpol? :angel:...

I was on Spearpoint 80 during my time in BAOR. Brilliant times! The MOD couldnt afford to hold an major FTX of that magnitude today! The cost would be HUGE! & anyway, 'apparantly'. We are ALL Friends now, so another War couldnt happen,.... could it?........... Seem to remember something like that being said during the 1930's................:angel:

Rambo, The ONLY thing I can visualise on your coment here is. One of Dick emery's characters from his comedy show that used to be on TV. 'Oh, you awfull, but I Like You!'............:rofl:

Tony, Any EX Soldier worth his Salt & having done 'Some Time' in the Mob. Would be able to spot an Ex Serving Member VERY quickly! There IS a Correct way to wear & 'Carry' yourself in Deportment when in uniform. I will not go into detail here as there may well be some 'Wannabes' who would act on this information. ANY Ex Squaddie who reads this WILL, Im SURE, concur with my comments?......:angel:

Wellcome & 'Arte Et Marte' from a fellow Ex Corpsman! :laugh: Or another unofficial maxim I use is: 'Boys dont' grow up, there toys just become more sophisticated'! (AND Expensive!) Mike.

Defo Chicken & Egg situation! H&K also desgned a 'Caseless Round' as well. But it was not a sucess due to fouling 'Difficulties' involved. There is a LOT going on in research involving varied calibres presently. What will energe, is anyones guess! Im not sure about your comment on the 9mm Origins though. The 7.63mm Round is a little 'Hotter' in original form. I cannot state for definate about it evolving from this calibre & being 'opened up'. I doubt that this was the case though. The powder contents are different & the heads obviously weigh differently as well.

[QUOTE=Tony B;241108]Yes, but one round is ballstically designed for a 1 in 12 twist and if I remeber correcrtly the other about 1 in 16. Correct Tony, & that is why they are NOT interchangable (Except in a 'take your own chance on it, in a Battlefield scenareo) the usage of a US Round in the SA system would damage the internal walls of the barrel & VERY quickly wear it out! On a hair splitting term: Yes it would fire & opperate. But NO, it is not permitted & would damage the barrel.

The front access hatch on Orig 432's in ONE Piece, on the Bulldog it's TWO & a Bigger opening! Thats just for starters! I would imagine the mounting points for the internals now are also in different postions due to the equipment sub systems differeing shapes. Just a thought......:nut: