2 para

32years today the 2nd battalion the parachute regiment retook goose green from the argies. . Remember the seventeen. R.I.P. Boys

Not a para smock , no woollen cuffs. Just a plain 68? Pattern smock.

love her or hate her , what other PM apart from churchill would have had the ********** to send the SAS into the iranian embassy with the agenda .

i would rather see uniform faded and repaired it means it's got some history to it. im not too keen on minty fresh gear.:yawn:

cheers guy's :cheesy:

anybody out there know if there are any dallas digout type sales in the norfolk/suffolk area in the near future ? ive got quite of bit of kit i want to sell and i hate e bay , the dallas digout is a hell of a trek for me .any info would be great ,many thanks .steve.

they are ALL full auto with a little TWEEK :cool2:

ha ha ,reading your post brought back some painful memories especially the bit about the lid cracking you on the conk,

4 platoon N.I 1979

Small but significant point. Have you noticed, it's got a V neck. Rather than the USUAL issue CREW NECK?...

no never noticed that :red:

good old e bay

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/British-Army-Issue-Beige-Desert-Sand-Pure-New-Wool-Pullover-Jumper-New-Genuine-/130802620013?pt=UK_Collectables_Militaria_LE&var=&hash=item1e7471966d

you would give your reenactment a lot more credibility if you used a para regiment that actually fought in the falklands war ie 2 or 3 para

LOL i like it

browning barracks my old stomping grounds

we held a d day event at my place of work last year and there where a number of folk walking around in para reg uniform and beret's . it has never bothered me before but i could feel myself getting angry at these men . i took me and a lot of other guys a lot of blood, sweat and some tears to earn the right to wear that beret and somehow felt cheated. please don't even get me started on the wearing of medals not earned :mad:

nice find .quite unusual .

probably the wrong place for this but just seen this and fell in love :wow:

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C331452

i think i'll buy loads of 68 pattern para smocks for about a tenner a piece and re-sell them "AS USED IN THE FALKLANDS"

should make a killing :nut:

seen the one with the marines stuck in the mud before, BOOTNECKS don't you love them.

goose green 30yrs ago tonight (17 at goose green ,3 at wireless ridge. (R.I.P the 20 :cry:

there's a pucara at the norfolk and suffolk avation museum flixton, norfolk too

by the way the wessex was called HUMPFREY :laugh:

here you go mate.

http://www.britishmedalforum.com/index.php

Yeah it´s not bad for a has been. Of course the faults are there. Mess tins, you joke, no room for them. Cook and eat out of the metal mug and drink out of the plastic one;) Hexi blocks mmm, yeah alright if it was a buckshee exercise somewhere but mostly with the tactical training you ate cold. The terrible smell of a hexi could be detected more than half a mile off. The kidney pouches would be filled with powdered food of some sort. Keep you going for a couple of days if you bergen got lost. Of course all the pouches would be tied together at the bottom to keep them from moving about when we -trotted- about;) A good belt hardly moved when you were on the go. If it can be laid flat then you´ve put it together wrongly. Half moon shape to fit snug. The kidney pouches were a bit flimsy so a lot of the blokes used 58 pat waterbottle carriers for the whole belt. They could carry other things than a water bottle. Everything got -broken down- to the bare essencials so that you could fit it all in bergan and belt. Belt was strapped around the bergan before you strapped the whole thing for a jump. The boys in Grey/blue often tried to get us to put everything inside the bergan (for safety reasons) but there was no way you could manage it, so they usually gave up trying:-D I usually had the thankless job of showing some of the sprogs how to put together a decent kit for -the outdoor life- My kit was always spot on. A sluvenly para looked like a pig in drag. And as a certain Jerry Davis once said to us in JPC -We know youré a useless lot of sods and haven´t a clue but at least you can dress and act as though you knew what you were doing;)) From that day on I started to -hoodwink- my surroundings:-D

happy day's and i'd do it all again tomorrow

ay alan love the belt mate , once a para eh! :cool2:

mine.s quite simple really.im ex 2 para

I still have my (well worn) beret in my sock-drawer.....just in case....:-D

i bet that if you asked most members that served in the forces not many would not still have their beret :laugh: