indeed they were, they just dount look as good as the beret, + it lightens the load on there poor old legs, ( more ammo etc)
we wear the cap comforters, (winter) nice bit of kit, and its supprising how much the RM green shows up even in woodland,
i often get " all we saw was your beret coming out of the bushes"but it cant be as bad as the para maroon
I use the cap comforter quite a bit as well... as does Gadge for that matter.
The solution to the maroon beret problem is a camo face veil... Gadge ties his around his beret... I just chuck mine over my head also as a result camoflaging my face 
Yes well Its alrite for you none specs wearing lads, I cant wear a beret and goggles.
Well im going to try safty specs next sunday but last time i wore them they steamed up within moments.
I wear contacts myself with shooting glasses.
Whos slr loadout are we on about?
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Its a picture of you mate. You have been uncovered as the vain poser that you are 
The pik in the ospey book the guy has your face, well sombody has too.
er... I had no idea you needed glasses gadge!
Yeah have done for some time.
I find them a bugger for outdoors stuff thoug, even with memeory metal frames, i sued to soldier in glasses but wore contacts when not doing anything that required getting filthy.
I've not seen that osprey pic, link?
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Right this pics 42 but i have some somewhere very similar dated 43 and 44 , just cant find copies online!
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
i'd like to post up some in NWE, got a good one of a commando CO with a N05 on his shoulder, dated jan-feb 45.
but scaning in pics is never good + the pics are allways a little bad,
i wish the BBC would do a good vertion of BOB, but with the story following a commando unit from there individual regular service, then follow them at basic training achnacary etc, norwegian raids etc to D-Day and all the way to VE day,
spred over ten eps would be awsome,
team shoot and scoot, TL
I always thought Pegasus Bridge would make a good 3-4 part miniseries. But then again I think any story following a group of soldiers would be good.
ye thers been a few in the last 10 years or so, mostly a little crap, and allways kinda showing use (uk) as half whits, stumballing around getting buggered by the germans, wich we were to some extent but not allways
or with very comical and slitly daft music to ???
and that was a N05 jungle carbine on his shoulder,
team shoot and scoot, TL
Right here we are, straight fomr the IWM.
Army commandoes in steel helmets coming ashore on d-day.
Photo No.: B 5245
Ha!
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
oh and look... the guy about three back has a thompson...
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
indeed they were, they just dount look as good as the beret, + it lightens the load on there poor old legs, ( more ammo etc)
we wear the cap comforters, (winter) nice bit of kit, and its supprising how much the RM green shows up even in woodland,
i often get " all we saw was your beret coming out of the bushes"but it cant be as bad as the para maroon
I use the cap comforter quite a bit as well... as does Gadge for that matter.
The solution to the maroon beret problem is a camo face veil... Gadge ties his around his beret... I just chuck mine over my head also as a result camoflaging my face
Yep, i've seen period phots of *lots* of UK airbore wearing the scrim scarf as a bandanna... i was incredibly suprised myself but it wasnt just one ro two guys it was entire sections. Want to see it in action check out 'theirs is the glory'
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
Well done mate. I tore you impression too bits and you esponded by putting pictoral evidense of why you were doing it. Spot on mate.
No, im just an argumentative bugger lol...
no offence i quite enjoy online debates!
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
It makes using forums that bit more funny?
nice to hear it gadge,
we all like talking about inportant stuff and not bluddy computer games etc,
team shoot and scoot, TL
I've seen pics of Royal Marine Commandos wearing what look like Denison smocks instead of BD. Is that peculiar to the RM, or did Army Commandos wear them too?
ye they were both issed them after the d-day landings,
i think snipers had them a little time befor there were on general issue to the commando,s
team shoot and scoot, TL
If you look at picks of normal infantry they had them in 45. The commandos had them in time for the amphibiouse assault on walchen island.