That would be good for D-Day.
there you go you found your volunteer
Sod that
Well lewis as the section NIG it's *technically* your job mate.
(note: you're going to get the gimpy/minimi/lsw/law94 *all* the time when you're at battalion until a guy joins whose younger/newer than you
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Dont mind abit of firepower if im fireing it
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
If you dont mind me asking, how much did it cost you all-in Kermit?
Did it come compelte with the nice Hendsolt periscope and light kit?
Have you tried an MG42 on it yet? when I brought mine a few years back, my Shoei would not clamp on properly. On close examination I found that the front forks had been bent slightly (probably dropped out the back of a truck of something) which was obviously why it had become "surplus"
It was a pretty simple job to fix, just stripped it down and straighted them with a bit of blow-torching and a hammer!
good as new now, i'm kind of regretting selling my MG42 lately
£89.99 all in, including delivery from the land of sauerkraut and bratwurst. Came complete with the optics, and the battery box.
It fits the 42 perfectly
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Dont mind abit of firepower if im fireing it
youll be carrying it, some one else will fire it
most new guys think Great i get a big gun, but as soon as range day comes, guess who gets given an sa80 again
just the way it is
"Take that you rotton helping of strawberry flan!"
Joseph Porta to "strawberrys and cream", in the sven hassel book ,ogpu prison
Dont mind abit of firepower if im fireing it
youll be carrying it, some one else will fire it
most new guys think Great I get a big gun, but as soon as range day comes, guess who gets given an sa80 again
just the way it is
I heard that they give the section nob the Anti-tank weapon.(no one say i would have it!)
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
You get anything particlarly unpleasant and heavy to be honest.
"I think we are in rats' alley - Where the dead men lost their bones."
You get anything particlarly unpleasant and heavy to be honest.
Bugger,good that my brother brought me a set of weights and stuff then!
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
SS Sturman collar patches
SS Sturman Rank stripe
SS Sleave eagle
If its passed 9 there is a 95% chance im pissed.
Rubber WW2 German trench knife. Blade is a floppier than I would have liked but it is still usable.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
3 pairs of Bolle glasses - hopefully one of them won't go fubared like the pair I had at the 2nd Training Day
Oh and this just turned up, from Germany:-
KAR98 sling and G43 mag pouches in black leather, from Epic.
You've got nothing to ein, zwei, drei, vier
The quest is over ZF 41 Scope +mount.
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The quest is over
congrats 
, they are very rare!! well I had to get mine from dealer in the Netherlands, who it turns out has ripped off some locals in the past.
3 pairs of Bolle glasses - hopefully one of them won't go fubared like the pair I had at the 2nd Training Day
Oh and this just turned up, from Germany:-
Where did you get the ruck from JD7? I've been after one for a while now.
“I wanted to come to the Volga at a specific location at a specific city. By chance it carries the name of Stalin himself. So don’t think I marched there for this reason – it could carry another name – but because there is a very important goal... this goal I wanted to take – and you know – we are very modest, we have it already."
Adolf Hitler, November 1942
"Comrades, Red Army men, commanders and political workers, men and women guerrillas! It is on your perseverance, staunchness, fighting skill and readiness to discharge your duty to the country that the defeat of the German-fascist army and the liberation of the Soviet land from the Hitlerite invaders depend! We can and must clear the Soviet land of Hitlerite vermin."
Joseph Stalin, November 1942
3 pairs of Bolle glasses - hopefully one of them won't go fubared like the pair I had at the 2nd Training Day
Oh and this just turned up, from Germany:-
Where did you get the ruck from JD7? I've been after one for a while now.
Got it from Zeltplane on Ebay - http://stores.ebay.co.uk/zeltplane-shop
He's got one left(as of 10:54 27th Aug)
Quick question, did he sell that rucksack to you as a WW2 item? If so, he's got it wrong, its post war.
The biggest giveaway is the retaining straps by the buckles. German ones are leather on rucksacks for temperate use, and the "tropical" rucksacks with webbing straps use a completely different buckle
Other giveaways are the padded shoulder straps and the leather straps on the lid and sides of the rucksack being riveted, not sewn, on.
Maybe a bit of 
but if he's selling stuff that ain't what its described as....
When we were a Kingdom it was run by a King
When we were an Empire it was run by an Empress
Now we're a country we're run by a..........
Just got off ebay a repo German M40 Summer Field Tunic which is now on route from Barry Lyndon, it was on his auction & only cost me $41, its worth watching his auctions for bargins 
what you mean it didn't cost you £500 
falls on the floor, but Mr sweeney said
Will you do me a favour and get some close ups of it when it arrives purrrrrrrrlease I'd like to see the fabric they us as well as the over all ensemble (you don't need to don it unless you feel it appropriate 
)
TA
Yeah ill photo it when it arrives, the only reason I got it is the wool ones are to hot under a camo smock & cotton washes easier,
Steve.D
indeed reason enough and photies will be appreciated ta steve
I was wearing one at the training day and you didn't notice. 
