Gadge
Gadge
@gadge
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Joined: Sep 12, 2006
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Re: WWII Royal Marine commandos

Sort of. As said the denison was *far* from standard, a lot of the misconception comes from things like the 'toy soldier' colletion and osprey choos...

15 years ago
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Re: British Free Corps?

nasty trousers, only fit for walking round camp. Never worn them for more than twenty minutes trying them on in the shop+ posing for kit photos, s...

15 years ago
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Re: What impressions have you actually worn?

Brit for Nijmegan (senny) and SS for Minsk (Bramley) I've also been sporting brit kit at a dozen or so re-enactent shows across the UK this year.

15 years ago
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Re: British Free Corps?

SLR came into service in 1957 i think so you're going to have a three or four year transitional period where BD was worn. I know there was some use o...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

Totally see your points. I just think from experience we've found that polls just dont really help at all. I have no idea *why* they dont reflect re...

15 years ago
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Re: British Free Corps?

Never an issue for me as i only wore them on wet exercises in wales but... i remember being told that tropical dpms were banned in Northern Ireland as...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

I think CW is spot on here. And also its important that a wide variety of styles of play are available rather than just wanting 'bums on seats'. I m...

15 years ago
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Re: Latest Acquisitions

A few things for my next impression, you'll never guess what it is Only problem is I was a bit over optimistic about the trousers they're a bit ...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

I know they're not all in Barnsley - that was a joke in response to Gadge's comment. I collect and play airsoft. Re-enactment has never grabbed me - t...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

You see this is one of the more interesting convos on here in a while to be honest. Its *good* to question what we do, how we do it and whos doing it...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

I regret starting this thread. Again you shouldnt. You've sparked off an interesting conversation and much better than looking on the board to find...

15 years ago
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Re: Where are all the Commonwealth troops? In fact, where..

Difficult to say regarding the drop out rate - at Il Giogo, we had 40 of 41 booked players attend, plus the 6 organisers. However, 14 of the 18 Brits...

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