Wladek
@wladek
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Joined: Jun 16, 2011
Topics: 277 / Replies: 4043
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Re: Lightning kit. What you wearing then?

i believe( correct me if i am wrong) but the majority of MK3 helmets went to the canadians ( no idea why) I thought that, I don't know if it is accur...

17 years ago
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Re: D'boys Kar98k, some questions.

I have never skirmished with it or any other rifle for that mater, so I cannot really help you there, but from what I have read on this forum and in y...

17 years ago
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Re: Lightning kit. What you wearing then?

Would it be MkII or Mk III helmets if one was to wear one? I know Italy was bit of a muddle.

17 years ago
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Re: Headwear

It was operation 'Roast', the battle for Camacchio with 2 Cdo 9 Cdo and 40 RM Cdo. So I was mostly wrong on the old details...

17 years ago
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Re: Headwear

Yes, I think that's likely.

17 years ago
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Re: Headwear

the chances are, if you were captured by commandos it was a raid not an assualt, and more than likely in a rear " safe " area where you woul...

17 years ago
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Re: Headwear

In regards to the Yugoslavian/Med operations the pictures of pirsoners of war from an assault by the commandos against German trenches (Italy 1944) sh...

17 years ago
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Re: Not long to wait

From what I can gather you never can concentrate on work anyway. shhhhh!

17 years ago
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Re: Not long to wait

I am simply too excited to concentrate on work.

17 years ago
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Re: Cap Badge Backing

I was going to get one done bobbing down to our local haberdashers, when I rushed my order of a badge so I could go to the training day. But when I wa...

17 years ago
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Re: Cap Badge Backing

Heh... well those are now all gone... But I can make more. Remind me after lightning! actually if you are making any more....

17 years ago
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Re: Operation Lightning: Weather

Heh.. the Heer garrison's job can be to hold the sentry boxes up. I still dont know what was wrong with this plan? Sounds great to me.

17 years ago
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Re: Today I....

Do you have one you can give me at lightning for free? No? Well then there we go. You will have to be patient. It is on the list of things to be bou...

17 years ago
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Re: Today I....

learned how to change the settings on my camera to take 'smaller' piccies. Thus I can no take more then eight pics on the merory doo-dad. Hurrah!

17 years ago
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Re: Important Info for Campers at Op Lightning

Would you like us to try and get down earlyer then tea time to help you put the tents up Yith?

17 years ago
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Re: Important Info for Campers at Op Lightning

sure thing, it's only little. Is this a no-groundsheet one?

17 years ago
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Re: Important Info for Campers at Op Lightning

Hi Yith As we three only have a horid modern monstrosity at the moment we would certainly appreciate a period tent to sleep in. So could we sleep in ...

17 years ago
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Re: Operation Lightning: Weather

Just your fingers!? Don't tempts the wrath of the watsit from atop the thing. Cross everything. Though I think the leather Jerkin will be a deffo i...

17 years ago
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