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More SLR pics
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 2:44 pm
by joseyclosey
Heres a couple of pics taken in September 1973 somewhere on Luneberg Heide, Northern Germany.
My SLR has the wood butt and plastic forend, my pals rifle has all wood furniture.
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Our humble abode,
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I dug these out of the attic after looking at some Brit squaddies with SLR
pics on the "FAL Files". Cheers for the link Curtis
Joe
Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 6:00 pm
by ThePitbullofLove
Great pix, Joe!
Lesse, 1973...I was four...hm.
This might have been '74...I'm on the left...
Not an SLR, but I've got a gun
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Posted: Thu Oct 20, 2005 10:27 am
by joseyclosey
Howdy pardner, BTW, that doesnt look like a toy gun Brian
Thats a pretty fancy waistcoat you are wearing too
Joe
Posted: Mon Oct 24, 2005 10:55 am
by ThePitbullofLove
My parents were enablers
I was spoiled rotten. Tons of toys.
My mother was a pretty good seamstress, so she made me cowboy outfits, indian outfits, military uniforms, pirate clothes, and even made me a set of camouflage BDU's around 1976, long before such items of clothing became available for kids
I had an 8' x 2' x 2' toychest packed to the lid with toy guns, swords, and knives of all descriptions. Even then, my preference was for "realistic" looking toys. I loved my Marx plastic M1 Garand and my wooden bolt action Springfield with the "golden wooden bullet" revealed when the bolt was pulled back.
On a depressing note...all those toys are long gone now...they'd be worth a small fortune today. Plus, you can't get good toy guns anymore. Everything has to have an orange muzzle plug, or be some day-glo color.
Guess that's why I'm stuck with buying the real thing
Luneberg
Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 5:10 pm
by Strangely_Brown
Er Joe, I was on the same exercise!
As I recall there were also Para TA involved as the enemy (depends which side you were on) I was doing the part of an OP officer as our troop commander was ill and I had to take command of a 432 as a young gunner which did not go down well with the lance jack flaggy we had.
Being the OP officers ack I was given the job and loved it, my memory is a bit dim but I do recall it pi55ed down during the exercise and we ended up near a gasthues and managed to dry out over a few beers and the gasthues (spelling?) also contained some of the enemy TA paras.
It's a small world!
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 10:41 am
by joseyclosey
You were lucky to get dried out and have a few beers Mick, if i wasnt in a muddy hole, we were creeping round the countryside all night
I remember the paras as after the excercise we were swapping souvenirs with them. I scored a set of German para wings for my LI cap badge.
Still got the para wings!
Small world indeed.
Joe
SLR eh!
Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2005 2:27 pm
by 24626151
Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:33 pm
by joseyclosey
Got any more to post?
Joe
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:44 pm
by Strangely_Brown
Couldn't resist it!
Mick
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Posted: Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:23 pm
by joseyclosey
