So, who,s an ex serviceman/woman?
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after the other night i am now just going to dismiss posts like that not worth typing a reply for themRamjet said:
madtuna
if you were you are going good for your age :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
if you were you are going good for your age :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
I have had to clean out this post and am not happy. I chose to do that instead of dumping the whole thread.
True, we are all entitled to our own personal opinion but in a case like this, I am a bit pissed on the junk that
Was posted. I myself have not served on a battle front but have been behind the scenes in a category that I
Can not talk about.
My Grandfather served in the First World war in the 18tth Battiloin as a Lewis Machine Gunner and to the day
he passed away in 1977, Had to have shrapnel removed from his legs. He was awarded both Bravery in the
field of fire and the Military Medal.
No more crap please.
Or else.
True, we are all entitled to our own personal opinion but in a case like this, I am a bit pissed on the junk that
Was posted. I myself have not served on a battle front but have been behind the scenes in a category that I
Can not talk about.
My Grandfather served in the First World war in the 18tth Battiloin as a Lewis Machine Gunner and to the day
he passed away in 1977, Had to have shrapnel removed from his legs. He was awarded both Bravery in the
field of fire and the Military Medal.
No more crap please.
Or else.
Ok boss sorry :Y: :Y: 
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7.62marksman said:
I'd call them a first class ride when you're tired as buggery. :Y:
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7.62marksman said:
It may, but ...
Wikipedia said:
Not that I was a long serving unit
LOL so true and the amount of food they can carry
when walking and only resupplied every 5 days means something has to go because of weight the first stuff to go was food that we didnt like which was most of it
so yes i will agree with you on that
ration pack 24 hour 2kg x 5 = 10kg
my platoon average weight back in the old days with front line ammo (on top of your own ammo each man carried 200 rounds for the m60) was 75kg NOT including your weapon (m60, bren. slr. m16. m16/203)
when walking and only resupplied every 5 days means something has to go because of weight the first stuff to go was food that we didnt like which was most of it
so yes i will agree with you on that
ration pack 24 hour 2kg x 5 = 10kg
my platoon average weight back in the old days with front line ammo (on top of your own ammo each man carried 200 rounds for the m60) was 75kg NOT including your weapon (m60, bren. slr. m16. m16/203)
The 18th Battalion was an infantry battalion of the Australian Army. During World War I, the battalion was raised in 1915 as part of the Australian Imperial Force, attached to the 5th Brigade, of the 2nd Division. It was sent initially to Gallipoli, where it suffered a large number of casualties before it was withdrawn from the line and sent to France and Belgium, where it served at the Western Front as part of the Australian Corps and took part in most of the major battles between 1916 and 1918. The battalion's last engagement of the war was at Montbrehain in October 1918Tathradj said:
madtuna said:7.62marksman said:
Yeah, not that I was in it back then
LOL u sure
awww i missed the bad post
The Lewis gun (or Lewis automatic machine gun or Lewis automatic rifle) is a First World War-era light machine gun of US design that was perfected and mass-produced in the United Kingdom,[1] and widely used by British and British Empire troops during the war. With its distinctive barrel cooling shroud and top-mounted pan magazine, the Lewis served to the end of the Korean War. It was also widely used as an aircraft machine gun, almost always with the cooling shroud removed, during both world wars.Tathradj said:
for the people that are not sure of weapons
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Thanks to all who have and still serve in our defence forces :Y:.
NeilM
you didnt miss much ] ]
you didnt miss much
] ]Grandad served at Lone Pine and Possiers.
How he got one of his medals was he moved out in front with an ammo box
Leaving behind the water can and boxed ammo.
He hosed down a heap of enemy before the gun locked up.
That got him the MM.
How he got one of his medals was he moved out in front with an ammo box
Leaving behind the water can and boxed ammo.
He hosed down a heap of enemy before the gun locked up.
That got him the MM.
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NeilM said:
3RAR has a section competition every year called the Opie Trophy. Very demanding comp, usually over a week and over 100km on foot with incredible tasks to complete along the way that demand team work and test every soldiers military skills.
(For the record,I don't miss it!)
like your g/father i have a mate who sets off metal detectors from the grenade shrapnel he still has in him from nam
(i keep threatening him that i will get a big electro magnet) O O O O O
(i keep threatening him that i will get a big electro magnet) O
O O O Oheard about that thank god i was not there well done on that :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y: :Y:davent said:
BIG BANG :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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