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M.E.F. "Mediterranean Expeditionary Force" is a term I saw on a trunk full of letters once.

Bah, late to the party, twice. :p

Not in the RA or RFA to judge by the deaf former members of those branches I encountered earlier in life.

The ever-growing number of videos of heavy duty telescopic cranes being tipped over by operators backs you up Cinders. Here we had some numbskull taking the locking pins out of the tower of a tower...

Ear plugs were on issue or is that just the typical "cotton wool"?

They've been there for a bit by the platform built and dugout(?) behind.

Fuse-setter on the right?

I have a full-length Collins No.28, and a few other types, and bright polished and sharp as it is, it certainly inspires a healthy regard in the viewer and the user, but it's more of a liability for...

Curious vegetation for a park: scrub with small conifers here and here, so I did a little reading:

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Presumably the reference is to wind and rain...

General Pershing does seem to have often been quite lost; and after the war a goodly number of incriminating documents were apparently "lost" from the US archives at his instigation.

Thanks for sharing your insights ssgross, depressing as they are.

Is the finish and the degree of wear along the spine consistent with what you see along the curve of the tip?

Actually it was the crafty French who first introduced the pointed bullet if I'm not mistaken.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spitzer_(bullet)

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The movie and the bravery notwithstanding, I'd suggest it was the achievements of the ANZAC on the Western Front that should be remembered most of all.

Gallipoli was opposed by too many powerful...

As well as Mk.2 rifles you'll see it on bolts replaced in post-war refurbishments as well as bolts made in Belgium post-WWII.

This particular crew or the entire battalion?

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5d1810846e4b69000116772f/t/5fecc1c451f1750fc6afea1c/1609351622166/ToTa_OneDayatStavelot_Version2_2.pdf

It is this one that you want mon ami. ;)

Yikes, another "bonfire of the vanities"?

And wouldn't we have loved to see those Enfield and Ross barrels you mention; no one here seems to work in chrome-moly now, all stainless.

Could...

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I would second Roger's comment that it is very unlikely to a be a military scope replacement job. I have heard on good authority that in many, most or perhaps all cases the scopes were separated...

Yes, they shoot alright. All that is required is mounts with no play, a reticule likewise, and little or no parallax. Consider the results achieved with scope-sighted target rifles in the second...

That photo has been discussed on other forums previously.

It is usually described as showing "Soviet Partisans" on the North West Front.

Some variation on the CLLE. The sling modification...

Very 19th C looking Collins stamp. The fact that it says only "Hartford" rather than "Hartford, Conn., USA" etc. probably shows how local their trade was when that stamp was made.

Was this a...

On taking another look Brian I think you're probably right: I was reading too much into the colour and the "ring" around the end of the rivet probably raised by too hard a die strike, which resembles...

"There are no bad regiments, only bad officers".

The most stupid can be trained to do a simple job and do it well, but they must be made to feel they are part of a team, that they are treated with...

Make sure you keep the knob on the elevation quick release tightened down.

Thanks for the grin! :D Don't we see enough rubbish and rubbishy work on UK made Enfields, to say nothing of every other kind of former industrial product of the former "workshop of the world"? I...