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Ordered one. Let's see just how little I knew.....

Stripping tool.... The only one I knew of was what we called a 'barrel key', used to unscrew the barrels from the navy inshore patrol boats...

If it was me doing it so as to make it so that it could never be returned to A or R fire, I'd remove the gas cylinder completely and machine out the threads in the body. Use the old gas cyl to...

The Wombat idea must be an Aust method of sighting Warren. The Mobat and Wombat were both of my era, here and Australia. As I recall it now, the Mobat used as the sighting medium, a side mounted...

The other telescope makers, such as Kodak and Watson were best utilised at making lenses. So that's what they reverted to. While the already geared-up instrument makers were tasked with...

I've just had both of mine done in the last couple of months. The difference is incredible. All the very best to y9ui and hope to see you back soon.

In the 60's, in my time as an apprentice and later into actve service, we - the Brits - still have a lot (?) of US lend lease vehicles. I remember Diamond T's, Half tracks that had a big jib on the...

We had a fairf few CMP and US vehicles still on charge when I was in NZ in the late 60's. If my memory is right,, all of the RNZEME recovery vehicles were CMP or Chevrolet bodied. The exception was...

I'm not sure about the Australian connection Warren. Not when I was in Australia they weren't. And where did that get them from? And why the silver. Silver painter kit is usually associated with...

Mmmmmmmm. Before I buy a copy, anyone got any comments about it?

On active service I always used to leave my gas regulator fully closed. That way, it'd always re-cock. At a big shooting competition at Nee Soon ranges in Singapore with Aust, UK and NZ Infantry,...

And while we are all here, where is ZGB now.....?

It looks to me like that started its life as an Indian Mk3 Bren and was converted to 'L4A1' spec - without the magazine support inserts - in 1970. Without mag inserts and A1 ejector block with...

Yes, they did convert many to Mk1/2 spec. ANOTHER wise move by the canny Indians. Makes assembly at manufacturing level far easier. Makes life in the Armourers shops much easier too.

All mentioned within the TGOD book. Sterling easily adapted current production into whatever the customer wanted. The plastic stock was brought about because at one time the USA didn't want...

Yes, Garandy, you're right. I did suggest that and it was passed along the Armourers chain during the lifetime of the L42 when loose front pads were becoming a problem. It makes engineering sense...

Without detracting in any way from the Gordon books on equipment, he has unwittingly fallen into the one of the dilemmas of all authors, including myself, of just WHEN to publish.

The problem is...

The compass was a delicate instrument and snipers were and still are, taught to keep it inside a top pocket on a piece of cord around the neck

C.O.S.D = Combined Operations Stores Dept. Not sure if it applies to these knives but it did apply to some other 'sensitive' equipment. One that I can think of that isn'r sensitive any more was the...

If I had to choose between a 762 - 54R PKM and a GPMG, it'd be a hard choice Mike. The PKM is just so wonderfully simple, built like a brick sh......., er....., out-house. Just look at the claws...

Choosing my words carefully, I'm not sure that many Armourers of the L39 and L42 era would agree with the notion that Moon made the L39 and 42 stocks. He certainly did something to them. But...

Thanks for the confirmation Mel. Heard about them but never seen one.

I have sent your pictures to James Edmiston who owned the Sterling Company. They never supplied the long ones and he...

I used to debrief the Infantry soldiers that had come bach from active service in Afgn. They called the GPMG '...the General...' They loved it. It gave you a warm safe feeling when you heard it...

What's impressed me about this thread is the breadth of knowledge that the forumers have. Who'd have known that someone - oldfoneguy - would recognise the spike ised to make the home-made...

Ironic that you mention the GPMG/FN MAG58 in the OHF role BAR. I was one of the Armourers on the team investigating its suitability to replace the Vickers guns. We didn't know too much about the...

I forwarded this thread to an ex South African Army friend of many years, who left when the tide was turning. He commented to me this morning that '........ The whole western world should have seen...