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Perhaps I managed to answer my own question?

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I've been here and there, mostly focusing on my automotive hobby and motorcycles, managing a mildly successful YouTube channel on the same. The milsurps stuff for me has taken a tactical pause, the...

This is not quite correct, it an insurance company requirement, not the AB registry, and if you have an out of province insurance underwriter they may never request an inspection.

I buy and swap...

Hello Gents, it's been a long time, but I am back with an ID request.

First questions and then the story.

What pattern of helmet is this, and given the unusual markings, is it a valuable relic,...

That is interesting, the only weapon I have ruined was when we were ordered to expend all leftover blank ammo from an exercise in the US, Fort Pickett in 2001.

My C7A1 took 55-60 magazines of...

Verblifa United Canned Factories - google translate Dutch to English.

The tank is a very good sketch of a M3 Lee or the M3 Grant depending on country of service.

Offset main gun, small AT gun in a 360° turret with a MG in the cupola.

Over penetration of any 5.56/.223 with regard to structures is a very valid concern with your scope of use, I think the .30 Carbine is likely a much better choice with regards to that.

During my time our C6 GPMG never had a side bag or box in the dismounted role, so they were carried as BAR mentioned.

The C9 LMG had a hard plastic clip on box that held 200 rounds of 4BIT as...

Deactivated firearms, if done to the standard are considered non-firearms like any other similar weighted item of metal.

That standard seems to evolve from time to time but is no where near as...

Further, all bullpup's are not banned, just a prescrbed list of names and bullpup conversion stocks for convential rifles.

The Type-97NSR, Tavor TAR-21, and Keltec RFB rifles are common,...

It looks very much built on a price point.

Or someone had the requirement to only use current weapon stocks for the conversion.

The MAT49 proving unsuitable, perhaps it was either that or a...

This may not be a matter of pointing, but a failure of muzzle and trigger control while moving.

While not pointing in civilian use is a good rule, in military use pointing is part of the use of a...

I usually fill those out with friend's contact info, just to be helpful of course.

Honestly, what friend wouldn't want a timeshare investment seminar over the phone at supper time?

These have dropped to nearly zero since I discontinued my landline service. After 10 years that number was only used by scammers and my mother.

It was an easy decision when I recognised the trend.

Without seeing the footage myself it is impossible for me to offer much more help. However Russian TO&E found its way everywhere from the 1950's on.

And depending on how the clips were threaded...

Even beyond the normal, "the media is no soldier's friend" in the editing room they tend to be sloppy.

I am sure that our members have noticed in documentaries "flipped negatives" that suggest...

It is also possible that the documentary chose to roll in other footage from "similar" conflicts to fill a gap in visuals. It is not uncommon for TV documentary producers to use this tactic when a...

I never encountered them in my time there, but since it is the crossroad of the old spice route as it were, these guns could have come from a number of sources. For example how did Canadian made Long...

I think I have a photo or two kicking around from my deployment that could be provided. PM me and we can talk further.

You can certainly quote my observations. Some of the photos are sourced from google though and I own no rights to them.

That reminds me, back in the 1980's my Grandfather bought a vehicle shop building from CFB Cornwallis and had it floated to his nearby property.

He warned us kids about the asbestos side shingle...

Just like how I miss pepper-podding in snowshoes, nothing like that sweet whack in the shins to welcome you to the prone position.

In the days before troops used to bring personal media players to the field it was considered a treat to cleverly tune the later the 522 radios to the local FM rock stations. In North America...

I have seen those apprentice marks on more than a few valuable knives.

The on of the oddest ones was a Hitler youth knife in the fishing tackle box of a childhood friend. He needed something to...