Royal Marine Snipers Training 1976

[DanL96a1]

Found this footage which I found very interesting and in formative

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[Peter Laidler]

Interesting. Shame that some of the sound track has been doubled up. Note how some of the course are disguising their faces with their hand(s) as they're filmed. I would guess that those are, er......., 'specialists' of some sort or another. And I don't mean cooks! Loads of old No2 and No5 binos there too.....

[Surpmil]

Bolts seem sticky on the range.

[Strangely Brown]

Interesting video, it confirms my thoughts that the old style Denison smocks had a far better camouflage pattern than the current MTP smocks. Come to that for northern temperate climes there was nothing wrong with DPM when it was current issue.

[Peter Laidler]

I agree entirely regarding the suitability of the DPM pattern material in Northern Europe. But as one wag commented when the new alice-in-wonderland pattern was accepted/adopted, that we've got the pattern for everything but good for nothing

[DanL96a1]

PL is the green on the rifles, the "sniper tape" we use today? Normally the Bain of any REME Tech, as the sniper is normally loathed to remove it, for inspection of the weapon.
I find this rear footage helpful to see how they, used the equipment, and what worked for them at the time. Not much has changed!

[Strangely Brown]

PL is the green on the rifles, the "sniper tape" we use today? Normally the Bain of any REME Tech, as the sniper is normally loathed to remove it, for inspection of the weapon.

As a drop short we didn't really do the sniper thing except for NI, and once there we just carried them in the same way we carried and used the SLR.
However back in Germany my Battery supported 3 RGJ who gave a us a lot of training prior to deployment in NI and I remember L42A1's with a lot of hessian and sniper veil scrim, all held together with black nasty if this helps?

[chosenman]

Strangely Brown, I was 3 RGJ in Celle, Germany. We did a tour of Belfast in the early eighties and sadly one of your guys was killed by a head shot. I think the guys name was Utteridge.
It was common practice for our L42's to be taped up as illustrated below.

[Gil Boyd]

Surgeon Commander Rick Jolly a good friend on that first video ..........."now you don't."
Not one man wounded, who entered the whaling station where he had set up his surgical team died........thats the credit down to the man and his medics!

[Peter Laidler]

Yep, that tape is the army equivalent of young drivers 'go-faster' tape. It's also called invisible tape as it is said to make your kit invisible to the enemy