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    Yes definitely a two pounder, as they had to lug them around everywhere.
    You look at those timeless photos, no re enactor could emulate them could they?
    The second photo looks like he is spattered in blodd the old Commandant...................doesn't he realise he should be at the back, not at the front where blood is spilt!!
    Last edited by Gil Boyd; 07-06-2018 at 01:40 PM.
    'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA

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