L41A1-L96A1 question

[PrinzEugen]

Is it possibly to buy the cotton variant anywhere - presumably if they are currently being produced, then someone sells them new?

Oh and Peter - how would someone get nylon burns in the Falklands - presumably you'd have to roll your sleeve up - unlikely in that environment??? Or does it rise above freezing at some point?

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[Brian Dick]

I have new 2005 production at BDL LTD Rifles and Accessories. Contact me directly if interested.

The burns occur when fire is introduced as in an RPG hit on an APC. The U.S. could take a lesson from this also. ATB.

Brian

[Mk VII]

Oh and Peter - how would someone get nylon burns in the Falklands - presumably you'd have to roll your sleeve up - unlikely in that environment??? Or does it rise above freezing at some point?

Lot of people on board ship got burnt in air attacks. Lot of nylon clothing was being worn by then and ships fittings.

[Alan de Enfield]

Lot of people on board ship got burnt in air attacks. Lot of nylon clothing was being worn by then and ships fittings.

After the Falklands I had some small involvement in looking at cable fixings used on ships. Apparently many died as a result of being unable to exit-ship when cables 'fell down' and blocked gangways. Plastic (Nylon) cable ties melted and the metal fixings couldn't stand the G forces generated when an exocet hit.

The cable fixings being used on the new Type 45 Destroyer were developed (by the company I was working for at the time) and tested to be 'Exocet proof' when subject to direct hit on the ship. You should have seen the test rig move !!!!