Typical Goverment Mentality.

[muffett.2008]

Surfing the AWM looking for info as usual, came across these pic's.
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Now why we had to use these fool things I don't know, makes me wonder, when we had already played with the No.6, we should have manufactured more.
I know this is just before we changed to the L1A1, but fair suck of the sav, what's the point of having your own Manufacturing capability and then not using it.

You'd have fond memories of this place Pete, hot and steamy, fishheads and rice

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[JerryEAL]

It happens here in Canada to this day. We also have manufactured quality items yet we buy from out of town. We buy German Leopard tanks,yet 20 feet over our border is the best tank in the world M1A1 Abrahms. Helicopters,we still buy overseas and yet the best multirole helicopters are also at our doorstep. We should at least support our neighbors economy considering the number of jobs that are dependant on each others well being. Kickbacks is what I smell!

[Peter Laidler]

Picture 2 looks like the ranges at the old Terendak base. And there's a saying that you go to war with what you've got. What you want comes later...............

[CINDERS]

Pic of my B/in law on tour in Paradise had his Owen sub machine gun taken from him by the powers above for some unknown reason and exchanged for an F-1 which he considered after 24 hours to be a heap of cr*p so he swapped it out for the one in the pic for the rest of his tour.

I will digress a tad here guys;
I surmise given the ranges in the foliated terrain the Jungle carbine would have been more than good enough to defeat the leaves and the other person, our govt then as is now totally unprepared for a sustained conflict on our soil our troops are highly motivated well trained but lack the resources being provided to them by our govt. (I have no idea how the USA provides for their troops but they sure throw allot of lead everywhere)
For instance we have land based carrier borne aircraft cool lets just sail Australia around the place so we can defend our shores, and no offense intended to the Allies but the Refurbed Abrhams we got was a weird thing and having to retrain the whole tank crew corps and mechanics and somewhat faux pax when we had the Leopard 1 already in service and crews trained up on them why not buy the Leopard II (Familiarity) again the Govt dabbles!!

Besides does not matter if your on the same side what tank you use as your are not engaging each other so it really does not matter who has what as long as you shoot in the same direction !

[muffett.2008]

Wrong caption.....L2A1

[CINDERS]

I was very under the weather when I wrote that and laminated it after a rather large engagement that night with JD & Cola but I can live with it, but thanks for pointing that glitch out

[Peter Laidler]

To be really brutally honest, as I tend to be occasionally, the L2 wasn't exactly a whole heap of laughs either. Nothing but mechanical trouble after trouble and poor reliability. Especially after what went before it - if that makes sense!

Re Muffers suggestion about equipping soldiers in the Far East with the No6 rifle. But who'd supply the Malay Army, the Gurkhas, the Poms/ Fijians, Rhodesians (who were there in the mid 50's), Malay Police Singapore Army and Police, NZers.......? The list goes on and on and on. All in all, for the short ranges it was used at, it didn't do too badly. Not too much was expected of it but it gave that little, quite well. Just my 2c's worth Muffer!

Am I right about Terendak ranges Muffer? There's the range road in the background and the hills leading to the jungle and mountains in the background. Then behind the camerman, a slope away to wherever and then the sea! Pic 2. Note the crunchie with those canvas and rubber jungle boots on

[bigduke6]

after a rather large engagement that night with JD & Cola

Do you really need cola with JD ?

[gsimmons]

Do you really need cola with JD ?

Yes, it helps hide the taste of the JD.

[Brit plumber]

yet 20 feet over our border is the best tank in the world M1A1 Abrahms.

I think you mean over the Atlantic is the best tank in the world, the Challenger 2!