Found this interesting main pic from the battle for the bridge at Arnhem its not the chap in the fore ground;
"Captain John Killick of the 89th Field Security Section on the streets of Arnhem 18th September 1944, with a German prisoner".
Rather A) The arrogant look of their German prisoner
B) The sten in the back ground appears to have a fore grip on it, they all have their bayonets fitted.
Just wondering was the fore grip introduced or was this a field modification not officially adopted by the MoD.
I know special forces customise their rigs to suit themselves just wondering if the practice was apparent in WWII.
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Found this interesting main pic from the battle for the bridge at Arnhem its not the chap in the fore ground;
"Captain John Killick of the 89th Field Security Section on the streets of Arnhem 18th September 1944, with a German prisoner".
Rather A) The arrogant look of their German prisoner
B) The sten in the back ground appears to have a fore grip on it, they all have their bayonets fitted.
Just wondering was the fore grip introduced or was this a field modification not officially adopted by the MoD.
I know special forces customise their rigs to suit themselves just wondering if the practice was apparent in WWII.
They are Sten Mk.V's.
Pretty much all of the Sten's issued to 1st AB Div for OP Market Garden were the new Mk.V version.
Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.
Did the 1st Airborne Division also have a small qty of Patchett Mk.Is at Arnhem as well.
Not sure if its true or just a rumor
Not ever heard that.........and I'd be astonished if it were true, as given that virtually none of the kit taken in, came out, they would have been captured by the Germans.
It's funny. I look at him and see a man who has been made prisoner and is confident that he will be well-handled. There also appears to be a look of professional interest in what is going on in front of him. Different perspective, I suppose.
I find it hard to forget the camouflage gag from A Bridge Too Far."
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
The other interesting things in the photo of him waking down the street in Arnhem, is the fact he's wearing a RAC dropped holster, as well as it highlighting the special Para version of the battledress trousers with the chamois lined bellows leg pocket for carrying extra kit/ammo as seen to good effect in this photo.
Just the thing for putting round holes in square heads.
prisoner".
PM
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