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Armour in Vietnam Hello Gryle, Please do continue to ask questions, and I hope I hadn't seemed to be trying to put anyone off. The principal...
Heli shootups Yeah, but was he airborne ? From my experience many Americans often go out somewhere ( be it the Arizona desert or their own back...
M-1 Was it available during the Korean War ? Malladyne.
Still on the subject of firing ranges, some 5-10 years ago Jeremy Clarkson did a TV series on things for a wealthy man to buy/try/rent/own. One...
M1 fully auto ? Oh, so I still cannot be sure that it only fired on a S/A basis ? I must say that the Korean war footage I saw really gave me to...
Bolt action. Thanks, Gunter, for the websites you suggested. They did provide what I requested, but I am still unsure as to how the spring...
Rifle bolts Thanks, chaps, for your replies. Any type of bolt action rifle will do, but my preference would be a rifle that has been designed...
Can anyone point me in the direction of where I can access some good, clear cutaway cross esction pictures of the rifle bolt action mechanism ?...
MTB's Yep, that's the bunch. It is interesting that you take that view, which was unknown to me. Would you like to expand upon it ? It'd be...
Anybody out there rack up any time in M.T.B.s during WW2 ? Malladyne
I'd love to hear what people think of the book called "The Great Book of WW11 Airplanes". It is a collection of reviews of 12 famous aircraft of...
Armour in Vietnam I hope not to appear to be monopolising this Forum today, but the doubts expressed by others as to the veracity of my little...
Armour in Vietnam Sorry, guys,but my above post got cut-off in midstream, as it were. The overiding impression I carry with me to this day about...
Armour in Vietnam I don't wish to be rude or dismissive, but it is of no consequence to me whatsoever if you believe me or not ! The only point...
Armour in Vietnam You are dead right, me old matey, our tanks shouldn't have been anywhere near Vietnam, since they were ( as I indicated in my...
Vietnam posting. I forgot to mention about the grizzled Aussie tanker. I haven't a clue as to whether or not the Aussies deployed any tanks in...
Vietnam posting. You bet your ass it doesn't make sense to deploy mild steel armoured vehicles ANYWHERE in a warzone, least of all somewhere like...
Halifax restoration Weel done, the Canucks, for restoring that Halifax. For many years I have pressurising the Royal Air Force Museum to restore...
Correction Sory, I let that typo slip by me. My old C.O. would be spinning in his grave. It is , of course, the 17th./21st. !!!!!!!...
