zam
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Post by zam on Feb 24, 2015 13:43:23 GMT -5
Hi all, My impression of a Gurkha in the 80's after the Falklands war . SLR L1A1 Arès with wood kit. SLR L1A1 King Arms EBB. DPM 84, webbing pattern 58.
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2nd Bat
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 24, 2015 16:16:00 GMT -5
As always very cool. Definitely NOT WW2 but cool none the less.
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stuka
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Post by stuka on Feb 24, 2015 21:22:34 GMT -5
nice kit sir
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Post by volkssturm on Feb 25, 2015 13:24:41 GMT -5
Another great impression. Hey, if I saw a Gurkha coming at me with that knife, I'd be all "The Falklands are yours!"
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Post by 2nd Bat on Feb 25, 2015 15:49:53 GMT -5
The Faulklands was such a strange little war. I remember the lead up to it thinking there is NO WAY two civilized, modern countres are going to actually get in a shooting war over this. Margarette Thatcher was not a woman to triffle with. She was Churchill all over again. It was a brief but bloody affair and the professionalism of Britains NAVY, Air Force and Army really came through. It was a conflict with much video tape footage and fascinating to watch, pretty much as it happened. The Argentinians actually made the classic mistake of over occupying the Islands. they stuck so many troops on shore they outnumbered the invading British Forces by about 8 to 1. This is NOT the kind of ratio one expects to pull off with an amphibious operation thousands of miles from your homeland. usually you want to see the percentages reversed! In this case they had som many troops on the island and Britain isolated the battle area so effectively that the Argentinians had logistical challenges that quickly took their toll. The UK knocked out the defenders command and control and the swiftness of manuever by British Infantry and effectiveness of their field artillery was dominant.
Britain essentially kicked ass and took names. The 80s were a time when everyone saw England as a "has been" country whose greatness was well behind them. The Faulklands war rendered that observation pre mature.
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