All our yesterdays...
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Smashing Tony I remember 'The Empire Strikes Back' with BP logo Keep 'em coming
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alemaobaiano wrote:
Main gun qualy shoot at Castlemartin in the early 80s, if you can call 76mm a main gun
Excellent
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I thought you'd like that one Derek I did wonder if Tony had meant 7.62mm as 76mm is incredibly big
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No point using 7.62mm as a main gun on an AFV, total waste of fuel
76mm, lets think....that's a tad over a 3 inch bore
One of the boats dad served on, HMS Taciturn:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44292160@N05/4098195290/
I was brought up on submarines, the old T and A class boats..ex-WW2, they were given the 'slippery-T' conversion, removal of deck gun, streamlined, more batteries installed, they changed from lumpy grey to streamlined black I remember the names, Tip-toe, Talent, Tabard, Alaric, Acheron, Andrew....
Dad told me once that the deck gun crew would come out in a bubble, by the time the deck cleared the surface the gun was loaded and ready to lay-on....
Derek
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I knew I had to be careful talking about guns......with the ex-matelots around here 76mm counts as small-bore
It was only when I started this that I realized how many photos I have........
Anyway, here we go with a few more....
First photo, spring 1960
Passing out parade, Swinderby November 1976....lovely weather
Belize, 1979, Boeing 720
Midland DC9, Aldergrove in 1984
TTFN
It was only when I started this that I realized how many photos I have........
Anyway, here we go with a few more....
First photo, spring 1960
Passing out parade, Swinderby November 1976....lovely weather
Belize, 1979, Boeing 720
Midland DC9, Aldergrove in 1984
TTFN
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Nicealemaobaiano wrote:
Passing out parade, Swinderby November 1976....lovely weather
We passed out at Catterick, June, the same year...you could pour the sweat out of your boots
Hmm, Belize...lived and worked there for 3 years...inspiring, isn't it
Lovely pics
Derek
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with the ex-matelots around here 76mm counts as small-bore
A bit small but not by much. The main bangers on the majority of our fleet for a good few years was 'only' 4.5" (114mm) though the rapid fire jobbies on the newer ships do throw rather a lot of metal into the air in short order HMS Blake had 6" and 3" bangers and the ship used to fill with dust when the 6" fired
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How about an 84mm Charlie G....
...that's fairly big
Nearly sank a trawler with one of these, but then the skipper must have been blind not to see the red flags on the cliff
Firing the Charlie was a close up and personal experience..hug your buddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRiNMBGb9pY
Derek
...that's fairly big
Nearly sank a trawler with one of these, but then the skipper must have been blind not to see the red flags on the cliff
Firing the Charlie was a close up and personal experience..hug your buddy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRiNMBGb9pY
Derek
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Certainly a bit more poke than my .22 BSA Super Meteor
The RN should have been issued with the Carl Gustav. There's nothing more dangerous than a sailor with a gun
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I have a workmate who's ex-nuclear subs.... when he hears us ex-squaddies talking about calibre he says calibre is kids stuff....'ballistic, mate, ballistic...'
Derek
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