Shall I be the first

[tiggerblue10]

What is the highest military honour someone can receive?

[4GS]

The Mk 2 has/had an internal fire fighting system, you put your left hand over your right shoulder and pulled the two levers, job done!!

[jacko50]

i got 14 days jail but they sent me to the 5th inaskillen dragoon guards to do it instead of our guardroom , that i assure you was no joke ,my sense of humour suffered for a few hours but pte Thom was there with me as he got 14 days for the same charge. i suppose it was better than doing it on my own, mind you he still managed to drop me in it with the rp staff.

[jacko50]

4GS the mk1s had that as well but we were told never to pull it because it would ruin the engine and as they caught fire on a daily basis it would have been counterproductive , you just opened the inspection hatch and used the stock of small fire extinguishers that we carried . it worked every time.

[4GS]

5 skins? were there any Micks there? it was full of English blokes every time I saw them.
I always say that if civvie jails were like the slammers we had there would be no re-offenders, the tales I could tell

[4GS]

Yeah that sounds about right, we got the SA80 which has an automatic fire capability and were told by the SAA guys that we wouldn't need to use it.

Bl00dy thing kept jamming in the Gulf anyway, about as much use as a glass hammer

[jacko50]

no all the 5th skins i met were Irish and they relished having me and pte Thom visiting them , i am English and pte Thom was/is Scotish.

[jacko50]

I never got my hands on the sa80, only teeth arms had them when they first came out and i had left by the time the Rct/Rlc got them.

[tiggerblue10]

Monty, my eyes are popping out now! Lol

I have no idea what 4GS and Jacko are on about. Hee hee

[4GS]

You didn't miss much, I always preferred my trusty old SLR or Gimmpy, being left handed meant I could fire them naturally, they brought in that article and In had to learn how to fire it right handed.
In Munster did you go to the Manhatten bar, opposite the Banhoff?

[jacko50]

sorry tiggerblue10, i thought this would happen, we always talk in abrevations to each other and anyone who hasn,t been in has a job following the conversation . let me know what you don't understand and i will tell you but it is only boring stuff reallyl . well to a to a civy(i am not trying to patronise you by the way)

[mistys]

Can I not have them all Monty? Yum :o)

[4GS]

I still speak to my wife in 'mnemonics'

[tiggerblue10]

Lol jacko, you carry on there hun xxx

[harryshaw]

yes misty you can but i think
you may have to fight tigger off first xxxxx lol

me niether tigger i dont understannd them at all
xxxxxxxxxxx

[jacko50]

4GS I used to go to the pub on the right outside oxford barracks also the ferdistall, the sportsmans , the black sheep, stukkies, and a shnelimbiss whos name eludes me, we used to go about midnight to town to the black sheep, they only played the rolling stones in an endless loop, we stayed till about 6 am then went back to camp , quick wash and shave and then on parade for 70.30 am , bliss.

[bigmamma]

This section has been a long time coming for 4GS and jacko , it's really lovely to see them talking about their experiences :-) xxxxx

[jacko50]

well thank you bigmamma, we do tend to waffle though don't we.

[4GS]

For non military types

SA80 = Small arms (rifle) 1980
SLR = Self Loading Rifle
Gimmpy = General Purpose Machine Gun
SAA = Skill at arms
432 = Armoured personell carrier
ex = military exercise (maneuvers)
RSM = Regimental Sergeant Major (or God)
5 Skins = 5th Inniskillen Dragoon Guards ( Tank Regiment)
1 RS = 1st Battalion the Royal Scots
RAMC = Royal Army medical Corps
RCT = Royal Corps of Transport

[jacko50]

sorry by waffle i do not mean tell porkies just talk a lot.