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  • #61
    Originally posted by Goldie fish View Post
    Knowing the way we done things, They were possibly left over in stores from the British army times. Of all the shortages, uniforms was never one of them, and there were many irish based companies providing uniforms to the BA and others. There was a famous outfitters in limerick that were known for specialising in uniforms.
    There was never, in ireland, a shortage of linen or wool.
    Peter Tait & Co. made uniforms for many armies including the Confederate Army during the American civil war.

    Sir Peter Tait’s Clothing Factory in Limerick has been the topic of a number of posts on this site. Tait was a regular producer of uniforms for the British Army, but in 1864 entered into a co…

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    • #62
      Thanks sluggie, couldn't think of their name.


      Catch-22 says they have a right to do anything we can't stop them from doing.

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      • #63
        60 Pounder Shoot

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        • #64
          "Artillery Shoot from the Archives"

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          • #65
            At 56 secs and 1.05 the loaders appear to be prepping an anti tank round (long rod penetrator) ? I didn't know they existed for the French 75mm. Does anyone have any other information on this or is it an entirely different round ?
            “The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”
            ― Thucydides

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            • #66
              Hi there,
              It could be part of fuse-setting equipment as the handler appears to be tightening the fuse into the round. I think the Germans were the only ones with dedicated anti-tank rounds for the French 75. There is a functioning 75 on loan to the Dromod museum.

              regards
              GttC

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              • #67
                I've been informed by a former Gunner in the 42nd Bty who fired the 75's in the Glen in 1958 (!) that it was indeed an anti tank round and that they did an Anti Tank practice using the 75 on the old AT range with the motorised wooden tank targets that were operational in the Glen at the time. Unfortunately he had no further data on the round itself.
                “The nation that will insist on drawing a broad line of demarcation between the fighting man and the thinking man is liable to find its fighting done by fools and its thinking done by cowards.”
                ― Thucydides

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                • #68
                  I've been informed by a former Gunner in the 42nd Bty who fired the 75's in the Glen in 1958 (!) that it was indeed an anti tank round and that they did an Anti Tank practice using the 75 on the old AT range with the motorised wooden tank targets that were operational in the Glen at the time. Unfortunately he had no further data on the round itself
                  Waste of AT ammo, solid shot would have the same effect on wood.
                  Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                  • #69
                    "EX Loch Gertain July 1999

                    A large Defence Forces exercise took place in the Loch Gertain area of Donegal involving 600 troops. Also involved was the Naval Service flagship Le Eithne, which transported some of the troops."

                    Last edited by Rhodes; 2 March 2013, 23:13.

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                    • #70
                      An RTE news report from Cyprus in 1964.

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                      • #71
                        Who copped the Humber Pig at the front of the column.?
                        Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe

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                        • #72
                          Originally posted by hptmurphy View Post
                          Who copped the Humber Pig at the front of the column.?
                          It was mentioned in the video. Ten Humber APCs were on loan to the Irish Inf Gp.

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                          • #73
                            Looking at the reg on the landrover, was that borrowed as well?

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                            • #74
                              Originally posted by apc View Post
                              Looking at the reg on the landrover, was that borrowed as well?
                              Yes, 23 Land Rovers were on loan too.

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                              • #75
                                Irish troops deployed without magazines on their weapons??

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