Good Tips, the knowledge thread

[hedgehog]

You can pick up Viper in most sports supplement shops

for those interested

you can pick up 40 fags in most shops that sell them

if you want to smoke the special ARW cigarettes (never ever fags)

I can sell you special Major or JP Blue at only €15.00 for 20 ( ARW Spec only)

[Kieran]

for those interested

you can pick up 40 fags in most shops that sell them

if you want to smoke the special ARW cigarettes (never ever fags)

I can sell you special Major or JP Blue at only €15.00 for 20 ( ARW Spec only)

I heard FM DOES them for €12.50 a pack

[DeV]

Lads this is an excellent constructive thread please don't ruin it.

[apod]

LOL

[hedgehog]

Lads this is an excellent constructive thread please don't ruin it.

sorry miss
wont do it again miss

[Parts]

Lads this is an excellent constructive thread please don't ruin it.

Humour, senses of, quantity: 1.
Drop into the stores anytime and get one.

[Bam Bam]

Its not on the scale of issue for the reserve.

Is this thread stickied yet?

[hedgehog]

whats stickied

[apod]

A couple more handy hints.
Hot ,wet tea bags are great for cleaning hexi residu of the bottom of your metal mug/mess tins.
A good way to deal with blisters in to pierce tem with a sterile needl,squeeze out the gunk and then dry off.Then apply a little bonjela.Then cover with a clean dressing and some zinc oxide tape.Why bonjela you ask(so did i when the medic did it?)ok it contains an anasthetic(choline salicylate i think ,any chemists out there to confirm/deny this?)that numbs the area.Works a treat!!

[ODIN]

Do ration packs not come with that anti septic gel anymore? Was great stuff for blisters

[DeV]

Do ration packs not come with that anti septic gel anymore? Was great stuff for blisters

The last one I got (July 2005) didn't.

[MOB87]

yes bonjela contains choline salicylate, a relative of asprin(it says what is in all medicines on their packaging or a leaflet inside it). and no the ration packs don't contain any antiseptics

[ODIN]

That was one of the best things in there and was thrown away most of the time....what a shame they got rid of it

[MOB87]

do people not hoarde everything useful from their rat packs before throwing away the stuff that they wouldn't use?

[trellheim]

I used to but the mot complained ... see the Marine Corps ration pack post in the Humour thread.

[littlehorse]

I often heard of getting a 58 pattern water bottle pouch and cutting the lid off, then insert the 2 metal lugs on the back of the pouch into the 2 holes of the feed tray and bending them so they stay them with a pliers.

[Snacker]

I often heard of getting a 58 pattern water bottle pouch and cutting the lid off, then insert the 2 metal lugs on the back of the pouch into the 2 holes of the feed tray and bending them so they stay them with a pliers.

what are you talking about???

[Bosco]

what are you talking about???

Pouch for the GPMG

[Truck Driver]

Pouch for the GPMG

As far as I know, these can be bought.

http://www.sasskit.co.uk/

... this mob do a good line in stuff. Unfortunately, not all of their pouches
are done in both OD and DPM

[morpheus]

I fell around laughing when I saw the ad for this item on a well known "other" irish site that sells military gear.

Zipits:
Tired of sleeping in your boots? Ever tried to lace up your boots at 3 in the morning when your patrol harbour is being hit up?

Who unlaces their boots when resting off in a patrol harbour I sincerely hope its not to remove them completely??

Heres a tip, DONT take your boots off, then you can run away while the enemy aims at your stationary comrade trying to zip his boots up heh heh heh

[Snacker]

I ALWAYS take my boots of in a patrol harbour, well on exercises anyway! No matter how slow you are at lacing your boots up there will ALWAYS be some eejit whose slower who will take some heat and everyone has to wait on anyway!

[Truck Driver]

Regarding the pouch for GPMG Belt, TruckDriver, can you point to the page on that site where they sell them? Can't find them there

Try these:

http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...ibeltpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...ssbigpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...sbeltpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...assbuckles.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi.../beltpouch.htm

As I said, not all of these are done in both DPM and Olive Green.
Might be worth enquiring if they would do them in a CE camo scheme

Hope this helps...

[Barry]

Try these:

http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...ibeltpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...ssbigpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...sbeltpouch.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi...assbuckles.htm
http://www.sasskit.co.uk/products/mi.../beltpouch.htm

As I said, not all of these are done in both DPM and Olive Green.
Might be worth enquiring if they would do them in a CE camo scheme

Hope this helps...

The suggestion was for a pouch to mount directly onto the feed tray of the GPMG, not for a CEFO pouch for carrying ammo belts.

[Truck Driver]

The suggestion was for a pouch to mount directly onto the feed tray of the GPMG, not for a CEFO pouch for carrying ammo belts.

You mean like this:

http://www.londonbridgetrading.com/0261A.html

[Thorpe]

Ive made a few minor adjustments to a pattern ammo pouch that I picked up in midleton a few years ago, to be used a pouch for carrying mag belts and it fits perfectly onto the mag and it works