Hi all
I went to see the Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition today.First impression: patchy. Good exhibits, such as the Ford, Bren carrier, Bofors, 12-pdr and audio-visual but...the aircraft are jammed in, with the Vampire almost touching a pillar and it's decals are peeling off...there's very little on the Don or the NS, by comparison to the Army. A lot of things are, to my mind, missing; no Bren gun, no BAP, no Vickers, no anti-tank, no comms, very little on WW II...it's hit and miss, really whereas the 1916 and 17th/18th/19th century stuff on another floor is quite detailed and very well sorted and the actual quality of the stuff (uniforms/weapons/flags and badges,etc) is excellent.........Lads, the Ford armoured car.What in God's name were they thinking, when they sent them to the Congo? The world was groaning with surplus armour in the early 60s and the DF could only roust up obsolete boiler-plate from Carlow?!! I had a good look at the Ford and it must have been horrendous in African conditions.The only sensible thing they did was leave them there when they pulled out..............Does anyone have a good account of the Battle of At-Tiri? one of the guns displayed was stated to have been captured from the shot-up DFF half-track.
regards
GttC
Incidentally, the condition of the artillery pieces on display is a credit to whoever restored them.The 18 pdr looks like it's ready to fire...
I went to see the Soldiers and Chiefs exhibition today.First impression: patchy. Good exhibits, such as the Ford, Bren carrier, Bofors, 12-pdr and audio-visual but...the aircraft are jammed in, with the Vampire almost touching a pillar and it's decals are peeling off...there's very little on the Don or the NS, by comparison to the Army. A lot of things are, to my mind, missing; no Bren gun, no BAP, no Vickers, no anti-tank, no comms, very little on WW II...it's hit and miss, really whereas the 1916 and 17th/18th/19th century stuff on another floor is quite detailed and very well sorted and the actual quality of the stuff (uniforms/weapons/flags and badges,etc) is excellent.........Lads, the Ford armoured car.What in God's name were they thinking, when they sent them to the Congo? The world was groaning with surplus armour in the early 60s and the DF could only roust up obsolete boiler-plate from Carlow?!! I had a good look at the Ford and it must have been horrendous in African conditions.The only sensible thing they did was leave them there when they pulled out..............Does anyone have a good account of the Battle of At-Tiri? one of the guns displayed was stated to have been captured from the shot-up DFF half-track.
regards
GttC
Incidentally, the condition of the artillery pieces on display is a credit to whoever restored them.The 18 pdr looks like it's ready to fire...
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