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  • Originally posted by Orion View Post
    No but if you find some buy two pairs and I'll swap you an outstanding poetry collection for one ...
    Am I to take it you're not a fan of either goggles or poetry ??

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    • Try Bolle .... supplier is not a long way away
      "Are they trying to shoot down the other drone? "

      "No, they're trying to fly the tank"

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      • Originally posted by terrier View Post
        Looking at the site it seems that they can be put together to suit ? Are they DF " approved " kit ?
        ESS "profile" is the version used by the DF
        I bought my own pair - to my shame - RDF dont get them on issue, ive already been in eye and ear hospital once due to an exercise in which I had no goggles and have a scratched cornea as a result.
        bought on ebay for about 50 euro - much cheaper these days though - my own are tan brown in color, couldnt get OG version, but looking now you can get any color easily. Use them as safety glasses at home as well.
        Last edited by morpheus; 25 September 2015, 09:54.
        "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
        "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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        • Originally posted by terrier View Post
          Has anyone on here used, and can recommend, anti-glare goggles ? Thinking of o'seas postings especially the ME..
          If you are going overseas you will be issued goggles and safety glasses so don't go buying anything.
          The glasses on issue are Ess and bolle I think the bolle ones are general issue. As for goggles bolle are issued and I think there was a couple of other types

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          • Originally posted by morpheus View Post
            RDF dont get them on issue.
            On issue to me

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            • Originally posted by DeV View Post
              On issue to me
              Really. I had to buy my own for fibua ex a few years ago

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              • Originally posted by DeV View Post
                On issue to me
                on pool issue to us....
                hello conjunctivitis and face aids.
                "He is an enemy officer taken in battle and entitled to fair treatment."
                "No, sir. He's a sergeant, and they don't deserve no respect at all, sir. I should know. They're cunning and artful, if they're any good. I wouldn't mind if he was an officer, sir. But sergeants are clever."

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                • We have enough for everyone in the audience in my unit. A specific set of kit (IPLCS, including BV, small & large packs, pads, helmet, goggles, platypus(s), cleaning brushes etc etc) is assigned to each person and kept in stores

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                  • FOR SALE: Modular Combat sleeping System.

                    Two bags,one a medium weight(3 season)the other lightweight(2 season) that can zip together to form an arctic weight bag.Separate stuff sacks for each and the larger one will accommodate both bags together.Removable pvc "boot liner" that can be fitted to either bag.
                    Shower proof outer shell on each bag.
                    Made by carinthia for the UKAF.
                    Size medium( up to 6 foot) excellent condition.
                    €100 or next best offer P+P on request once sale confirmed.
                    "Let us be clear about three facts. First, all battles and all wars are won in the end by the infantryman. Secondly, the infantryman always bears the brunt. His casualties are heavier, he suffers greater extremes of discomfort and fatigue than the other arms. Thirdly, the art of the infantryman is less stereotyped and far harder to acquire in modern war than that of any other arm." ------- Field Marshall Wavell, April 1945.

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                    • Jaysus Apod, don't be tempting me!
                      I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                      Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                      Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                      And whistled early with the lark.

                      In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                      With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                      He put a bullet through his brain.
                      And no one spoke of him again.

                      You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                      Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                      Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                      The hell where youth and laughter go.

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                      • Anyone got any other gucci kit they're looking to shift on?
                        I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                        Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                        Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                        And whistled early with the lark.

                        In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                        With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                        He put a bullet through his brain.
                        And no one spoke of him again.

                        You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                        Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                        Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                        The hell where youth and laughter go.

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                        • I'm very tempted to flog a 'as new' Berghaus Cyclops Atlas II rucksack...

                          90l + 2 5l (I think...) Side pockets with the normal shoulder straps.

                          Used once i think, but the truth is there's a reason for that - I found it unwieldy to the point of being uncontrollable.

                          If someone has experience of the Atlas and likes it then I'd be happy to sell it on - they are £200+ new - but my experience with it was so negative that I'm hesitant to pass it on to someone who hasn't tried it before...

                          Views?

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                          • In what way did you find it unwieldy? Didn't sit right or didn't hold the weight in the right place?
                            I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                            Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                            Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                            And whistled early with the lark.

                            In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                            With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                            He put a bullet through his brain.
                            And no one spoke of him again.

                            You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                            Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                            Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                            The hell where youth and laughter go.

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                            • Originally posted by Buck View Post
                              In what way did you find it unwieldy? Didn't sit right or didn't hold the weight in the right place?
                              It felt like it was about 30ft long....

                              It felt like nothing would ever stay strapped down - the lid just never felt like it was stable, and because of the sculpted shape of the bottom of the sac I never felt stuff was rammed down into it, more that there was a great load of uneven space all through it that screwed up the centre of gravity.

                              I hate it, absolutely hate it - I realise this isn't a good advert - I cannot for the life of me understand why the Germans chose it for their general issue sack...

                              I use either a 25 year old Cyclops Roc or a 25 year old Crusader.

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                              • That's odd, a lot of reviews I've seen have been relatively positive about it.

                                Can you post some pics?

                                I have a backpack I got in Aldi a few years ago and it's done me so far, though the straps feel a bit weak. It's done me this far, but I'm always keeping my eyes out.

                                Generally I have a 25l highlander forces for day to day and it's naffing bombproof.
                                I knew a simple soldier boy.....
                                Who grinned at life in empty joy,
                                Slept soundly through the lonesome dark,
                                And whistled early with the lark.

                                In winter trenches, cowed and glum,
                                With crumps and lice and lack of rum,
                                He put a bullet through his brain.
                                And no one spoke of him again.

                                You smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
                                Who cheer when soldier lads march by,
                                Sneak home and pray you'll never know
                                The hell where youth and laughter go.

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