Recent content by Recon 3690

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If you are injured in service to this country you should be taken care of. Having been a dumb 18 yr old in Lahr the best advice I can give a young recruit make sure ALL!! injuries are documented by CAF as well as recurring problems from said injury. That stress fracture from piss poor boots in...

rather than starting a new thread it seamed like a good place to put the tips for anyone with the need to know

Denture tabs: cheaper than Camelbak clean tabs takes away the old gunky water taste (unless it is really bad: reapeat) 1 for a canteen snap in half to fit in 3 in a Camelbak

For plastic. Denture cleaning tablets work well, overnight work best (in Camelbak's too, 5 miniute type) for stainless powdered automatic dishwasher detergent a couple of tablespoons fill with hot water & let sit an hour or 2, the bottle brush good kit to have for regular cleaning.

my point was pretty clear I AGREE WITH GEORGE

I agree with George a Wheeled LAV is not a tank, no matter what infantry types think.

Ferret

Heres some oldies for you, are we going backwards? WW II Fox

It seems used, up armoured Marders with the rear compartment converted for the electronics suite would be a better choice, not the best but better

can anybody say Ferret or maybe just a M38A1 with a C5 GPMG & a Carl G? what are these mental midgets thinking? a recce vehicle needs tracks, stealth, speed, a self defence weapons system and the ability to find the enemy. I am not sure of the necessity of dismounts? It looks like they are more...

And what is wrong with either giving or allowing our troopers to aquire the best equipment available?

But maybe the pad manufacturers, helmet manufacturers, US DOD, & UK MOD have not done any R&D or QA on these items. DND says so.

Soldiers have been modifying their kit to get the job done since the first one put on a uniform. If DND wants to protect them from getting knock offs them give them a list of approved equipment as the US & UK do, if they choose to make use of it and its lets them do there job better it should...

The point is it is proven tech, it is removable, and not a safety concern in the same UK helmet. So why the parade square mentality if it makes the troops more comfortable while doing their jobs why give them grief about it let them get on with their job. The PS mentality always has to have some...