This waistcoat was designed to carry loaded curved magazines for the .303” Bren, there were a few at CTCRM used by Camp Staff who laid on flash demos or acted as “Enemy” in the early 1960s, there were also some WW2 German helmets. At CTCRM there was a...
This waistcoat was designed to carry loaded curved magazines for the .303” Bren, there were a few at CTCRM used by Camp Staff who laid on flash demos or acted as “Enemy” in the early 1960s, there were also some WW2 German helmets. At CTCRM there was a group of Trained Marines who formed the Field Training Staff (FTS) who would lay on ‘flash’ demos as part of Recruit Training and would show the right and wrong methods to be used so it formed part of the harsh learning curve.
Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 12:34:54 EDT
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This waistcoat was designed to carry loaded curved magazines for the .303” Bren, there were a few at CTCRM used by Camp Staff who laid on flash demos or acted as “Enemy” in the early 1960s, there were also some WW2 German helmets. At CTCRM there was a...
This waistcoat was designed to carry loaded curved magazines for the .303” Bren, there were a few at CTCRM used by Camp Staff who laid on flash demos or acted as “Enemy” in the early 1960s, there were also some WW2 German helmets. At CTCRM there was a group of Trained Marines who formed the Field Training Staff (FTS) who would lay on ‘flash’ demos as part of Recruit Training and would show the right and wrong methods to be used so it formed part of the harsh learning curve.
Posted by David Prichard on Wed 26 Aug 2020 12:34:54 EDT