Eye In The Sky
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I was brought up on the Sten and Bren! And the FN.
Here's you, as course senior in Basic, passing on points from the Platoon WO...
I was brought up on the Sten and Bren! And the FN.
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Is that a 'combat ascot', and if so I am so glad we didn't have those when I went thru! I'll never know why we were made to wear the "bush hat' like that on course...
@Eye In The SkyIs that a 'combat ascot', and if so I am so glad we didn't have those when I went thru! I'll never know why we were made to wear the "bush hat' like that on course...
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The hat actually came in two styles. The earlier one (like I'm wearing) is a thinner cloth and was easy to form. Subsequently they issued one made out of a thicker cloth that was hard to form and looked crappy when "Robin Hooded". It ended up looking like Red Green.
By that time the beret had been adopted with combat dress for "garrison" wear as well so the hat became primarily field wear and therefore was much more often worn with the brim down.
I prefer the older OD bush hat over the current floppy hat. When not worn Red Green style, the old bush hat was pretty effective at keeping the sun out of your eyes, and off your head, and ears.I only wore the old bush hat in the field, but I've only been around since '89.
I wasn't a fan of the bush hat (although it was better than a beret in an O.P. in Aug), so bought a US style OD one, sewed a Cdn flag on the front of the thing and that was what went on my head once I was past Range Control. Heck, there was almost as much US kit in the trg area as Cdn issued stuff I bet.
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I'm not a fan of the new floppy hat either...too floppy. Not as bad once you get a tailor to remove a bit of the brim...despite some ppl losing their smarties over it.
I prefer the older OD bush hat over the current floppy hat. When not worn Red Green style, the old bush hat was pretty effective at keeping the sun out of your eyes, and off your head, and ears.
That said, I'll likely never sleep under canvas for the King again, so I've got no skin in the game.
Just to show you how things take. This is some 25 years later with me as a LegO still wearing an old style combat hat "Robin Hood" style.
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Buddy next to me is a sailor who was the DJA for Manitoba at the time but went on to join the New Zealand Navy as a legal officer. Lawyers - shooting in pairs.
Actually I have to say my favourite piece of issued gear since the new job has to be the liberator head set with the integrated lights in the Mic boom. Fantastic.
They’re not, really should be given how much we spend on hearing loss claims a year.Assuming that's not standard issue to line units? I had to google what it was...
What is the intergrated lights in the mic benefit? Couldn't seem to find a pic of that.
how to ruin a good topic, and get it off track s
FN, Bush Cap, and cougars
always works
That's 1951 pattern.Might as well through in 1949 Pattern battle dress, and aluminium canteens.
That's 1951 pattern.
I wore it and drank from those canteens from 1965 to 1969 but have no pictures for proof.
Can we start in on wool battle dress and Field Service Olive Drab with Bush Jackets now?