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Posted: 8/27/2005 3:13:39 PM EDT

Maj Gen McColl inspects an old British
rifle, a prized trophy from the Second
Afghan War (1878-80)

So...we gotta Deal!...3 Goats for the Enfield and I'll throw in my Daughter to sweeten the sale...
Sold!

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:14:54 PM EDT

[#1]

Pic of a Ghurka in Afghanistan

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:16:00 PM EDT

[#2]

needs some norrell's.

I wonder what he is asking for that rifle? couple goats?

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:16:06 PM EDT

[#3]

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:16:44 PM EDT

[#4]

Very cool.

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:16:58 PM EDT

[#5]

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:23:13 PM EDT

[#6]

RAF Medic with Afghani Girl

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:24:14 PM EDT

[#7]

A Romanian military policeman from
265 MP Battalion and a female
Lance-Corporal from the UK's 156
Provost Company on joint patrol in Kabul

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:29:43 PM EDT

[#8]

An RAF Regiment gunner stops to
pay his respects at the graves of
British Servicemen from the
nineteenth century, buried at Kabul's
European cemetery

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:29:58 PM EDT

[#9]

So like when can we start flying over there and organizing group buys????

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:31:44 PM EDT

[#10]

Warrant Officer Graham Smith of 216
Air Assault Squadron, with Tiger, newly
adopted mascot of 16 Air Assault Brigade
Headquarters, which acts as ISAF's
operational command centre

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:37:32 PM EDT

[#11]

Man...This Job SUCKS!

Afghan Mine Clearance Team...

Hey! Watch where you put that Stick!

Oops!

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:40:41 PM EDT

[#12]

Cool pics.

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:50:05 PM EDT

[#13]

You know..sometimes I like the Brits...especially some of their traditions.

Here we see how an unpopular CO gets his comeuppance..

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:54:36 PM EDT

[#14]

Don't you mean durka durka?

Quoted:
Pic of a Ghurka in Afghanistan

www.operations.mod.uk/fingal/fimages/gurkha.jpg

Posted: 8/27/2005 3:57:37 PM EDT

[#15]

Whats with their BDUs(or whatevever the Brits call them) and their field jackets. I thought they had a desert uniform. Is it because their air force?

And those colored patches and the berets in the combat zone? Weird.

Posted: 8/27/2005 4:02:51 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:
A Romanian military policeman from
265 MP Battalion and a female
Lance-Corporal from the UK's 156
Provost Company on joint patrol in Kabul

www.operations.mod.uk/fingal/fimages/ro_uk_patrol01.jpg

Uh oh. He's got that look in his eye.

I wonder if he just asked her to check
out his "foregrip."

Cool pics, BT!

Posted: 8/27/2005 4:10:52 PM EDT

[#17]

Nice pics. Thanks.

Posted: 8/27/2005 5:11:45 PM EDT

[#18]

Quoted:
Pic of a Ghurka in Afghanistan

Where do they keep the Khukri knife?

Posted: 8/27/2005 5:17:02 PM EDT

[#19]

Lumpy?

Posted: 8/27/2005 5:18:21 PM EDT

[#20]

be aware..... not all knifes are the same...

Taffy

Posted: 8/27/2005 5:21:55 PM EDT

[#21]

When I saw the title I began thinking "Since when did the afghanis make SA80s?!?!?!?!?"

Posted: 8/27/2005 5:26:52 PM EDT

[#22]

Nice pics, Thanks.

Posted: 8/27/2005 7:09:35 PM EDT

[#23]

thanks for sharing the pics of our allies.

Posted: 8/28/2005 6:28:49 AM EDT

[#24]

Cool pics!!!

Thanks

Posted: 8/28/2005 6:52:52 AM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
An RAF Regiment gunner stops to
pay his respects at the graves of
British Servicemen from the
nineteenth century, buried at Kabul's
European cemetery

Did they repair the cemetary site? It looks like it. That kinda got to me. wow.

ByteTheBullet (-:

Posted: 8/28/2005 6:59:32 AM EDT

[#26]

Great pics. Thanks

Posted: 8/28/2005 7:28:10 AM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:
When I saw the title I began thinking "Since when did the afghanis make SA80s?!?!?!?!?"

No Way...The primitive Afghan and Pakistan Tribesmen know crap when they see it.

No SA-80's will be produced in Dharra.

Posted: 8/28/2005 8:32:53 AM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

Thats an Afghani Home Depot, that is how they sell "lumber".

That one looks real familiar, I am 99% sure it is on Ring Road just north or south of Kabul. Those ruins in the post above look real familiar also.

Posted: 8/28/2005 8:52:54 AM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
So like when can we start flying over there and organizing group buys????

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:06:19 AM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Quoted:
So like when can we start flying over there and organizing group buys????

I had an ANA soldier offer to trade an extra AK for my sunglasses a few weeks ago. You can buy an AK for a fraction of what an old Enfield runs, just because all we can take home are the old Enfields so they bring more $$$$ for them from us.

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:09:50 AM EDT

[#31]

He could buy every Enfield he finds and sell them in the UK or US.

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:14:16 AM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:
He could buy every Enfield he finds and sell them in the UK or US.

I've considered it, what do they bring back home? Keep in mind very few here have all original parts and some are highly, highly "customized".

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:20:42 AM EDT

[#33]

Thanks for the Pic's and everything else!

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:29:29 AM EDT

[#34]

those pics by the cemetary are real nice. Nothin glike that military connection between past and present. IIRC, even in US, basic training involves service, unit, etc. history - right?

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:40:53 AM EDT

[#35]

Quoted:
Quoted:
He could buy every Enfield he finds and sell them in the UK or US.

I've considered it, what do they bring back home? Keep in mind very few here have all original parts and some are highly, highly "customized".

Up here I can get an original in shootable condition for around $200CDN, the price varies from that on condition. One of the range owners just bought a Tower of London flintlock pistol for 600, unfired, take it all for what you will

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:41:07 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Cool pics.

...yup and I like that camo pattern.....................so not digital!!...................Would love to get a jacket in that!!

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:54:25 AM EDT

[#37]

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Quoted:
Cool pics.
...yup and I like that camo pattern.....................so not digital!!...................Would love to get a jacket in that!!

How many do you want???

Mark

Posted: 8/28/2005 9:59:12 AM EDT

[#38]

Oops, double post

Posted: 8/28/2005 10:00:22 AM EDT

[#39]

How much and so on......................................

Posted: 8/28/2005 10:29:36 AM EDT

[#40]

I'd love to get my hands on one of the Brit field-jackets.

I was going to trade for one at Grafenwoehr, but the Abbott battery left before we could swap our gear!

Posted: 8/28/2005 10:36:00 AM EDT

[#41]

I think it is some of the smartest looking stuff out there........................I just bought a digital boonie hat.to se eif it would grow on me........It did'nt........I guess I am too "old schol" to appreciate digital camo!!

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:22:29 AM EDT

[#42]

Quoted:
How much and so on......................................

If you really are interested in one, I can look into prices and possibly getting and sending one over to you.
It's no problem. Really.

British DPM (disruptive pattern material) has for a long time been considered the best camo design available. Many others are based on it and it is sold to other countries as well.

The guy in the pic with the dog is wearing a Goretex over-jacket. These are readily available on the surplus market
Here's an example from Ebay UK Goretex jacket

Other types available are the Soldier 95 jacket in Ripstop. leightweight yet hard wearing and very comfortable. This is very popular with shooters over here, and the SAS type smock. This has a hood and is in a heavier windproof cotton.

Mark

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:31:11 AM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
the SAS type smock. This has a hood and is in a heavier windproof cotton.

Mark

Ventile?

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:33:29 AM EDT

[#44]

Quoted:
Quoted:
the SAS type smock. This has a hood and is in a heavier windproof cotton.

Mark

Ventile?

Don't know much about textiles

Mark

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:35:38 AM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
the SAS type smock. This has a hood and is in a heavier windproof cotton.

Mark

Ventile?

Don't know much about textiles

Mark

Could you find out? Ventile is a special weave of cotton, so tight that the yarns close up when they get wet, actually preventing moisture from passing through. Commercially made (Barbour) jackets and smocks made with Ventile sell for over $500 in the US.

I'd be really interested if I could get my hands on some for a lot less.

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:43:10 AM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
the SAS type smock. This has a hood and is in a heavier windproof cotton.

Mark

Ventile?

Don't know much about textiles

Mark

Could you find out? Ventile is a special weave of cotton, so tight that the yarns close up when they get wet, actually preventing moisture from passing through. Commercially made (Barbour) jackets and smocks made with Ventile sell for over $500 in the US.

I'd be really interested if I could get my hands on some for a lot less.

Barbours sell for over $500

You're joking, right??
I have a Barbour, who wants it

So a Barbour is Ventile cotton, and then waxed, am I correct??
All I can tell you from looking at the washing label on my "SAS" jacket is it's 70% cotton and 30% polyester. The material is quite heavy and has a brushed denim feel to it.
upon closer inspection it is similar to the Barbour's material.
Mark

Posted: 8/28/2005 11:55:43 AM EDT

[#47]

Mark, waxed Barbours are around $350 here. Fucking exchange rate, mate.

Ventile clothing is not waxed. It does not need the wax proofing to repel water, the fabric alone does it by itself. That's why it's so dear.

Posted: 8/28/2005 12:00:29 PM EDT

[#48]

WOW....I didnt expect it to around $500 for sure.......................I was thinking about 1 Jacket if you could fid a price so we could see how much than I would be able to make a decision based on the shipped price...................I dont want you to waste too much time on this.

Posted: 8/28/2005 12:01:32 PM EDT

[#49]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
So like when can we start flying over there and organizing group buys????

I had an ANA soldier offer to trade an extra AK for my sunglasses a few weeks ago. You can buy an AK for a fraction of what an old Enfield runs, just because all we can take home are the old Enfields so they bring more $$$$ for them from us.

What? You can bring home Enfields?

???

I thought pretty much anything weapon related from AFG and IQ was a big no-no.

Posted: 8/28/2005 12:09:13 PM EDT

[#50]

Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
Quoted:
So like when can we start flying over there and organizing group buys????

I had an ANA soldier offer to trade an extra AK for my sunglasses a few weeks ago. You can buy an AK for a fraction of what an old Enfield runs, just because all we can take home are the old Enfields so they bring more $$$$ for them from us.

What? You can bring home Enfields?

???

I thought pretty much anything weapon related from AFG and IQ was a big no-no.

+1

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