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ricklind · 05-27-2008, 07:13 PM

This is a short video showing some of 'Marions Boys' training here in the UK.

We can still only muster half of the Group at any one time, if only...

roque_riojas · 05-27-2008, 08:53 PM

Moose; Good thing it was just a training run in the UK. All the noise of walking

would be bye bye. On combat patrol you would be going from tree to tree with

the scouts using hand signals. Oh what the hell,, I'm thinking of over

6o years ago. Rocky

sappered · 05-28-2008, 09:19 AM

Hi Moose,

Good video.

Will you be uploading the train video?

Puddles

***Walt's Daughter*** · 05-28-2008, 09:50 AM

Just got a chance to see it this morning. Very cool guys. Hey was that a ME-262 I heard overhead? :frown:

So this was VERY late in the war?

CaptO · 05-28-2008, 10:36 AM

And here I thought it was just an unplanned anachronism! Little did I know the lengths these guys would go to for realism!

Moose, looks like fun! There are reenactor groups around here but the start up costs are pretty hefty!

206thmpco · 05-28-2008, 12:59 PM

:armata_PDT_37: great video Moose!

Rocky - you made me laugh with: " all the noise of walking would be bye bye".

That's something we civilians don't think about - how do you walk through woody terrain without making noise - especially carrying lots of gear.

The other thing I've always wondered is - in Moose's video you can hear lots of birdsong,

is it that way in combat areas? do the birds & animals leave making it eerily quiet?

roque_riojas · 05-28-2008, 01:39 PM

Glad I made you laugh. On combat patrol,you don't carry gear. only your weapon

and ammo. You go looking for the enemy position but you don't engage, you go

back and report. I am talking about combat. Artillery and mortar fire drives birds

away. Laughing is good for the soul.

rocky

j3rdinf · 05-29-2008, 02:24 PM

Roque: You sure h it the nail on the head. All that good tree cover and walking down a open railroad track dont hack it for a long life span.

roque_riojas · 05-29-2008, 04:38 PM

Roque: You sure h it the nail on the head. All that good tree cover and walking down a open railroad track dont hack it for a long life span.

Joe-- The THIRD GUY HAD A,, FIXED BAYONET , I think you call that,

Book learnin'. That made me laugh. Roque

moose · 06-01-2008, 06:41 AM

Joe-- The THIRD GUY HAD A,, FIXED BAYONET , I think you call that,
Book learnin'. That made me laugh. Roque

Rocky and Joe, You are right on guys... Wait to you see the ' ambush' the

reenactors from the ' British Army' set for us , we took a lot of ' casualties'

getting out of that track. :armata_PDT_23: :armata_PDT_19: :machinegun: Will post asap.