5th/60th Rifles

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@ReassessHistory The photo was given to Reg only a couple of years ago by Ron Minton, a fellow A Coy OBLI Veteran.

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

Really enjoying this new podcast the ‘Young Contemptibles’ & we even get a few mentions! 😊 https://t.co/D26yKwqzf9

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@Orbness @marksimner Utlity pouches, And rifle slings for that matter, are stores equipment and not blanco’d. Troops purchased Blanco from NAAFI themselves.

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@marksimner @Orbness 2 of 2 - reenactors use KG3 as its readily available, and made in large numbers post war by numerous other countries as well as the UK. Photo of my impression of a BREN no2 which can show the shade difference between basic pouches & utility (latter wasnt blanco’d).

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@marksimner @Orbness This is my standard infantry impression for Normandy 44. 103 blanco. The answer is there’s no correct Blanco shade as such, but KG3 was fresh in service and the chaps didn’t change it overnight. Photo evidence and first hand accounts back that up. (1 of 2)

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@Orbness @marksimner Using the bren spare barrel bag as a reference, I’d be inclined to say 103. Nice windproof smocks on show too!

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@marksimner @Orbness 97, 103 or KG3. Airborne by its nature was drawn from numerous regiments, and you’ve got glider infantry also as well as para. I tend to sport 103 for late war. KG3 isn’t wrong as such, but it’s massively overused by reenactors. Photo, 1945/Varsity, check the anklet colour.

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@marksimner @Orbness Id disagree that KG3 “is the one to opt for”. 103 - as well as 97 - are arguably more suitable, and evidence of this can be seen in photographs from the time. Various shades were in use, and it’s a re-enactorism that KG3 (and KG3 only) was used D-Day onwards. Photo - Berlin, 1945

[5th/60th Rifles @5th_60th]

@ProfTonyPollard Wings are the band The Beatles could’ve been....

[Christa Hook @HookChrista]

#OnThisDay 28th Oct 1811, the 92nd Foot charged into Arroyomolinos.
Preliminary studies for a painting for @Rob_Griffith_ forthcoming @helionbooks title At the Point of the Bayonet #WellingtonWednesday #gordonhighlanders #militaryart #OTD

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@NWarksCops Hopefully the view from the summit is better than when the mrs and I did it back in January. Enjoy, beautiful part of the world! 👍🏻 (3204)

[Christa Hook @HookChrista]

#onthisday 1812, ‘In Hell Before Daylight’ and ‘The Point of No Return’, Badajoz, 6 April 1812 © Christa Hook #oilpainting #militaryart #Badajoz #napoleonic #rifles

[Tom Williams @TomCW99]

If you are seriously interested in the Light Infantry in the Peninsular War you can't afford *not* to read 'Riflemen'. My review (with some discussion of the 5th battalion, 60th (North American) regiment is at https://t.co/vJz6tgNNol

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@ascopolice @GlosPolSpecials @GlosPCC @kitmalthouse Incredible news! @kitmalthouse is this the case for all forces?

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@WarwickshirePCC Really pleased to hear that the wheels are in motion for BWV to be rolled out to the SC. 👏🏻😁

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@WarwickshirePCC Can you explain to me why SCs do not have access to BWV? Are plans afoot for this to be rolled out? I notice that you said in Dec 2016:- “by the end of 2017 we will be in a position to see front line officers in all parts of the force fully equipped”. Thanks.

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@NWPDCC Richard, do you have an email address you can DM please so I can contact you regarding the SC? Thanks