Jim Barclay

Former Tankie in the 1st Royal Tank Regiment. Through the Mud & the Blood, to the Green Fields Beyond. FEAR NAUGHT.

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

Sums up nicely the organised chaos of a WW2 tank commander trying to get all the tanks key component parts (gunner and driver) pointing and shooting in the right direction

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@SeanLaPrawn Must admit had a little chuckle myself. Throughout my time definitely learnt to beg, steal and borrow to get by. Our SSM used to do his nut at those in non issue kit sourced from the PRI and Army Surplus, as you couldn't get it from your own QM 🤔

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@InTheShed4 Oh how so true 😁

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Couldn't have summed it up better myself

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@DominiqueTaegon I thought we only had to take into account ECHR rulings but were lot legally bound to follow them?

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@KirstieMAllsopp Not a hope in hell I'm afraid Kirstie but nice thought all the same 😁

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@Powersurge440 @RichWilkie66 Zimbabwe at its best

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@Powersurge440 @RichWilkie66 You take the boy out of the Bush but you can't take the bush out of the boy

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@Powersurge440 @RichWilkie66 Grew up on Liebigs Ranch, our nearest civilisation being Sandawama mine

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@Tank_Archives Many years on and the Commanders position was still a cramped place to work, with the recoil guard bottom left of the picture.

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@tigershuffle @militaryhistori Up a nats knacker, on, FIRE

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@maricardo15 @GBNEWS And I thought I was the only one the noticed that. I live in Cornwall which is hardly ethically diverse, but you wouldn't think it by the communication coming out of our County Council.

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@combat_boot Not when the crew are busy laughing, safely locked inside knowing the angy monkeys don't know that the Combi tool in the unlocked drivers bin could easly open the hatches from the outside 😀

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@combat_boot They did try stopping my Cheiftain many moons ago, suspected drink driving after a Squadron smoker and got very unset when crew quickly battened down hatches. Sight of very Red faced RMP jumping up and down on hatch trying to get in was very amusing 😄

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@combat_boot Oh I don't know, not the same as having your door almost kicked in in the wee small hours by a jumped up full screw on a mission with one hand on the butt of his Browning HP 🤬

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@memarkyb I'm with you on that Brads, we are in rural Cornwall so have a LPG tank and locally have the grand choice of either Calor or Flogas, who are definitely not value brands🤔

[Jim Barclay @bushveld66]

@bermicourt @LMBD1418 They were old even back in the day 😀

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@MontanaK8ie You do sound 😡🤬 pray tell why?