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Oven mitts were for barrell changes, a real pain on that gun.
TCBF said:- When they converted the cal .30 U.S. (.30-06) M1919A4 Browning Machine Guns (BMG) to 7.62mm C1 GPMG in the late sixties, they didn't get it right. That was a real pain. Ten years later they fixed some of the problems and re-named it the C5. Once you knew the gun, it was good to go. The key was to pull the trigger bar from the lock frame, insert it into a hole in the barrel casing and then lean on it, bending the tip to the right angle to change the timing of the gun. Purred like a 600 RPM BMG after that, it did.
daftandbarmy said:The FN C2. All the disadvantages of the Bren Gun with none of the benefits of the C9, wih an NVA mag bra to go with it.
Chapeski said:Those combat boot covers, you know, the glossy zipper things. What a waste of cash. Oh, and the CF cripplers that we call issued sneakers. I went through 3/4 of my basic inspections before I realized I hadn't even tied the laces for inspection.
RedGalaxy said:I realize this is an old thread but I wondered if anyone has a photo of the aforementioned CF Cripplers they could post or email me? They were the beige hightop sneakers issues to CF members at CFB Cornwallis and Chilliwack in the 70s and 80s. They had utterly no arch support. If anyone knows the NATO Stock Number that would be useful as well or has a pair they would be willing to sell I would love to hear from you. This historical information is required for research purposes. Much obliged.
I got issued those on BMQ as late as 1997. Got real sneakers on BOTC in 1998, so I suspect that was the year the last ones finally dribbled out of the system.RedGalaxy said:I realize this is an old thread but I wondered if anyone has a photo of the aforementioned CF Cripplers they could post or email me? They were the beige hightop sneakers issues to CF members at CFB Cornwallis and Chilliwack in the 70s and 80s.
RedGalaxy said:I realize this is an old thread but I wondered if anyone has a photo of the aforementioned CF Cripplers they could post or email me? They were the beige hightop sneakers issues to CF members at CFB Cornwallis and Chilliwack in the 70s and 80s. They had utterly no arch support. If anyone knows the NATO Stock Number that would be useful as well or has a pair they would be willing to sell I would love to hear from you. This historical information is required for research purposes. Much obliged.
ArmyVern said:Although Chapeskiiswas a Sup tech who just pulled-pin out west, he's far too young to have ever seen the cripplers of which you seek. His cripplers (came in beige and green, but were not the old high-top converse looking foot-killers that we used to issue), at least, had insoles and arches.
I'll see what I can dig up for you once I get back to work as these went out of the system in 88. Am burning off crap-tonnes of annual. ;D
ArmyVern said:Although Chapeskiiswas a Sup tech who just pulled-pin out west, he's far too young to have ever seen the cripplers of which you seek. His cripplers (came in beige and green, but were not the old high-top converse looking foot-killers that we used to issue), at least, had insoles and arches.
I'll see what I can dig up for you once I get back to work as these went out of the system in 88. Am burning off crap-tonnes of annual. ;D