tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36435530.post7828276672242121406..comments2024-01-30T02:21:59.326-06:00Comments on Ben and Bawb's Blog: CAN ANYBODY ID THIS AUSSIE VIETNAM SLR SCOPE?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36435530.post-69565727286455891792012-05-29T07:53:19.017-06:002012-05-29T07:53:19.017-06:00Good junior leaders actually LEADING from the fron...Good junior leaders actually LEADING from the front get in harm's way a lot more often, I would suspect.<br /><br />OTOH, some folks who are not ready to be junior leaders get promoted anyway because there simply is no one else.<br /><br />The REMFs did away with battlefield commissions ages ago, and did other things to make REMF promotions easier to come by and combat promotions harder to come by.<br /><br />OBVIOUSLY a BA degree in Hispanic Women's Studies makes you a better officer than 4-5 combat tours and ten years' service as an NCO.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36435530.post-10634709482289501592012-05-28T19:01:36.245-06:002012-05-28T19:01:36.245-06:00Off topic Bawb, but Redstate has a Roll of Honor f...Off topic Bawb, but Redstate has a Roll of Honor from Afghanistan 2012 listing 25 names. 6 of them are officers and 10 are Sgt S/Sgt etc.<br /><br />It seems rather top heavy and I was wondering if you have some idea why?<br /><br />http://www.redstate.com/hooah_mac/2012/05/28/memorial-day-2012-freedom-is-not-free/Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36435530.post-34682013784474974612012-05-19T10:47:50.949-06:002012-05-19T10:47:50.949-06:00Officially, you guys adopted a version of the Cana...Officially, you guys adopted a version of the Canadian Leitz 4x "Sniper Scope C1" after they "tropic-proofed" it. I don't think there were too many of them. Seems to be an expensive collector's item now.<br /><br />The scope in the pic looks similar to, but not quite the same, as the Belgian OIP scope set-up. I'm thinking you're right in it being an unofficial set-up.<br /><br />Oldies but goodies. I think some Indian Army units are still using the L4 7.62mm version of the Bren gun.<br /><br />Last I knew, the native Canadian Arctic Rangers were still using standard .303 No. 4 SMLE's. I reckon if I ran around in a place where polar bears are not adverse to eating two-legged meals I'd want to be throwing something larger than 5.56mm pills at them too.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36435530.post-45484437654288308152012-05-19T08:42:12.063-06:002012-05-19T08:42:12.063-06:00Not sure what type Bawb, but if it is Vietnam era,...Not sure what type Bawb, but if it is Vietnam era, it is unofficial. Snipers were given a fair bit of latitude.<br /><br />I did a small arms coaching course at Singleton in 75/76 and at that stage they were just toying with the idea of optical scopes on military rifles. There was talk of using the SMLE rebareled to 7.62 as a snipers weapon at the time, not sure what happened with that.<br /><br />The most accurate weapon we had there was the 7.62 Bren, with which most of us could belt out a sub 1" five shot group consistently at 200 meters.<br /><br />Actually three of the instructors were US Army guys who were bloody good but crazier than even us on the piss. Great time.Jim Fryarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15780237902858889143noreply@blogger.com