curious about the C5

[Danjanou]

Can’t add much more from my addled memory than has already been said by our resident gun plumber, aside from the G pig was heavy and awkward to carry and a royal bitch to do head spacing and timing on after a “quick” barrel change. At least the C1 was the revamped C5 was slightly easier in that regard but I may be wrong. I did my Machine Gunners course in 1980-1981 and probably the last time I ever used one of these was on my 6B in 1984.

Anyway dug around on my hard drive and raided a few friends collections on crackbook for a little pigporn. In a couple you can clearly see the C1 sling being used.

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Couldn't find any pigporn, but found one of my first summer concentration 8)

 

[kkwd]

Can’t add much more from my addled memory than has already been said by our resident gun plumber, aside from the G pig was heavy and awkward to carry and a royal bitch to do head spacing and timing on after a “quick” barrel change. At least the C1 was the revamped C5 was slightly easier in that regard but I may be wrong. I did my Machine Gunners course in 1980-1981 and probably the last time I ever used one of these was on my 6B in 1984.

Anyway dug around on my hard drive and raided a few friends collections on crackbook for a little pigporn. In a couple you can clearly see the C1 sling being used.

In the bottom picture you can see the carrying handle attached to the gun. In the first picture who is the Dirk Diggler looking character with all the hair between the two guys with the cigarettes?  ;D

 

[NavyShooter]

Deuce Bigalow?

(Attempt at humor....he looks like a submariner I once knew.)

NS

 

[Danjanou]

Recce I thought this was your first Milcon?

Kkwd you gonna pic on a guy just because he didn't smoke back then? 8)

 

[kkwd]

Recce I thougth this was your first Milcon?

Kkwd you gonna pic on a guy just because he didn't smoke back then? 8)

You didn't need to smoke in the old days, the Monger supplied enough second hand smoke for everybody. ;D

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Recce I thougth this was your first Milcon?

Kkwd you gonna pic on a guy just because he didn't smoke back then? 8)

Now that you mention it. Seem to recall a water boy, Gunga something or other, IIRC :warstory:

 

[Danjanou]

Recce stop calling Tess a water boy. You'll notice he's absent from the parade as usual. ;D

KK you had to mention the monger didn't you. There's years of therapy and self medication out the window. At least he never bummed off of everyone including non smoker naive CFA transfer ins like old DW did. 8)

 

[kkwd]

KK you had to mention the monger didn't you. There's years of therapy and self medication out the window. At least he never bummed off of everyone including non smoker naive CFA transfer ins like old DW did. 8)

A pint of Watney's does not constitute self medication.  ;D Poor old DW, with those horrible rug rats he needed all the help he could get.

 

[1feral1]

I took these pics in Nov 2004 in Singleton NSW.

The .30 L3A3/A4 was still in service. Note the T-50 turret configuation with M2HB .50 MG.

Cheers,

OWDU

 

[1feral1]

More pics....

 

[Shrek1985]

Wow OWDU and still in the original calibre? Most impressive, perhaps the old 30-cal has a bit greater advantage over the 7.62x51mm NATO than just a slightly heavier bullet?

I'm impressed! We got stuff here on the C5, L3 series and original M1919A4. All I was hoping for was some info on the C5. If we could dig up a South African vet to talk about the MG4...on second thought I just realized how many local variations there are on the Browning .30-cal so maybe that way lies madness.

...Though I have always wondered if the MG4 actually has a quick-change barrel as some sources say. What the heck, I always was a little crazy.