how do you feel when equipmet you trained on is a museum piece now

[muffin]

13) radio equipment

When I was doing my RadOp course at CFSCE the C&E museum was new in K-town, and they had a lot of the equipment we were trainging on in the museum... we used to joke "if it breaks down go get the spare fromt eh C&E museum" - for things like field phones etc.

muffin

 

[orange.paint]

From one of the guys here at the school that Leo c2 is from 2 tp b sqn rcd 2000.it was the one who a cetain someone bent the hull on.Couldnt keep track on it after!

 

[Fishbone Jones]

Of course we also have to make mention of those still serving living, breathing museum pieces some of whom have posted in this thread.

Recceguy what was it like having Noah as a fireteam buddy? ;D

Pain in the ass! Always talking to someone no one else could see or hear and carrying on about that damn boat of his. He did hold some pretty exotic BBQ's though.

 

[George Wallace]

From one of the guys here at the school that Leo c2 is from 2 tp b sqn rcd 2000.it was the one who a cetain someone bent the hull on.Couldnt keep track on it after!

Just a quick point.  That is NOT a Leo 1 C 1 in the CWM.  I wish they could get out to Pet and pick up a C1 Turret to make it more authentic.

 

[orange.paint]

Yep is that the one with the MRS slot on the barrel? havnt been to the new war museum yet.

did they move all the stuff up from the old train depot also?

 

[Pikache]

A while back my 16 year old daughter asked me what the round thing on top of our old stereo was. When I told her it was a turntable for playing records, she asked me "what's a record?".

Cheers

Turntables are still in fashion... if you're a DJ.

Ah, the black wax. Lugging that stuff around is good PT.

PS: Some of you are really, really old!

-A young whippersnapper.

 

[Glorified Ape]

I can see the next War Museum exhibit - a plexiglass cube with old grizzled CF members milling about, on display for the visitors.

 

[George Wallace]

I can see the next War Museum exhibit - a plexiglass cube with old grizzled CF members milling about, on display for the visitors.

Where have you been....it is already there...

 

[Danjanou]

Where have you been....it is already there...

It's actually George, He's spending WAAAY too much time there these days. ;D

 

[Glorified Ape]

Where have you been....it is already there...

Edit that to add: "I'm posting from inside it right now".  ;D

It's actually George, He's spending WAAAY too much time there these days. ;D

Hehehe... old people are a source of endless humour.

 

[geo]

I actually trained wth the old 3/4 ton truck family, the old GMC "deuce and a half",  the 3.5 inch  rocket launcher and the WWII-style jeep (flat head six cylinder) when I joined the Militia in 1974. In Cadets, a couple of years before, I was taught to strip and assemble the Bren Gun. Imagine how old I feel!
Oh...wait...I am old.
Cheers

1/4 ton jeep.... was a flat, straight 4 (not 6)
3/4 ..... dodge.... another straight 4
2 1/2 GMC...... that was a straight 8

 

[geo]

Just wondering how does the bren relate to the newer weapons?
parkie

the Bren and the C6 have a lot in common actually.......
mechanism is similar but Bren was Mag fed & C6 is only belt fed.
both can be mounted on a tripod
both are really accurate...... Bren, being only mag fed, did not have as much of a problem with hot barrels and it's becoming "flexible".... VS the C6 which has a respectable rate of fire.

 

[geo]

Hmmm.... old kit not mentioned yet:

Comms:
26 set,
25 & 125 set
2 tincans on a string

Vehicles:
three quad (3.4) gin palace
1/4 ton jeep ambulance (tippy)
Queen Mary Command APCs
Cargo carriers

weapons:
SS11B guided missiles (that were on a launcher in the back of the 3/4
L5 "pack" howitzer and the 2 1/2 that used to carry it in it's box (big A frame on the front bumper and cable that ran thru the cab (ramps stored on the vehicle's side) remember seing cable "give" while in tension (trail arms were jammed against the tailgate  - cable came whipping back & left a satisfying dent in the hood & driver had unsatisfying brown streak in his underwear)

 

[Old Sweat]

At least we have seen the last of the 19 Set and AN/PRC 509 and 610 Sets which were in service when I qualified as a Signaller RCA Group I in 1959. In 1962 the 19 Set was replaced by the 42 Set which was a giant leap forward into the 1950s and then in the late sixties along came the 524 system in the M113s and manpack such as the 25 Set.

 

[geo]

hehe.... 19 set with the Cyrilic characters - marconi sets destined for T34s......
yeah - the sigs section still had one of those up & running in the early 70s

had to laugh - when the ground plane antennae went on the fritz - we wandered into the museum and asked the curator to loan us his 1942 edition.... now - that was built tough

 

[dynaglide]

1/4 ton jeep.... was a flat, straight 4 (not 6)
3/4 ..... dodge.... another straight 4
2 1/2 GMC...... that was a straight 8

Actually the 5/4 was a V8 350 c.i. not a straight 8.

 

[geo]

uhhh.... where do you see "5" quad?
1976 5/4s had a V8

 

[dynaglide]

You're right, read too fast I guess...

 

[Trinity]

Better to have your equipment in a museum.... than you end
up in a museum..

oh  ..

wait..

sorry tess  ;D ;D

 

[Danjanou]

Edit that to add: "I'm posting from inside it right now".  ;D

Hehehe... old people are a source of endless humour.

Bugger off whippersnapper :tsktsk:

Padre you're right I forgot Tess is on display there, or was at one point.