People claiming to be ex Royal Marine/Para

[jjones]

The flying club I regularly visit has several ex (and some maybe current) members of the SAS resident. Some have a real aura of charisma about them without trying and others who you wouldn't think would say boo to a goose. I didn't know initially that they were special forces but one of the older members of the club passed away (old age) and then it all became clear. I may have worn a flecktarn combat jacket to the club without anyone taking the piss also - good bunch of guys!

[Asterix]

Countdown said:

archie456 said:

Countdown said:

My uncle (ex-REME) serviced the Toyota Landcruisers used by the LRDG (predecessors to the SAS). He saw some awful things which he keeps telling us that he doesnt like to talk about.

The LRDG was disbanded in 1945, 6 years before the Landcruiser first appeared. Maybe Chevy 30cwt trucks?

The LRDG were given pre-production models of the Landcruiser. AIUI they gave Toyota a lot of in-service feedback about how well the Landcruisers performed in North Africa. That's why landcruisers are still so reliable nowadays and why the SAS use them so much.

So the Japanese gave the British Army their motors during WW2.

Ok.

[Countdown]

Asterix said:

So the Japanese gave the British Army their motors during WW2.

Ok.

It was all a bit *taps side of nose" according to my uncle.....

[jmorgan]

iambeowulf said:

jmorgan said:

had ham said:

I believe the new base is also called Stirling Lines, much like the old one, which was also called Bradbury Lines IIRC, old base now a housing estate...

They have a boat house?

Yeah. What colour?

Hesitate.


See. You ain't no Ronin.

I think it is a ruse, shirley the :shhh, you know who" would camo it (see, used a army technical term in the correct parlance..... at least the bloke done the pub says it that way) and you would not see the boat house until it kept up and did something not nice to you with a pedalo.

[Halmyre]

funkyrobot said:

Halmyre said:

funkyrobot said:

Halmyre said:

I was in the SAS and so was my wife. I was third man on the balcony storming the Iranian embassy, and I once spent 30 days lying in a faeces-filled ditch in the 'Stan before taking out a Taliban warlord at 5000 metres with my Gieves & Hawkes 9mm rifle with Vivitar 10x50 scope. Got away by the skin of my teeth, 50 miles over the Hindu Kush with a 300lb pack in ten hours. Still do a bit of hush-hush work training Johnny Foreigner in special techniques, can't really talk about it. Boathouse is creosote not paint, BTW, trick question!.

Bullst.

Gieves & Hawkes never manufactured a 9mm rifle. They used standard NARTO 7.4567895566.654567.7-4535 hollow beam chutney rounds.

Special order squire, know what I mean nudge nudge, tungsten carbide barrel, titanium sights, carbon fibre trigger, hollow-point bipod, can't really talk about it.

Ok. Sounds like a hoot.

What rounds were you packing?

I found the Deflated Unobtaniun Pizzle rounds to have a good punch, but the weight caused drop issues. In the end I went with the Custard Sonic Alloy Fsnizzle Lite Jam Packer. Best combination of weight and stopping power.

I make my own rounds with my dried-out turds, of course, go through 12" of plate armour no problem.

[krunchkin]

These threads are always fascinating. It always turns out half the people on PH regularly play darts with Special Forces chaps who don't like to talk about it

[funkyrobot]

Halmyre said:

I make my own rounds with my dried-out turds, of course, go through 12" of plate armour no problem.

Christ! You really are the real deal.

Ever thought of doing a better version of Born Survivor?

[Countdown]

General Price said:

I was in a crack commando unit.

In 1972,I was sent to prison by a military court for a crime I didn't commit.I promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.Today,still wanted by the government I survive as a soldier of fortune.

Don't mess with me.

I've got a bit of a problem that nobody has been able to help with. Where can I find you?

[Leptons]

Joey Ramone said:

22 SAS aren't based at Stirling Lines. They moved to their base at Credenhill many years ago.

It's at Credenhill. The Guy who was looking after us referred to it as Stirling lines though.

[northwest monkey]

Countdown said:

General Price said:

I was in a crack commando unit.

In 1972,I was sent to prison by a military court for a crime I didn't commit.I promptly escaped from a maximum security stockade to the Los Angeles underground.Today,still wanted by the government I survive as a soldier of fortune.

Don't mess with me.

I've got a bit of a problem that nobody has been able to help with. Where can I find you?

You don't find him.

He'll find you...

[Biker's Nemesis]

The Para's and ex SAS that I know never talk about anything to anyone online.

I'm saying nothing more because I don't want to wake up dead.

[Zingari]

Halmyre said:

I make my own rounds with my dried-out turds, of course, go through 12" of plate armour no problem.

Wow! What's the base component, mutton tikka phaal?

[silverfoxcc]

When i was working for a large privatised Telecoms company, One of the engineers was in the TA. In Aug 1990 he went off for a few weeks 'training execises'.
Came back with one or two stories, one of which i doubted, but seemed 'plausible' as you say Walt style,and several years later, on here actually, was put right by someone confirming the TA do play at special ops.

[drivin_me_nuts]

I can understand why someone would pretend to be in the services.

It turns my stomach to think that someone would put on medals, parade and take a salute and acknowledgment from others. There must be a certain satisfaction in outing those who do it.

[E24man]

I found the easiest way to find out if someone was genuinely in the Marines was to ask them what Instrument they played.

[griffin dai]

drivin_me_nuts said:

There must be a certain satisfaction in outing those who do it.

Yep

You'll be amazed how many are in this industry. They ALWAYS get caught out.

[Halmyre]

Zingari said:

Halmyre said:

I make my own rounds with my dried-out turds, of course, go through 12" of plate armour no problem.

Wow! What's the base component, mutton tikka phaal?

Grass, leaves, grubs, scorpions, fatally-wounded colleagues, that sort of thing, can't really talk about it.

[catman]

Countdown said:

Asterix said:

So the Japanese gave the British Army their motors during WW2.

Ok.

It was all a bit *taps side of nose" according to my uncle.....

I've seen quite a few photos of them in Land Rovers, but none in Land Cruisers.

Tim

[Countdown]

catman said:

I've seen quite a few photos of them in Land Rovers, but none in Land Cruisers.

Tim

They were undercover. For political reasons it wouldn't have gone down well if we were found to have been using Japanese kit.

[red_slr]

catman said:

Countdown said:

Asterix said:

So the Japanese gave the British Army their motors during WW2.

Ok.

It was all a bit *taps side of nose" according to my uncle.....

I've seen quite a few photos of them in Land Rovers, but none in Land Cruisers.

Tim

No Land Rovers in WWII ...
LRDG used mostly trucks with the odd jeep - often stolen..