Ed your kit is out of date :P
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The tan does look naff... In fact, I need to go and throw up a bit. Can't believe they're making it tan when we're pulling out of Afghanistan... Surely that's just a needless waste of time and money... Oh MoD, you so silly.
I do spy a Sig in the top photo though. In a magic holster. How is it staying there?!
My loadout is going to be based on Afghan based troops in 2011. Because then, everything I have is actually right haha.
I do spy a Sig in the top photo though. In a magic holster. How is it staying there?!
My loadout is going to be based on Afghan based troops in 2011. Because then, everything I have is actually right haha.
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Is it just me... Or does my font randomly change size in my above comment? What the hell is going on with that?
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The sig is in a serpa drop leg, mounted on his shins nearly 
Looking closely, I think they're just pained tan, you can still see areas of trades/markings in black
And my uksf loadout is the same, pick a time frame and stick to it, the kit changes too much for it ever to be 'current' <_<
Looking closely, I think they're just pained tan, you can still see areas of trades/markings in black
And my uksf loadout is the same, pick a time frame and stick to it, the kit changes too much for it ever to be 'current' <_<
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Managed to sort it with an edit, just wanted to check I wasn't going mental first...
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(I meant how is it staying on his leg...)
What does it for me is that they've left the butt pad and pistol grip green... It's not a pretty rifle anyway, but Jesus... Spectres and ACOGs are still black too, so they might as well have just left the rifles as well.
What does it for me is that they've left the butt pad and pistol grip green... It's not a pretty rifle anyway, but Jesus... Spectres and ACOGs are still black too, so they might as well have just left the rifles as well.
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Tan's still better camo in the woods than pure black. Everyone thinks everything new that's ever development looks stupid at first. No doubt they thought the tank was a ridiculous idea in WWI, but I know I'd pick armour instead of a horse when charging the jerry machine gun lines.
What they should've done is go the whole hog and do all the parts, but something's still better than nothing. We've got at least another full year in afghan, plenty of time for more potential casualties. Anything at all that minimises the risk by even the tiniest amount is worth doing.
What they should've done is go the whole hog and do all the parts, but something's still better than nothing. We've got at least another full year in afghan, plenty of time for more potential casualties. Anything at all that minimises the risk by even the tiniest amount is worth doing.
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If it was any higher he wouldn't be able to draw it as quick.The sig is in a serpa drop leg, mounted on his shins nearly
Also totally agree with CKinnerley, its not whether it looks naff or not in real life (unlike airsoft where everything has to look 'cool') but if its practical and works or is better than it's predecessor.
Looks like we may have been wrong to laugh at W.E. when they released a tan-bodied version of their L85 GBB 2 years ago...
I'm sceptical that the colour of a rifle is what gives away troops positions (considering the previous 90 years of warfare) - but if it they think it'll work and help them in the field, and there's a chance that it does actually work, then fair play to them. What about non-desert warfare though? Post 2014, will we see everyone painting their kit olive-drab/brown?
Not something I'm in a hurry to do with my L85 though :lol:
I'm sceptical that the colour of a rifle is what gives away troops positions (considering the previous 90 years of warfare) - but if it they think it'll work and help them in the field, and there's a chance that it does actually work, then fair play to them. What about non-desert warfare though? Post 2014, will we see everyone painting their kit olive-drab/brown?
Not something I'm in a hurry to do with my L85 though :lol:
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Yeah, tan L85 bleuch.
Still, if we'd asked an economics professor as far back as the 70's, probably earlier, what colour would be most prevalent in NATO forces' camouflage now, they would have had no hesitation in answering "tan". It matters not one gerbil fart when UK forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan, there are, and as long ago as WW1 always have been, economic and hence political forces at work which would, do and will continue to make force projection into the whole area from North Africa to the Hindu Kush an essential attribute of any organisation which would wield power on the world stage.
You can't see the side opening buckle on that lads plastic drop leg platform because of the out of focus blob of snow in the way, Ed. I'm looking at getting one for my Palco USP - £35 on fleabay
I thought my lappy was on the blink with the font thing... phew!
Still, if we'd asked an economics professor as far back as the 70's, probably earlier, what colour would be most prevalent in NATO forces' camouflage now, they would have had no hesitation in answering "tan". It matters not one gerbil fart when UK forces are scheduled to leave Afghanistan, there are, and as long ago as WW1 always have been, economic and hence political forces at work which would, do and will continue to make force projection into the whole area from North Africa to the Hindu Kush an essential attribute of any organisation which would wield power on the world stage.
You can't see the side opening buckle on that lads plastic drop leg platform because of the out of focus blob of snow in the way, Ed. I'm looking at getting one for my Palco USP - £35 on fleabay
I thought my lappy was on the blink with the font thing... phew!
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With the thing about painting the rifles tan even though were pulling out of Afghan is because they know that new wars wont be against Fritz or the Commies across Europe but rather in deserts in the middle east and north Africa... That's why MTP replaced DPM and not DDPM because it bizarrely makes mire sense to have two desert patterns than a desert and a woodland..
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I heard they were getting rid of the L85 in the next few years, seems a waste of money getting a new paint job on a weapon your going to replace soon.
And I've got to agree it looks poor.
And I've got to agree it looks poor.
Apologies if my post came over as sarcastic, it wasn't meant to.
Just saying that of all the things that give away an infantry patrol, the colour of their rifles seems pretty low on the list. (Unlike say, the rather large vehicles which drove them there, or the fact that there are 20-ish men moving about).
And I'm genuinely curious as to what the plans are, and if the MoD's solution to equipment planning is "hope we're fighting somewhere tan works".
The problem with saying "oh, all our next wars will be in the desert" is that it isn't necessarily true and a lot of things can happen in the space of a year or two - this kind of thinking has screwed the MoD over repeatedly.
Few people expected the Falklands Islands to kick off, which is why most of our kit was ill-suited to the climate (very few waterproofs or cold weather kit, boots that were only usable in urban areas). For years after the end of the Cold War people were convinced that we would still be fighting wars in Northern Europe or in Asia - right up until 2001 it was thought that any conflict wouldn't be desert areas, which is why even in 2002, prior to Iraq 2, most of our kit was still being designed towards N.Europe or Asia.
Just saying that of all the things that give away an infantry patrol, the colour of their rifles seems pretty low on the list. (Unlike say, the rather large vehicles which drove them there, or the fact that there are 20-ish men moving about).
And I'm genuinely curious as to what the plans are, and if the MoD's solution to equipment planning is "hope we're fighting somewhere tan works".
The problem with saying "oh, all our next wars will be in the desert" is that it isn't necessarily true and a lot of things can happen in the space of a year or two - this kind of thinking has screwed the MoD over repeatedly.
Few people expected the Falklands Islands to kick off, which is why most of our kit was ill-suited to the climate (very few waterproofs or cold weather kit, boots that were only usable in urban areas). For years after the end of the Cold War people were convinced that we would still be fighting wars in Northern Europe or in Asia - right up until 2001 it was thought that any conflict wouldn't be desert areas, which is why even in 2002, prior to Iraq 2, most of our kit was still being designed towards N.Europe or Asia.
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Someone's been telling you porkies, it's going to be around for a long while yet.
The paint also isn't a universal thing that's being applied throughout the whole military, far from it.
Much like the classic "sarge says we'll be getting the L98-A2 next year!" comments that pretty much every cadet I know has been saying since 2003... :lol:
I was told that 2025 is when the MoD will start the process to find a replacement rifle, meaning it could well be in service for longer than that. (Hell, the process to replace the L1A1 was started in 1965, look at when the first L85A1 was actually issued...)
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