Thread: Introduction

Originally Posted by Scribe

Like the name. Like the gun. Ever used one?

No but I have had a blat on a Stirling sub (as I am sure so too have you) and thought it to be a complete piece of crap.

Originally Posted by Rushy

No but I have had a blat on a Stirling sub (as I am sure so too have you) and thought it to be a complete piece of crap.

I have the same feelings as you about the Stirling Rushy. The Tommy was a quality gun. Biggest complaint about them was the cost of manufacturing the Tommygun. The 45 cal slug was a lot more use in the jungle than the nine mill.

Originally Posted by Scribe

The 45 cal slug was a lot more use in the jungle than the nine mill.

A debate that has raged for years and has no practicle, outcome either way.
Didn't know NZ Inf soldiers were allowed to use/carry non issue weapons in that campaign?


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Originally Posted by R93

A debate that has raged for years and has no practicle, outcome either way.
Didn't know NZ Inf soldiers were allowed to use/carry non issue weapons in that campaign?


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You are right R93 we never used non issue weapons. I hope I never gave anyone that impression. It would be the quickest way I know to get bumped off. We knew the sound of every weapon we used and knew intimately the sound of the enemies weapons. The sound of an AK even on TV makes the hair stand up on the back of my neck. (Not that you very often hear an actual AK in action)

But we busted some large weapon caches that held a museum of weapons from all over the world. They were choppered back to Nui Dat and stored in a conex. Some soldiers were lucky enough to have a play.

Everything from a Spandau to an American Greasegun favoured by the underworld. Lots of French weapons as you can imagine.

Once or twice we found crossbows.