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A British unit that might make a good basis for a PC group.
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James,
Outstanding, as usual! Love the pictures.
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Well Done
James,
I enjoyed the article!!!
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Nice write-up. I have an associate who served with the "rock apes" and, apart from a deployment to Iraq, seems to have spent most of his enlistment in Germany watching satellite television while pretending to defend the NATO nuclear arsenal from incursions by the various small woodland creatures that populate the Rhineland. He claims to have hated every minute of it, but (his real life experiences notwithstanding) I always thought The Regiment would be a cool background for a UK PC.
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Nice write up...well done.Author of the unofficial and strictly non canon Alternative Survivor’s Guide to the United KingdomComment
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good work !
"There is only one tactical principal which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wounds, death and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."
--General George S. Patton, Jr.Comment
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As a Gunner myself, it's nice to see someone remembering the poor old RAF Regiment.Comment
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Most of my dealings with the Rocks in the 80's was in pub carparks, fighting over taxis.
It ended as a score draw after 6 years.
The Rapier units the USAF paid for to defend their UK Airfields were missed off, I can remember 66sqn that were based at RAF West Raynham, there were others 15sqn maybe, but I can't remember.Where Napoleons armies marched with horse and musket, and Hitler’s Reich crumbled in blood and rubble. The warriors of the Armageddon do battle amid the landscapes of hell, now indeed thrive the ARMOURERS!Comment
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Hello all, pulled this from my files for James and everyone..........Comment
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Louie, that's a great listing - thanks for putting it up.
I had no idea that pre Options for Change there was both a 63 Squadron and a Queen's Colour Squadron...Author of the unofficial and strictly non canon Alternative Survivor’s Guide to the United KingdomComment
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Really useful thanks - when I get chance I will look at upgrading in line with this.Originally posted by Louied View PostComment
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I like this a lot. I joined up a mere five years ago, so I am not really able to comment on the state of the RAF Regiment during the period of the Twilight War. However, a few things I noticed which apply to the modern day RAF Regiment include the fact that you identify the RAF tactical recognition flash (introduced around 2005-6, I think) as a specifically RAF Regiment TRF. This TRF is actually worn by all non-Regiment members of the Royal Air Force, whereas only RAF Regiment personnel not assigned to squadrons (i.e. members of Ground Defence Training Flights, instructors, etc) wear the RAF TRF. Members of formed squadrons wear a squadron-specific TRF in subdued colours appropriate to the theatre. For example, 2620 Sqn has a TRF depicting a griffin, while 63 Sqn has an eagle with roman numerals for 63 underneath.
Pedantic, I know, but a lot of Gunners go out of their way to avoid wearing an RAF TRF even if they are supposed to, and the same for the Royal Air Force chest tape on the CS95 shirt. The RAF Regiment likes to try and differentiate itself from the guins as much as possible.Comment
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