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I think his answers should be noted.
There is no doubt in my mind that the guy served as a Sgt in QUR.


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"iCentral" <icentral@optusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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>
> "Peter" <turned.up@the.side> wrote in message
> news:MPG.19dcc08917877e0098a0c8@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > In article <3f71ce4d$0$28121$afc38c87@news.optusnet.com.au>,
> > icentral@optusnet.com.au says...
> > > So Peter,
> > >
> > > Just answer these as best you can ...
> > >
> > > 1. If I said Enfilade, grazing fire from defilade position - what
would
> that
> > > describing and where would I be  ?
> >
> > Enfilade fire is fire that is aimed along a "file" of targets, such as
> > firing at a column of tanks advancing along a road from directly in
front,
> > or from the side at a line of assaulting infantrymen. Defilade is a
> > position where you cannot be taken under fire yourself, such as behind a
> > bank or on a reverse slope. Grazing fire is fire that "grazes" the slope
> of
> > the earth, rather than striking the ground at a large angle. The
advantage
> > of this is that your fire can cover a larger area of ground, presumably
> > striking more targets in the space immediately above that ground, say up
> to
> > about head high. For example, if the ground is rising ahead of you, your
> > fire will tend to impact on a small area, but if it is falling gently,
you
> > will have a large beaten zone as the trajectory of your rounds follows
the
> > slope of the ground.
> >
> > Considerations such as these are of crucial importance when siting your
> > machineguns. Enfilade, grazing fire from defilade position is obviously
> > good for you and bad for the opposing team.
>
> Yes
>
> > > 2. What was the range of GPMG M60 on bipod without C2 Sights?
> >
> > 860 metres. You can't use the C2 sightunit without the tripod. One of
the
> > world's great bloody awful machineguns. Heavy, complex and poorly
> designed.
> > prone to stoppages and bits kept breaking. The barrel couldn't be
changed
> > without an asbestos glove and the bipod was attached to the barrel, so
the
> > poor old number two had to carry the weight of a glove and an extra
bipod
> > on the second barrel. Considering that it was a remake of the superb
> German
> > MG42, one wonders how the Yanks could have possibly gone so wrong.
> >
> > > 3. What was the muzzle velocity of an SLR ?
> >
> > 823 m/s
>
> Yes
>
> > Great weapon for drill. The Austeyr just isn't the same.
> >
> > > 4. Did anyone ever show you how to make a SLR full auto with a match ?
> >
> > Yeah. The idea is to stop the safety sear from fully engaging. But a
> > ringpull from a beercan lasted longer. So I'm told.
>
> Yes
>
> > > 5. Can you describe the inside of the SGTs Mess at QUR.
> >
> > Through a boozy haze.
> >
> > >     5.1         Where is it ?
> >
> > It's on the right end of the depot building as you enter the front gate.
> > It's approached through a short corridor with the CO/Adjutants office on
> > the left and the Chief Clerk's office on the right. There's a staircase
> > going up to the lecture room on the first floor and there's a mark on
the
> > wall showing the height of the flood in 1974. The colours went under and
> we
> > spent an awful lot of time preparing for the colours parade where they
> were
> > replaced in 1978 - one of the first examples of the new design based on
> the
> > Australian flag rather than the British.
>
> Yes
>
> > >     5.2         I walk in the door - the bar is on my ....
> >
> > Right at the far end of the room. On the left side of the bar is the
mess
> > bell with a sign reading "He who rings this bell in jest Must buy a
drink
> > for all the rest" There were a few framed reproduction rifles, one of
them
> > a SMLE, on the wall at the right side.
>
> Yes
>
> > >     5.3         Out the back is a ....
> >
> > Beer garden under the cliff.
>
> Yes
>
> > > 6.     A QUR SLR was lost once where was it found ?
> >
> > Northern Ireland, unless you are referring to the SLR I supposedly
dropped
> > out of a helicopter.
>
> Yes
>
> > > 7.     Do you remember a Peter Lindsay, Sgt Wayne Hinton or a Sgt
> Peterson ?
> >
> > Peter Lindsay was a pioneer. One of David Grimshaw's mates. He had a
> > penchant for weapons and explosives. Someone dobbed him in to the cops
who
> > raided his place. One of the more bizarre tales was that he was going to
> > mount a Claymore in the door of his car. He was a lance-corporal when I
> > knew him and I doubt he ever made it to sergeant. The other two names
ring
> > bells, but too gentle for me to associate much with them.
>
> Now works for the ATO.
> Made it to Lance Jack at least twice and Fulltracks like time I saw him.
>
> >
> > Other members of the mess when I was there were the aptly named Dick
> > Boundy; Kerry McGreevy whose life revolved around the ARes and took up
> with
> > Staff Aldridge who ran the pay section; Byron Murphy the Pioneer
sergeant
> > (no beard) and Matt Guley the RP who was also in the band.
> >
> > BTW, the RQ had his own song, to the tune of "Auld Lang Syne":
> >
> > You are RQ of QUR, QUR RQ are you.
> > You are RQ of QUR, QUR RQ are you!
>
>