Comments by "Jammy Dodger" (@JammyDodger45) on "Carl-Gustaf M4: All you need to know about the recoilless rifle" video.

@ThePierre58 - mate that's not a minimal contribution at all! I can safely say that all those who've entered the Corps after you are secretly jealous that you boys got to do an actual landing! Going in to Al Fawr by helicopter just wasn't the same. I was in the FI in '06 and we did a bit of diving in Fitzroy, it's very clear where the LC and LSLs were hit as there is stuff all over the seabed, unfortunately Sir G was towed offshore to be sunk and is far too deep to dive on which is a shame as I'd have loved to lay a wreath on her.
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And the shock wave, practically rattled the teeth out of your head!
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@newy2242 - I'm not sure I'd call it fun but it was certainly an experience!
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That must have been lovely Royal, who doesn't want a heavy unbalanced tube on your back when you're crossing a frozen bog uphill for 60mi?! I hope you fired all its ammo off at the first MG post you came across on Two Sisters!
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@ThePierre58 - why were you on Sir G? I thought the only Booties on there were the beach party and a couple of Cadre lads?
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@ThePierre58 - I'm aware we were all over the Island, I went through CTCRM in '89 and, less my Troop Commander, all the NCOs were FI Vets as was my first Sect Cdr on Zulu so I've heard hundreds of stories. However on my ML2s the C/Sgt CI was (then) the Cadre Cpl who was manning the Beach OP who was calling again and again for the WG to get off the boat ASAP as opposed to bobbing around for hours and he only mentioned the Bootie Beach Party (who were also imploring people to get off). You're the 1st Bootie I've encountered who was OpCon the Taffs. Were you Attached to the WG to beef up their ATK capacity or just to get a lift ahead of the Commando Snake to do Flank Protection?
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Because it was freaking heavy and impossible to balance in a bergan, that thing must have caused more back injuries to Troops than the fat blonde bar-maid from Jesters circa 90-93!
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@davidsayer3325 - Everything improves over time ... except the Jesters barmaid who is probably a great grandmother by now.
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It's certainly better to carry!
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