Comments by "stubones" (@stubones) on "Forgotten Weapons" channel.

  1.  @mattybhoy6522  The Brits actually warned Mugabe of a joint SA/Rhodesian special forces raid to kill him. It was called Operation Milkfloat if I recall and it was Rhodesian SAS and the Recces. They inserted from a South African sub onto RIBs into Maputo, but when they got to location Mugabe had gone. Look up a book called "Killing Zone" written by Harry McCallion, a Brit who joined the Recces in 1977 (around around there). He was on that raid and gives a compelling account of it. A part of the book ism dedicated to his time in the Recces. Amazing.
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  2. I used the R4 during my National Service (and R5 as a police reservist) but later we were issued a FN FAL (yup, not an R1!) to keep at home for Commandos. When we had to give it back we had 20 rounds of ammo left so I took the rifle to our local range, put ten rounds through the end of a barrel about 100m away, and then stood, put it on auto and walked the last 10 rounds somewhat towards the target. Good time, and what a rifle.
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  3. I never heard of anyone in kommando being issued with R3 rifles. We all got R1s or actual FN FALs like my dad did. It was probably policy in the 80's or something. The British armed forces used to use the semi auto version of the FN FAL. They called it SLR or Self Loading Rifle, then they moved onto the 5.56 SA80.
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  4. conscripted :) I was a couple of years behind you, in '92. 5 SAI in Ladysmith.
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