Comments by "rob shirewood" (@robshirewood5060) on "Vickers "K" - For Aircraft and the SAS/Long Range Desert Group" video.

  1. Indian Long Range Patrol too
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  2. The RAF Maritime Branch Air Sea Rescue launches also used them, as can be seen in use in the movie "The Sea Shall Not Have Them"
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  3. These guns were mounted on SAS land rovers in the 1950's too, the Short Wheelbase versions Mk 1's, in a twin mount for the front passenger with shield and bulletproof small windows in them, and also a single mount. Google "SAS land rover with vickers K pic" and it should show quite a few views.
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  4.  @robert-trading-as-Bob69  The ones i know of are LRDG, SAS, PPA, Indian Long Range Squadron (trained by LRDG did some ops with them but not part of LRDG), Special Interrogation Group, Greek Sacred Squadron, Free French Squadron, Special Boat Section, there are wisps of information on other small units but too hard to find them, so far, research might open them up in the future. Good hunting.
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  5.  @robert-trading-as-Bob69  They certainly were interesting people, as was the Small-Scale Raiding Force. I read a book some time ago about a British unit that did Beach Recces as swimmers founded by a Canadian that surveyed most of the beaches for the ops in the Med and Normandy i wish i could remember the title. if i find it again i will let you know.
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  6. I have had another look at the pics they also had a Bren for the driver, and a .30 or .50 in the rear
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  7.  @robert-trading-as-Bob69  I have the same problem but not as many books. I just did a quick check on COPP and there are some decent references including an A-Z of the members, which has opened up another line of interest for me, thanks, i had forgotten about COPP, SSRF, Roger Courtney, Clogstoun-Williams i must go back and read up on them again. The Cockleshell Heroes was one op i concentrated on, and having done a stint of canoeing with my great uncle in a Klepper down part of the Welsh coast years ago, my admiration for them grew enormously. One book is referred to in the A-Z online "Stealthily By Night", i don't think it was the one i read, but i must try and get a copy.
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