Comments by "rob shirewood" (@robshirewood5060) on "D-Day 80th Anniversary Special, Part 1: Paratroopers, with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson." video.

  1. very strange over the "cricket" scene because the German fired two shots to kill the 82nd Airborne Trooper, from a single shot Kar98k, operating the bolt on this rifle as you know would eject a live round, from the miserly 5 round magazine, and he did not operate the bolt for the second shot. Ironically my great uncle who was on the D-Day landings as a Royal Marine Commando said that they would load their Lee Enfields with 10 in the mag, plus 1 up the spout with the rifle on half cock, by pulling the "hammer" back half way locking the bolt, and then quietly pull it all the way back when in contact or enemy approaching, and then fire on order or fire at will when enemy close, without needing to operate the bolt. After that round the normal bolt action sequence would be used. Thus 11 rounds for the Brits as opposed to 5 for the Germans. For a time he also acquired and used a Browning 9mm taken from a dead German, a Colt auto pistol, and when a Don-R, a Despatch Rider for a short time an, M1A1 and Mk 5 Sten on his motorcycle, the M1A1 in a crude rifle bucket made from a US Bazooka rocket pouch mounted on the motorcycle frame. It also had spare rations and the vital British weapon of ww2 dried TMS tablets Tea Milk Sugar, and American coffee, acquired lol.
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  2. The M1A1 was also a favoured weapon by the SAS of 1 and 2 SAS dropped into France before D-Day and during it and later, as i read in Flames from the Forest about the ops of SAS after D-Day.
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