Irish coalscuttle helmet - Page 2

Za Rodinu · 31-05-2007, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Owen D

I remember an article in Mil. Mod. back in the 80s by one of the Fosten brothers about Irish Army uniforms.
If I remember rightly it was a dark green and they wore black '08 webbing.
Wonder if Za has that in his collection of old Mil Mods?

Hmm, should have... problem is I never took the trouble of making an index of the contents, so if you con't come up with a bit more detail I'd have to do a lot of digging, and I'm somewhat strapped for time right now.

Brian C · 01-06-2007, 07:05 PM

I remember being at a Military fair a couple of years back where a local man gave a talk on Northern Irelands home guard. He had a few photos of the Irish army and their German like helmets. According to a few men he had interviewed there was many a story of edgy home guard patrols firing on our Irish neighbours thinking that an invasion had begun.
This lead to a rapid rethink in headgear.

von Poop · 12-09-2008, 02:10 PM

From a more recent addition to that Suciu site -I see the Irish weren't the only ones equipped with 'Coal Scuttles' :
Afghan_Helmets.

Gotthard Heinrici · 12-09-2008, 02:13 PM

They have adopted a more European style recently, using Austrian Steyrs as the default Infantry weapon. They still use the GPMG as their support weapon of choice.

phylo_roadking · 27-10-2008, 04:02 AM

There's a site on the Net SOMEWHERE that lists every small arm used by the Irish Defence Forces during the war by type and quantity; it would be fair to say it was quite a mish-mash!!! IIRC numbers' wise by around 1942-43 the SMLE was by far the most common battle rifle, with of all things the "legendary" WWI Ross Rifle for the LSF coming a close second!!!

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Brian C Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ballymoney, Co. Antrim Posts: 109	I remember being at a Military fair a couple of years back where a local man gave a talk on Northern Irelands home guard. He had a few photos of the Irish army and their German like helmets. According to a few men he had interviewed there was many a story of edgy home guard patrols firing on our Irish neighbours thinking that an invasion had begun. This lead to a rapid rethink in headgear. __________________ Brian

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von Poop I Like Tanks Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Perfidious Albion. Posts: 8,372	From a more recent addition to that Suciu site -I see the Irish weren't the only ones equipped with 'Coal Scuttles' : Afghan_Helmets. __________________ It's only the Internet.

12-09-2008, 02:13 PM	#14 (permalink)
Gotthard Heinrici Pog mo thon Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 3,856	They have adopted a more European style recently, using Austrian Steyrs as the default Infantry weapon. They still use the GPMG as their support weapon of choice. __________________ *"The Eastern front is like a house of cards. If the front is broken through at one point all the rest will collapse."* - General Heinz Guderian

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phylo_roadking Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: feels like Brigadoon! Posts: 91	There's a site on the Net SOMEWHERE that lists every small arm used by the Irish Defence Forces during the war by type and quantity; it would be fair to say it was quite a mish-mash!!! IIRC numbers' wise by around 1942-43 the SMLE was by far the most common battle rifle, with of all things the "legendary" WWI Ross Rifle for the LSF coming a close second!!!

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