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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-s ... d-17732511

Scotland being invaded, in a good way :)

After the 2014 referendum it'll be known as Exercise Flodden Field!

I seam to remember a govt holiday to scotland in 1987 with a similar name

TW

Nice silhouette of a S&B two turn on top of a rifle :cheers:

Salut ,
On the 4th pic there is a radio guy looking at the DZ. He is armed with an AR familly rifle. Who would carry one of those in the British army ? Pathfinders ?

froggy wrote:Salut ,
On the 4th pic there is a radio guy looking at the DZ. He is armed with an AR familly rifle. Who would carry one of those in the British army ? Pathfinders ?

My first guess is that it'd be a Danish soldier, not a Pathfinder. I think they're both armed with the Diemaco family of AR15 rifles.

ovenpaa wrote:Nice silhouette of a S&B two turn on top of a rifle :cheers:

But what's the rifle?

Is it not an LMT Sharpshooter 7.62? Issued to many units primarily in Afghanistan but bound to be some kicking around here.

The rifle is a Colt Canada C8SFW - the barrel profile is distinct from the Colt USA rifles which have an M203 notch like this, where as the Colt Canada SFW barrels have a straight profile with a collar added to give the 203s something to latch onto, like the one on the bottom here - the top one is a standard C8 with a plain, skinny barrel).

The paratrooper is a British Pathfinder. British soldiers are changing from DPM to a variant of MultiCam they call Multi-Terrain Pattern which you can see here - matching that in the photograph. The Danish army has no paratroopers and Danish soldiers wear M/84 or M90 Flecktarn style camouflage, like this. Also the standard issue Danish C8 carbines have skinny barrels that lack a 203 notch/collar entirely. The Danish Jægerkorpset use SFWs but they have a tri-rail gas block instead of a front sight. They did used to use a rifle almost identical to the ones in British service though - but the Danish use the crappy old plastic magazines that Diemaco made. The Pathfinders use the new steel mags from HK - and that's what you see in the photo. The Danish use Elcans and Aimpoints but that rifle has an ACOG.

It's not the 7.62 LMT either - mag is too skinny and curved (the LMT uses straight mags), the fore-end is too short (that's a carbine length, the LMT has a mid-length), the stock and pistol grip are different, and it has a front sight post (the LMT rail system covers a low profile gas block).

The Danish army uses both the C7 variants which still appear to be the most widely used, plus the C8 variants including the C8SFW, as far as I know I have shot everything currently issued including the LSV.