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Penfold Commando Golf Balls.
Given to me today as a tip. I think they stopped making these some time in the 80's
Commandos set their sights on close-combat training
Royal Marines of 40 Commando honed their day and night-fighting skills with a week of intense training in mock towns in Kent. The Norton Manor-based commandos practised close quarters battle on special ranges at Lydd and Hythe, trying out an enhanced rifle sight to improve their already-impressive marksmanship.
Royal Marines of 40 Commando stand guard at the façade of a house on the ranges at Lydd and Hythe in Kent as Exercise Hawk – a week of close-combat training – draws to a close.
The commandos decamped from their base at Norton Manor in Somerset to the two training areas on the Channel.
The ranges at Lydd, about five miles west of Dungeness, have been used by troops for more than 150 years, while those at Hythe, a dozen miles to the east, are two centuries old and are dominated by a couple of Martello towers and Grand Redoubt, built to keep Napoleon at bay.
Some 200 years later, the ranges are in use almost daily – and have been adapted to meet the demands of today’s Armed Forces, with a mock modern-day housing estate, complete with roads, roundabouts and cars, built at both, while the Lydd ranges are strewn with wrecked old armoured vehicles.
40 Commando made full use of their week in Kent, from the annual combat marksmanship test to compound clearance and defending forward operating bases.
There was also the opportunity for the Royals to let loose with heavy weapons and each company carried out nighttime live firing.
And for the first time 40 tested the new ELCAN sight – there’s a small red cross for the aiming point – which is easier to use and better in the dark than the existing sights; troops still need to understand its capability, how to mount it on SA80 rifles and how to zero it – all of which was done in Kent.
For close quarters battle (also known as close combat or, in old parlance, hand-to-hand fighting), a separate sight is fitted on top of the ELCAN sight to allow the commandos to rapidly engage their targets.
As well as live firing, the Norton Manor men also used ‘simunition’ – simulated ammunition, which possesses the dynamics of the real thing, minus the lethality – to add an extra layer of realism to Exercise Hawk.
“40 Commando had plenty of time to practise close quarters skills and the simunition added a realistic dimension to the training,” explained Lt Dougal Loadman.
Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak prepare their vehicles and weapons for use in convoy live fire training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The commandos, along with their coalition force mentors, review these firing techniques to increase accuracy and combat effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tuck/Released)
Belgian Para-commandos from 3 Parachute Battalion and 2 Commandos part of the Immediate Reaction Capability (IRC - Para-Commando Regiment) during exercise Active trip 2010 -Para-commando defending Ursel airfield
29 Commando Regiment Royal Artillery medals parade.
After completion of a 6 month tour of duty in Afghanistan, gunners based in Plymouth, 29 Regiment Royal Artillery receive their medals.
MOD Crown Copyright 2011
Sgt Adrian Harlen
Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak treat simulated casualties during react to improvised explosive device (IED) training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The commandos, along with their coalition force mentors, review how to react appropriately to an IED to increase safety and combat effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tuck/Released)
Latest Images of Para-Commandos during training in Vehicle Anti-Ambush and Debussing Drills while serving with BELU-ISAF 11_06: Afghanistan 17th September 2011
Latest Images of Para-Commandos during training in Vehicle Anti-Ambush and Debussing Drills while serving with BELU-ISAF 11_06: Afghanistan 17th September 2011
Belgian Para-commandos from 3 Parachute Battalion and 2 Commandos part of the Immediate Reaction Capability (IRC - Para-Commando Regiment) during exercise Active trip 2010 -Para-commando defending Ursel airfield
Belgian Para-commandos from 3 Parachute Battalion and 2 Commandos part of the Immediate Reaction Capability (IRC - Para-Commando Regiment) during exercise Active trip 2010 -Para-commando defending Ursel airfield
Afghan Commandos from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak help to move a simulated casualty to a safe location during react to improvised explosive device (IED) training in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, May 11, 2013. The commandos, along with their coalition force mentors, review how to react appropriately to an IED to increase safety and combat effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tuck/Released)
View of Commando Memorial at Spean Bridge at 12 noon, 23rd December 2006, looking towards Aonach Mor, Scotland.
Latest Images of Para-Commandos during training in Vehicle Anti-Ambush and Debussing Drills while serving with BELU-ISAF 11_06: Afghanistan 17th September 2011
Belgian Para-commandos from 3 Parachute Battalion and 2 Commandos part of the Immediate Reaction Capability (IRC - Para-Commando Regiment) during exercise Active trip 2010 -Para-commando defending Ursel airfield
Air Commandos Humvee. 321st Special Tactics Squadron. 752d Special Operations Group. RAF Mildenhall.
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Belgian Pathfinders and Para-Commandos serving with QG Lt Bde (Marche en famenne) : Démo FCOS à BEAUVECHAIN (démo dynamique)
An Afghan National Army Commando from 1st Company, 7th Special Operations Kandak puts his magazine in place to begin firing on a range in Washer district, Helmand province, Afghanistan, April 22, 2013. The Commandos reviewed proper use and safety procedures to increase safety, accuracy, combat effectiveness. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Benjamin Tuck/Released)
Belgian Pathfinders and Para-Commandos serving with QG Lt Bde (Marche en famenne) : Démo FCOS à BEAUVECHAIN (démo dynamique)
Latest Images of Para-Commandos during training in Vehicle Anti-Ambush and Debussing Drills while serving with BELU-ISAF 11_06: Afghanistan 17th September 2011
Latest Images of Para-Commandos during training in Vehicle Anti-Ambush and Debussing Drills while serving with BELU-ISAF 11_06: Afghanistan 17th September 2011