Bobby would’ve been a fine sapper. Look at how he breached that concertina wire and handled that unexploded heat round, until it went off. He was cool as a cucumber until the end.
I have a cousin who found a dud hand grenade near his house in the Adirondacks when we were kids. He brought it home. He told me about unscrewing the detonator, finding some cork-like material, and dropping it in a pail of water. Thank God it didn't go off. It seems the U.S. Army went on training maneuvers through the area in 1938 or 39. The grenade sat there until 1983, when my cousin found it.
the SLR wasn't a fucking toy, you sick bastard...it was the real thing and WAYYY to fucking heavy for a child to handle and I should know...I handled one at War On Wheels at Crewe two years ago.
Harry Ford Yes! I had one for a birthday way back then. I was the happiest boy in the world. I had so many happy adventures with that rifle and was bereft when one day, the barrel snapped in an accident while playing. Fortunately, my dearest big brother fixed it by inserting a dowel inside the barrel and gluing the two sections together. It obviously never fired those little silver/grey bullets again but 'cocked and dry fired' and to me, thats all that mattered! Off I went again on my missions. He also gave it a fantastic realistic paint job (he became an artist!) and gave it very realistic 'wooden' furniture and a fab gun metal finish to the rest, including that weathered edge to all the working parts and magazine. What a lucky chap I am to have such a talented big brother!! I now own and shoot real rifles, have shot many types of firearm and coach shooting to youngsters, but still on both our dream lists?......to fire a real SLR.
I remember the training film for North Ireland on weapon safety . A Bedford, Sgnt in the Cab shouts steady a Private at the back thinks its make ready so he has one up the spout. They do do any safety handling drills such as remove mag check rifle. Larking about in the barracks he shoots his mate. This was with the old SLR.
Terrible adults: they just want to get rid of Bobby and get it on (er, a 70s thing). I had one of those Airfix SLRs - loved it! Now worth a small fortune in mint condition.
I had one - it was shit - after the (crappy) trigger pull you'd have to shake the plastic round out the barrel - typical budget cuts if you ask me. No idea how I loaded it though I was much to busy with my Action Man Training Tower to bother with such defective weaponry. I don't remember any cocking handle come to think of it.
@@brightasblackout the word "made" is upsetting... I don't see why they couldn't still make them today. They wouldn't exactly need to be aimed at kids and more adults. id love a collection of half scale model rifles. Imagine if they had a "modern" series to collect with the SA80, M16, G36 etc Then a flashback series with STGs, Lee enfields, the list could go on for both types but the series they could create and have interest for seems like a good idea.
who takes their kid bro to a live fire testing grounds for a picnic? then tells him to go get lost. may as well have a picnic next to a motorway and tell him to go play with traffic. lol.
Talking of war stories lol. I ran a grenade range once using the old 36, nasty but effective. We had a blind and I still remember the lonely feeling walking up and down the gravel looking for it while the lads looked over the top of the pit in case "Sir" stood on it!
first of all, why the fuck were that family there when it was clearly an army training area and secondly, why didn't the squaddies responsible make sure there was neither live ordnance or weapons about once they'd finished training?
Well their probably miltary children so they would live on miltary bases so anywhere they go will probably be only within a few hundred yards of a training ground. Also those ranges have probably been in use for decades and receive thousands of rounds a year. Its simply impossible to account for them all. A hillside near to me use to be a mortar range for about 3 years during ww2. Only two months ago they found about 200 live mortar bombs in the ground.
@immortalass absolutely, using the dictionary definition of a weapon it should have been called "designed to inflict bodily harm". what were the army thinking!
It's not designed to be primed with a key, the key is to remove the primer of a blind or a misfired round so it can be safely removed. Same thing used in 99% of all armoured vehicles around the world. As the video shows, doing it any other way can be pretty nasty!
Bobby would’ve been a fine sapper. Look at how he breached that concertina wire and handled that unexploded heat round, until it went off. He was cool as a cucumber until the end.
I have a cousin who found a dud hand grenade near his house in the Adirondacks when we were kids. He brought it home. He told me about unscrewing the detonator, finding some cork-like material, and dropping it in a pail of water. Thank God it didn't go off.
It seems the U.S. Army went on training maneuvers through the area in 1938 or 39. The grenade sat there until 1983, when my cousin found it.
so jealous of Bobby's Airfix SLR so many happy hours shooting little silver plastic bullets and bayoneting people :)
the SLR wasn't a fucking toy, you sick bastard...it was the real thing and WAYYY to fucking heavy for a child to handle and I should know...I handled one at War On Wheels at Crewe two years ago.
@@barbaraannecortina7899 The Airfix toy company made a miniature toy SLR in the 1970s. Karoo DDog is referring to that. The kid in the film has one.
Harry Ford
Yes! I had one for a birthday way back then. I was the happiest boy in the world. I had so many happy adventures with that rifle and was bereft when one day, the barrel snapped in an accident while playing. Fortunately, my dearest big brother fixed it by inserting a dowel inside the barrel and gluing the two sections together. It obviously never fired those little silver/grey bullets again but 'cocked and dry fired' and to me, thats all that mattered! Off I went again on my missions. He also gave it a fantastic realistic paint job (he became an artist!) and gave it very realistic 'wooden' furniture and a fab gun metal finish to the rest, including that weathered edge to all the working parts and magazine. What a lucky chap I am to have such a talented big brother!! I now own and shoot real rifles, have shot many types of firearm and coach shooting to youngsters, but still on both our dream lists?......to fire a real SLR.
@@barbaraannecortina7899 The airfix one is you plum.
The fella who decided to tap out the primer on the 76mm is a champion.
Agreed. Grade A donut 😂
I remember the training film for North Ireland on weapon safety . A Bedford, Sgnt in the Cab shouts steady a Private at the back thinks its make ready so he has one up the spout. They do do any safety handling drills such as remove mag check rifle. Larking about in the barracks he shoots his mate. This was with the old SLR.
It was called 'It could be YOU'. Still being used when I joined in 2005 believe it or not, guess it was effective, even if cheesy as all hell!
The guy extracting a live round from a mortar, using a strap puller, with his face over it.....world class intellect there. Bet that made a mess!
I think Bobby might be a little slightly dead there.
That's what the Brigadier did before joining UNIT!
The Brig is a Major here.
Rest in pieces Bobby
cake euro is this you mommys boy
Ya mom, Bobby had a blast today.
Terrible adults: they just want to get rid of Bobby and get it on (er, a 70s thing). I had one of those Airfix SLRs - loved it! Now worth a small fortune in mint condition.
They lost Bobby, but were well on the way to making a replacement.
Can just see the crew of the recoilless rifle off to the side while the ordinance investigator was looking at their fucked up gun lol
Bobby 's a bit dead
4:39 apparently little Bobby reads at a "Still in the incubator" level
Bobby’s sister was probably most upset that she didn’t get her shäg....
It's a plane... it's a bird... it's Bobby!
09:17, theirs abit of edgar Alan Poe in their, over a rifle
I want a toy SLR
What about a candy BAR ?
I had one - it was shit - after the (crappy) trigger pull you'd have to shake the plastic round out the barrel - typical budget cuts if you ask me. No idea how I loaded it though I was much to busy with my Action Man Training Tower to bother with such defective weaponry. I don't remember any cocking handle come to think of it.
Airfix made them. Had one back in the 1970s.
@@brightasblackout the word "made" is upsetting... I don't see why they couldn't still make them today.
They wouldn't exactly need to be aimed at kids and more adults. id love a collection of half scale model rifles.
Imagine if they had a "modern" series to collect with the SA80, M16, G36 etc
Then a flashback series with STGs, Lee enfields, the list could go on for both types but the series they could create and have interest for seems like a good idea.
who takes their kid bro to a live fire testing grounds for a picnic? then tells him to go get lost. may as well have a picnic next to a motorway and tell him to go play with traffic. lol.
That was the intend. Abortion was too expensive and obvious
Growing up in post war conditions may change your mind a little..
Talking of war stories lol. I ran a grenade range once using the old 36, nasty but effective. We had a blind and I still remember the lonely feeling walking up and down the gravel looking for it while the lads looked over the top of the pit in case "Sir" stood on it!
Wonder how they got home?
watching this today it is actually jarring to hear weapons being referred to as "designed to kill". strange times.
"That boy ain't right."
I tell you what
Ingenious way of gooseberry disposal
Bobby don't drop the tank round ffs
this is fucking amazing who is the commentator
+ryama86 Nicholas Courtney aka Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart
+PlayerYum he did 18 months NS in the Army
5:47 rhodesian militia training circa 19XX
Top stuff! NIce to be able to see some of these again, thanks.
first of all, why the fuck were that family there when it was clearly an army training area and secondly, why didn't the squaddies responsible make sure there was neither live ordnance or weapons about once they'd finished training?
Well their probably miltary children so they would live on miltary bases so anywhere they go will probably be only within a few hundred yards of a training ground. Also those ranges have probably been in use for decades and receive thousands of rounds a year. Its simply impossible to account for them all. A hillside near to me use to be a mortar range for about 3 years during ww2. Only two months ago they found about 200 live mortar bombs in the ground.
Thats literally the point of the video
@immortalass absolutely, using the dictionary definition of a weapon it should have been called "designed to inflict bodily harm". what were the army thinking!
"They can not distinguish friend from foe, but you can! " I think it's a good quote for today's gun debate.
Do you think it is? Because friend and foe are still very subjective terms.
"Don't you wanna come play??"
Bobby bobbies alright. Bobby STOPS!
Was this made in 1975?
Waste of an A35 Countryman at the end, although they were probably worth sweet nothing when this was made.
God dangit bobby
Bobby's fucked !
Fantastic.He might at least have got her kit off though.
bobby whit blonde hair hmm i guess that......
Should of waited to take the sister and boyfriend out.
Why the heck would you design a gun round that can only be primed with a special key in the heat of a battle?
Wasn't that to remove the primer in case of a misfire?
It's not designed to be primed with a key, the key is to remove the primer of a blind or a misfired round so it can be safely removed. Same thing used in 99% of all armoured vehicles around the world. As the video shows, doing it any other way can be pretty nasty!
Dammit Bobby, no!!!
Rip bobby
Faackin el
Yay it's the brig!
9:06 classic !
bobby is no more
Lol
😥 killing that much people 😥 only to produce a training film 😥 barbaric 😭😭
False. Smoke, illumination, practice ammunition types are not designed to kill.
The question is why are you having a picnic near Army base near the mortar range? This is bad parenting to say the least.