DF Chad special on Late Late Show tonight

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9.30pm RTE1,the Late Late Show..a Defence Forces special on the Chad mission.Members of the 97th Inf BN making up the audience,guests including Minister for Defence Willie O' Dea and Chief of Staff Dermot Earley.

Should be good!:)

Cato

anyone see the account on jadotville to night as well? the amount of footage they had was surprising...

cork1

they dont look like soldiers to me???

Steyr

Some PDF sitting in the first few rows in DPM's.:)

NoQuarter

this is truly cringe-worthy!

Cato

the gear they showed seems impressive, do the PDF train with the M03? or is that for show only? 2.5k only to equip a solider? looking at that stuff i would imagine it to be more...

tribulus

One guy mentioned that they were perhaps better equipped than some of our neighbours after talking about the Steyr. Was he referring to the British rifle (SA80) or was he just talking in general or was he just waffling!?

Irish_Army01

Not Waffeling, We have just come through a major re-equipment program(Personal Issue Kit) that would be on par or in some case's better than other Western Countries.

The(back) Packs and Battle vest you saw tonight are all made by lowe Alpine.. So they did go all out to get us the best gear.


The 203 is a Section Weapon, so Yes it is on issue.


With reference to my first comment, We are as international as they come now, with working/Training with others Armies.. So we can compare our equipment with them.

Trotter

Is the day pack available to buy in a similar pattern to the Irish pattern DPM given that its made by a fairly well known civvy company?

Irish_Army01

Trotter wrote: »

Is the day pack available to buy in Irish pattern DPM given that its made by a fairly well known civvy company?

I doubt it.. All Issue Packs both the Day Pack and Main Pack(Lowe Alpine Saracen) are branded with the DF insignia, the Sunburst/FF.

Trotter

Irish_Army01 wrote: »

I doubt it.. All Issue Packs both the Day Pack and Main Pack(Lowe Alpine Saracen) are branded with the DF insignia, the Sunburst/FF.

Is there a name on the daypack? (i.e. Main pack is Saracen)

Its just that if the army have gone to such lengths to find that its the best one going, I wouldnt mind getting an OG or different DPM one of the same model in a shop.

I'm delighted that the lads and girls going to Chad have good equipment. Its important for morale apart from everything else.

Irish_Army01

Trotter wrote: »

Is there a name on the daypack? (i.e. Main pack is Saracen)

Its just that if the army have gone to such lengths to find that its the best one going, I wouldnt mind getting an OG or different DPM one of the same model in a shop.

I'm delighted that the lads and girls going to Chad have good equipment. Its important for morale apart from everything else.

Sabre.. you can get the two types in an out door shop(OD or Brit DPM) but your looking at big Bucks;)

Irish_Army01

Pic from Apod(IMO)

Trotter

I look forward to getting issued that.. (Im in the RDF).. in around 15 years

Thanks for the pic!

Irish_Army01

Protac might make a variation,


I haven't got issued mine yet! lol

Cato

low alpnie make military stuff? i always thought they were a harmless company making hiking gear! now they are making kevlar body armour! mountain goats in england must be running around with rifles these days!

Irish_Army01

Cato wrote: »

low alpnie make military stuff? i always thought they were a harmless company making hiking gear! now they are making kevlar body armour! mountain goats in england must be running around with rifles these days!

Lowe Alpine have been making Military Spec Gear for years.. but not body armour.:)

Scruff

you can watch it if you missed it here:
http://www.rte.ie/tv/latelate/20080404.html

vigos

Cato wrote: »

anyone see the account on jadotville to night as well? the amount of footage they had was surprising...

was this on the late late show as well? I thought they only showed footage of where the ambush happened in Niemba or maybe I was sleeping!