'Their can openers were completely superfluous'

Baldy · Post by **Baldy** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:16 pm

http://www.soldiermagazine.co.uk/flashb ... es/905.pdf
1985 article from UK 'Soldier' magazine about early trials of retort pouch rations (page 2 of PDF file). Part of the 'Flashback' collection at http://www.soldiermagazine.co.uk/flashback/idx.htm.

Post by **kman** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:38 pm

Good article - thanks for linking us up! I also found the article on the first page about the SA80 interesting.

Here's a .jpg copy of the ration article in case the PDF file goes away:

Richard w. · Post by **Richard w.** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 8:02 am

Yeah, the SA80 article is very funny.

"Left-handed shooters fire the SA80 better from their right shoulders..."