От	Tigerclaw
К	All
Дата	28.03.2003 00:28:25
Рубрики	Локальные конфликты;

Техническая мош запада:-)))

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Смысл в том что Англичане носят трофеиные иракские ботинки - англииские расклеиваются на солнце.. Класс:-)))

NEAR BASRA (AFP) - British soldiers have been scavenging the debris of war for Iraqi army boots because the British army variety are disintegrating in the hot desert sun.

Guardsman Lee Williams, 18, of the Desert Rats' Royal Scots Dragoon Guards battle group, found a new pair of boots in an abandoned barracks which he said were "lighter and more comfortable" than the British footwear.

He added that he had been forced to swap his footwear because no replacements were available for his own disintegrating boots.

Equipment shortages have affected British forces since their arrival in the Gulf.

Other soldiers are wearing patched-up combat trousers, repaired in one instance by removing a pocket, and in another case by cutting up a colleague's spare shirt.

Army officers concede there have been problems with supplies, partly because of the relatively short time available between the announcement of British deployment and the soldiers' arrival in the Gulf.

Guardsman Williams, from Birmingham, accepted that his footwear problems would not prevent him fighting effectively, but said that he was disappointed that he was having to wear Iraqi boots.

"I was in a prisoner of war camp two days ago in which there was an abandoned barracks and I saw a room full of boots and clothing," he said.

"The English boots I had on were coming apart, they were the black ones, not desert boots, and the sole on them was coming off because of the heat.

"So I picked up a pair of the Iraqi boots for myself. There were lots of them, and they are more comfortable and lighter than the ones I was wearing.

"I'm not too keen about it for obvious reasons and I would not have believed it if you'd have said that I would be wearing Iraqi boots before I came out here."

Another Irish Guard, Guardsman David Richardson, 22, from Manchester, has cut up his own trousers in an attempt to repair holes in the crotch and backside.

"I've only got one pair of desert combats and they were issued second-hand with tears in them which have got worse since I got here," he said. "I've had to cut my pocket out to make patches to cover up the holes. It's embarrassing.

"The Iraqi army seems to be better clothed than we are. We are supposed to look like professional soldiers, but we don't. I look like a tramp."

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От	Саня
К	Tigerclaw (28.03.2003 00:28:25)
Дата	28.03.2003 00:44:19

Re: :-)))

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Неоднократно, кстати, обращал внимание форумных израильтян, что ботиночки даже для десантуры у них фиговенькие. На что израильтяне говорили что мол бабок не напасёшься на gore-tex. Оно, конечно, с учётом подножного арабского ботиночного корма можно один-два дня после начала операции и в дерьмеце побегать :)))))))

С уважением
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От	Palmach
К	Саня (28.03.2003 00:44:19)
Дата	28.03.2003 00:56:05

Ре: :-)))

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То, что у англичан фиговые ботинки, было известно ещё с прошлогодних учений в Катаре, где у них обувь просто расплавилась и развалилась. А наши ничего, дежатся..

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От	SVAN
К	Tigerclaw (28.03.2003 00:28:25)
Дата	28.03.2003 00:31:54

Вот и объяснение того, что иракские пленные БОСЫЕ в показах на ТВ

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Я думал - чтобы им было труднее, скажем, побег совершать... А оказывается с них ботинки "освободители" снимают... :)))

СВАН

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От	Андю
К	SVAN (28.03.2003 00:31:54)
Дата	28.03.2003 02:00:49

Хммм... (+)

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Приветствую !

>Я думал - чтобы им было труднее, скажем, побег совершать... А оказывается с них ботинки "освободители" снимают... :)))

Интересно, кто-нибудь из западников приделает подпись к снимкам с босыми иракцами, типа той, которую я видел под фото убитого немца : "Он лежит босой [несчастный]... Наверняка, его ботинки приглянулись к.-н. советскому солдату [козлу]..." :-/

Всего хорошего, Андрей.

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