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It lists "cheap dark coloured watch"........if you haven't already got one pick up some cheap Casio, one with 'subtle lighting' to check the time in the dark while on exercise rather than one that lights the sky up whenever you press the buttons.....

A decent compass might be an idea....Silva preferably (you may get individual issue these days? ....don't know)

Packets of plasters (can be bought on camp anyway..)

Tube of Algipan and length of tubigrip (arriving with your own saves going to the Med Centre for any ailment ...issued by the medics for anything from minor calf strain to toothache..)

I would have suggested a small tin of Duraglit..in readiness for your sweatnights and block-cleaning marathons ..... (bringing the copper pipes in the bogs to a bright shine ...aah..memories...and SO satisfying!!) ......but you probably don't do THEM either these days !......... Assuming there's still 'brass bits' on yer No2 Dress uniform then having a secret stash of Duraglit doesn't harm .... (Don't let every other feker have it off you either)

Packet of 'Wet Wipes'

HEADTORCH!!! unbelievably useful timesaver ..saves going into 'stick torch in gob and try point it' mode while yer scrabbling around in the bottom of your rucksack in the pitch dark....(..and a few spare batteries..)


Oh.......and see if you can get a spare set of keys to the parade square (try eBay..) ....yer Cpl will be impressed if you turn up with your own set...


...........and in honour of Bruce Forsyth's 80th birthday....what about "a set of wine glasses and a cuddly toy..." (Didn't he do WELL!! ) ...drum roll..cymbals...crash

Can anyone confirm the compass? Also are the laces rounded or flat?

Thanks

Yea, that compass might want to be in mils, not degrees

Silva Ranger is not a bad choice. Suunto make one similar. A handy addition for pacing, is a small tachometer. It gets drilled and Super-glued to the side of the compass and you click it every 100m. It's luminous, too. Don't think you'll be relying on GPS. You'll need to manually nav first. Anyway, GPS have a hell of a habit of letting you down right when you need them.

This might sound daft but can anyone tell me what equipment I will be expected to take with me as a female?

Cheers!

Ckinki.

I'm not qualified to answer, but I'd assume the kit list you're given will cover most items for either sex...

I asked a 'girly' question when I first joined this site (on behalf of my daughter who was joining up) relating to girls hair and Hyper sorted out some good info for 'girls with long hair' Check this thread...
viewtopic.php?t=16923

...something to do with 'scrunchies' which I thought was either a new chocolate bar or one of those 'exercises for the tummy' that PTIs love

Thanks Sportbilly, very helpful in deed!

Cheers!

Ckinki.

sportbilly42 wrote:which I thought was either a new chocolate bar

OK, now I'm confused. I thought the new chocky bar was "PLOPP"?

what are the best padlocks to take key or combo

anglo-saxon wrote:A handy addition for pacing, is a small tachometer. It gets drilled and Super-glued to the side of the compass and you click it every 100m. It's luminous, too.

That'll only be of use if you are doing orienteering as opposed to tactical navigation, as you can't walk around with your compass out all the time, or even get it out every 100m. Obviously your hands with be on your weapon (f'narr), a better pacer is something you can keep in your hand or attach to your weapon/kit, such as those clickers bouncers use at nightclubs or Ranger beads.

To be honest most recruits won't be doing navigation to such a degree that they'll need a pacer anyway.

jimmi1 wrote:what are the best padlocks to take key or combo

Combination padlocks are good, 'cos you don't have to worry about carrying keys about, or wondering where the fark you have put them if you have to get into your locker in a hurry (quick change parades etc).

I can't help but wonder how managed with all these gadgets, there was about one compass per platoon. at night we followed the stars or the moon, during the day you followed the sun. they were either on your left or right hand side, in front or behind you. In North African desert all the ripples in the sand pointed in the same direction..

Greenronnie wrote:

anglo-saxon wrote:A handy addition for pacing, is a small tachometer. It gets drilled and Super-glued to the side of the compass and you click it every 100m. It's luminous, too.

That'll only be of use if you are doing orienteering as opposed to tactical navigation, as you can't walk around with your compass out all the time, or even get it out every 100m. Obviously your hands with be on your weapon (f'narr), a better pacer is something you can keep in your hand or attach to your weapon/kit, such as those clickers bouncers use at nightclubs or Ranger beads.

To be honest most recruits won't be doing navigation to such a degree that they'll need a pacer anyway.

Uh, yeah. Really? No shyte! Application semantics asside of course. Ranger beads v. popular here, too.

Tab you're the personification of Old school mate

Sorry to piss on yer bonfire girls, but them`s ain`t Ranger Beads
Them`s lurrrve beads Inserted in trap two one at a time and pulled out as the gf "arrives"
Used them on the first mrs Aitch and unbeknown to me, they had managed to tie themselves into a sheep shank due to her "gyrations".
Imagine her surprise when I tried to whip them out

It`s no wonder we got divorced after that little stunt

Airborne Legend.....In the days before television and computer games we had all master the basics in finding your way about all over the place with out any compass or other gadgets. I shudder to think of the miles we covered on foot across the countryside