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Contact: Taken from a book by the same name by Lt. AFN (Tony) Clark, formerly with 3 PARA. Based on a tour 3 PARA completed in 1976 where alot of sh*t was taken and dished out. Looks like every thing that happened to the whole battalion happened to this one multiple though, so the film came in for alot of abuse for that. The Officer comes across as a complete wanker, although the way the Toms are portrayed is accurate except that everyone's always very serious, which was never the case. The kit worn and carried is quite accurate except that everyone wore red berets, not just the aforementioned wanker.
Generally, it gives a good idea of what it was like in South Armagh and elsewhere on the border up to the the late 80s I'd guess, except the indisciminant killing of unarmed and apparently innocent civilians in broad daylight of course. We preferred to commit those kind of atrocities at night, right before being beamed up by the QRF space ship.
If you go to segment 2, start it at about the 8 minute point, you'll see a gunfight sequence they used to show alot as part of NITAT training. This was all very cool stuff in the Pre-Saving Private Ryan days...
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FIT3TJ7QyhQ
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IquXvTtmb2E&feature=related
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec48-uN8j18&feature=related
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fePeStmyHWw&feature=related
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8udJgT3Mc&feature=related
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XKNquJjqwmk&feature=related
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http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTn5jV43BA&feature=related
Generally, it gives a good idea of what it was like in South Armagh and elsewhere on the border up to the the late 80s I'd guess, except the indisciminant killing of unarmed and apparently innocent civilians in broad daylight of course. We preferred to commit those kind of atrocities at night, right before being beamed up by the QRF space ship.
If you go to segment 2, start it at about the 8 minute point, you'll see a gunfight sequence they used to show alot as part of NITAT training. This was all very cool stuff in the Pre-Saving Private Ryan days...
1 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=FIT3TJ7QyhQ
2 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=IquXvTtmb2E&feature=related
3 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec48-uN8j18&feature=related
4 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=fePeStmyHWw&feature=related
5 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=TA8udJgT3Mc&feature=related
6 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=XKNquJjqwmk&feature=related
7 of 7
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=SUTn5jV43BA&feature=related