ID: brit platecarrier? no not the "prince-harry-plate-carrier"

[Nephilim]

http://www.abload.de/thumb/1bexi.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=1bexi.jpg)

http://www.abload.de/thumb/2chgw.jpg (http://www.abload.de/image.php?img=2chgw.jpg)

any idea what sort of plate carrier this is?
never seen these before.

cheers

[Ubar]

I can't see the picture, could you add it as an attachment?

[Nephilim]

should work now

[digrar]

http://www.abload.de/img/1bexi.jpg

http://www.abload.de/img/2chgw.jpg

[DeltaSI]

Looks like it might be the older version of the Aircrew body armour
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3293/2662512604_b319d3edc0_o.jpg

[scttgillies]

It looks alot like the 50cal. plate carrier used to protect against heavy calibre rounds during the 90s in Ireland. Usually used by gate senties and at PVCPs. Bloody heavy and uncomfortable.

[Britboy]

Feck, .50 cal armour... Must've been like your own personal Chobham!

[scttgillies]

yeah it was, weighed about 30-40lbs (felt that way) and was about 45mm thick. and it was worn over the CBA or INIBA.

INIBA was the body armour before CBA .Stands for Individual Northern Ireland Body Armour

[Corrupt]

Was it actually rated to stop a .50 (and leave ye with just lots of broken and bruised ribs rather than a missing torso)

[Red-Phos]

My Dads got a Pic of him wearing that when he was doing secret stuff,shall ask him about it when i see him later on.

[Royal]

Was it actually rated to stop a .50 (and leave ye with just lots of broken and bruised ribs rather than a missing torso)

Yep. They worked - when you had them.

L/Bdr Stephen Restorick was PIRA's last victim before the Good Friday Agreement. He was the last of 6 soldiers to be murdered by PIRA's South Armagh 'Brigade' using a .50. We got the bastards a few months later but none of them served more than 18 months thanks to the Agreement. They used an M82 Barrett - one of several supplied to PIRA by smypathisers in the US.

[Red-Phos]

Yep. They worked - when you had them.

L/Bdr Stephen Restorick was PIRA's last victim before the Good Friday Agreement. He was the last of 6 soldiers to be murdered by PIRA's South Armagh 'Brigade' using a .50. We got the bastards a few months later but none of them served more than 18 months thanks to the Agreement. They used an M82 Barrett - one of several supplied to PIRA by smypathisers in the US.
That was in 1997 imagine how long the sentance would be now! Probs a fine.

[scttgillies]

Brilliant peice of kit, but way to heavy to hump around the fields of South Armagh. Would have saved the lives of many soldiers including LCpl Lawrence ****son, 1st Bn The Royal Scots. Killed in the Forkhill AO, 17th March, 1993. Rest in Peace.

[Corrupt]

Aye sounds it if it would stop a .50 ruining your day (though it would probs still piss ye off a tad)
Bloody impressive for infantry armour

[Carib]

Yep. They worked - when you had them.

L/Bdr Stephen Restorick was PIRA's last victim before the Good Friday Agreement. He was the last of 6 soldiers to be murdered by PIRA's South Armagh 'Brigade' using a .50. We got the bastards a few months later but none of them served more than 18 months thanks to the Agreement. They used an M82 Barrett - one of several supplied to PIRA by smypathisers in the US.


The absurdity of that is ridiculous. Murder should never be justified; they should have served out the entirety of their prison terms.

[Britboy]

The absurdity of that is ridiculous. Murder should never be justified; they should have served out the entirety of their prison terms.

Unfortunately a conciliatory, concessionary move is often required to bring two adversaries to reasonable terms with one another. This appears to be the move that we settled on. If the other side is genuine, it can work. If not, and you judged it wrong, you risk being taken advantage of. Security dilemma dynamics my friend.

I agree, letting a guilty man walk free is fvcking horrible, as much as having terrorists in public office leaves a nasty aftertaste, to my mind. What must the families of the deceased be feeling, where is their justice? :|

And, if it all blows up again in NI, you could say all those concessions secured us nothing but a postponement of open hostilities, no lasting peace or reconciliation. Maybe we essentially let them go for a quiet decade, whilst they were getting on with their drugdealing and criminality... Hardly a bargain.

But heres me hoping it doesn't come to that, and it calms down after whats happened this last week. The demonstration against this new wave of violence in Belfast sounded promising - seems the majority of the people of NI have no interest in going back to the bad old days.