Tag Picture Quiz

[Tim Marlow]

Royal Irish?

 

[rickoshea52]

3 Para Royal Welsh Fusiliers.

Those are two different units, which one are you going with?

 

[rickoshea52]

Royal Irish?

There are many Irishmen who have been members but it isn’t an Irish unit.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

I'll go with Royal Welsh Fusiliers. My source says both wear the green lanyard.

I think it's now used by the Mercian Regiment.

 

[rickoshea52]

Oof!
Not Welsh.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

2 Para then!

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

You were right first time Peter.He's 3 Para.
Jon.

 

[rickoshea52]

I don’t want to be a pedant Tim seeing as you said it before but added the Welch Fusilers bit.
It is in fact the 3rd Battalion Parachute Regiment. The green lanyard identifies the battalion and is also the colour of their DZ flash. 2 Para wear blue and 1 Para wear red lanyards.

Your go.

 

[Tim Marlow]

Hi Rick, I think you mean Peter, I thought he was Royal Irish

 

[Deleted member 6559]

Damn, the 2 Para bit was a typo! I meant 3 Para as in my first answer.

Anyway, I think it's Jon's.

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

Peter's go really but I'll nick it.
What are these horrible things?

 

[minitnkr]

Fleshettes from beehive round used in VN? Looks big enough for 152mm used on Sheridan. I believe there was a 90mm round also. PaulE

 

[Tim Marlow]

You’ve nailed that one Paul, looks like a high tech shotgun round.... better get a picture ready, Jon will probably confirm it soon

 

[Jakko]

Can’t be much else, I agree. I’ve not seen a photo of them like this before, though.

 

[Deleted member 6559]

It's part of a Japanese San Shiki naval AA shell, WW2.

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

It's a large drum of flechettes used ,as Paul said, in the beehive round.Used particularly by Sheridans but did you know they were also fired by the Ontos? News to me.
Over to you Paul.
Jon.

 

[Jon Heptonstall]

There is a photo on Pinterest labelled San Shiki shell which is the same photo as I've used.The San Shiki was also a Beehive shell but I'm pretty sure this is a bundle of flechettes as delivered to troops in Vietnam.

 

[minitnkr]

Also used by M48s. What is this a part of?

PaulE

 

[Jakko]

It's a large drum of flechettes used ,as Paul said, in the beehive round.Used particularly by Sheridans but did you know they were also fired by the Ontos? News to me.

They were fired from pretty much any American weapon from shotguns on up in calibre:

And here’s a 90-mm round:

 

[Jakko]

What is this a part of?
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That looks like the rear roadwheel and idler of an M56 SPAT.