Hi Tristan. Guest, Keen and Nettlefold. IIRC they started in Birmingham making nuts and bolts!? They bought the Birfield Group, which Laycock were part, of in in 1968. BTW. They invented the 'Posidrive' screw head.
In a nod to your signature Dave, I have ordered "Out of Nowhere" from Amazon. I have read a lot of books on modern military history over the years but not on snipers so I'm looking forward to reading that. Robert
Hi Robert. I have a few hundred books on Military History. I am interested in Sniping and have a few other books on the subject. I also found a few e-books. I shall let you know what I have. Dave. P.S. How far away are you? P.P.S. I am a big fan of the Canadian and Newfoundland contributions in the two World Wars.
Hi Dave, I'm in Alberta but I'm actually a County Limerick man (for my sins) - the people from Newfoundland are (in my opinion) as close to the "lesser spotted Irishman" as makes no difference. They are good people in every sense of the word. I did read American Sniper now that I think of it - my particular area of interest is Vietnam MACV/SOG operations and the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrols (The Lurps)
Only last week I ordered some mk4 golf rear calipers for my mk2, they are TRW...when I opened the box they are OE calipers with the audi and vw logo ground off.
Ha! I assumed, wrongly, that, as you know Tristan, you were this side of the 'Pond' at the moment. My interest in Military History starts C3,000 BCE and ends when Spitfires (Isreal) and Sea Furys (Korea) ceased to be used in combat. Having said that, I have read a lot about the Douglas A-1 Skyraider (To my mind the most beautiful/ugly aircraft ever built), which was, of course, used in Vietnam. P.S. I envy you being in Alberta with all of that water to use your canoe on.
It’s funny you mention the A1 as I’m a big fan of them myself, their ability to loiter at low altitude with a large amount of ordnance saved many folks - not to mind needing gonads of steel to be that low for that long. WWII warbirds were incredible pieces of engineering and my favourites include: Hawker Typhoon P47 Thunderbolt (Jug) F4U Corsair FW190 Messerschmidt 110 Dehavilland Mosquito P38 Lightning Northtrop P61 Black Widow B17 B24 B25 Lancaster
Robert. I probably have a lot to contribute on this subject but, I believe, this is the wrong place. We need a new Thread on the subject of 20th century Military History to which the posts above can be transferred!? Dave. P.S. I read this recently and as you will see, from my review, how much I appreciated it. I have found that, with regard to both World Wars, very little is written about the final moths.
