Brit Army L1A1 in action- Helo ops, COOL pics!!

tiblow · April 30, 2007, 12:29

These are the first posting of old British Army pics of my favorite unit the Royal Green Jackets - RGJ (others are mixed in), who are sadly no more having been aligned into a composite unit called the "Rifle Regt" now. All thats for another day. You'll see mostly L1A1's and some M16's (Armalites as they called them) in the pics. I'll be posting more soon, I just think the helo pics are neat! These helo-chopper ops pics are in various areas: No. Ireland-South Armagh, some in Burni, Cypress, Gibralter, and Borneo circa 1950's,60's, 70's.

The NI pics are of a tactic they used whereby they'd unexpectedly chopper into an area along a roadway and land and set up a hasty roadblock and trap IRA operatives and smugglers along a supply route or MSR....and BINGO grab'em off to the RUC!! The helo acted as a infil-exfil transport, an overhead C & C bird, a pursuit vehicle, and if needed a medivac bird.
enjoy

Theres are mixed pics of various RGJ helo ops in Borneo, Burni, Cypress, Gibral., and NI etc., etc. And yes, they did have Huey's in the jungle area bases. How or why I'm not sure?

lew · April 30, 2007, 16:36

Cool pics. One question, though: What's the purpose of the opening on the front of the Wessex (that is a Wessex, right?)?

tiblow · April 30, 2007, 16:50

Air intake for turbine engine

lew · May 02, 2007, 19:50

Thanks.

tiblow · November 06, 2007, 21:52

btt

brownknees · November 07, 2007, 06:27

The Wessex is a Mk3, which was upgraded to a gas turbine power unit. Thje older Mk2 was an internal combustion engine (radial). The easiest way to tell them apart is the nose. The Mk2 had a round nose witout the bigger air intake & droopy looking nose.
The Whirlwind was similarly upgraded & with the same change in the nose profile.

The Mk 3's both also had a big, curved exhause on the left side which is another way of telling them apart.

tiblow · July 25, 2008, 22:57

btt

April 30, 2007, 12:29	#1
tiblow Registered FALaholic #: 12893 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: middle earth Posts: 1,097	Brit Army L1A1 in action- Helo ops, COOL pics!! These are the first posting of old British Army pics of my favorite unit the Royal Green Jackets - RGJ (others are mixed in), who are sadly no more having been aligned into a composite unit called the "Rifle Regt" now. All thats for another day. You'll see mostly L1A1's and some M16's (Armalites as they called them) in the pics. I'll be posting more soon, I just think the helo pics are neat! These helo-chopper ops pics are in various areas: No. Ireland-South Armagh, some in Burni, Cypress, Gibralter, and Borneo circa 1950's,60's, 70's. The NI pics are of a tactic they used whereby they'd unexpectedly chopper into an area along a roadway and land and set up a hasty roadblock and trap IRA operatives and smugglers along a supply route or MSR....and BINGO grab'em off to the RUC!! The helo acted as a infil-exfil transport, an overhead C & C bird, a pursuit vehicle, and if needed a medivac bird. enjoy Theres are mixed pics of various RGJ helo ops in Borneo, Burni, Cypress, Gibral., and NI etc., etc. And yes, they did have Huey's in the jungle area bases. How or why I'm not sure? Last edited by tiblow; April 30, 2007 at 13:00.

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April 30, 2007, 16:36	#2
lew Registered FALaholic #: 16727 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: somewhere Posts: 5,759	Cool pics. One question, though: What's the purpose of the opening on the front of the Wessex (that is a Wessex, right?)?

April 30, 2007, 16:50	#3
tiblow Registered FALaholic #: 12893 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: middle earth Posts: 1,097	Air intake for turbine engine

May 02, 2007, 19:50	#4
lew Registered FALaholic #: 16727 Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: somewhere Posts: 5,759	Thanks.

November 06, 2007, 21:52	#5
tiblow Registered FALaholic #: 12893 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: middle earth Posts: 1,097	btt

November 07, 2007, 06:27	#6
brownknees Registered FALaholic #: 14917 Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: mid atlantic Posts: 12,015	The Wessex is a Mk3, which was upgraded to a gas turbine power unit. Thje older Mk2 was an internal combustion engine (radial). The easiest way to tell them apart is the nose. The Mk2 had a round nose witout the bigger air intake & droopy looking nose. The Whirlwind was similarly upgraded & with the same change in the nose profile. The Mk 3's both also had a big, curved exhause on the left side which is another way of telling them apart.

July 25, 2008, 22:57	#7
tiblow Registered FALaholic #: 12893 Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: middle earth Posts: 1,097	btt