RAOC Gazette - page 45
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| Corps | RAOC |
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| Full title | RAOC Gazette |
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| Publication date | 1980 |
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| Colour | Yes |
| Grey | No |
| Early date | 1980 |
| Late date | 1980 |
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NO ACCOUNTING FOR IT THE highlight of the month at Composite Ordnance Depot Hong Kong came during a recent fire practice at the QMs Department; to add a touch of realism the fire NCO, Sergeant Lcggs Dymond, lit a fire in a dustbin and then, because the flames were dwindling, told one of the labourers to throw on some more rubbish. The labourer rushed into the CQMS office picked up the ammunition ledger and threw that on. The QM, Major Monty Wood, was heard to mutter an unprintable remark and the CQMS, Staff Sergeant Pete Fellowes, hopes the labourer makes a full recovery and is enjoying his stay in hospital. AND THE PRINCE THE WHEELBARROW HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCE EDWARD operates Wheel- barrow during the Royal Tournament. Second Lieutenant Jeremy Lawrence supervises whilst the Project Officer, Major Jim Tilling, watches apprehensively from the right of the picture. The photograph is reproduced by kind permission of The Daily Mail. Photo Staff Sergeant Fellowes. Cie me ae spark o' natures fire, That's a' the learning I desire. —Burns. Future auditors are requested to bring their own shovel when checking this account. DULMEN P&k®*J4' SNCO \ £ l < a & « i * ^ w ' > <w DM3,000 DISCOLOURED KEITH JONES has exchanged his Regiment for a Corps, his rank of 'Colour' for 'Staff' and his Devon and Dorset cap badge for that of the RAOC. He is shown here being presented with his new RAOC accoutrements by Lieutenant Colonel P. F. J. Camilleri, Commanding Officer of Forward Ordnance Depot Dulmen, on his transfer to the Staff Clerk Roll.' Prince Edward at the controls. NATO WIVES OUR sincere thanks go to the wives of Forward Ordnance Depot Dulmen, for their supreme effort—and time spent, col- lecting almost DM3,000 (£769) for the handicapped children of St Frances. This school, for handicapped children of Forces parents in BAOR, is solely a charity organisation and needs an annual income of DM8,500 (some £2,179) to exist. Apart from the Headmistress and one part time assistant, the school staff and the drivers, are voluntary. Well done ladies. LASER INTEROPERABILITY DEMONSTRATED HIGHLY successful tests concluded earlier this year by a joint British and American Army team, have demonstrated the inter- operability which exists between two important NATO Laser systems. These are the British Army's man-portable Laser Target Marker and Ranger (LTM), manufactured by Ferranti Limited, and the Martin Marietta ' Copperhead' Artillery Precision Guided Munition (PGM) from the United States. Interoperability of this kind is vital if the maximum effec- tiveness of the NATO force is to be maintained, particularly against massed armour. The Martin Marietta ' Copperhead' is a laser guided shell which can be fired by any of the NATO one hundred and fifty five millimetre guns to ranges in excess of fifteen kilometres. During the latter stages of its flight it detects and precisely homes on to the laser energy reflected from a target which has been marked by a suitable laser system. Thus there is a high probability that, by firing a single round, a moving or stationery target selected by a forward observer will be destroyed. Alternative conventional artillery methods are likely to result in the use of many rounds to achieve the same effect. Staff Sergeant Keith Jones completes his transfer at Dulmen. — 266 — |
| Book number | R0403a |