boys anti tank training film !!!!!
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The CGN server denied me access. The secret user-group stuff is getting a more than a little old... and I wonder why I'm spending so little browser time here?
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Doc Sharptail
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Me also on the denied access....what's the key?
Just a side comment on the BOYS rifle. I needed a metal container for a second range box so was looking for a 303 ammo tin when I came across a "BOYS RIFLE" ammo container...Canadian marked. A bit of history to add to the ambiance. Dave
Just a side comment on the BOYS rifle. I needed a metal container for a second range box so was looking for a 303 ammo tin when I came across a "BOYS RIFLE" ammo container...Canadian marked. A bit of history to add to the ambiance. Dave
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http://www.canadiangunnutz.com/forum/showthread.php?t=134267
The training films were posted in another thread in this milsurp section a couple weeks ago. The link above will take you to it.
By the way, the CFC/ottawa citizen database shows only 22 Boy(e)s rifles in Canada, with 18 of those held in private hands, and 4 in museums.
The training films were posted in another thread in this milsurp section a couple weeks ago. The link above will take you to it.
By the way, the CFC/ottawa citizen database shows only 22 Boy(e)s rifles in Canada, with 18 of those held in private hands, and 4 in museums.
There is no "E" in BOYS.....
Just a comment. Mistake made by many including some in the military. Nice article in the American Rifleman magazine a couple months ago. I wonder how many rifles the Cdn. military had in total?
Just a comment. Mistake made by many including some in the military. Nice article in the American Rifleman magazine a couple months ago. I wonder how many rifles the Cdn. military had in total?
Must have been rather unsettling to have to wait until the Panzer was 100 yards away before taking a shot at it. 
Hopefully the folks that used them were taught the art of how not to be seen.
And yes, I'd love to have one of these.
http://www.antitank.co.uk/uk_&_canadian1.htm
Hopefully the folks that used them were taught the art of how not to be seen.
And yes, I'd love to have one of these.
http://www.antitank.co.uk/uk_&_canadian1.htm
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stencollector
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Dantforth said:
The cover of copies of the 1937 maual for this rifle had "Boyes" on it. Problem is, noone is sure whether the manals are exact copies, or someones "fantasy".
I have used the E in there for years, and am only now getting used to not putting it there.
I have fired numerous .55 cal rounds through my first Boys, and now have a Boys in .50 cal. They are a real adrenaline rush to operate. Best for the heavy guys though, the little guys would get pushed around by them.
I have that training film on DVD - Of all the possible places for it to appear, it was in a collection of of Walt Disney's "The War Years" productions that I was given as a gift a few years ago... Apparently, even though Disney now have some really phucked up ideas of revisionist history, during WWII they actually made a lot of training and morale boosting cartoons and live action shorts.
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Thanks for the working link, Sten. The Disney training films really should be seen by every one. I had no idea that there was a working relationship between DND and Disney. Great footage of the Boys rifle being fired as a repeater...
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Doc Sharptail
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