Re: KNOCKING THE ARMY

The Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry (my family Regiment) wear a red
flash 
on the beret as a battle honour from the American rebellion (The Paoli 
Massacre).
When painting NAC feel free to put 'tribal' insignia on. Hell make them
up 
- traditions had to start somewhere.
John

At 23:44 30/03/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>At 2:11 PM +1000 3/31/02, Derek Fulton wrote:
>>At 03:06  30/03/02 -0500, Ryan wrote:
>>>The British use the following colors for berets to my understanding
>>>
>>>Black	   Royal Tank Regiment and Royal Armored Corps (Dates
back 
>>>to WWII)
>>>Dk Brown	   Royal Hussars
>>>Green	   Royal Marine Commandos
>>>Dk Green	   Army Commandos
>>
>>I take it these are WWII vintage British Army Commandos, as they
British 
>>Army scrapped all their commando units in 1946(?). The only Commando 
>>units today are of course the Royal Marines.
>
>Aye. Thats correct. I was thinking of the ones I knew, then went to my 
>books on various units from WWII to modern times. Not all of them were 
>represented for modern times, but some were. The tribal nature of the 
>British Army makes it difficult when you are also trying to get a grasp
of 
>vehicle specifics as well. Heck, just keeping	all the various
regiments 
>straight is hard. Royal Green Jackets, Royal Hussars, Scots Greys,
Scots 
>Guards, HLI, KOSLI, KOSB, Glosters, East Anglians, etc, etc, etc,
>
>Still the point is that berets can be more than one color in a given
army. 
>Given the British army's tribal nature, lots of variation and unit
pride 
>can result from being in "this unit". Granted, you don't need to wear
it 
>in the form of head wear, it can also be worn on the sleeve. Frankly I 
>find it more interesting that some units are different than others. 
>Espically with a long history a unit is more likely to go with a
different 
>uniform. The stetsons (apparently limited) and yellow scarfs are the
best 
>that I can think of in the case of US Cav units. Why those units don't
do 
>more to really stand out is beyond me.
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