Who wears gloves?

Started by hammurabi70, 28 May 2020, 02:33:54 PM

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Quote from: ianrs54 on 28 May 2020, 03:43:17 PM
Discouraged, as could get caught in the mechanism, although Finnish AK clone has no trigger guard to allow operation in several pairs.

Very interesting; evidently in snow/cold it would be very necessary.  I would prefer having a glove caused jam rather than one involving my fingers, although I guess the reckoning would be an increased risk of gun failure overall. Of course Health & Safety on the battlefield is a bit of an oxymoron but given the general prevalence of handling gloves I am mildly surprised more use is not made of them.  Is there a fear that artillery rounds might get dropped or slip through the fingers? Do tankers not use them?

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2020, 01:11:51 PM
Will this one do ?*-:)

That would do nicely.

Duke Speedy of Leighton

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2020, 03:12:02 PM
I don't think they're secret.....I can't remember how I found them.....

Messing around, probably !

I think you'll need to look at this post, as if you're replying to it, to see the different combinations of colons, plus signs, question marks etc.

These are the ones I liked.....

:-??    (I don't know)
%-(    (Not listening)
:@)     (Pig)
*-:)     (Idea)
8-X     (Skull)
:-"       (Whistling)
[-X     (Shame on you)
:-@     (Chatterbox)
^:)^  (Not worthy)
b-(     (Feeling beat up)
>:/    (Bring it on)
:-j       (Oh, go on)

I think there are some others, as well.
Enjoy.

Cheers - Phil :)


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Techno

Quote from: ianrs54 on 29 May 2020, 03:32:57 PM
Hit the more underlined at the end of the pictographs will get you there ! :-bd

Not those particular ones, Ian.......and there are about a dozen others "hidden'.

Cheers - Phil. :)

mmcv

Quote from: Techno on 29 May 2020, 03:12:02 PM
I don't think they're secret.....I can't remember how I found them.....

Messing around, probably !

I think you'll need to look at this post, as if you're replying to it, to see the different combinations of colons, plus signs, question marks etc.

These are the ones I liked.....

:-??    (I don't know)
%-(    (Not listening)
:@)     (Pig)
*-:)     (Idea)
8-X     (Skull)
:-"       (Whistling)
[-X     (Shame on you)
:-@     (Chatterbox)
^:)^  (Not worthy)
b-(     (Feeling beat up)
>:/    (Bring it on)
:-j       (Oh, go on)

I think there are some others, as well.
Enjoy.

Cheers - Phil :)


Can think of a few users for some of these... :d

Thanks for sharing!

OldenBUA

All those emoji's are wearing gloves. So there, question answered.
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Mortars tend to go into action without gloves, unless in Arctic conditions. Beyond that, gloves and boots are the most debated item of modern kit and swapping items with Allied forces is a frequent thing .. everyone else has been stuff.
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John Cook

Presumably we are talking about late 20th/early 21st century soldiers.  The British army issued woollen glove, actually man-made of the kind that melted when they burned.  I never saw anybody wearing them that I remember, except on guard duty in barracks.  In Northern Ireland a black leather glove was issued.  I got my first pair in about 1974, just at the end of my first tour as I was leaving for Germany.  They were soft black leather, quite snug fitting, with padded knuckles, the padding being filled with lead powder which gave them some weight.  I got a second pair 'Mk 2' in 1980.  They were the similar but the padding was sponge.  Neither were very hard wearing and were only supposed to last a single tour.  They also soaked up water and didn't keep hands very warm.  They morphed into a combat glove sometime in the 1980s which was general issue.  They were also black leather but with no padding.  I used mine for gardening after I retired from the army in 1993.  If your unit was part of the Allied Mobile Force (Land) which deployed to the NATO flanks, you'd get issued mittens when deploying to Norway, and other specialised arctic kit.