Combat Trackers ? ...
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check this out boys .....
Singapore Army Combat trackers ? ...
"Highly skilled in jungle and anti-guerrilla warfare" ? ....
hmmmmm ......
taken from wiki ... so the info can't be vouched ...
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Yes.
Timeframe: look at their jockey cap (hint) -
no should look at the webbing. new cap was issue somewhere in 94. new webbing was somewhere in 93.Originally posted by temasek_green:Yes.
Timeframe: look at their jockey cap (hint)
anyway it way before. -
Their uniform looks like nam's tiger stripe...
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Philippine Rangers?
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Yes......most likely a decade before 93.Originally posted by Joshua1975:no should look at the webbing. new cap was issue somewhere in 94. new webbing was somewhere in 93.
anyway it way before.
Jockey Caps
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Trooper in the middle - early model jockey cap (non-camouflaged) that soldiers liked to fold to get the V-shape, for more shade. These caps tend to fray at the front after a while. They were SAF standard issue. (early 80s)
Trooper on the left - He is wearing the jockey cap (non-camouflaged) favoured by the school instructors and regular NCOs. (early 80s)
Trooper on the right - Camouflaged jockey cap. Most probably got it through his own effort.
Webbing
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Trooper on the left - Kiwi-ed blackened belt.....he used this for drill sessions before. 1st generation ammon pouch for 30 round mags. Buttons on the side of pouch used for M203 grenades. Water pouch is of type that uses metal hooks for attachment to belt. Overall, webbing is the old type.
Boots
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These boots have smooth toe caps. (again - early 80s era)
Uniform
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Camouflaged No. 4 uniform - Same as those handed out to every trainee at their simple passing out ceremony at old sniper wing.
Weapon
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Soldier on the right - M16 carbine was the standard weapon of trackers.
Joshua1975, trackers reported to the same level as you do now, operationally. -
okay ... any more info related to the unit, to the vocation, instead of the picture ? ....
I've never heard of SAF combat trackers before ...
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I think 3G SAF do not believe in combat trackers anymore.Originally posted by Fatum:okay ... any more info related to the unit, to the vocation, instead of the picture ? ....
I've never heard of SAF combat trackers before ...
If you want to find out more about them, you can talk to the experienced WOs who did tours in infantry units belonging to the cobra family during the early 80s.
Combat trackers were selected after section leader course, as are snipers. -
Wow. they should get you to write a SAF museum article on the combat trackers.
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SAF Commandos in mid-80sOriginally posted by LazerLordz:Philippine Rangers? -
Just in jest.Originally posted by Short Ninja:SAF Commandos in mid-80s
Their uniform is similar. -
[quote]Originally posted by LazerLordz:
Just in jest. Their uniform is similar.[/quote
As I remembered there were only 2 Scout Rangers who were trained in the Phil.To get the Ranger Tab you need to kill your enemy and cut off his head as proof.Of course the 2 SAF soildiers sat that one out in the combat tiran while everyone else battled it out in Mindanao. -
Are you serious?Originally posted by Short Ninja:As I remembered there were only 2 Scout Rangers who were trained in the Phil.To get the Ranger Tab you need to kill your enemy and cut off his head as proof.Of course the 2 SAF soildiers sat that one out in the combat tiran while everyone else battled it out in Mindanao. -
[quote]Originally posted by Fatum:
okay ... any more info related to the unit, to the vocation, instead of the picture ? ....
I've never heard of SAF combat trackers before ... [/quote
long long time ago when I was a green bird we had a night exercise as we were getting ourselves organized in an LZ I stumbled across 2 soldiers.I asked them what unit and they replied trackers......simi trekkers?? Fark lah..if you believe in Santa Claus then we were the elves that night but they were tracker trained.The best trackers I know are in Borneo,the Dayaks and some indigenous tribes of south east asia usually of Malay origin. -
Yes, both lau chiaw from Cdo.One was a WO1 and the other a Major (last rank held when they retired in the 90s)Originally posted by wonderamazement:Are you serious? -
Originally posted by Short Ninja:
so who is the enemy....?
[quote]Originally posted by LazerLordz:
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Just in jest. Their uniform is similar.[/quote
As I remembered there were only 2 Scout Rangers who were trained in the Phil.To get the Ranger Tab you need to kill your enemy and cut off his head as proof.Of course the 2 SAF soildiers sat that one out in the combat tiran while everyone else battled it out in Mindanao.[/b] -
The enemy of the Phillipine army at that time was the NPAOriginally posted by kwlee:so who is the enemy....?