"Draw a Pistol (9mm Browning) from the armoury your going on the bank run as the guard".
So off I set feeling quite brave to the bank in Lisburn circa 1975.
I end up standing outside a bank in civvies with the weight of said 9mm causing my skiing jacket to hang down around my knees.
Thinks to self, to anyone in uniform I am a potential bank robber/terrorist, to any member of the IRA I am a military clown attempting to disguise himself as a civvy while clearly carrying a firearm. A very uncomfortable ten minutes followed which I made sure was never repeated.