Originally Posted by
Saintsman
Slight thread drift, but I remember in the 70's on exercises and guard duty we were armed with a pick-axe handle.
At Akrotiri, early 60's, the guard of the 'bomb dump' that contained nukes, was armed with a pick handle.
When the Greek v Turk trouble blew up and 2 Para arrived, they took over such duties with SLR's of some sort.