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On being accepted as a new member to the Recce Pln you will be entitled to wear the 10 Para DZ flash. Following a probationary period of 6 Months, and 3 events attended you will then be allowed to wear the Red Beret and regimental cap badge. This criteria permits both probationers and the current members to mutually ascertain if we are the right unit for you, and to give the new member the time to acclimatize to the unit and begin learning the core tasks performed by the Recce Platoon. Before the para wings (parachute brevet) can be worn a new member must be able to demonstrate his competence in a basic level of foot drill, weapons handling, fieldcraft, section tactics and be in possession of all the ‘required’ items of uniform and clothing. Ex-service personnel Ex-services personnel will be expected to go through the same probationary period outlined in the above section. However, you can expect to achieve the required level of competencies in a shorter time period. If you are entitled to wear military parachutists wings you may wear them immediately in the appropriate fashion for the British Army. That is, British para wings on the right shoulder and any other awarded wings, but just one set of, to be worn on the right breast above the right-hand para smock breast pocket. If you claim that right to wear military parachutist’s wings you will be asked to produce documentary evidence to support that right before wearing them. This list has been assembled to permit new members to participate with the unit sooner, without the financial burden of having to acquire all of the kit at one time. The list is based on what a recruit to 10 Para would have been issued, or acquired, dependent on the actual time period that we are trying to portray. We strongly recommend that a new member should contact the unit before seeking to purchase any of the following items to ensure authenticity and to take advantage of any discounts that may be available. The required items are considered to be the bare minimum with which to turn out at an event.
Required:
Additional
uniform purchases:
Webbing Required: ‘58 Pattern webbing consisting of:
Additional
webbing purchases:
Notes: In the pockets of the DPM para smock the following items will be carried:
Weapons Weapons can consist of legally purchased firearms, display firearms (i.e. deactivated) built from parts kits on dummy receivers, or airsoft weapons. Unit members will be expected, in time, to provide their own firearms. However, for events, another unit member may be able to assist with the loan of a weapon for that event. The weapon that the unit asks its members to obtain as their primary weapon is the SLR. During the period in which we portray the primary weapon was the SLR (Self-Loading Rifle), the L1A1. Support weapons operators were usually issued an SMG (Sub-machine Gun) as could officers, drivers, radio operators. However, the later tended to select the SLR due to its hitting power. The GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun and pronounced ‘Jimpy’) is based on the Belgian FN design. It provided the British Army of the period with machine guns in both the light and medium roles. Anti-tank defence at company level and below consisted of the LAW (Light Anti-tank Weapon, which had a 66mm warhead and was commonly referred to as the ‘66’) and the 84 (The Carl Gustav anti-tank weapon of Swedish design and referred to as either the ‘Charlie-G’, or the ‘84’). Pistols, the 9mm Browning, were available to be issued to certain personnel. However, their issue tended to be restricted to senior officers at Battalion level. The SA80 is the current standard weapon for the British Army replacing the SLR in both the regular and TA service 1992. |
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