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Contents 1 Armament 2 Reformed? 3 WP:MILHIST Assessment 4 New Book on LRDG in Work 5 Brendan O' Carroll

[edit] Armament

From the paragraph Formation and equipment: The troops carried Thompson submachine guns and other standard British infantry weapons. First of all, the Thompson is american, not british. Second, why would soldiers from New Zealand, under british command, carry american weapons? Are there any references backing this claim?

Lstor (talk) 21:34, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Insert "issued" between British and infantry and you might understandBlackshod (talk) 21:45, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

There is copious evidence supporting the use of Thompson sub-machine guns. Brendan O'Carroll's books for one, this site: http://blindkat.hegewisch.net/lrdg/lrdgweapons.html for another. British and Commonwealth troops were supplied with several different types of American weapons during the Desert Campaign and later.Minorhistorian (talk) 02:43, 15 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Reformed?

Some one added "being later reformed as the Territorial Army 63 (SAS) Signals Squadron" to the paragraph saying the LRDG was disbanded after the war. Does anyone have a refernece on this as it is the first I've heard of it and I can't find any other mentions online? Cjrother 17:56, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

I have removed that now. Cjrother 16:51, 12 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] WP:MILHIST Assessment

A very nice start, and a good length overall. But each individual section is quite short; I wonder if there's anything to be done about this? LordAmeth 10:26, 1 December 2006 (UTC)

Could do with a bit more attention to the actual and verified facts. The patrol organisation section confuses two different types and there are very many other bits which grate. I'm not sure if this is because of the sources cited or because the drafters just don't understand their topic. 81.19.57.130 17:51, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

Then I invite you to be bold and help out in improving it. Plus you might find it handy to first of all register a new account to use. Mathmo ^Talk 13:14, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Ah, I see you have made some edits... Mazel Tov. Mathmo ^Talk 13:16, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] New Book on LRDG in Work

According to his official web site (www.stevenpressfield.com), Steven Pressfield's next work will be on a unit of the LRDG. Steven Pressfield is well known for his fictionalized military histories, the most popular of which is "Gates of Fire" which describes the Spartan defense at the Battle of Thermopylae as the Persian army invaded ancient Greek territory. As a fan of both Rat Patrol and Pressfield's works, I look forward to his account of some aspect of the LRDG. 72.83.150.246 03:42, 12 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Brendan O' Carroll

I've added a bibliography section; one of the most important authors of recent times specialising in the LRDG is New Zealander Brendan O'Carroll http://mcwarr.orcon.net.nz/genealogy/leslie/kiwi.html http://www.ngaiopress.com/br_home.htm http://mcwarr.orcon.net.nz/genealogy/leslie/brigands.html Minorhistorian (talk) 00:40, 24 December 2007 (UTC)