The Ultimate CCF Guide for Maidstone Grammar School Cadets

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The Ultimate CCF Guide for Maidstone

Grammar School Cadets

Written By LCpl Thomas Walker


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Note to reader

This guide a basic summary of all notes you will learn

in training with the cadets at Maidstone Grammar

School. Some details will not be included however

this is the first version so feel free to contact me if

they need updating/adding to.

Most of the notes are scanned in from a sheet I havewritten in the past however some things are typed

up for my convenience. I hope these notes help they

are free to be distributed and added too.

- Thomas Walker


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The L98A2 Cadet GP Rifle 5.56mm

Average Muzzle Velocity - 940 m/s

Effective range 400m, 600m with SUSAT

30 Round magazine

SA80 Small Arms for the 80s

Fires a 5.56x45mm NATO Round

Sight Unit Small Arms Trilux (L9A1) 4x Magnification

Manufactured By BAE Systems and H&K

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p cocking

Carry

Handle/Rear

Sight Front/Foresight

Muzzle

Flash Eliminator

Handguard

Front

Sling Loop

Trigger

Guard

Teardrop

Butt

Butt

Rear Sling

Loo

Magazine

Magazine

housing

Dustcover

Bolt Release

Catch

Round

all the partstogether.

Casing contains

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The aim and purpose of drill is to produce a cadet who is alert and

obedient, and to provide the basis of teamwork.

Boot Polishing Made Easy. Several Methods

Method 1: Lighter Method

Get your equipment laid out:

Kiwi Parade gloss

Lint Free cloth (x2)

Cotton wool pads or buds (x3)

Warm water

Newspaper

Hairdryer

LighterFirst set light to your polish and let it burn until you have a decent amount melted. Now with your

1stlint free cloth wrapped around your index and middle finger dip it in the melted polish so you get

a thick layer of polish on it. Now apply to the toe cap area of the boot and rub until evenly spread

all over. Now get your hairdryer on the warmest heat and warm the polish until it become liquid

and starts to melt evenly over the top cap. Once even allow to dry, once dry wet your 3 cotton

wool pads in the warm water. The first cotton wool pad will get some polish on it, use this to rub all

over to remove the top layer of loose polish. Then use the second one to rub in small circles all

over the boot. Repeat this for around 10 minutes. When done, apply another layer of polish as

done in the start and re do the process. To get a glass shine you may need to repeat this process

3-4 times and then finally buff with your second lint free cloth. A good tip to getting that final shineis to breathe on the boot and use a clean non wet cotton wool pad to rub in the condensation.

Method 2: Spit Polish

The equipment is similar to the above method

Kiwi Parade gloss

Lint Free cloth x1

Cotton wool pads or buds (x3)

Warm Water

Newspaper

Lay out the newspaper as to protect the surface you are doing this on. Wet 2 of the cotton wool

buds. On the first one put the parade gloss. The second one must be kept clean. With the first bud

rub in a moderate amount of polish to give the entire toecap a light covering. Now with the second

bud rub in small circles all over the toecap until all the polish is rubbed in. Now repeat this for

anywhere upwards of 50 minutes. While this method will take longer than the one above, it

produces a much deeper shine that looks smarter and will endure a lot more while not cracking.

Method 3: Bees waxing

Mix polish and beeswax in a pot/bowl and heat it up with a hot air stripper until it melted. Use alollipop stick to mix it up and paint it onto your boots with a paint brush, so it is on nice and thick.

Paint more onto the top of the boot than the sides. Take the hot air stripper and wave it over the

lumpy bits on your boots until it is all smooth. It will run, and that is why you lay more on the top


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than the sides. Before it is fully dry, take a sharp knife and cut away all the lumps that will have

formed around the welts - they will peel off in one strip if the wax is not fully dry.

Wait until it is completely dry, and then do it again.

To avoid the cracking between the laces and the toecap - get boots that are one size too big and

stuff them with paper, aim your blowtorch at the area between the toecap and the laces and heat

the leather until it shrinks. This will have the effect of pulling the toecap up - but it also permanentlyforms the end of the boot, so when you walk the area does not crack (as there is no need for it to

move - it is pre-shrunk). You need to have a pair of boots that is one size to big though, otherwise

if you shrink your own boots then they will not fit.

The Royal Engineers

Our CCF Contingent is attached to the 36 Royal Engineer regiment, which is based in Maidstone.

Nickname of Sappers

One of the most highly regarded corps in the army

Regimental HQ is in Chatham

Motto is Ubique (Latin For Everywhere)

2ndMotto is Quo Fas Et Gloria Ducunt (Latin for Where duty and glory lead)

Cap badge also incorporates the British Army motto Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense (Latin for

Evil be to him who evil thinks)

Current Commander (as of 2014) is Brigadier S Hodder

Chief Royal Engineers is Lt Gen Sir Mark Mans KCB CBE DL

Consists of 15 Regiments

Formed in 1717 Regimental Song is Hurrah For The CRE

History can be traced back to William The conquer with 900 years of unbroken service

The name Sapperscomes from World War 1. Where it was a French term for digging. The

Royal Engineers would dig the trenches and under enemy positions and so the name

Sappers was given as a nickname for Engineers as well as being the first rank in the

regiment.

The Royal Engineers Cap The Royal Engineers Tactical

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