Associate
I grew up with four firearms in my house; I was taught to handle an mp5 and was good by the age of 14. We had bullet-proof windows in our house and were forced from two houses by the time I was 9 years old by The IRA, they also put a bomb under my fathers Mk2 Escort in the 1980’s.
After which time he was issued with this.
I’ve been testing it again recently; It’s an Anti booby-trap under or in car bomb detector. Northern Ireland security forces issue 1986 to 1996. It detected everything from the simple biscuit tin bomb, to mercury tilt switches that were placed under or inside the cars of members of the security forces, by the IRA and INLA. And it saved a few lives down the years.
It done away with getting on the knees to look under the car for a device and starting the car with the door open. As the IRA bomb making skills got more sophisticated, to the point where it was just no longer viable to look under the car, as many of the bombs were being placed out of sight or indeed inside the car. This was fitted to the cars and had a series of light indicators that would and did warn the person of a device being placed.
The siren part of it was on a different power circuit, but linked for tampering. If the power to the car or device was cut, the siren would sound to indicate tampering of the device itself. There are other smaller parts and wires in bag.
And trust me; I’m not an isolated case, forget the USA, welcome to Co Armagh.
After which time he was issued with this.
I’ve been testing it again recently; It’s an Anti booby-trap under or in car bomb detector. Northern Ireland security forces issue 1986 to 1996. It detected everything from the simple biscuit tin bomb, to mercury tilt switches that were placed under or inside the cars of members of the security forces, by the IRA and INLA. And it saved a few lives down the years.
It done away with getting on the knees to look under the car for a device and starting the car with the door open. As the IRA bomb making skills got more sophisticated, to the point where it was just no longer viable to look under the car, as many of the bombs were being placed out of sight or indeed inside the car. This was fitted to the cars and had a series of light indicators that would and did warn the person of a device being placed.
The siren part of it was on a different power circuit, but linked for tampering. If the power to the car or device was cut, the siren would sound to indicate tampering of the device itself. There are other smaller parts and wires in bag.
And trust me; I’m not an isolated case, forget the USA, welcome to Co Armagh.