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2023-02-23 18:26:57

bc1984adam on Nostr: Ghillie suits; a common feature of modern warfare, mostly for use by snipers. Not ...

Ghillie suits; a common feature of modern warfare, mostly for use by snipers.

Not many people know this, but ghillie suits were first designed and crafted by people in the Scottish Highlands for use as camouflage during hunting expeditions; they were simple nets with strips of cloth attached. The word “ghillie” is derived from the Gaelic word gille, which means “boy” or “servant” (in the context of fosterage and apprenticeship). The term could derive from the fact that young boys used to wear the suits while acting as spotters to track game animals for hunters, or from the mythical Gille Dubh (lit. “black boy”), a mountain spirit featured in the folklore of the Gairloch area of the Scottish Highlands. The first known military use of ghillie suits was by the Lovat Scouts, during the Second Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902). They were Scottish Highland recruits who later went on to form the British army’s first sniper unit.

H/T: Celtic Europe - https://t.me/rjOekyqBmgxiZjcx

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