Title:COMBAT EXERCISE AT SALISBURY PLAIN TRAINING AREA (SPTA) [Allocated Title]
Film Number:BFB 228
Other titles:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]
Summary: Scenes from a combat exercise featuring members of the Royal Irish Regiment as part of 8th Infantry Brigade.
Description: Interview with Major "Jake" Thackray, the exercise commander discussing the background to the exercise. Interview with Corporal Wilding, who talks about the I-Safe laser targeting equipment on guns and combat webbing which simulates "hits" during the exercise. Shots of Copehill Down FIBUA village, where soldiers prepare their kit and deploy. Assault on village is shown.
Alternative Title:NORTHERN IRELAND ARMY INFORMATION SERVICES COLLECTION [Allocated Series Title]