Talk:Stable belt

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I've added all the stable belts of the Regular British Army that I could find. The four cavalry regiments that are missing are missing because I couldn't find any details. If anyone has any details of their belts then please add them. I've got some more Territorial Army and obsolete belts to add and possibly some Commonwealth ones as well. I've done my best to accurately reproduce the colours, but the exact colours can be difficult to get right, so if anyone disagrees with them then please say so here/change them. -- Necrothesp 20:39, 4 Oct 2004 (UTC)

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[edit] Picture

As per the request in the requested images article I have made a diagram of a typical Stable Belt. It has the colours of the RAF Regiment of the Royal Air Force. I've placed it at the top of the page assuming that there is no need for discussion on the placement of this image as this article is fairly 'done and dusted'. If there are any issues over the image please post here before moving it. Thanks --WikipedianProlific(Talk) 11:14, 13 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Picture error

The picture is actually an RAF stable belt, not an RAF Regiment stable belt - they are different. The RAF Regt belt has a metal buckle at the front.

[edit] Australia

Stable belts were discontinued in Australia shortly after the universal adoption of the DPC Uniform. This seems to be around 1988 - 1990.

When I was with the 3 Bn Royal Australian Regiment we wore the RAR belt. This was red with a green stripe in the middle (if I remember correctly). It had a stay bright buckle similar to the old style boy scout belts. Many of the CMF/Army reserve regiments had their own belts. They were similar in scope and colourfulness to the British regiments. Many of the corps belts were similar to their British army countreparts eg. RAEME - REME.

In my time in the army we wore heavily starched greens, stable belt, shoulder titles, lanyard and beret (3RAR - Cherry Red) as well as the ubiquitous spit polished boots. It looked good but was very hot and took a lot of maintenance. Ozdaren 10:45, 4 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Military Provost Guard Service

I understand that the Military Provost Guard Service now have their own stable belt. Please can someone who knows its colours add it. Thanks. Greenshed 19:46, 9 May 2007 (UTC)