The MILAN Platoon on the Kosovo Serbian Border
The platoon was in the capital City for approximately 2 weeks before we were ordered to move North to the Kosovo Serbian border to monitor the activity of the Serbian troops. The platoon moved into three houses that were vacant approximately 3 kilometers from the cross over point into Serbia, the reason we chose this location was due to the fields of fire that we could offer each other if a withdrawal had to take place and also the houses we chose were the ones with the least dead cattle around them, the cattle that were there, we burnt and the stench was enough to bring them back to the land of the living.
 
 
 
Due to the mountains that were located all around us, the warriors we had could only be used for our own local protection and stopping blocks on vehicle check points, this was were the Canadian Army Air Corps came in very handy to move the platoon through a vast area of responsibility that we had been given, the platoon would provide a six to eight man fire team to move out for 24 hours into the small villages that could not be accessible by track vehicles. The response that was given to the soldiers on the ground by the locals was of a great relief, the presence of the Irish Guards Anti - Tank platoon was overwhelming to say the least, Up to this point, some of the local population living in these small villages had not been out of there homes for 3 months due to the troubles in Kosovo. The locals soon identified the colour of the British uniform, from the Serbian uniform and this made them soon realise that there fears were coming to an end.
 
Guardsman Robinson MILAN Pl
  
GDSM Robinson, a member of one of the crews on a vehicle maint day, this had to take place on a weekly basis in order that the vehicles were kept to a high state of readiness.