ARmy Rumour SErvice

**tentoes** · 27-01-2012, 23:51

Ok here it is,During 42 Cdo's Helo assault to a blocking position above 40 Cdo's amphibious assault on the Al Faw Peninsula, in this phaze of 42 Cdo's OP a Sniper pair deployed, made up of the Unit training SNCO (CSgt) and an RMR (Sgt/CSGT who had managed to get deployed without a line number, PID? for the non-by-lingual). The RM CSgt would have been 35 minimum and the RMR (former RM Sniper Obviously) at my reconing was a minimum of 8 years his senior!
I'm hoping some more info will get dropped into this thread (apart from names unless you were one of the pair!) and no doubt alot of disbelief that an adhoc (combined age of 70ish) sniper team went operational!

Perks of not having a job and a big pair

**cernunnos** · 28-01-2012, 01:31

About 700 years for Adolphus.......

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......with his spotter Baron Freiherr von Münchausen

**timex** · 28-01-2012, 08:45

The RMR guy would have been 45 iirc....

**wet_blobby** · 28-01-2012, 10:29

The French had an awesome sniper once. Topped Nelson.

**Pitswamper** · 28-01-2012, 10:43

Originally Posted by wet_blobby

The French had an awesome sniper once. Topped Nelson.

Yeah, but Sgt Secker RM got his wallet on the way to the Orlop.

**Lost_Boy** · 28-01-2012, 11:27

I wasn't on TELIC but once you start asking about snipers involved in the invasion, it turns out every man and his uncle was on the 'Crane of Pain'.

**tentoes** · 28-01-2012, 11:28

Originally Posted by Pitswamper

Yeah, but Sgt Secker RM got his wallet on the way to the Orlop.

Whatever happened to the ruling that RM SNCO's did not have to clean tunic buttons, therefore never washing off Nelsons bloood? did it just disapear with the "stay bright buttons"?

Cheers for the confirmation of age, was reading a thread in the TA section from a young lad looking for TA Snipers course and that led me to recalling this little ditty to share.