Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence.UK riots: paratroopers are trained in riot control - Telegraph

So that'll bring any rioting to a swift end then

Originally Posted by The Forty Twa

Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence.UK riots: paratroopers are trained in riot control - Telegraph

So that'll bring any rioting to a swift end then

I vaguely remember something about Paras being used in the UK in public order situations before, but I don't seem to recall how it turned out.

Anyone?

Originally Posted by zero-over

I vaguely remember something about Paras being used in the UK in public order situations before, but I don't seem to recall how it turned out.

Anyone?

I remember it cost a few quid to find out though.

Originally Posted by zero-over

I vaguely remember something about Paras being used in the UK in public order situations before, but I don't seem to recall how it turned out.

Anyone?

Yes, it was in the 60's, I think it went something like.


No 1 rifleman man in red shirt FIRE

Originally Posted by The Forty Twa

Hundreds of soldiers from 3rd battalion The Parachute Regiment spent last week learning how to contain and arrest "rioters" in a series of exercises mirroring last summers violence.UK riots: paratroopers are trained in riot control - Telegraph

So that'll bring any rioting to a swift end then

As it did last time..............That was the end of all the large scale riots!

At the risk of inviting some anti-RMP sentiment, the British Army already has troops with specialist law enforcement training. Using Paras or any other infantry unit to maintain public order in the UK's current No-Win-No-Fee culture is just inviting legal action from every single person they come into contact with. At least having RMP among them would ensure that any incidents that occur would be documented as quickly as possible.

I'd rather not stand alongside some random Monkey when it all gets noisy.

The dirty, greasy bastards would sell you down the river without hesitation. They love to get a conviction. They don't care how or from which side. Keep them to the rear so they can just get on with the paperwork when the snatch squads return.

The greasy bastards.

Originally Posted by zero-over

At the risk of inviting some anti-RMP sentiment, the British Army already has troops with specialist law enforcement training. Using Paras or any other infantry unit to maintain public order in the UK's current No-Win-No-Fee culture is just inviting legal action from every single person they come into contact with. At least having RMP among them would ensure that any incidents that occur would be documented as piss-poorly as possible.

Fixed that one for you.

Sorry if you missed the irony in my first post - however i was focussing on the recent riots in London specifically and would love to see the day when the rioting rats stream down a High Street, smashing up shops and burning cars, then turn a corner and run into a line of Paras....toilet paper anyone ?

BTW - The BBM service would be disabled second time round..Encryption my Arrse.

Originally Posted by Jacob1650

I'd rather not stand alongside some random Monkey when it all gets noisy.

The dirty, greasy bastards would sell you down the river without hesitation. They love to get a conviction. They don't care how or from which side. Keep them to the rear so they can just get on with the paperwork when the snatch squads return.

The greasy bastards.

Nice, well done. The RMP are currently embedded with combat formations on Operations performing exactly the role I described. Not many complaints of "fit-ups" coming back from Afghanistan...