mad_mick
LE
Considering the police were there, standing back, not getting involved and watching the show!A credible display of restraint I would say.
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LE
Sounds like Discretion before Valour on the part of the Police.
AULD_SWEAT
LE
Or telling his grandchildren about the poor sod he strapped into a bomb laden van.
muzzleflash
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Aye, hero's of Ireland indeed:
'Barbaric and cowardly' Coshquin human bombing remembered 30 years on
THE Coshquin “human bombing” 30 years ago today was a “barbaric and cowardly” act but marked a turning point in the drive for peace, according to Derry mayor Brian Tierney.
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ches
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You'd hope but considering the average IQ of one the above companies lower echelons...........
Nimbus
LE
Because he tried to pick up a platoon in a Lynx?. Unless he had a net...
mad_mick
LE
"Number challenged"...... but do you have a driving licence from anywhere in the world? A false one will do.
Nimbus
LE
I had a very happy morning on there when some RUC lads turned up with a Thompson, a Garand, an M3, several M10s and a shedload of ammunition. Eventually we got bored of filling the M10 mags...
Nimbus
LE
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During Pre Banner intensive flying in Bünde, a blackie Sgt walked into the end of a scout blade (in the hangar) and knocked himself out cold.
20 mins later, we’re in the NAAFI hearing that he’s been decapitated and his brains are all over the pan. Rumour Control at it’s finest...
Remember it well 1974 & 76 - and the IEDs placed outside it. The bins around the back reeked, especially in the long hot Summer of 76!!
There was a similar set-up in the JSIO compound opposite.The doors were painted green
Edit: I am a bit slow this morning......it is part of the interior of Repton Manor, Ashford - the then Specialist Intelligence Wing used to train agent handlers for the FRU - now refurbished as a business centre or similar
Not really, HHH gave the answer to it above. It was for identifying weapon types etc being fired at you. A nicely controlled environment for live overhead and flanking fire. With echo of streets etc. ... although I am an echo with the response so far after others!!
I can commend it for very realistic training too. I went through it that range and was pleasantly surprised to find that shortly afterwards in NI I very accurately identified the firing point of a .223 at about 150yds from the crack and thump. Unfortunately the firer on the second occasion had not followed the Pam 21 guidance on required safety distances so it did make my ears ring! However he was obviously alert to the penetration powers of 7.62mm coming back his way and took appropriate precautions ...
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I may have been making an erroneous comparison with Dymchurch. The last time I saw it, the remains of some vehicles used, I presume, in anti ambush drills, had been shoved/left in the 'moat' completed with bullet holes. I have no idea what it was used for, other than CQB with shorts. I have, I think, a couple of images.
HE117
LE
"Shorts"?
Are we referring to items of clothing or 7.62x39mm M43 perchance?
... or it could be .22RF Short of course....?
LEGZ30
LE
Sangar shoots. The inner wall nearest the camera was covered in sangars. The idea was to practice identifying targets, yellow card, firing from the sangar and contact reports.
Fat POM
Old-Salt
Yes, IIRC half day monitoring your arc with maybe one contact through the stag. Practice ROE, contact reports and fire discipline.
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