Wagner Watch - the Russian PMC

[Effendi]

Irish..?

Paratroopers.

 

[RaiderBoat]

Swooosh…

 

[ABNredleg]

The fat bloaters need all the protection they can get
If you are physically fit, and used to exercise you are less likely to injure yourself

Lots of people wore knee pads in the 82nd back in the day. Only for jumping though - rarely saw them in the field.

 

[5645andym]

Early 1980’s our local surplus store had a load of Italian kit which we (cadets) all bought. It was in plain green and had large oval shaped rubber pads built in to the elbows and knees. It wasn’t special kit either, just seemed to be an ordinary combat jacket and trousers set.

 

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Lots of people wore knee pads in the 82nd back in the day. Only for jumping though - rarely saw them in the field.

They must perform an interesting PLF.

 

[Joshua Slocum]

Lots of people wore knee pads in the 82nd back in the day. Only for jumping though - rarely saw them in the field.

I meant the airsoft Brigade, the few round here that I see meeting up are all salad dodgers
I wear knee pads for work, sensible, more comfortable, and stops the splinters
Even my motorcycle kit has protective padding
But the bloaters I have worked with always seem to slip and fall awkwardly due to their weight, against muscle mass, and seemed to endure far more injuries than physically fit people

 

[Teeblerone]

Early 1980’s our local surplus store had a load of Italian kit which we (cadets) all bought. It was in plain green and had large oval shaped rubber pads built in to the elbows and knees. It wasn’t special kit either, just seemed to be an ordinary combat jacket and trousers set.

I remember those, they were described as being Italian paratroopers kit.

 

[ABNredleg]

They must perform an interesting PLF.

The big DZs at Bragg are clay and can get hard as a rock in summer. Every little bit helps, because we all know PLFs always go according to plan. I just tried to avoid looking like a sack of potatoes dropped from altitude.

 

[Gone2ratshat]

Jihadists Say They Captured Russian Wagner Fighters in Mali - Soldier of Fortune Magazine

By Gatimu Juma A Mali jihadist group claimed that it captured a fighter from Russia's privately owne

www.sofmag.com

 

[Effendi]

The BBC's take on Wagner:

What is Russia's Wagner Group of mercenaries in Ukraine?

The Wagner Group is a shadowy Russian mercenary organisation which has been active across the world.

www.bbc.com

Pic from the article: Wagner in Syria.

 

[HectortheInspector]

Wagner. Russians.Mass graves. Atrocities.

France says Russian mercenaries staged ‘French atrocity’ in Mali

Army says it filmed mercenaries burying bodies to falsely accuse France of leaving behind mass graves

www.theguardian.com

It's so predictable.

 

[par avion]

I just tried to avoid looking like a sack of potatoes dropped from altitude.

Just land like a sack of potatoes, but as they say ' A good jump is one that you get up and walk away from.'

 

[Effendi]

Just land like a sack of potatoes, but as they say ' A good jump is one that you get up and walk away from.'

Remember the thing when we attended RTA's and the pissed up driver used to always get out and walk away whereas the sober driver was injured. The assumption was that the pissed up driver was alcohol relaxed, slower to react and tense up than the sober driver so used to remain uninjured.

You could possibly apply the same theory to PLF's; don't tense, and dollop in like a relaxed sack of spuds, rather than being all tensed up trying to time and execute a PLF.

 

[par avion]

trying to time and execute a PLF.

I think it was more a case of just arriving, than trying to execute a PLF with military static line jumping.

 

[ABNredleg]

Remember the thing when we attended RTA's and the pissed up driver used to always get out and walk away whereas the sober driver was injured. The assumption was that the pissed up driver was alcohol relaxed, slower to react and tense up than the sober driver so used to remain uninjured.

You could possibly apply the same theory to PLF's; don't tense, and dollop in like a relaxed sack of spuds, rather than being all tensed up trying to time and execute a PLF.

My night landings seemed to go better, probably because the landing was always a bit of a surprise.

 

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My night landings seemed to go better, probably because the landing was always a bit of a surprise.

We all know a few that have only ever done night exits.

Hated the thought of lobbing so much it was eyes tightly closed each time.

 

[Lardbeast]

All this talk about 'tactical trousers' and knee pads make me wonder how we* managed in the old days.

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* when I say 'we' I mean Them, obviously. There's no me in Them.

Balls. Big hairy balls.

 

[Lardbeast]

They must perform an interesting PLF.

No good at all for hakke, gat, kop.

 

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No good at all for hakke, gat, kop.

Ah, the traditional arrival.

 

[Lardbeast]

The melodic thud, thud, clang, grunt of meat making contact with the klip brings a nostalgic little tear to the eye.