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10-24-2006, 11:08 AM
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#496 | | Der Crewchief
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Live in Europe and you get to do cool things like that.
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10-24-2006, 11:37 AM
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#497 | | Senior Member
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Country:  | Correct that, mate - live in the UK and you get to do cool things like that. I had effective command of a company of cadets at the age of 17! Fun? Oh, yes!
Live anywhere else in Europe, no way, especially in France. Which is actually quite a relief.
The pastor from our English-speaking church said he'd spent the weekend leading a retreat in the Alps - I asked him when he'd joined the French Mountain Troops!
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10-25-2006, 09:56 AM
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#498 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | No I lived in Germany when we did that cool stuff and the British cadets came to German every summer as well.
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10-25-2006, 09:57 AM
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Country:  | Speaking of UK - do the Royal Marines have other air assets 845, 846, 847, and 848 Squadrons? I tried looking on the website at RM Aviation and that's all i could find as organic air assets.
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10-27-2006, 08:39 PM
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Originally Posted by ndicki  Correct that, mate - live in the UK and you get to do cool things like that. I had effective command of a company of cadets at the age of 17! Fun? Oh, yes!
Live anywhere else in Europe, no way, especially in France. Which is actually quite a relief.
The pastor from our English-speaking church said he'd spent the weekend leading a retreat in the Alps - I asked him when he'd joined the French Mountain Troops! | Sounds great. These cadets seem hardcore. Alder, stupid question but the rifles in the pictures, are they actual rifles that use live ammo?
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10-28-2006, 04:16 AM
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Country: | Yes, they are. They fire standard NATO 5.56 ammunition, but are specially modified not to be self-loading, and require re-cocking for each shot. They are otherwise basically the same as the L85A1 service rifle. (Which, incidentally, is universally regarded as a piece of utter junk.) Untitled Document
The top one is the L85A1 Service Rifle, and below, the L98A1 Cadet Rifle. Good luck spotting the difference!
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10-28-2006, 06:42 AM
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#503 | | Der Crewchief
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Country: | Yeap as Ndicki said P38.
When we out playing war games we fired 5.56 blank ammunition of course but we fired the NATO 5.56 live rounds at the range many many times for qualification.
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10-28-2006, 01:05 PM
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#504 | | Master of Ewes
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10-28-2006, 04:05 PM
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The pastor from our English-speaking church said he'd spent the weekend leading a retreat in the Alps - I asked him when he'd joined the French Mountain Troops
| Now I have finished cleaning the coffee off the monitor.
Back around 86 we did an ex with a bunch of Aussies, who had a small group of Aborigine trackers with them.
For some reason they were only issued with old Owen sub machine guns, and confessed to us later, they were never even issued with blank rounds let alone fired live ammo.
We set up a position, using 5 7.62 SLR's, 2 heavy barrel auto SLR's and one M-60 (yes we were heavy on weapons for the ex).
The trackers found us (of course) and decided to attack.
The Umpire was not impressed when we were overun by 12 trackers.
Reason was we were laughing to hard to bloody well fire back.
Ever seen an attack done by guys charging at you waving there little sub machine guns around and shouting "Bullet Bullet..... Bullet Bullet...." as they ran.
It was some sort of Twilight Zone thing. The first Idjit in our group started the shambles by shouting back "Oh no, the Bullet got me" and promptly collapsing over the 60.
It was downhill from there.
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10-28-2006, 04:10 PM
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10-28-2006, 10:27 PM
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Originally Posted by DerAdlerIstGelandet Yeap as Ndicki said P38.
When we out playing war games we fired 5.56 blank ammunition of course but we fired the NATO 5.56 live rounds at the range many many times for qualification. | Awesome. Its fun when you play with blanks giving you that realism.
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10-29-2006, 01:03 PM
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Just remember why you are "playing" with those blanks.
It is not a coincidence that the targets you shoot live rounds at on the range are shaped like humans.
And I still prefer the old 7.62 SLR, at least you can chop the tree down if the mongrel is hiding behind it.
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10-29-2006, 01:13 PM
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Originally Posted by k9kiwi And I still prefer the old 7.62 SLR, at least you can chop the tree down if the mongrel is hiding behind it. | The SLR was a good piece of kit - I could nail 18 inch square falling plates out to 300 yards with my own and generally get 5 out of 5. Got company shot once! Can't do that sort of shooting with this 5.56 rubbish. Never had trouble with stoppages - just needed cleaning properly, like any other rifle.
And when I saw one to buy - actually an FN FAL - I got it!
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10-29-2006, 01:45 PM
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#510 | | Der Crewchief
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Originally Posted by P38 Pilot Awesome. Its fun when you play with blanks giving you that realism. | And the realism of the real thing is not fun...
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