Was the "gripping beast falklands" thread... then we digressed as usual...

[Arlequín]

nonchalantly

Good word that...

Apparently the order for the Governor's RM detachment to cease fire, following the Argentine invasion, came a few seconds too late for one corporal, who had just put a 66 into a full personnel carrier. He's alleged to have said "Act nonchalant lads".

[janner]

Moral of the story? Always keep an eye on those red headed bastards.

This.

Teeth clicking, card cheating, fox piss stinking, howl at the mooning gwarrs need to be watched very closely 

[Arlequín]

[Brummie]

Talking of rubbish vids, anyone seen that one called 'Shoot to Kill' which if I recall is another bad act of one British soldier spraying of rounds during a live training exercise which ends up in his mate being shot??

Might be getting vids confused here, but the title was pretty funny nevermind the rest of it.

[Arlequín]

It wasn't this one then...



I must say the RO seems a jolly nice chap though and it looks like someone must have shot the barber a few weeks back too.

This was fun too...



You will recognise the enemy, they don't wear plants on their heads...
 
The Corporal is an emotionless android and they must have doped the Rodney too, so they didn't have to film him with his lead on.

[carlos marighela]

Must have a hunt for it, but there's a rather amusing one on section weapons and their effects. Unlike the usual firepower demo stuff this one is actually quite instructive, it shows the frag ptential of grenades in enclosed space, the protective qualiries of an upturned kitchen table and demonstrates breaching with the C. Gustav. Same vintage as the others.

[Barks]

I have no live animals or farm produce in my posession, sah!

[Conquistador]

its always the unloaded and cleared rifle that gets you. 

They are never unloaded. 

Even when you just unloaded it yourself. 

One of the most safety conscious NRA guys I know had a "just unloaded" weapon handed to him by his active Navy officer (and safety rabid) son put a round into the air after hunting.  Not quite sure who was more startled or embarrassed but it was a reminder that my first statement is always true.  Humans make mistakes.

Gracias,

Glenn

Who specially loves rifles but never bought a gun just because of my dismal track record with non-firearm safety in general (and I am too cheap to buy the four weapons (one each - revolver, automatic pistol, shotgun, and rifle)  I really want.)  You can buy a bunch of miniatures for that much money!

[Patrice]

It reminds me of this old French film "La mariée était en noir" (="The Bride wore black"), 1968.



Crime scene begins at 1:50. A group of drunken friends are playing with empty guns, one of them loads one of the guns, another one takes the gun believing it's not loaded, and kills a man at his wedding in front of the church.

The men escape, but the bride spends the whole film looking for them and she kills them one by one.

[carlos marighela]

With Truffaut as a director, I'm not surprised that French Army training films are superior to their Anglo-Saxon counterparts. I'm kinda of hoping there's a French version of hygiene in the field starring Alain Delon. M. Hulot demonstrating counter-mine drill would also be a film well worth seeing.