Originally posted by bobhope
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But we all read a book once
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Nope! there are absolutely No ex military or dads army types on this forum whatsoever.
But we all read a book once
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Latest update on this from the beeb.
The shooting occurred during a public demonstration of hostage-freeing techniques at a barracks in Carcassonne, in the Aude region.
The sergeant who fired the shots is being held in custody and is expected to be charged on Tuesday with causing unintentional injury.
It is now thought he had held on to some live ammunition from a previous exercise in breach of regulations and mistakenly loaded them into his assault rifle during the display.
Questions are also being asked about the organisation of the event, in which an actor posing as a terrorist was positioned among the public that meant that the soldier was firing straight into the crowd.
Surely someone who made it to Sergent whould know the difference between blanks and live rounds? Doesn't one have a pointy metal bit sticking out of the ne dof the cartridge and the other not?"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Someone hands you a mag, what're you going to do?Originally posted by DaveB View Post
Check the rounds?
There is/has to be a bond of trust amongst military men. Something went dreadfully wrong.Comment
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French!Surely someone who made it to Sergent whould know the difference between blanks and live rounds? Doesn't one have a pointy metal bit sticking out of the ne dof the cartridge and the other not?
Remember the Maginot Line? The Germans just nipped round the side of it and took it from behindConfusion is a natural state of beingComment
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Oi Moderator!!!Originally posted by Diver View Post
Is he allowed to say that?
He'll be getting HAB all flustered!Comment
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It is now thought he had held on to some live ammunition from a previous exercise in breach of regulations and mistakenly loaded them into his assault rifle during the display.Originally posted by Churchill View Post"Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Originally posted by Churchill View Post
Stashed a loaded mag in his webbing during the excercise and not handed it in / forgotton about it till he came to reload for the demo and grabbed a "fresh" magazine from his webbing.....?
Not saying it was malicious, just how it could have happened."Being nice costs nothing and sometimes gets you extra bacon" - Pondlife.Comment
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Except CM, who read it twice, to be sure, to be sure.Originally posted by zeitghostI read it twice, just to be sure.
I'll get my coat.My all-time favourite Dilbert cartoon, this is: BTW, a Dumpster is a brand of skip, I think.Comment
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