Reply to: oh my goodness - shocking -

[RichardCranium]

I read it twice, just to be sure.

Except CM, who read it twice, to be sure, to be sure.




I'll get my coat.

[DaveB]

What?

No bloody way!

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.

[Churchill]

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.

What?

No bloody way!

[DaveB]

Someone hands you a mag, what're you going to do?

Check the rounds?

There is/has to be a bond of trust amongst military men. Something went dreadfully wrong.

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.

[Churchill]

French!

Remember the Maginot Line? The Germans just nipped round the side of it and took it from behind

Oi Moderator!!!

Is he allowed to say that?

He'll be getting HAB all flustered!

[Lucy]

The Germans just nipped round the side of it and took it from behind

That's the way sas does it, apparently.

[Diver]

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?

French!

Remember the Maginot Line? The Germans just nipped round the side of it and took it from behind

[Churchill]

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?

Someone hands you a mag, what're you going to do?

Check the rounds?

There is/has to be a bond of trust amongst military men. Something went dreadfully wrong.

[DaveB]

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?

[Diver]

Did CUK turn into a TA forum by any chance? Never knew we had so many Gareths from the Office

Nope! there are absolutely No ex military or dads army types on this forum whatsoever.

But we all read a book once

[bobhope]

Did CUK turn into a TA forum by any chance? Never knew we had so many Gareths from the Office

[Diver]

How can these professionals have made a mistake ?

http://vidsearch.myspace.com/index.c...deoID=15564034

Come on EO! That's the fault of Forward planning and Intel.

Laughed my Taters off though

[EternalOptimist]

How can these professionals have made a mistake ?



http://vidsearch.myspace.com/index.c...deoID=15564034

[Lucy]

No, I've just turned into a compulsive liar.

[DimPrawn]

Oi DP, you started shedding yet?
(By shedding, I mean skin, not Diver's hobby!)

No, I've just turned into a bronzed adonis.