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Send this guy to Afghanistan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7480483.stm
17 hits out of 20 or 30 rounds. Pas mal.
When I was in the military, rifles needed a blank firing adapter to cycle with blanks. It was a plug for the barrel. Also there is next to no recoil with blanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-firing_adaptor
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Quote:When I was in the military, rifles needed a blank firing adapter to cycle with blanks. It was a plug for the barrel. Also there is next to no recoil with blanks.
and no supersonic bang either.
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Ben Johnson Wrote:Send this guy to Afghanistan.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7480483.stm
17 hits out of 20 or 30 rounds. Pas mal.
When I was in the military, rifles needed a blank firing adapter to cycle with blanks. It was a plug for the barrel. Also there is next to no recoil with blanks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-firing_adaptor
That's the way I remember it - blank adapters, painted orange or red, that plugged the barrel of M-16s and M-60s (in both the US Army and USMC in the early/mid 80s). If you fired a live round it would cause massive damage to the weapon, probably seriously injure the shooter and end the career of both a mid-grade NCO
and junior officer.
However, the chances of a anyone having a live round were slight; on any and all range activity or FTXs (Field Training Exercises) there were multiple checks, inspections and outright searches for live ammo. By the time an actual exercise began, it would be an offense punishable by court-martial to even be in possession of a live round in those circumstances.
BTW, did you serve with Princess Patricia CLI? (I believe that they used to be referred to as Princess Patricia
Royal Light Infantry.) We did a joint training exercise with them while I was on active duty. They were professional soldiers while we were still in the process of weeding out the social misfits who had enlisted.
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Little Arminius Wrote:BTW, did you serve with Princess Patricia CLI? (I believe that they used to be referred to as Princess Patricia Royal Light Infantry.) We did a joint training exercise with them while I was on active duty. They were professional soldiers while we were still in the process of weeding out the social misfits who had enlisted.
Reserves. Fort Garry Horse and South Alberta Light Horse - armoured. I used to wonder the value of 1/2 inch of aluminum armour. That question was answered quickly in Afghanistan - pretty much useless. They ended up sending Leopard tanks.
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry has only ever had one name. It is one of only 3 Canadian infantry regiments, maybe now four? The PPCLI was privately raised in 1914 by Montreal businessman Hamilton Gault from British army reservists resident in Canada. It was the first Canadian regiment into battle in WWI. Oddly the armoured regiment in Afghanistan, Lord Strathcona's Horse was also privately raised by Donald Smith, Lord Strathcona for service during the Boer War. The days when a rich businessman could kit a regiment are long gone.
Social misfits in the army?? Never heard of such a thing. The Canadian Airborne Regiment was disbanded because they kept killing people and there was no war. They were in the process of gutting the defence budget at the time so finances made the decision easy.
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ham Wrote:Quote:When I was in the military, rifles needed a blank firing adapter to cycle with blanks. It was a plug for the barrel. Also there is next to no recoil with blanks.
and no supersonic bang either.
I suspect our French ami knew exactly what he was doing. Nobody could ignore that many procedures plus fail to recognize a rifle firing real bullets.
If a soldier ever pointed a rifle at me at close quarters when we were firing blanks I would tell him that if he fired it, I ram it up his behind. Apparently having a BFA become unattached could lead to a pretty nasty bruise. They were attached to the bayonet lug.
Are soldiers issued bayonets anymore? If I ever heard the order "fix bayonets" I'd be putting on my track shoes instead. I think I only ever saw chrome ones for the parade square.
