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Subject: [OM] OT , was Re: Re: Personal Robbery Survey, was Re: Bags
From: Chris Barker <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 09:38:47 +0000
Politics normally works, as far as written "grenades" go.

On the subject of grenades: I used to have under my command a Royal  
Air Force regiment, a Rapier squadron, and they invited me to observe  
several exercise during my tenure.  One of them was live firing on  
Haltern range in Germany.  It was very interesting to see the  
precautions that they took to prevent friendly fire (there's another  
one you could use to make people cross ...), but maintaining careful  
arcs of fire and preventing fellows from straying close to them was  
nothing compared to the care with which they practised with grenades.

Grenades are small bits of explosive with fragmentation cases, used  
to hurt or maim people; but no one was allowed within 50m, there were  
safety people up the kazoo and the preparation for each grenade throw  
took about 10 minutes.  Then the chap threw from behind a bank and  
hit the ground ...

There's nothing like watching professionals at work to give you a  
warm feeling.

Chris


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C M I Barker
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On 22 Feb 2007, at 08:06, Walt Wayman wrote:

> Well, let's get it really going. I keep a gun (Beretta Model 92  
> 9mm) in the console of my 4Runner SUV.
>



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