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Army reservists in Queensland lost a powerful anti-personnel mine at a weapons range, then spent weeks fruitlessly searching for it at rubbish dumps.
I feel for them, I really do. When tabloids win everybody else loses.
The claymore was lost by a reserve officer training unit, this would be their pre-corps specialisation
Still AFAIR it's about 14 + 19 weeks training over two years so the disparaging comparisons to here will have to find a different foot to start on
"It is a general popular error to imagine that loudest complainers for the public to be the most anxious for it's welfare" Edmund Burke
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