I'm currently plowing through Declan Powers "Siege at Jadotville" ( a fantastic read by the way). As I was flicking through I stumbled upon a point of interest, Power speaks of a "Battle Inoculation"..
"For the last couple of decades, Irish troops going abroad on active service have experienced what is called a "Battle Inoculation". The idea is to put the troops in trenches in a reasonably sage state and subject them to shell and machine-gun fire."
I was wondering what experiences (if any) people have of this, as I have not heard anything relating to this topic before. All though it makes perfect sense to me and would whole heartedly agree with this practice...I just cant imagine the DF being so risqué as to fire live ammunition at/or in vicinity of our precious troops!
Nearest thing to this I've experienced is the occasional ricochet when manning the butts on a GPMG shoot!
"For the last couple of decades, Irish troops going abroad on active service have experienced what is called a "Battle Inoculation". The idea is to put the troops in trenches in a reasonably sage state and subject them to shell and machine-gun fire."
I was wondering what experiences (if any) people have of this, as I have not heard anything relating to this topic before. All though it makes perfect sense to me and would whole heartedly agree with this practice...I just cant imagine the DF being so risqué as to fire live ammunition at/or in vicinity of our precious troops!
Nearest thing to this I've experienced is the occasional ricochet when manning the butts on a GPMG shoot!
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