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Out of curiosity, do the DF do bayonet training? Speaking to a Sandhurst graduate not so long ago, and he said he spent fourteen hours attacking straw men during his commissioning course. Sounded like fun actually, but he said he was completely fcuked by the end of it.
Not relevant to much except to satisfaction of my own curiosity.
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yeah RDF do some during recruit training it involves a lot of PT and getting all the troops really pissed off at an NCO then the target has stripes put on its chest
our bayonets are shit they are designed to break if they are bent sideways
cant say any more cos it would be moderated
The school of artillery told us it couldn't be done...
They were wrong.
I think that bayonet training is an essential part of an army doctrine in the way it trains the soldier to think in an aggressive mind frame. It also brings the soldier closer to the ugliness of killing. A knife is a lot more psychologically evoking than a gun. Those who cannot handle it would be identified at a training stage rather than out in the field
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Out of curiosity, do the DF do bayonet training? Speaking to a Sandhurst graduate not so long ago, and he said he spent fourteen hours attacking straw men during his commissioning course. Sounded like fun actually, but he said he was completely fcuked by the end of it.
Not relevant to much except to satisfaction of my own curiosity.
Thanks
Recruits do. After that we move onto more important things and you might never see a bayonet again in your military career. If a soldier has to use a bayonet he might as well be issued with a spear as well.
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Recruits do. After that we move onto more important things and you might never see a bayonet again in your military career. If a soldier has to use a bayonet he might as well be issued with a spear as well.
Never did bayonet training, was shown one alright though, not in recruit camp mind you.
Is it true they are made of "Blue Steel", which is poisonous?
What is you major malfunction numbnuts!
Didn't mommy and daddy show you enough attention when you were a child?!
In Tim Ripley's Bayonet Battle it was quoted that in the russo japanese war of 1902..the troops threw rocks at each other rather than use bayonets.
The who bayonet thing is a myth..its a physhological weapon more than an effective fifighting tool. The bayonet actually has more uses off the rifle than on. It changes the point of balance when firing and often is more danger to the user than the enemy.
As for not being part of the RDF syllabus..its just another bit of kit to loose.
Again if you have to resort to the bayonet....something has horribly wrong ..and maybe your marks man ship need revision.
I've use three weapons with bayonets attached..and the thoughts of actually using it as a weapon has never really appealled to me....automatic fire is far more effective.
Covid 19 is not over ....it's still very real..Hand Hygiene, Social Distancing and Masks.. keep safe
Recruits do. After that we move onto more important things and you might never see a bayonet again in your military career. If a soldier has to use a bayonet he might as well be issued with a spear as well.
I take your point, but the British did a bayonet charge in the last six months in Iraq, after running out of ammo during a six hour contact.
Take these men and women for your example.
Like them, remember that posterity can only
be for the free; that freedom is the sure
possession of those who have the
courage to defend it.
***************
Liberty is being free from the things we don't like in order to be slaves of the things we do like.
***************
If you're not ready to die for it, put the word freedom out of your vocabulary.
Never did bayonet training, was shown one alright though, not in recruit camp mind you.
Is it true they are made of "Blue Steel", which is poisonous?
Yeah they are made in the fires or Mordor
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body,
but rather to skid in sideways, Champagne in one hand - strawberries in the other,
body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming........................
WOO HOO - What a Ride!" :tri:
Those who cannot handle it would be identified at a training stage rather than out in the field
Zulu, that doesnt actually happen- these days the onnly way to get rid of a recruit is, for him/her to actually look to go-
Its easier to get rid of knackers at the end of your road than a recruit--
Every one knows bayonets are made in the back room of the local Pound shop
At least our ones were-
and finally- bayonets were use in the Falklands
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