British Army introduces new Pelvic Protection

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[Goldie fish]

our kit is second to none.

Which bit?

Can you HONESTLY say that all your issues kit is better than that available to other Armies? If it is so good, why is the UK unable to sell its main peices of equipment to anyone other than the BA? If it were that good they wouldnt need to Buy armoured vehicles from the Italians and Americans, , Pistols from the swiss, rifles from Germany and the USA.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

The british army did surrender in iraq. Face it.

As for Conflicts the Irish defence forces have been involved in, as yet our government does not feel the need to assist the USA in its wars.

But I am pleased to have rattled you. My work here is done for today. See you tomorrow.

how can i face it? i was there - were you? and we are STILL in Iraq - so where is the surrender?

and i don't give a fcuk about the politics behind the wars - i joined the Army to see a bit of action and i have - so what if we follow the USA - i'm the one doing the soldiering, experiencing and enjoying it.

as for being rattled? this is an online forum - nobody gets rattled on a forum, so dream on pal. i've served in hostile places you will only ever read about Goldie, those are places where men can get 'rattled'.

What has that got to do with you being a knob?

Its good that eventually good kit is in use, how many people died in Iraq and Afghanistan because the kit was gash or non existant?

who are you again?

and i don't have a clue how many died because kit was gash or non existant? would you like to enlighten us?

however we must consider ourselves lucky, if we were equipped as poorly as the Irish DF we could have hundreds more casualties.

our kit is second to none.

and keeping on thread - other forces have tried offer protection in this area which has proved ineffective and cumbersome in combat - finally a decent compromise seems to have been reached, and our lads are lucky to be issued with it.

[Goldie fish]

anyhow, touched a nerve have i?

so it's ok to launch into 'surrender in Iraq' but how dare i mention the Congo?

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The british army did surrender in iraq. Face it.

As for Conflicts the Irish defence forces have been involved in, as yet our government does not feel the need to assist the USA in its wars.

But I am pleased to have rattled you. My work here is done for today. See you tomorrow.

[The real Jack]

that's rich Jack considering most of you went crawling over to ARRSE after they were prepared to bail IMO out - perhaps you should remember the helping hand they offered.

What has that got to do with you being a knob?

in keeping with the thread i know one thing though - when we do conduct combat operations, our soldiers are some of the best protected in the world with the Mk7 Helmet, Osprey Enhanced Body Armour, Combat Ear Protection, and now pelvic and lower limb protection.

Its good that eventually good kit is in use, how many people died in Iraq and Afghanistan because the kit was gash or non existant?

[RoyalGreenJacket]

You also surrendered in

Singapore
Yorktown
Kut(Iraq again)
Crete

Will I go on?

please do Goldie - as that seems to match a list of conflicts that the Irish DF have been involved in either

Think sangin(if not sangin it was some other helmand village) was handed over to the taliban at one stage too

probably one of the villages the Irish DF have never set foot in perhaps?

RGJ needs to remember where he is when he goes making comments like that. He can always **** off back to arrse.

that's rich Jack considering most of you went crawling over to ARRSE after they were prepared to bail IMO out - perhaps you should remember the helping hand they offered.

how easy you forget eh?

anyhow, touched a nerve have i?

so it's ok to launch into 'surrender in Iraq' but how dare i mention the Congo?

listen to all the armchair soldiers - that's all you will ever be.

i've walked the walk, where have lot you ever been?

this started off as a relative thread but the usual suspects had to hijack it.

in keeping with the thread i know one thing though - when we do conduct combat operations, our soldiers are some of the best protected in the world with the Mk7 Helmet, Osprey Enhanced Body Armour, Combat Ear Protection, and now pelvic and lower limb protection.

[The real Jack]

listen to all the armchair soldiers - that's all you will ever be

Says the west brit recruiter. Do you get a bonus for every bod recruited?

We're all "armchair soldiers" here, none of us are typing from a foxhole.

i've walked the walk, where have lot you ever been?

No you've stated you've walked the walk, we can all pretend to be whatever we want to be, for all we know you could be a cake fiend in a call centor in brixton.

this started off as a decent thread but the usual suspects had to hijack it.

YOU hijacked it. an innocent comment calling these things armoured nappies

So you have to wear an armoured nappy in the BA now?

was countered by....

yes mate because we do more than just Cash Escorts

If you really are in the BA RGJ I genuinely do hope I come across you when I have pips on my rank marking.

EDIT: and calling the congo affair a surrender truly shows how any Irish allegiance you had is long gone considering that was the tact taken by the British gutter press. No doubt you're buying your William and kate commemorative stuff already.

[RoyalGreenJacket]

touched a nerve have i?

so it's ok to launch into 'surrender in Iraq' but how dare i mention the Congo?

listen to all the armchair soldiers - that's all you will ever be

i've walked the walk, where have lot you ever been?

this started off as a decent thread but the usual suspects had to hijack it.

[Vickers]

RGJ needs to remember where he is when he goes making comments like that. He can always **** off back to arrse.

Lads, cool it. And, for the record, GF started it.

[The real Jack]

now now lads, play nice

RGJ needs to remember where he is when he goes making comments like that. He can always **** off back to arrse.

[SwiftandSure]

now now lads, play nice

[The real Jack]

You also surrendered in

Singapore
Yorktown
Kut(Iraq again)
Crete

Will I go on?

Think sangin(if not sangin it was some other helmand village) was handed over to the taliban at one stage too

[Goldie fish]

beat up students if required yes, but never surrendered in Iraq, infact we are still in Iraq - unlike certain armies i know who surrendered in the Congo

You also surrendered in

Singapore
Yorktown
Kut(Iraq again)
Crete

Will I go on?

[RoyalGreenJacket]

That's true, you also beat up student protestors and surrender in Iraq.

beat up students if required yes, but never surrendered in Iraq, infact we are still in Iraq - unlike certain armies i know who surrendered in the Congo

either way, my gonads will be well protected no matter what the task is.

[SwiftandSure]

i take it you have been rubbing shoulders with Tim Horgan this Christmas?!"

if that's your philosophy then there is no point sending your lads to the Lebanon and we may aswell all stay at home too.

i'm glad we ignore that philosophy and get stuck in, and now with added 'pelvic protection'.

I wouldn't say the BA ignore that philosophy RGJ. That's a silly statement to make, if anything, they embrace that philosophy because they know they can't win if it comes down to a war of attrition.
The Taliban can afford to lose hundreds if not thousands of personel because their casualty figures are never going to be collated and published, causing unrest on the homefront or a reluctance to join their ranks. Whereas every single death of the Coalition is published, analysed, and often investigated.

The British, US, Canadians, and everyone else in the coalition need to preserve the lives of their troops in order to preserve public support at home. Without that, the war is lost.