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British army and US Marine bayonet training videos

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  • #2
    guinnessdrinker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭guinnessdrinker


    They were a good laugh, especially the third one, the instructor was like something out of the Young Ones or Bottom with Rik Mayall!


  • #3
    guinnessdrinker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,469 ✭✭✭guinnessdrinker


    Dude, how come you removed the funniest one?

    Here it is, it's class; BA 80's one.


  • #4
    Pathfinder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Pathfinder


    guinnessdrinker wrote: »
    Dude, how come you removed the funniest one?

    Here it is, it's class; BA 80's one.



    I put it back, throught it might be a bit dated.


    I don't find Scottish NCOs particularly funny, either would you if you had ever experienced them at full decibal. ;)

    Even worse with pips.


  • #5
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,486 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    Even worse with pips

    You mean as an LT getting bollocked by the SGT? Been there...

    Annecdote time:

    Being issued kit for our little Iraq jaunt....

    "What's this?"
    "It's your bayonet, sir"
    "What do I want a bayonet for?"
    "..."
    "Look. From my position, I can shoot 120mm, .50 cal, 7.62mm MG, a 5.56mm MG, my rifle, and a 9mm pistol. If it comes down to the bayonet, I'm giving up and going home"

    I didn't take it.

    Probably should have taped it to the end of my gun tube.

    NTM


  • #6
    Pathfinder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 292 ✭✭Pathfinder


    Manic Moran wrote: »
    You mean as an LT getting bollocked by the SGT? Been there...

    Annecdote time:

    Being issued kit for our little Iraq jaunt....

    "What's this?"
    "It's your bayonet, sir"
    "What do I want a bayonet for?"
    "..."
    "Look. From my position, I can shoot 120mm, .50 cal, 7.62mm MG, a 5.56mm MG, my rifle, and a 9mm pistol. If it comes down to the bayonet, I'm giving up and going home"

    I didn't take it.

    Probably should have taped it to the end of my gun tube.

    NTM


    The bayonet was an integral part in the Scots guards victory on Tumbledown, 2 Paras at Darwin and Goose Green as well as in some fighting in Afghanistan.

    Not forgetting 1 Gloster in the Korean war.


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  • #7
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,486 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    There was also a bayonet charge in Iraq by the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders.

    Bayonet charges are usually won or lost before the two sides make contact, they have a huge psychological effect.

    Then again, so does a tank.

    NTM


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