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Old 22nd March 2005 | 23:11
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pr00ne
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gravity victim,

Read the words of the Cpl quoted earlier on the site, he describes a dismounted bayonet charge and what he did to the insurgents when he got there, not pleasant stuff but I was rather struck by the guys claim that the insurgents were so shocked, they expected them to trade shots at a distance as you see so many of these clowns in the Middle East do on the TV news, they were NOT expecting a full blown flnking manouvre followed by a bayonet charge!

As for superbly equipped and well trained troops, as the same equally well trained guys found in the Falklands, and the US in Somalia, it matters not a jot what your opponent wears or looks like, he may look like the ultimate Chavscum and have the tactical awareness of a hedgehog, but if he has a gun and he hits you, you die.
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