"‘The Odd Angry Shot’ starred (comedian) Grahame Kennedy, not Brian Brown, and, although not a bad film, was pretty unrepresentative of the way the Oz SAS did their business in SVN. (The ‘required’ big battle towards the end, with lots of unit casualties for a bit of pathos, wasn’t what the SAS did. In all their years in country, where they did so many really, really amazing things, they suffered only on KIA, the unfortunate Gunner Fisher, who, wounded, fell from the rope during a helicopter extraction. His body was located only a few years ago.)
And the lessons learn't from his falling off the rope were still being taught in the 80's and are probably still today when any roping or rappelling is done, especially with Helicopters.
A message was picked up at one point on the VC net to saty away from a certain area. That area was where the SAS operated as they were extremely good as would be expected.
Another book worth reading is Behind Enemy Lines by Terry O'Farrell
who did two tours and went from Private to Major including RSM and Acting CO of the Regiment at one stage.
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Last edited by 500N; 30th Sep 2012 at 06:18.