Those of us that experience the IRA attacks against service personnel, both here in the UK and in Germany, will recall that our duty was to be killed whilst bravely unarmed. Apparently being unarmed made us better, or something…. although I never paid much attention to the rambling briefs that tried to explain it all. I guess we were just grateful when they actually issued ammunition to the 'armed' guards.
True but I could never find the magazine on my issue pickaxe handle
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Do you ever remember using up the life ex ammo we had, when we were live armed in Germany, on the ranges, by the time you had found something to hack through the thick plastic bag they were sealed in to load them, you would have been better throwing the damned things at them, and that was when we were live armed lol.
As for armed with personal weapons, it wouldn't need to be everyone, just enough to make it a deterrent... Not that I am condoning it, but Israel do ok with it, After all what is the difference between armed troops who can identify themselves as such, and plods...Incidentally when did it stop, as troops I believe used to carry their weapons in ww2