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Originally posted by Southpaw Stinger View PostI think people have been pissed off ever since the first Brit casualties in the Iraq war were down to Yank friendly fire.Originally posted by Oasis_Lad View PostBecause they can't aim straight.
**** happens.
when bullets are flying all over the place , there's bound to be people who get hit by bullets not meant for them.
americans make up the bulk of the coalition forces. with those numbers it's normal that they would be most common perpretators of such incidents.
just like how they are also the most common victims of such occurences.
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Originally posted by Red October View Postfratricide is part of war.
**** happens.
when bullets are flying all over the place , there's bound to be people who get hit by bullets not meant for them.
americans make up the bulk of the coalition forces. with those numbers it's normal that they would be most common perpretators of such incidents.
just like how they are also the most common victims of such occurences.
Most is in jest, tua. Yanks take their military and their guns seriously so it's easy to set off a chain reaction in the lounge by making negative comments about either of the before mentioned.
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A British officer in Basra said: “The Americans can be pretty pumped-up. Sometimes they fire in broad daylight when we are travelling at two miles per hour, shouting that we are British out of the window and waving the Union Jack. If they shoot, our drill is to slam on the brakes and race in the opposite direction.”
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Originally posted by Southpaw Stinger View PostMost is in jest, tua. Yanks take their military and their guns seriously so it's easy to set off a chain reaction in the lounge by making negative comments about either of the before mentioned.
there are some that hate the american military though.
that guy MONK seems to not like the british military as well.
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US commanders were so worried that their men were shooting at the British because they failed to recognise the Union Jack or other distinguishing military markings that, in an unprecedented move, they asked the British Army to supply vehicles, men and flags to teach their soldiers what their allies looked like.
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Originally posted by Oasis_Lad View PostA British officer in Basra said: “The Americans can be pretty pumped-up. Sometimes they fire in broad daylight when we are travelling at two miles per hour, shouting that we are British out of the window and waving the Union Jack. If they shoot, our drill is to slam on the brakes and race in the opposite direction.”
it happens.
in the falklands 2 british companies from the same regiment engaged in a 1-2 hour long firefight.
they were from the same regiment.
for 1-2 hours.
these were not untrained boys either. they were elite paratroopers in a parachute regiment.
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