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Somebody is rightly proud of a job well done!

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Kitchener – Field Marshal of the British Empire Documentary (One very strange dude even for a General – Grumpy)

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British Army’s latest SA80: The L85A3, with firearms expert Jonathan Ferguson

Maybe they should go back to the SLR? Grumpy

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The Royal Navy creates New 2nd Largest Warships after its Aircraft carriers

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Indian Mutiny: The British Siege of Delhi 1857

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Was this the best Battalion Commander of the Peninsular War?

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The Crimean War – The Battle of Inkerman 1854

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2 Pounder anti-tank gun

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Sunday Shoot-a-Round #233 | Shotguns are still a great choice!

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So lets see now on how you can really mess up on a boating trip

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A. Be on a boat in the middle of a large river in Burma during WWII.

B. Go up against Bill Slim’s 14th British Army who REALLY hates          you for some reason. Like you not taking any prisoners & making         them live in that Hell Hole that is Burma in the 1940’s.

C. Not having control of either river bank. Always a BAD thing

D. Having NO air support around

E. Having some really good small arms & mortars coming to bear on         you (Steel on Target) AND having the RAF Ground Support on          call.

F. I am sure that the Forward Observer is also calling in Arty on you         too. (British Artillery has always had a pretty good reputation BTW)

All of which is going to add up to one really bad day for the members of Imperial Japanese Military on those boats. As their wounded usually wound up suffering a really horrible death. What with no medics or drugs nor any kind of medical support available. So usually your officers would eventually kill you iffen you didn’t die quick enough.

Plus there were cases of Cannibalism too. Since there were no supply lines for your army back then. Nice huh?

So for all those who might wind up one day in command. Try to remember the 6 Pees, Proper Planning Prevents Piss Poor Performance! That & I hope that you have better luck than those Bastards! Grumpy