Deano_sxi
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when they go off on manouvres and the guns have yellow caps on the nozzle and they fire blanks, how do you if you have been shot?
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Eck
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I'd imagine it would all be infrared sensors or something.
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radicalry00
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http://www.army-technology.com/contractors/training/se/
Some info about it there. I imagine it involves infra-red and lasers as Eckmcmann said.
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Deano_sxi
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thats all abit flashy considering they wont give them decent guns/ boots/ armour/ vaseline
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Nath
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Flashy? It's Quasar, but accurate.
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andy1868
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its not quasar, they're used on automatic weapons because they need pressure in the barrel to cock the weapon again after the first round is fired. with blanks because of the lack of anything but gas coming out there isn't enough pressure to cock the weapon again, the blank adapters allow this.
they also reduce the effects of the gas flying out of the end of the barrel. in the cadets we were taught there could be a flame of anything up to 3 feet long when a blank is fired from an L98 (a single shot version of the SA80 that the cadets use) so the army don't want a load of soldiers having their faces blown off when in training, however because the L98 we used wasn't automatic so we never got the adapter which meant we could blow each other away all we wanted 
see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-firing_adaptor
and on exercises theres no such thing as "being hit" its training you how to deal with certain situations, so the people leading the exercise decide when people are hit etc to create certain scenarios.
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by andy1868]
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Deano_sxi
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sounds a bit crappy that, you could get some prick thinkin hes terminator
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andy1868
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yeah, but what does that achieve? they aren't fucking about, they're learning how to win a firefight ffs 
this isn't done by being terminator
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by andy1868]
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Russ
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quote:
Originally posted by andy1868
its not quasar, they're used on automatic weapons because they need pressure in the barrel to cock the weapon again after the first round is fired. with blanks because of the lack of anything but gas coming out there isn't enough pressure to cock the weapon again, the blank adapters allow this.
they also reduce the effects of the gas flying out of the end of the barrel. in the cadets we were taught there could be a flame of anything up to 3 feet long when a blank is fired from an L98 (a single shot version of the SA80 that the cadets use) so the army don't want a load of soldiers having their faces blown off when in training, however because the L98 we used wasn't automatic so we never got the adapter which meant we could blow each other away all we wanted
see here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank-firing_adaptor
and on exercises theres no such thing as "being hit" its training you how to deal with certain situations, so the people leading the exercise decide when people are hit etc to create certain scenarios.
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by andy1868]
L98 is ace, i fird one loads in the cadets (amongst others) designed to stop a truck with a single round with distances upto 1 mile. and they give it kids to fire
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andy1868
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they were loud fuckers on the range, i remember training at halton camp, the range was at the end of the football field. where people were firing from was literally about 10 metres from the goals at one end. playing football when people were shooting was madness, the people on the range had ear defenders and we had fuck all
i'll also never forget the first time i heard an LSW going off in the field. patrolling in the brecon beacons as a lowly 1 star with my 20 blanks and my L98 we wandered in front of an enemy position (because we weren't very good) and they had 2 of the fuckers and they weren't afraid to show it ahhhhhhhh good times
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by andy1868]
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Kurt
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a blank round can also kill you so the end piece stops that aswell
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Deano_sxi
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i always thought the kids that went to cadets were proper dorks
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Nath
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Originally posted by Nath
It's Quasar, but accurate.
tbh
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Robin
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I hear it's better to be in the navy.
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andy1868
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and the cadets always thought chumps that asked stupid questions online were proper dorks 
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phil_sutton
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sounds a bit crappy that, you could get some prick thinkin hes terminator
dont worry natural selection will take its course in the real battle field
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andy1868
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natural selection i like it
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Deano_sxi
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and the cadets always thought chumps that asked stupid questions online were proper dorks
they were just pissd they never got real guns
infact with 1 grenade you were always going to win it was just a matter of time
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andy1868
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who were pissed they never got real guns?
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Deano_sxi
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the cadets, it was just a glorified version of the scouts anyway
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andy1868
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we got real guns
you are right about the scouts
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Jas
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we got real guns
you are right about the scouts
cute sig... aimed at anyone on here?
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andy1868
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it can be aimed at you if you'd like.
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andy1868
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but jokes aside, its foo fighters lyrics. i out lyrics from songs i like at the moment in my sig.
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