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   "Dechucka"  wrote in message   
   news:bcudnXFIRNhwxfvMnZ2dnUVZ_oWdnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
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   > "Spartan613"  wrote in message   
   > news:KJs9t.557$EY1.461@viwinnwfe01.internal.bigpond.com...   
   >> "Dechucka"  wrote in message   
   >> news:s6WdnetcCOxDzfvMnZ2dnUVZ_s2dnZ2d@westnet.com.au...   
   >>>   
   >>> "Spartan613"  wrote in message   
   >>>>> I'm sure as you supposedly trundle around Germany doing exercises you   
   >>>>> were not worried about the civilian with a .22.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Seeing as the training area (Soltau-Luneburg) encompassed several   
   >>>> villages and hunting reserves, civilians with firearms of all calibres   
   >>>> were a genuine concern.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Especially as some of the locals were opposed to the "British   
   >>>> occupation" of their land.   
   >>>   
   >>> so you would of taken precautions   
   >>   
   >> Yes. Like the way women take the pill as a precaution against unwanted   
   >> pregnancy.   
   >   
   > EXACTLY   
   >   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> Maybe you took precautions when exiting the tank not against civilians   
   >>>>> with .22s   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Those were real. As were the precautions taken when dismounted or   
   >>>> transiting areas accessible to the locals.   
   >>>   
   >>> exactly, you took them and so would the Abrams tank crews   
   >>   
   >> Precautions aren't 100% effective.   
   >>   
   >> Anyone with real-world experience would know that.   
   >   
   > make it near impossible for GI-O   
   >   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>> but opposition infantry with slightly more potent weaponry   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Blanks and lasers? Not such a REAL worry as civilians with hunting   
   >>>> rifles.   
   >>>   
   >>> Idiot   
   >>   
   >> Your SOP response when the conversation moves beyond your technical   
   >> comprehension.   
   >>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Germans have a healthy gun culture, not nearly as polluted with Leftard   
   >>>> hoplophobia as Australia's, so many of them were pretty fair shots.   
   >>>   
   >>> so you took precautions.   
   >>   
   >> Like the way you take precautions from getting AIDS. Are you sure   
   >> spitting is 100% effective?   
   >>   
   >>> Thanks for confirming the utter stupidity of your argument in relation   
   >>> to GI-O and his .22   
   >>   
   >> Thanks for confirming you're a clueless twonk who knows FUCK-ALL.   
   >   
   > BTW how many times did these civilians take pot shots at the troops?   
      
   None that I'm aware of while I was there.   
      
   Ask the Brits.   
      
   --   
   "There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not   
   want merely because you think it would be good for him".   
      
   Robert A. Heinlein.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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