Oh, those Brits...

[MrsMo]

According to uExpress News of the Weird:
London's Sunday Telegraph reported in July that, because of the shortage of military supplies caused by troops deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq, British Army soldiers on training exercises were ordered simply to shout "bang bang" rather than fire practice rounds. [Courier-Mail (Brisbane), 9-9-05] [Sunday Telegraph (London), 7-17-05] I can't remember when I've laughed so hard. I'm picturing young men, dressed in camoflage, popping up from holes in the ground or behind bushes, pointing their fingers and yelling "bang bang!" Then come the arguments about whether the "pointee" (as opposed to the "pointer") is "dead." "I hit you!" "Did NOT!" "Did SO!" "Didn't!" "DID!"

Oh my, this will definitely put a whole new spin on war.

[duder]

this isn't so far off from some of the stuff i, and others here probably, did (as marines). i mean, who doesn't remember "Butter Butter Jam"! and this was before iraq and even afghanistan. guess the corps is just poor (that rhymed!! i'm a poet and didn't even know i was one!). it sucks, but it's better than nothing.

peace,

duder

[Kitz E Kat]

Thanks Mrs Mo, that gave me a laugh :-)

It does go to show you that they are under a major strain with Iraq , that ain't good for moral if your the "soldier" shouting "bang bang your dead" now is it !

[Daremo]

Soldier 1: "Bang you're dead!!"
Soldier 2: "I am not!"
Soldier 1: "You are too I shot you!"
Soldier 2: "But I'm a tank and you're blown up -- Clank clank -- BOOM!"
Soldier 1: "Am not! I have plus 6 armour!"

What are we coming to????

[SyntaxHeir]

who doesn't remember "Butter Butter Jam"!

HAHAHAA! :D

I'd forgotten all about that! For the uninitiated "Butter Butter Jam" is onomatopoeia for the sound an M16 makes when fired at the max [cyclic] rate, assuming it jams every third round. If you say it outloud you'll get it. :)

Duder, this dredged up a memory long forgotten about the time our Gunny "forgot" the blanks and ordered us to carry out the training mission without them. What MrsMo has envisioned isn't too far off from the truth. We had over 100 Marines performing recon patrols, setting L-shaped ambushes, squad in the defense, break contact drills, etc.

For that evening the surrounding forest around the base was filled with cries of:

[Rilfeman]

"Butta-butta-JAM!"
"JAM JAM JAM"

[Team Leader]
"Tap, rack, bang. [expedient method for clearing a rifle jam]
God DAMMIT!"

[Riffleman]
"Oh yeah!"
"Butta-butta-jam! Tap-rack-bang. Butta-butta-jam! Tap-rack-bang"

It was probably the most fun any of us ever had during a traning mission. We took prisoners and threw "dirt-clod grenades", it was good times.

This was of course before the rise of first person shooters so the only thing missing was,

"Head shot! PWNED BITCH!"