Any Army, ex army on here? Can you tell me why?

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

Just watched a programme on the Afghan war. So they are out on patrol, and have a fire fight with 4 taliban. The kill 3 of the taliban and the other escapes and they can't see him. So they call in the Apache helicopter. They fire one smoke flair to show where the taliban fighter is, and the second one to show where they are. Same plain colour smoke, and the worst thing happens and the Apache fires on the wrong smoke and shoots and injures 9 soldiers. WTF. One ends up paralysed.
Why don't they use coloured flairs? for example, green for the enemy and red for British soldiers. Even if the worst happens, they are in radio contact with the Apache, so if the wrong colour is fired by mistake(Unlikely but possible), they can tell the Apache.
Using coloured flairs would eliminate friendly fire from an Apache.

 

[Mad Cyril]

I have seen Codename Wild Geese thirty five times and own a fair bit of camo clothing.

Happy to answer any questions.....

 

[KAB]

I have seen Codename Wild Geese thirty five times and own a fair bit of camo clothing.

Happy to answer any questions.....

Do you admire Vladimir Putin and have lots of photo's of you upon a horse, with a gun firmly grasped in your manly hands?

 

[Berrichonne shrimper]

Do you admire Vladimir Putin and have lots of photo's of you upon a horse, with a gun firmly grasped in your manly hands?

Alas his hands are not manly,grasping but not manly.

 

[Rusty Shackleford]

Just watched a programme on the Afghan war. So they are out on patrol, and have a fire fight with 4 taliban. The kill 3 of the taliban and the other escapes and they can't see him. So they call in the Apache helicopter. They fire one smoke flair to show where the taliban fighter is, and the second one to show where they are. Same plain colour smoke, and the worst thing happens and the Apache fires on the wrong smoke and shoots and injures 9 soldiers. WTF. One ends up paralysed.
Why don't they use coloured flairs? for example, green for the enemy and red for British soldiers. Even if the worst happens, they are in radio contact with the Apache, so if the wrong colour is fired by mistake(Unlikely but possible), they can tell the Apache.
Using coloured flairs would eliminate friendly fire from an Apache.

In my day, we would have tracked down the fourth chap, cut off his bollocks and then buggered him to death. The efficiency of Her Majesty's Forces has declined considerably since they started letting riff-raff into the Officer Corps.

 

[essexshrimper]

Just watched a programme on the Afghan war. So they are out on patrol, and have a fire fight with 4 taliban. The kill 3 of the taliban and the other escapes and they can't see him. So they call in the Apache helicopter. They fire one smoke flair to show where the taliban fighter is, and the second one to show where they are. Same plain colour smoke, and the worst thing happens and the Apache fires on the wrong smoke and shoots and injures 9 soldiers. WTF. One ends up paralysed.
Why don't they use coloured flairs? for example, green for the enemy and red for British soldiers. Even if the worst happens, they are in radio contact with the Apache, so if the wrong colour is fired by mistake(Unlikely but possible), they can tell the Apache.
Using coloured flairs would eliminate friendly fire from an Apache.

I'm Serving Army

minor point, they threw a smoke grenade to mark their position, and a smoke grenade to mark the enemy's position, and for some weird reason, probably cos their air head para's, they threw 2 grenades the same bloody colour, and they also gave the Apache ( which has the best call sign i've heard, Ugly) the wrong grid ref to ahem make a big hole with, was a total shambles :D

 

[ozzie]

I'm Serving Army

minor point, they threw a smoke grenade to mark their position, and a smoke grenade to mark the enemy's position, and for some weird reason, probably cos their air head para's, they threw 2 grenades the same bloody colour, and they also gave the Apache ( which has the best call sign i've heard, Ugly) the wrong grid ref to ahem make a big hole with, was a total shambles :D

Hi es.sh. what regiment are you? dont think the Royal Marines would have messed that up..very sad...but R.M.C. have brains..unlike some other Regiments

 

[essexshrimper]

Hi es.sh. what regiment are you? dont think the Royal Marines would have messed that up..very sad...but R.M.C. have brains..unlike some other Regiments

Royal Engineers EOD :smiles:

 

[essexshrimper]

Just watched a programme on the Afghan war. So they are out on patrol, and have a fire fight with 4 taliban. The kill 3 of the taliban and the other escapes and they can't see him. So they call in the Apache helicopter. They fire one smoke flair to show where the taliban fighter is, and the second one to show where they are. Same plain colour smoke, and the worst thing happens and the Apache fires on the wrong smoke and shoots and injures 9 soldiers. WTF. One ends up paralysed.
Why don't they use coloured flairs? for example, green for the enemy and red for British soldiers. Even if the worst happens, they are in radio contact with the Apache, so if the wrong colour is fired by mistake(Unlikely but possible), they can tell the Apache.
Using coloured flairs would eliminate friendly fire from an Apache.

and different units have different ways of iding their location & enemy's

 

[THE SEVENTIES NORTH BANK]

and different units have different ways of iding their location & enemy's

Oh, O.K. I was just wondering why in this day and age and technology, why they would deploy a system that could and has led to friendly fire, death and life changing injuries.

 

[ozzie]

Royal Engineers EOD :smiles:

is that bomb disposal???

 

[* ORM *]

I thought it was the navy rather than army that were into flares ?

 

[essexshrimper]

is that bomb disposal???

yer, :smile:

 

[Ricey]

Royal Engineers EOD :smiles:

You must of worked with some of our guys in Afghan, I'm an RAF Police dog handler.

 

[essexshrimper]

You must of worked with some of our guys in Afghan, I'm an RAF Police dog handler.

i may of done, if id done Afghan :winking: but i didn't, but i have worked with 1MWD

 

[essexshrimper]

You must of worked with some of our guys in Afghan, I'm an RAF Police dog handler.

and does that mean you've worked with Rif RAF Regiment, or the hesco warriors as the Army call em :raspberry:

 

[Ricey]

and does that mean you've worked with Rif RAF Regiment, or the hesco warriors as the Army call em :raspberry:

Yes I have unfortunately, useless ******s. I was out when the 'Battle of Bastion' happened where they 'saved' the day.

 

[essexshrimper]

Yes I have unfortunately, useless ******s. I was out when the 'Battle of Bastion' happened where they 'saved' the day.

what, when 2 of them shot there body armour, and claimed that the taliban did it, except somehow they had no busted ribs, and the hole was 5.56 not 7.62 :hilarious: :facepalm:

 

[Ricey]

what, when 2 of them shot there body armour, and claimed that the taliban did it, except somehow they had no busted ribs, and the hole was 5.56 not 7.62 :hilarious: :facepalm:

Yep, oh I have plenty of worse stories than that but best not say them on a public forum. How that sergeant got the MC is beyond belief.

 

[essexshrimper]

Yep, oh I have plenty of worse stories than that but best not say them on a public forum. How that sergeant got the MC is beyond belief.

which Sergeant????? :unsure: