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deadman
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 Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| IncognitoHFX wrote: |
| yawarakaijin wrote: |
Does the average Canadian rifleman have to ask permission to kill his enemy or do they just walk around trying to draw fire and then call over the buddy who is carrying the C6 or the Browning .50 cal? |
No, you're not supposed to kill anybody. The ROEs are usually so strict that it would have to be an extreme situation before you were allowed to "fire at will". I knew some guys who got shot at quite a bit in Bosnia and they were not allowed to return fire, so they spent a day underneath their truck sobbing while 12 year olds on top of a hill fired AK-47s at them.
The CF is not a combat force so much as it is a supporting force. Even the infantry.
Their goal is to make people non-combatants by injuring them. They will also reprimand you for not picking up your litter on the battlefeild (empty magazines, casings etc) unless you're in an extreme situation. These facts are from basic training and personal accounts of people I knew who served, so I might be a tad off or things might've changed since Afghanistan picked up.
It's just the way the CF rolls, I guess. |
ROE's are situation specific.
What you describe may very well be the case for Bosnia, but no army is going to make its standard issue rifle less effective than it could be.
Smaller calibre ammunition is chosen for other reasons - weight and size being one, I think. Soldiers can carry more 5.56 ammo than 7.62. |
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