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Ok, I have a few military "urban myths" that I‘ve heard around and I‘d like to get them confirmed to denied...
1) A Cdn sniper tradition is to get a spider web tattoed on your elbow, and for each "kill" get a fly tattooed on. I‘m not sure I buy this one, though I have seen some Regs with this type of tattoo.
2) In the 70‘ sor 80-‘s the CAR was used to quell a prison riot, and did so in a rather.. brutal, yet impressive way - ie, had the convicts running for their lives and cowering in cells as the paratroopers went in with their bare hands.
I heard this one from a reliable source, but I think it‘s been exaggerated over time.
3) Britain has been at war somewhere in the world everyday since 1945. By "war" I mean in a combat situation, if not actually being shot at. I‘ve heard some historians mention this, but have never actual tried to sort it out.
4) Civvie police cannot come onto DND property without permission. Like, say, a mess party at an armoury in a city gets rowdy...
1) A Cdn sniper tradition is to get a spider web tattoed on your elbow, and for each "kill" get a fly tattooed on. I‘m not sure I buy this one, though I have seen some Regs with this type of tattoo.
2) In the 70‘ sor 80-‘s the CAR was used to quell a prison riot, and did so in a rather.. brutal, yet impressive way - ie, had the convicts running for their lives and cowering in cells as the paratroopers went in with their bare hands.
I heard this one from a reliable source, but I think it‘s been exaggerated over time.
3) Britain has been at war somewhere in the world everyday since 1945. By "war" I mean in a combat situation, if not actually being shot at. I‘ve heard some historians mention this, but have never actual tried to sort it out.
4) Civvie police cannot come onto DND property without permission. Like, say, a mess party at an armoury in a city gets rowdy...