One of my old bosses attended their Military Academy (I think it was at WAH) on a visit in the late 80's. He said that they were very smart, smarter than the Indian Army but, alas, in his diplomatic way suggested politely, that their smartness doesn't reach fruition on the battlefield or when they partake in UN missions - where the Indian Infantry seemed to have the controlling hand in Africa.
I have to ask the obvious question of how many rifles were dropped when the Pakistani soldiers in Post 1 were practising for their parade. Years ago, we did have a sergeant in the Army Cadets who sometimes tried to encourage the throwing of rifles between cadets but it was never done very eloquently or anything like in Post 1. It was just an all out effort to catch the thing as it came flying through the air towards you. I always managed to catch the rifle which was probably down to luck more than anything but other Cadets did, on occasions, drop the rifles. They are a heavy thing to try to catch when flying through the air towards you.
I have to ask the obvious question of how many rifles were dropped
The simplest answer would be...all of them.
Hadn't seen that vid about the "One double five"... Takes two minutes to bring into action. That's because of the ridiculous parade square drills, some dating back two hundred years. My little brother was arty, he'd be beating these people...
The USMC chuck em back and forth with the bayonets on.
Far too much quivering as well.
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We used to call these drill squads and their like 'tick-tock' men. Some......, not me you understand.......... put them on a par with performing circus horses.
It was as much as I could to catch a rifle without a bayonet attached. If one was to come in my direction with a bayonet attached I would run in the opposite direction, as fast as my legs would carry me.
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