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Originally Posted by Legbreaker
Back when I did my initial infantry training we had an average of 11 blanks per SLR to last us a week - cutbacks.... 
The M60s had about 200 rounds and there wasn't a single M16 in sight.
There was lots of screaming "BANG".
With regard to the pouches, yes, we had two of them, but the second was used for grenades or other items. Great place to keep your chocolate handy. |
That's mad! 11 blanks each per week! I swear that I fired more than that as an Army Cadet! <G>
When were these cutbacks? I thought that you were in the Australian Army in the early 90's and I didn't realise that there were cutbacks going on then!