True military discipline

[b322da]

For a change of pace, here I would say is a case of impressive military discipline. If not a complete hoax, it was of course a blank.

http://donpackett.posterous.com/video-l ... -blown-off" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Elmo

[Hoi Polloi]

No one batted an eye or turned in the least!

[sjfcontrol]

I've seen this before. If I recall, it was some kind of public display, and they obviously were using blanks. (Still dangerous, yes, but not as bad as an actual round.) The soldier in the rear had a slam-fire. I seem to recall some discussion that slam-fires are more prevalent with blanks, softer primers? I don't remember for sure.

[The Annoyed Man]

A classmate in my dad's OCS class got accidentally "goosed" by another classmate with an M1 Garand that had a blank cartridge in it during some kind of training exercise. The rifle apparently went off and burned my dad's classmate's wedding tackle to a crisp..... .....just before he was to get married and take a honeymoon.


.....I'm sure he was grateful it was only a blank.

[sjfcontrol]

A classmate in my dad's OCS class got accidentally "goosed" by another classmate with an M1 Garand that had a blank cartridge in it during some kind of training exercise. The rifle apparently went off and burned my dad's classmate's wedding tackle to a crisp..... .....just before he was to get married and take a honeymoon.


.....I'm sure he was grateful it was only a blank.

Yes, indeed. Blanks CAN even be fatal: http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,304026,00.html" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
However, given a proper distance between the firearm and the target, they are at least "less lethal" (whatever that means)!