Military Misadventures

[lordshipmayhem]

Everyone complains about the Yanks and their inability to hit a particular target.

Try this story about some Swiss soldiers who couldn't hit their target either.

Oops. :P

Comments

[scruloose.livejournal.com]

Of course, in a way it really highlights the difference between the Yanks and the rest of the world. The Swiss screw-up resulted in an "Oops, we took a wrong turn, better head back"... American screw-ups result in dead allies and somehow, it's never any American's fault...

[lordshipmayhem.livejournal.com]

True!! When it comes to friendly fire, the Canadians tend to hit their OWN troops!!

Example:
1) D+3 (three days after D-Day): Canadian infantry advances farther than their artillery support thinks they have. Oops, sorry old chaps, didn't mean to drop the shells on your own heads.
2) Big Mike's incident with reserve artillery firing on his own bivuack. Oops. Idiot reserve lieutenant.
3) The Ross rifle of World War I, if reassembled improperly after cleaning, would throw the bolt into the rifleman's own forehead when fired. It could be argued as "friendly fire", I think. Idiot Minister of Militia.