gold rover
Well-Known Member
I found forward assist a bloody nuisance. I had already trained on other weapons before the piece of sh1t came to us, (around the same time as infantry, for some unknown reason). Which meant we learned without forward assist and met a world of problems. Then they decided to introduce forward assist, which was often forgotten in the heat of the moment. So still a world of problems. Just as forward assist started to become 'normal', they brought in A2. It's ok boys n girls, no more forward assist was the cry of some instructors. Then someone else would 'correct' them with forward assist is still necessary. If the instructors cannot agree what chance did the rest of us have?! Personally, I used it as a great excuse to say "but I was told we don't do it any more", every time we were on the ranges and I forgot.
Nobody gave a damn if you did it or not , in other situations.
