Me either I think lots of people way under estimate our troops.
As for the challenge it has not been responded to as of yet. If it ihappens it will be fully recorded and veted for security then posted for the enjoyment of all. But I wouldn't hold your breath or suck to much CS gas in
A bit of the trail now but I love my eotechs an my groups look tight
It's funny how some look down on Canadian soldiers often because we don't pay them enough or lavish them with all the latest toys. We just don't have the money to do them justice. But Johnny Canuck goes out when called upon and does us proud with what little he is given. What a Canadian soldier may lack in equipment, he makes up for in skill, intelligence, determination and valour, In WW1 the only soldiers the Germans feared were the Canadians who did the impossible. In WW2 it was the Canadians who were often given the difficult tasks like the liberation of the Netherlands. Even the Russians respected our troops then.
And in Korea, The Battle of Kapyong is one of Canada's greatest, yet least-known, military achievements. For two days in April, 1951, a battalion of roughly 700 Canadian troops helped defend a crucial hill in the front lines of the Korean War against a force of about 5,000 Chinese soldiers. The two forward battalions—3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) and 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry (2 PPCLI) held blocking positions in the Kapyong Valley, on a key route south to the capital, Seoul.
The holding action of the Australians and Canadians at Kapyong allowed the UN forces to consolidate their troops for the next stage of operations. The Canadians had fought tenaciously against a Chinese army with a force several times their size. 2 PPCLI under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jim Stone, and other veterans of the Second World War, utilized their experiences in fighting on the rugged terrain of Sicily and Italy and applied it to the hills of Korea to good effect, but at a price. There were 23 Canadian casualties, including 10 soldiers killed, as well as an estimated 2,000 Chinese casualties.
The battle contributed significantly to the defeat of the general Chinese offensive against the South that spring, protecting the capital city of Seoul from re-occupation, and plugging the hole in the UN line to give the South Koreans time to retreat. The wider Communist offensive of 1951 was halted about a week after the battle, and from that point on the Korean conflict became largely a war of patrols and enemy harassment, rather than large-scale attacks, as the front lines stabilized and the two sides embarked on peace talks.
So the men and women who serve in the Canadian Armed Forces have a proud and noble tradition to uphold, to face adversity with little more than panache and their rifles. Grimm professionals in a game where the score is not some tally on a scoreboard or a trophy, but in silent coffins draped with a Maple Leaf.
Target shooting no matter how "realistic" is not in the same league, and to even hint that does a disservice to those who stand on guard for thee.
(I'm just new to this sport, but I have nothing but the deepest respect and admiration for our veterans and serving men and woman. I thank you all for your service and sacrifice)
