How could you know that you've "never not noticed a hit" if you didn't notice the hit?! lol
I've never not failed to not notice a negative hit.
Triple negatives anyone?
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Plate Carriers - What are they actually for in Airsoft?
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I've never not failed to not notice a negative hit.
Triple negatives anyone?
Druid799
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But the problem there is I think it’s fair to say most of the guys on here run half a dozen or so mids , so unless there honking good jugglers there bolloxed with nothing ! ??
Druid799
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My guideline is no wider than a thumb width!
So true. When I first started riding a motorcycle I only had jeans and a jacket. My chicken strips were huge but the moment I had leather trousers that zipped into a jacket I became a man possessed. Probably why I ended up rear ending a Citroen balls first.
The bonus for me of a JPC over a belt is that the JPC doesn't get popped open by my gut when I bend down.
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I'm a lump, 6.2 & 112kg, 38w & 48chest, fair to say I'm not anorexic ?, the bandoleer set up I mentioned in my previous post ticks pretty much all your boxes, my set up can carry 4 large megs, m14/ak/g36 etc,, as well as bogs standard stanags, plus the extra double stacked stanag shingle takes my xl speedloader, with two pistol megs on top.
Not forgetting my inverted serpa makes for a piss easy fast chest draw.
Regarding a sling, I run a length of hd inch webbing, mounted under the first mag pouch (essentially starts at my sternum), this runs under my right arm & loops back up to a point in the middle of my back, just below shoulder blade level.
On the webbing "sling" is mounted a quick release sling adapter, ill put a pic up to show the type, this will fit a number of my gats so easy to swap guns on gamedays, but what this set up allows me to do is literally DROP my primary weapon, it will slide itself down to my side in a split second, hanging at my side but a fraction behind my right hip, does it on its own so immediately frees up my hands for fast pistol draw, or maybe a bit of hand to hand lol, or in my case, bit of hand to pie ?.
I'm not bullsitting when I say, for me anyway, that's its the most versatile set up I've used, of which there have been many.
Its also low profile & doesn't cover too much torso, so allows good movement, as well as not "drawing" sweat through the clothing the way a plate carrier does.
& I don't know bout you, but middle age spread means I seem to be constantly pulling up my trousers, wearing belt rigs or thigh rigs is a total pain in the arse unless I wear braces/suspenders with them.
Only other mod I'm gonna do before my next outing is to mount some molle on the rear 2inch strap, so I can stick a bottle pouch or two on my back for nalgene bottles.
My next time out I'm gonna run an od flight suit, the bandoleer & an od boonie, job done, nowt restrictive & cool in the heat, without feeling bundled up etc.......simples.
Give it a try ?
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Maybe just take a 10 second timeout if it was a pistol. But even with armour, you can still get broken ribs and all sorts of injuries from direct high velocity impacts, so I would say a wander back to respawn is appropriate anyway
Ha I’m keeping that!
I do remember feeling a bit surprised when I got to Cranwell for the first time - was expecting an army style bunks-and-beans situation, but got private rooms, butlers, waiters and a really nice Moroccan curry veg option dinner, followed by an evening of bottled import European beers, followed by an extra night if I didn’t fancy driving back late, all expenses on them.
Hell, they even sent me a cheque a week later to cover any fuel costs in driving there and back in the first place.
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Rogerborg
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How could you know that you've "never not noticed a hit" if you didn't notice the hit?! lol
Pffft, if you don't feel it, you're 100% guaranteed to always hear the ones that you can hear.
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jcheeseright
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BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
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HAHAHAHAHA yes. But glad you had a laugh out of it. Unfortunately I ended up good. Very good - top aptidude scores of the whole group - 148/160 for the role (pass rate of 92/160, expected rate of 110/160.) - but not the best which is what they want. And they only want the best. I employed a trainer, I got my physical up to par, and beyond - 45 push ups in 45 seconds. 45 situps in 45 seconds. Bleep test at 25m to level 9.2, not 15m. Met all those requirements. Did the 8km run. Got knocked out by Capita in the end who charged HMAF £1510 for my medical test (requested on an FOI basis) even though I withdrew halfway through it. I know you're supposed to want it and sacrifice anything for it but they wanted to do a Lumbar Puncture and I made clear my objection to that - obviously since it's an incredibly painful invasive and risky test which has a moderate chance of permanent paralysis - and so they failed me. But I'm proud of where I got to in the end, and till then, and after, had the support of former pilots who are in the unofficial RAF hall of fame of hanging boots along the way so I'm happy with what I did. Looking at Commercial piloting now and the requirements are an absolute doddle. It's just a matter of money - have to find £130,000 to give as a deposit. Most people take a second mortgage, but I don't own a house, so I'm seeking other credit.
I don't know off the top of my head the requirements that you're comparing against, so please share them.
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Cousin's in Signals as an LC regular. He never heard of tests like what I had. What medical tests did you get fronted with as mandatory? I was fine with eyesight, fitness, even a blood test and everything and I'm scared shitless of needles, got through the blood tests, but when they demanded a Lumbar Puncture test, I called the end game, and they sent a massive bill to the RAF.
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5 year REME, regular.
Our medical tests were pretty much the same minus the lumbar puncture. We had an ECG test though and for my corps a colour blindness check.
Our fitness tests were:
Bleep test to level 10.2
50 sit-ups in 2 minutes
45 press-up in 2 minutes
1.5mile run in, depending on corps/reg, somewhere between 9 minutes and 14 minutes.
Jerry can carry. Carry 2x 20kg Jerry cans 150meter at a certain pace without stopping.
Deadlift. Lift varying weights from ground level to shoulder height until failure or completion. Pass mark set by corps/reg.
That was just to get the foot in the door.
From then on the 1.5mile run dropped to 10min30sec as the slowest possible time and you were given an annual combat fitness test consisting of an 8 mile (not km) fast march (mostly running) carrying 15-25KG (dependant on corp/reg) + weapon in less that 2 hours.
No idea what the standards are now but I would be willing to guess at lower.
@Druid799 was in before me so I wonder what his tests were like.. im guessing harder than mine.... Standards have been steadily dropping tbh.
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Our CFT was 4 miles 1 hour with 15kg, although it did go up to the 8 miles 2 hour towards the end.
Run was around 10:30/11 which was border line for me as was the situps. I always struggled with pressups, especially given the wierd way you had to do them.
I'd say only 25% of my squardon would pass back then. We were mostly a mix of uni grads and old timers in their 50's.
Selection was 3 seperate weekends, mostly doing drill. 2 week basic, then a 1 week gap training at a later date.
Run was around 10:30/11 which was border line for me as was the situps. I always struggled with pressups, especially given the wierd way you had to do them.
I'd say only 25% of my squardon would pass back then. We were mostly a mix of uni grads and old timers in their 50's.
Selection was 3 seperate weekends, mostly doing drill. 2 week basic, then a 1 week gap training at a later date.
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jcheeseright
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The lumbar puncture you were suggested to take will have been an investigation into something else discovered either in your medical history or during the initial aircrew medical, the medical standards for entry are high, but there’s literally nothing any individual can do about a failure.
as for scoring 9.2 on a25m bleep test, that’s just under 2.4km in 9mins 11 seconds, not exactly a blistering pace over such a short distance. If you think that’s even close to the level of fitness expected of candidates on SF selection you’re totally wrong.
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They didn’t give you any reason for the lumbar puncture at all ?
I’m an A&E nurse (and have been since I left the army) and I’ve NEVER heard of any reason for a routine LP !
Not saying I don’t believe you bud just my ‘professional radar’ is in overdrive !
I’m an A&E nurse (and have been since I left the army) and I’ve NEVER heard of any reason for a routine LP !
Not saying I don’t believe you bud just my ‘professional radar’ is in overdrive !
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Yup mine was back in the days of black&white TVs ! ??
You had an appointment to see a Dr or medic in the recruiting office for a very cursory medical , listen too your heart , blood pressure , pulse and the ubiquitous cup and cough test (and even as a medic my self I never did really found out why !?) only really went in too any depth if they picked up anything or you collapsed during selection !
it was just physical and stamina no speed tests , if I remember correctly (was a looooooong time ago) we started off with a few stretching exercises, then a 2mile run to ‘warm up’ then straight in to the gym (an aircraft hangar!) then sit up , star jumps , chin ups , burpees , bench jumps , weight lifting , rope climb and step ups , think that was it in the gym but non of it was “do X Amount in X time” they were all keep going till the PTi said stop or you couldn’t do any more . Then end of the day you’d do another run but it was a BFT ‘type’ , 3miles long in a set time first mile and a half as a squad then second half in your own time , with the Pti’s standing at the gate with a stop watch and clip board , when it hit the cut off time they dropped the barrier and if you weren’t camp side of the barrier ? you’d failed the WHOLE thing !
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