9th-12th-Lancers - Year 1986 - Page 0014
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| Regiment | 9th/12th Lancers |
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| Year | 1986 |
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THE 9TH/l2TH ROYAL LANCERS REGIMENTAL JOURNAL Boeaelager 1986 This year the Regiment again particv ipated in the Nato Reconnaissance Competition - Beoselager. This comp- etition involves 22 teams from 9 differ- ent nationalities and aims to test the recce skills of an eight man team over 5 days of gmelling tests. The stations in— volved were: 1. Light Reece: Patrol in vehicles for 30 kms 2. Night Orienteering March lasting 8 hours 3. Enemy identification 4. Obstacle Course with hand grenade throwing 5. Small Arms live firing 6. Swimming a lake and river under combat conditions 7. Skilled cross country driving 8. Reecee by helicopter The team this year consisted of: Patrol Sgt Williams (Patrol Leader) Cpl Pearce (Deputy) Cpl Watson Cpl Bailey Cpl Harrison Cpl Kerr LCpl Radboume LCpl Henderson Tpr Randell Administration Maj Short (Team Captain) Lt Cooke (Deputy Leader) Sgt Shipley (Admin Sgt) LCpl Hammond Tpr Henderson Tpr Winter Tpr Petty LCpl Halvey (LAD) Cfn Gibbons (LAD) The training for the team began in January and involved the full time commitment of all the team. Again this year we had help from the Braunsweig Hussara (Panzer Aufltlarungs batallion l) and other units who helped build a replica obstacle course, as well as pro- viding slides and uniforms for the enemy identification stand. Sergeant Williams and Cpl Watson The competition this year began with the driving course which Cpl Pearce and Cpl Harrison undertook with great skill and ended with out team second over— all. The next test was the night orient- eering which was over a 20km course conducted in pouring rain. The team performed brilliantly and, despite atro- cious conditions, completed the course in third place. This achievement is put into perspective when it is known that only five out of the 22 teams even man- aged to complete the course After the exertion of this all-night test. the team had to recover quickly in order to compete in the swimming event. Again the weather was bad, with a strong wind blowing up waves on the lake and making the 150m swim part- icularly testing. Showing great tenacity the team performed well and were plawd in the middle of the field. The third day of the competition in- volved three events - enemy identificat— ion, obstacle course and shooting. At the first station the test was to recognise vehicles. uniforms and weapons from all the Warsaw Pact countries (includ- ing for example Poland and Bulgaria). Our result here was a creditable fifth place. Next the obstacle course which required supreme physical stamina. skill and strength. In front of the visit- ing Corps Commander. the team pro- duced an excellent performance clock- ing the fastest time over the 3Vzkm course. ineun-ing only one penalty for missing a grenade target and ending up third overall. The third event was a very testing small arms live firing station. It involved shooting at snap targets (6- !! secs) under comhat conditions. We were worried about this event as we are using the SMG (40 years old) while the |
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