Weaponology

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:43

Anyone else watch this and a big fan?

I have seen just about all the episodes now, SKY+ ***.

Was watching about the SAS at the weekend (its doing all the special forces) and their "kill house" where they practice all the time using live ammo.

They spoke about Charles and Diana standing in there and a couple of SAS poping up shooting the bad guy target and moving on.

Then they mentioned Maggie who apparently walked in put her handbag on the table then sat down at a table and told her 2 aides to do the same.
Sooner or later SAS guys pop in, shoot baddie targets and then move out. Appareantly Maggie just sat there through the whole thing then turned to one aide who was cowering on the floor and said "get up [name] your embarrasing me"

Former SAS guys said "she certainly lived up to the name iron lady"

Love the programme but so far thats been the best quote for me

Edrof · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:45

Sounds good, I'll go see if any of the episodes are on youtube. I <3 guns!

Von Smallhausen · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:45

Aye, she semed be be a bit of an SAS fan did Maggie.

Sending them into a prison to help quell a disturbance was a first as well. Strangeways was it ?

Mercenary Keyboard Warrior · 20 Oct 2010 at 16:47

Yeah they also talk about how after the embassy siege in London she went and had a cannie with them. Forget what she said to them as she walked into the room, but the fact they can recall it now I guess it really touched them guys.

I guess they made us look very very good on the world stage hence her liking them

Bennie-Mac · 20 Oct 2010 at 17:29

I watch it all the time, just love all that stuff. Its where i first fell in love with the AA12 Automatic Shotgun

agnes · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:10

Oooo, this is my evening sorted out

ags

snowball1 · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:12

Von Smallhausen said:
Aye, she semed be be a bit of an SAS fan did Maggie.

Sending them into a prison to help quell a disturbance was a first as well. Strangeways was it ?

Think it was Peterhead near Aberdeen.

Infam0us · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:28

snowball1 said:
Think it was Peterhead near Aberdeen.

http://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/sas-operations/peterhead/

JBuk · 20 Oct 2010 at 18:39

Infam0us said:
http://www.eliteukforces.info/special-air-service/sas-operations/peterhead/

Good read

Their primary weapons were wooden batons

must take some balls to rush into a prison full of rioting prisoners

Infam0us · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:22

JBuk said:
Good read

must take some balls to rush into a prison full of rioting prisoners

No moreso than any other SAS Mission I would argue

alistair55 · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:51

I've watched odds and sods and I think its alright

JBuk · 20 Oct 2010 at 20:52

No moreso than any other SAS Mission I would argue

Obviously

Von Smallhausen · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:15

Good link that, I thought it was Strangeways.

Ali195 · 21 Oct 2010 at 14:21

"The prison authorities came in, reclaimed the building and took charge of the inmates, whilst the SAS quickly melted into the shadows"

lol, epic.