UK Soldier Gets Military Cross for Bayonet Charging a Taliban Fighter
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[quote=BBC News]A British army officer who, after running out of ammunition, used his bayonet to charge a Taliban fighter has been awarded the Military Cross.
Lt James Adamson, who is 24 and serves with the Royal Regiment of Scotland, was given the medal for his "supreme physical courage".
His actions while on tour in Afghanistan saved the lives of soldiers in his platoon.
He said he ran out of ammunition after killing one man, so charged the second.
Lt Adamson, who is from the Isle of Man, and part of the 5th Battalion, Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, said: "To be honest it was pretty terrifying.
"I think more so after the event - as it was going on there was fractions of a second between the first guy and the second guy.
Military Cross
The Military Cross is awarded in recognition of exemplary gallantry
"By the time I realised the danger was there, it was already gone.
"It was the kind of the two or three minutes after that, where myself and Corporal Hamilton were still on our own - just waiting for the reserve section to echelon through and pick us up - that we were pretty convinced that if there were two there, there could have been more.
"So we were there waiting for the rest to turn up and I think that was probably the longest two minutes of my life."
The citation for Lt Adamson's award - as detailed on the MoD website - reads: "Adamson' supreme physical courage, combined with the calm leadership he continued to display after a very close encounter with the Taliban, were of the very highest order.
"His actions also neutralised an enemy flanking attack which could have resulted in casualties for his platoon."[/quote]
This guy has balls, he completely deserved that medal.
Source: [url]http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8252974.stm[/url]
I guess his senses were kept [I]sharp[/I]
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The British are still using bayonets?
pft.
[QUOTE=RichardNixon;17280607]The British are still using bayonets?
pft.[/QUOTE]
If it works, why replace it?
Why reinvent the wheel?
[QUOTE=RichardNixon;17280607]The British are still using bayonets?
pft.[/QUOTE]
If it means that something this badass happens, then let them keep those fucking bayonets!
That guy got some serious balls. If anyone deserves a medal, it's him!
Haha.
fucking awesome
owned
[QUOTE=RichardNixon;17280607]The British are still using bayonets?
pft.[/QUOTE]
If you run out of ammunition, which do you think is more deadly? A sharp bayonet or a blunt gun barrel?
buut tahts no hard i do it on cod alll teh tiem
Good to see the bayonets being used. This guy has some serious balls.
[QUOTE=Negrul2;17280662]buut tahts no hard i do it on cod alll teh tiem[/QUOTE]
No one even suggested that. You're not funny.
Anyway, quite a remarkable story.
[QUOTE=RichardNixon;17280607]The British are still using bayonets?
pft.[/QUOTE]
What did this man use to save his life?
Yea.
I wonder what that taliban guy was thinking when he saw Adamson charging him...
where da sidearm pistol yo
I'd imagine stabbing someone to death is gonna give you nightmares
We're British, we don't need them, we're just toooo good.
[QUOTE=DainBramageStudios;17280661]If you run out of ammunition, which do you think is more deadly? A sharp bayonet or a blunt gun barrel?[/QUOTE]
A rusty bayonet is so much better.
It's good to know that the military are training soldiers to instinctively do the right things to save their life in the right situation.
Could you put a source up there?
[QUOTE=RichardNixon;17280607]The British are still using bayonets?
pft.[/QUOTE]
When you realise you're out of rounds it's faster to just stab them with end of the gun than it is to draw a knife from a sheath.
You get medals for nothing theses days. Back in WW1 or WW2 theses things were common.
[QUOTE=Ickylevel;17280801]You get medals for nothing theses days. Back in WW1 or WW2 theses things were common.[/QUOTE]
That's because there was a war going on.
[QUOTE=sharaabi;17280734]A rusty bayonet is so much better.[/QUOTE]
The Marines came to our school. Your not allowed to use rusty knives or anything on the enemy. It's against the conduct of war or something.
But i bet they still do.
[QUOTE=Ickylevel;17280801]You get medals for nothing theses days. Back in WW1 or WW2 theses things were common.[/QUOTE]
Because the guerrilla wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are on much smaller scales than in WW1 and 2.
Melee kills are hard to pull off in a gun-fight, even in video games. He's got SKILLS for that maneuver in reality.
[QUOTE=efeX;17280712]where da sidearm pistol yo[/QUOTE]
Contrary to what you see in video games, infantry aren't issued sidearms usually.
The reason being is that Your rifle gets the job done a thousand times better, and that a pistol is just extra weight and space that could've been utilized for another magazine or greande. If they ever came across a situation where a pistol was actually "needed" (confined space like a crawlspace or tunnel for example) officers and occasionally NCOs are issued a pistol.
[QUOTE=Ickylevel;17280801]You get medals for nothing theses days. Back in WW1 or WW2 theses things were common.[/QUOTE]
I think it's 90% of people that got the Australian Victoria Cross died in battle.
By reading this I learnt 2 things:
1.That soldiers [B]DO[/B] kill people,
2.And that that guy is a badass
:scotland:
[QUOTE=professional;17280906]Contrary to what you see in video games, infantry aren't issued sidearms usually.
The reason being is that Your rifle gets the job done a thousand times better, and that a pistol is just extra weight and space that could've been utilized for another magazine or greande. If they ever came across a situation where a pistol was actually "needed" (confined space like a crawlspace or tunnel for example) officers and occasionally NCOs are issued a pistol.[/QUOTE]
I was gonna pretty much say this but there's no point in repeating what's already been said.
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