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Multiple guards were posted throughout the basement; all of them had laser rifles
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The United Order soldiers sprang into action, bringing up their laser rifles and aiming them at Silence
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He was too close, and they were scrambling all over each other, which helped make their laser rifles practically useless against Big Petey
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My mind was racing as to what we could do, where had I put the rifles
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She scanned the interior and ‘saw’ the short-wave radio set; the rifles on the wall; the crossbow; and a well stocked root cellar beneath the floor
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Practice sessions with rifles and handguns were really just a
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The two men wrestled a case of rifles
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around, with one of the rifles from the armoury already in his hands
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and aimed their rifles along the causeway
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armed with rifles also opened fire, adding to the noise and confusion,
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Rifles held ready
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Ten 22 target rifles and six air rifles
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Mainly double barreled shotguns but also a smattering of hunting rifles and 22 rimfire semi-auto rifles
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Shotguns and rifles
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Beside him there were another three rifles amongst the villagers
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They all carried assault rifles
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Their blue eyes constantly scanning their surrounds, rifles held ready
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’ He pointed at the rifles
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Twenty assault rifles would be of great help, would it not?’
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They were dressed in MTP camouflage and carried the SA80Mk3 assault rifles
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Instead of rifles they carried tools
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He suggests employing specialist butterfly death squads to go around armed with big nets and long range rifles
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As soon as some more make it here we will be pushing on to our next objective so if your rifles have got either sand or water down the barrels clean them now
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So having listened to the advise me and Elijah sat down then taking our cleaning kits out we started to give our rifles a good clean for after all our lives depended on them
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” Having just finished cleaning our rifles and making Charlie feel more at home we stood up just in time to receive the order to move onto our next objective
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The four troopers quickly fanned out into a covering formation and crouched close to the ground, each of them intently surveying the area around them while holding their rifles ready
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I needed nothing more and steadying my breathing I pulled the rifles butt close into my shoulder and sighted on him
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” I reckoned the Turks had about another three yards to go before they started their charge they hit two hundred yards and I could hear the yell starting in their throats to give them courage I watched as their rifles were fetched up and thrust forward in the classic on guard position
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“Right you fucking heroes before you start getting carried away with your tales of daring do get your rifles cleaned
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Then the image changes to Charlie appearing as we were cleaning our rifles after the landing and him playing hell because we hadn’t waited for him
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As soon as the bombardment finished the whistles went and we set off on our country ramble with our rifles and bayonets held at high port
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We started cleaning our rifles for the hundredth time and we had just finished tying rags round the breech to try to keep the dust out when the midday rations arrived
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“Stand to grab your rifles come on get the fucking lead out
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Standing in the trench later on waiting for the off we were dressed just in shirts trousers and boots and carrying only our rifles with spare clips of ammo in our pockets three of the patrol were carrying jam tin bombs and both Lieutenant Smith and Sergeant Wallace were carrying pistols
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He Eli and Johnny were carrying the bombs in our group while Nobby Clarke me and another lad had the rifles to provide them covering fire when they chucked their bombs
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” Me and Nobby Clarke are now covering them with our rifles in case the sentries get nosy as Elijah, Johnny and Eli crawl over
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“Right you little heroes get off for your well earned sleep but make sure you clean those rifles first and don’t you forget oh and by the way well done”, and he smiled at us as he dismissed our little band
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We could see their rifles hanging down from the rear of their saddles encased in holsters and their scabbard sabres hanging down the front near their knees waiting to be drawn when they charged
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We lurched along now weighed down with our equipment our rifles slung by our sides and our boots echoing off the pave
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Beside the sixty pound pack we carried our rifles and ammunition pouches, rolled up greatcoat, entrenching tool, waterproof groundsheet as well as countless other bits and pieces of equipment
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We awoke early the next morning and made our way back outside into the still dark morning air and then we walked down the road kitbags and rifles slung
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Marksmen like me carried rifles while some of the men had pistols and bombs and a few were carrying home made coshes with which to subdue the prisoners with
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But then all hell let loose as machine guns and rifles began firing and we began to give covering fire as the bomber s threw there bombs
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I was shocked and in that time as I my hand poised in midair Smith took off back to our trenches red, white and blue lights shot into the air and machine guns and rifles began to strafe the position where we lay
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It was fucking chaos as explosions went off near us and then the rifles and machine guns fired in our direction flares whooshed up lighting up the sky and ground below them
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He was caked in chalky dust this stuck like glue to you clothing and put a grimy film over your skin if you added the smoke and burnt powder from our rifles and bombs then you ended up with grimy chalky white looking soldier
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I told Sam to get ready as night was now setting in fast I told him we would leave everything to the wounded apart from a water bottle apiece a couple of packets of cigarettes and our rifles and ammunition as we needed to travel light and fast
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I lit another fag and then suddenly it came to me I stripped a rifle sling off one of the rifles I would fasten one end of this to Sam’s wrist and then lead him behind me like a child
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Though if I hadn’t had the hood on I would have seen Lt Harrington slash his swagger stick down as the rifles discharged their rounds on the way to the target
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They choose not to confiscate the unloaded rifles that returning troops carry
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In a sweaty, smelly semi-circle, some kneeling and some standing with their rifles slung around their backs, our squad offered up all of the details that we could to the Intel Officer about another attack in the city of Hit, Iraq
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Or the other version, which goes that the Generals forgot to inform the Prisons Service that the SAP had switched from FN rifles to the R1 (SLR), which was longer because it used a better flash suppressor and now could not fit into the boxes
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Soon after our arrival we were issued with R1 (SLR) rifles for drill purposes only, which we kept in the above boxes when not used
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The rifles fitted nicely into our boxes which defied the rumour
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Unlike the Army and SAP COIN, we did not need to carry the rifles with us all the time which was a blessing
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In fact, no rifles ever had slings during training but they did when operational
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Accordingly the SAP issued us with slings to be used only on the border, and we duly slung the rifles over our shoulders while on patrol
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Our rifle drill never included bayonet drill, which is a pity for it is a wonderful sight to watch a thousand men on parade receiving the order to install their bayonets onto their rifles
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That, I can tell you, took some appropriating, for the Army had discarded their R1 (SLR) rifles and bayonets five years previously for what they called the R4, and what the rest of the world calls the Galil Assault Rifle
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There was a rumour that the Police issued assault rifles could only fire single shots but that is nonsense
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The Negro pacificos, many of whom were armed with rifles shipped down at the time but were absolutely without discipline, had no such scruples, and pilfered at every opportunity
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Besides, it is our duty to return fire if being shot at by anyone, including your terrorist clients who were committing a crime in our presence…like attempting to murder members of the police (us), and having unlicensed assault rifles with ammunition and partaking in terrorist activities
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A cadet asked with all seriousness where the gas (powder fumes not fuel) had to be topped off on our rifles ensuring that the next round fed correctly after every shot
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Later on we got dedicated white flash lights for our Uzi's which we adapted to our assault rifles
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There was a murmur of hoarse commands, bugle-calls rang out, while the roar of artillery, incessant crash of rifles and bursting shells, drowned the imprecations of the soldiers and the agonised cries of the wounded
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Some pleaded to be killed rather than left to the enemy; several, with blood spurting from their wounds, started to run through the mud; others called for rifles, swearing that they would die like men, not like dogs
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” Our cavalry carried sabres; the Spaniards presented arms, and then marched in column, depositing their rifles in a heap
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We suspected we were chasing terrorists for they were armed with AK47 assault rifles according to the witnesses at the robbed shop
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In later years, after my time, a rumour started that assault rifles can be hired with an instructor to provide training
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Certainly it is not uncommon these days to encounter AK47 (and forces issued assault rifles) with criminals
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There were shooting ranges for rifles & pistols as well as mortars and air-strikes
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The rifles had a blank firing device fitted at the end of the barrel and that needed to be taken off when firing live ammunition or a huge fatherly talk followed
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As a result we fired a few dozen rounds back with our R1 (SLR) rifles before he wisely apologized for his unsporting liberal communist behaviour
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303 Lee Enfield rifles and their
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two of the ten men would be armed with R1 (SLR) rifles
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All had R1 (SLR) rifles, and only live ammunition designed to kill
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It was thus from the rioters point of view better to attack the SAP who may shoot them with teargas and bird shot but not with assault rifles
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The shots in the background were R4 rifles which sounds completely different than shotguns
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They still had to learn a hunting rifle is rather useless against armour and assault rifles
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Looking back that was a mistake for the black regiment (Rhodesian African Rifles) were violently anti-communist and fought well under their white officers
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Certainly the black Rhodesian African Rifles were paratroopers and did many combat jumps as fireforces but you know the feelings in those days on arming black Africans
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They had rifles slung over their shoulders
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He stationed them behind the reception counter, rifles leveled in a businesslike manner and pointing out at the front door
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The men on our real aerodrome were permitted to shoot their rifles, within reason
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Half-trained Boer infantry in dug-in positions, armed with rifles and machine guns stood off the weight of the British Empire, and why?
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To present one’s tail to the enemy, and make the turnaround further back, behind enemy lines, where there would be fewer rifles fired at you
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As Colling was taking in his surroundings, the other soldiers were dismounting and filing quietly around both sides of the building, rifles at the ready
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Before the two boys had covered half the distance to the farmhouse, they had a soldier apiece behind them, prodding them on with their rifles
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The men of the vaunted Thorax regiment were still trying to put on their monstrously over-sized armor; they were huge burly men encased in thick sheets of plate metal, almost impervious to arms, even against steam rifles
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The officer was immediately followed by two sailors armed with rifles
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At mid-morning on the Fourth, the column of men in their best uniforms and the shiny new helmet liners, rifles on their shoulders, were marched out of the main gate of the kaserne and down the street to the square
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There is a deafening noise of at least 2 rifles being fired
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When Ethan and Nicole jumped off the boat, he immediately asked them, making sure with a wave of his hand that a couple of rifles were already aiming at them:
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They didn’t carry rifles, but he noticed they all had a machete sheathed across their backs
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The big game heroes’ hunting rifles lay spread among beer glasses, bottles everywhere
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The Mexicans were countered by the Mississippi Rifles, who were later reinforced by the Indiana Hoosiers under the command of
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towards him from the adjacent street, their rifles raised at his
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trained their rifles on Cloud’s chest as they advanced down the
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Not taking his eyes from the rifles, he
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infantrymen invaded the hall, their rifles trained on him, forcing