German police 'engage in gun battle with soldiers

[daftandbarmy]

A good reminder to do your due diligence when exercise planning...

German police 'engage in gun battle with soldiers - with one troop shot in the face - after blunder led them to mistake troops for heavily-armed criminals'​

A dramatic gun battle broke out between the German police and the armed forces after a blunder led them to mistake troops for heavily armed criminals.

Cops fired some 30 shots at the military - mistaking them for a threat - resulting in one soldier being struck in the face and airlifted to hospital.

Officials are now urgently investigating what caused the catastrophic 'miscommunication failure' that resulted in police officers firing live ammunition at soldiers.

The incident occurred last Wednesday in the town of Erding, northeast of Munich, when cops received a report of a 'man with a long gun', according to Bavarian police.


German police 'engage in gun battle with soldiers

 

[brihard]

Were the troops shooting back? If not, it wasn’t a “gun battle”.

 

[daftandbarmy]

Were the troops shooting back? If not, it wasn’t a “gun battle”.

 

[Jarnhamar]

30 rounds and 1 hit. Ouch.

 

[dapaterson]

30 rounds and 1 hit. Ouch.

I assume the distance was greater than when one is defending the CAF against raccoons.

 

[Haggis]

Were the troops shooting back? If not, it wasn’t a “gun battle”.

From the article: "When police arrived at the scene, the soldiers participating in the 'Marshal Power' exercise believed they were posing as 'hostiles' in the drill and fired practice ammunition at them.

Cops responded with live ammunition, which resulted in one soldier being shot in the face."

So, yeah, it was a "gun battle", but a very one-sided one.

 

[daftandbarmy]

From the article: "When police arrived at the scene, the soldiers participating in the 'Marshal Power' exercise believed they were posing as 'hostiles' in the drill and fired practice ammunition at them.

Cops responded with live ammunition, which resulted in one soldier being shot in the face."

So, yeah, it was a "gun battle", but a very one-sided one.

That was a good movie

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

From the article: "When police arrived at the scene, the soldiers participating in the 'Marshal Power' exercise believed they were posing as 'hostiles' in the drill and fired practice ammunition at them.

Cops responded with live ammunition, which resulted in one soldier being shot in the face."

So, yeah, it was a "gun battle", but a very one-sided one.

Jesus #$#%ing Christ!

 

[brihard]

From the article: "When police arrived at the scene, the soldiers participating in the 'Marshal Power' exercise believed they were posing as 'hostiles' in the drill and fired practice ammunition at them.

Cops responded with live ammunition, which resulted in one soldier being shot in the face."

So, yeah, it was a "gun battle", but a very one-sided one.

OOF. I missed that. Man what a cascade of failures.

 

[Humphrey Bogart]

Inverse Tropic Thunder...

So basically the troops had blanks and thought it was a big larp....this is ridiculous.

 

[Genetk44]

Fix bayonets!!!!

 

[Colin Parkinson]

OOF. I missed that. Man what a cascade of failures.

Several careers just ended.

 

[Jarnhamar]

"Why are their blanks so loud?!"