Richard, your interpritation of RoE would wind up getting you tried for murder! As it would any member of HM Forces who decided to open up, just because someone on the other side is holding an AK47 or other weapon, unless your life, or other person who it is your duty to defend, is in immediate danger you may not open fire!

Try walking the streets of Basra for a day or two with a fully loaded weapon, kids and adults throwing bricks at you, protests going on, and the sound of gunfire in the distance, the little white pice of card with your RoE on it is what catagorcily states what you can and cannot do. Thankfully I never had to return fire while I was there, I did have to cock my weapon a couple of times and it is not a plesant thing to do, and the last thing in the world I would ever want to do is pull that trigger!

When you know what you talking about, speak, until then, wind your bloody neck in!


Chris