The Cellar - View Single Post - Brits, you need to treat your injured soldiers better

sproglet · 10-05-2006, 05:18 PM

The British forces have not adapted well since the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Soviet threat. The UK armed forces have been designed to fight an all out war against Russia in Northern Europe and they have not adapted well to desert warfare. A swathe of redundancies and cost cutting exercises in the mid 90's left us with virtually no medical resources and made us pretty much dependent on US military field hospitals should a major conflict occur. In fact, the majority of medical personnel are now made up from TA units (part time reservists) serving in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan. The last remaining military Hospital (Haslar) is due to close in the near future.

Basically, if it wasn't for the plucky spirit and stiff upper lips of your average Limey squaddie, they'd be fucked.

EDIT: Oh and the small fact that if we hadn't got drawn into a ridiculously shitty war this never would have been an issue.

10-05-2006, 05:18 PM	#3
sproglet small in a big way. Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: The British Empire Posts: 94	The British forces have not adapted well since the fall of the Berlin wall and the end of the Soviet threat. The UK armed forces have been designed to fight an all out war against Russia in Northern Europe and they have not adapted well to desert warfare. A swathe of redundancies and cost cutting exercises in the mid 90's left us with virtually no medical resources and made us pretty much dependent on US military field hospitals should a major conflict occur. In fact, the majority of medical personnel are now made up from TA units (part time reservists) serving in Iraq, Bosnia and Afghanistan. The last remaining military Hospital (Haslar) is due to close in the near future. Basically, if it wasn't for the plucky spirit and stiff upper lips of your average Limey squaddie, they'd be fucked. EDIT: Oh and the small fact that if we hadn't got drawn into a ridiculously shitty war this never would have been an issue. Last edited by sproglet; 10-05-2006 at 05:27 PM.