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Skills at arms

The Seven Deadly Sins These are the safety points you should remember when handling any weapon system 1. A WEAPON MUST NEVER BE POINTED AT ANYONE IN FUN.

2. A WEAPON MUST ALWAYS BE HANDLED SO THAT IT POINTS IN SUCH

A DIRECTION THAT THERE IS NO DANGER IF A ROUND IS ACCIDENTALLY FIRED.

3. WHENEVER A WEAPON IS PICKED UP WHICH HAS NOT BEEN UNDER AN INDIVIDUAL’S

DIRECT SUPERVISION IT MUST BE EXAMINED TO MAKE SURE IT IS NOT LOADED.

4. WHENEVER A WEAPON IS HANDED TO SOMEONE ELSE HE MUST FIRST BE SHOWN THAT IT IS

UNLOADED. WHEN ANYONE ELSE HANDS A WEAPON TO HIM HE MUST INSIST THAT THE SAME

ACTION IS TAKEN.

5. THE MUZZLE OF A WEAPON MUST NEVER BE RESTED AGAINST ANY PART OF THE BODY.

6. A WEAPON MUST BE IN THE UNLOADED STATE PRIOR TO TRAVELLING IN A VEHICLE OR DURING

NON-TACTICAL MOVES ON FOOT.

7. A CADET MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FIRE A WEAPON UNLESS HE HAS BEEN

INSTRUCTED AND PRACTISED IN ITS USE UNDER SUPERVISION.

Cleaning a rifle You need to know the names and uses for the cleaning kit and how to

clean your rifle. The following part covers the cleaning kit.

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Flanellette this is used on the pull through to remove dirt from the barrel/and body

of the rifle, and to oil the barrel/rifle.

It must be 45mm Wide by 45mm high. (one blue line to the next wide is 45mm)

Map and Compass

You need to know how to

1. Orientate a map

2. Take a six figure grid reference

3. Identify conventional signs.

4. Measure distance on a map

How to take a six figure grid reference!!!!!

OS maps are divided into numbered squares. These squares can be used to give a place a four or six-

figure grid reference. It is important that you know both four-figure and six-figure grid references.

Eastings

Easting are lines that run up and down the map. They increase in number the further you move east

(or right). You can use them to measure how far to travel east.

Northings

Northings are lines that run across the map horizontally. They increase in number the further you

move north (or up the map). You can use them to measure how far to travel north.

Remember:

numbers along the bottom of the map come first and the numbers up the side of the map come

second

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the four-figure reference 2083 refers to the square where the Eastings line 20 meets the Northing

line 83

the six-figure reference 207834 will give you the exact point in the square 2083 - 7/10s of the way

across and 4/10s of the way up

The six-figure reference on the map below shows the church in Bamford.

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Measuring distance

To measure the distance along a road or a river which is not straight, lay a piece of paper along the first section and mark it with a dash at the start and end of that section. Then pivot the paper about the second dash until it lies along the second section and repeat the process, and so on, until the last point is marked. The total distance along the road is then recorded as a straight line on the piece of paper and can be read off against the scale

Eastings

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First Aid You need to know

1. CPR 2. Dealing with bleeding 3. Immobilising breaks and fractures

Regimental History You need to know the famous battles and the dates they happened on. Glorious First of June 1794 2 Mercian honours the 29th Foot (Worcestershire) Regiment's action while serving at sea as marines on 1 June 1794.

Badajoz, 6 April 1812 2 Mercian honours the capture of the citadel at Badajoz by the 45th Foot (later became the 1st Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters). Note: The 38th Foot (later became the 1st Battalion, the South Staffordshire Regiment) also fought bravely at the battle, but 3 Mercian do not celebrate it as a regimental day.

Alma, 20 September 1854 2 Mercian honours the action at the Alma in the Crimea by the 95th Foot (Derbyshire Regiment) (later became the 2nd Battalion, the Sherwood Foresters). When both colour ensigns were struck down, the Regimental Colour was seized by Private Keenan and carried to and planted on the Great Redoubt. On Alma Day (20 September) each year, the colour is given over to a private soldier to troop through the battalion's ranks.

Gheluvelt, 31 October 1914 2 Mercian honours the counter attack near Ypres by the 2nd Battalion, The Worcestershire Regiment that restored the British line and blocked the German advance to the channel ports. Field Marshal Sir John French later wrote that ‘the Worcesters have saved the Empire'.

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