Re: [GZG] Troop potential

Isn't it possible in some countries to get hold of military grade 
vehicles including MBTs.  I don't know what the heaviest weapon a 
civilian is allowed to have but a bunch of ex-army techs with a mind to 
cause trouble might be able to do so,

Who remembers that new footage of the National guardsmans who stole an 
MBT and joyrid it down th e motorway.

In themsleves they may not be much of a threat but if they're hired but 
organised crime......

KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
>   
>> From: John Tailby <john_tailby@xtra.co.nz>
>>
>>  > ----- Original Message ----
>>     
>>> From: Robert Mayberry robert.mayberry@gmail.com [1]
>>>	  
>>  > I wonder whether the use of peacetime conscription changes a
>>     
>>> country's culture appreciably? I'm inclined to say it should, but I
>>>	  
> haven't
>   
>>> seen anything on it.
>>>	  
>> Yes, the unemployed gang members now have military tactics training,
>> more experience with weapons and possibly more reason to hate
society.
>> Now they have the skills to do something about it. Definately a
>> culture change for the better.   
>>     
>
> This is only an issue where 'unemployed gang members' are a problem in
> the first place and where they have easy access to military type
> weapons.
>
> I don't think military-trained criminal gangs have ever been a serious
> problem in the European countries that have a draft, nor in the US at
> the time when they had conscription.	
>
> A highly unusual exception happened a few years ago when Hell's Angels
> in Sweden (or was it Denmark ?) fought their turf wars with Bazookas
>
> Plus, in modern forces, most recruits don't learn that much about
> tactics that are useful in gang warfare. Maintaining a tank engine in
a
> ghetto war ?
>
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz
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