DarkLight 0 Posted April 16, 2002 I just went to France (Lille) with my school, we were having fun, just acting like complete idiots like we always do when suddenly we saw 3 fully armed soldiers, with their special clothes (dunno what it's called) and all that shit. They were carrying a really impressive weapon, i think it looks a bit like that new weapon in OFP (i think it's something with a G, G36 or something like that ). We walked past them trying to act as normal as possible (normal? what's that?), and just went on. At first we thought they were just doing an exercise or something and that they were just resting a bit. But after a couple hours we walked inside one of those shopping things and saw about 15 of those soldiers walking through it. 5 minutes later we saw a jeep of the army driving by. 15 minutes later we saw about 5 men fully armed running around the streets. And there also were a lot of cops. This just kept going on and on. So what is this? Are those guys crazy or something, the whole damn town was full of them, can someone try to explain what they were doing there? OK, it's normal that you see some soldiers in town once in a while but this looked like an invasion!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LordZach 0 Posted April 16, 2002 maybe you said something bad about their coffee HKG36 Standard Service Rifle that the gun? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted April 16, 2002 no, I guess it was the Famas You talked about a german standard rifle (G36) (i know that I constantly talk about stupid Germany but in this case I had no choice) the german suckers below carry one! (strange ones though) I can tell you why. It is probably due to the recent attacks on Synagoges all around France and the killing of german tourists by terrorists in Djerba. They took a truck with which you transport gazoline and supposingly drove into it (but that is not sure yet). Many tourists got killed in the fire! Maybe they were protecting a synagoge or something and were just a little bit more alert? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 16, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DarkLight @ April 16 2002,19:50)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">So what is this? Are those guys crazy or something, the whole damn town was full of them, can someone try to explain what they were doing there? OK, it's normal that you see some soldiers in town once in a while but this looked like an invasion!!! <span id='postcolor'> German occupation again? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IceFire 0 Posted April 16, 2002 Hmm, it would help if you told us which city it was. Especially since I might be stopping off at France, Germany this summer. Or any other country that I may choose. That is the good thing about having parents that work for the Dept of State. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IceFire 0 Posted April 16, 2002 Oh wait, now I get it. You said Lille. Were they actually on duty or were they actually in action? Like responding to something? Were they French or German soldiers? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted April 16, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (IceFire @ April 16 2002,21:39)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hmm, it would help if you told us which city it was.<span id='postcolor'> He said "I just went to France (Lille)". He wasn't describing the size of the country. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
John C Flett 0 Posted April 16, 2002 Don't know about Lille but when I was in Paris soldiers with assault weapons were very obvious at places like stations. After Sept. 11th the French government imposed a state of emergency. This is a country which has seen terrorist acts in major cities within relatively recent history so they took the issues of civil security VERY seriously. Could also just have been an exercise. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wreck-It 0 Posted April 16, 2002 I'll bet that most of them would prefer the government to take another threat more seriously: dog poop! Paris is the world capital of it! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted April 16, 2002 Oh, they already had a few blasts ins Paris. You know what they did? Well even if you do know, Im gonna tell ya! Well they took all dustbins away from the streets or sealed them. => a dirty city gets even more dirty!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
R. Gerschwarzenge 0 Posted April 17, 2002 I had a roommate from Lille. Maybe I should ask if he knows something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 17, 2002 I'll still put my money on a German occupation Well.. he said they had G36's And form now on Lille will be known as 'Lili Marlene' Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted April 17, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ April 16 2002,20:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><span id='postcolor'> what the hell is that thing on top? a bull-horn? is it to yell at ppl and enemies? 'YOU ARE GETTING TOO CLOSE! MOVE AWAY OR I'LL SHOOT!" Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted April 17, 2002 or a voyeur cam? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 17, 2002 I think that the Japanese are arming themselves in secret: No, no, it's not a gun.. It's a Sony camera... we promise ... or it could be a camera aimed at the Texas market Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ralphwiggum 6 Posted April 17, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (denoir @ April 17 2002,09:12)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">... or it could be a camera aimed at the Texas market <span id='postcolor'> more likely Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadico 1 Posted April 17, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">I'll bet that most of them would prefer the government to take another threat more seriously: dog poop! Paris is the world capital of it! <span id='postcolor'> Naaah, the world capital of dog poop is Madrid, in Spain. There are more dogs than kids. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sadico 1 Posted April 17, 2002 It could be a night sight like this one. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted April 17, 2002 the france has an emergency plan : the vigipirate plan after the bombings in paris in 1995 (the bombs were placed in some dustbins in two metro stations) , the government created a special protection plan ...... the army and the police forces participate to this plan this plan consist in the protection of the most sensible places that could be targetted by terrorrist attacks (including schools , airports , museums , monuments etc .......) the vigipirate plan give more liberty to the policemen during their controls , they are authorized to inspect completely a car . the FAMAS assault rifle is used by the french army , but also by the french police forces when needed (like a renforced vigipirate plan) my CRS company was a part of the vigipirate plan right after the sept11 attacks our role was to patrol around the "hot spots" of poitiers and chatellerault (prefecture and sous-prefecture) we were authorized to control the identity of every person we met the vigipirate dispositive is in normal time only the stuff of the police , but sometimes it is renforced by military units and CRS units Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted April 17, 2002 Damm ran, time to change your avatar. Since 1400 posts you havent changed yours! It is getting kind of boring!°  BTW: Yesterday I was playing online and in fact after hours of research of hundreds of the most renowned scientists we succeeded in developing a new generation of suicide-bombers. The advantage is, that only the person at the bottom touches Israeli ground an therefore can be checked at checkpoints, the persons on top basically pass 'duty free'! And with the power of 6 people and their bomb-belts you can cover the area of a multi-floor mega-store! (we intended to put more but someone threw a grenade and our tower was blown into pieces! ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLight 0 Posted April 18, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ April 16 2002,20:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">no, I guess it was the Famas <span id='postcolor'> Yeah it looked a bit like that one... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theavonlady 2 Posted April 18, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (RalphWiggum @ April 17 2002,09:55)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Albert Schweizer @ April 16 2002,20:14)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"><span id='postcolor'> what the hell is that thing on top?<span id='postcolor'> That's a meat grinder attachment, just like the one on my Kenwood. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FallenPaladin 0 Posted April 18, 2002 Guess a holovision visor for aiming Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
