British army deploy flares during night training in stunning video
- 5 years ago
The Royal Logistics Corp are shown how to use trip flares in the Jordanian desert near the base where exercise Shamal Storm is taking place. The British Army is currently staging its biggest overseas military training exercise in more than 15 years. Around 1,600 troops are taking part in ‘Exercise Shamal Storm’ in Jordan, which is testing their capability to deploy up to 30,000 personnel if needed.
The flares are small plastic tubes with a pullstring that, when pulled, shoots a rocket propelled flare approx. 800m into the air, which then burns with a bright orange-red colour for 50 seconds whilst dropping to the ground with a small parachute. It allows infantry units to light an area up in a battle about 1km squared so as to expose the enemy they are engaging. Although technically called Illumination Flares, military personnel refer to them as Shamoolies.
The flares are small plastic tubes with a pullstring that, when pulled, shoots a rocket propelled flare approx. 800m into the air, which then burns with a bright orange-red colour for 50 seconds whilst dropping to the ground with a small parachute. It allows infantry units to light an area up in a battle about 1km squared so as to expose the enemy they are engaging. Although technically called Illumination Flares, military personnel refer to them as Shamoolies.