Who do you thinks tougher...

paky

the Royal Marines or the French Foreign Legion?

concussion

Who do you think is tougher?

p1akuw47h5r3it

Does it really matter??

helimachoptor

Marine Force Recon with a pinch of Delta Force with a side order of Green Beret all washed down with a fine 75 vintage Ranger.

Locust

I thinks the Royal Marines would be tougher - since throughout thier training they are more exposed to and expected to operate at sea and in cold climates etc... Not that Legionnaires aren't, its just that Marines seem more 'hardy' or something.
Those Royal Marines who have that Arctic mountaineering survival course thingy done are freaking hardcore - never mind the elite sbs section of the marines... gosh i hear they eat legionnaires for breakfast!

piby

Locust wrote: »

gosh i hear they eat legionnaires for breakfast!

I hear the Legionnaires don't eat brekfast!

On a serious note I don't think that one's tougher than the other but I'd much prefer to be in the Royal Marines than the Legion.

I had a cab driver bring me home a few months ago who'd been in straight out of school in the 90's. He was an explosives expert and he's been all over Africa Somalia, Gabon, finally ended up as a jungle warfare instructor in French Guyana.

Fratton Fred

Locust wrote: »

I thinks the Royal Marines would be tougher - since throughout thier training they are more exposed to and expected to operate at sea and in cold climates etc... Not that Legionnaires aren't, its just that Marines seem more 'hardy' or something.
Those Royal Marines who have that Arctic mountaineering survival course thingy done are freaking hardcore - never mind the elite sbs section of the marines... gosh i hear they eat legionnaires for breakfast!

is it called the Artic Leaders course or something now? The mountain and Arctic Warfare cadre no longer exists i believe but they still train a certain number of volunteers to the same level.

I don't know how it compares to anything the FFL do, but if they are tougher than the guys that do that, they are ****ing tough.

Manic Moran

I'd wager it depends on if you speak either English or French.

NTM

Lab_Mouse

Manic Moran wrote: »

I'd wager it depends on if you speak either English or French.

NTM

or if you prefer the french or english:D

Poccington

Fratton Fred wrote: »

is it called the Artic Leaders course or something now? The mountain and Arctic Warfare cadre no longer exists i believe but they still train a certain number of volunteers to the same level.

I don't know how it compares to anything the FFL do, but if they are tougher than the guys that do that, they are ****ing tough.

Isn't the Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre just known as the Mountain Leader Training Cadre now? Or something like that?

Anyway, nevermind all this Royal Marines and Legion carry on... God conquers all!

:eek:

iceage

Poccington wrote: »

Anyway, nevermind all this Royal Marines and Legion carry on... God conquers all!:eek:

Of course he does because God is a Para.

Army Catering Corp. Toughest men on the planet ask anyone, legends in the their own hotboxes.

Manic Moran

I'll have you know that life isn't easy in the Women's Auxilliary Balloon Corps.

NTM

Ping Chow Chi

I don't think it would be wise to pick a fight with either of them to be honest