One star revision bits on some of the harder to remember things.

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Six Safe Handling rules
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.
Weapons Statements
1 . A CADET MUST NEVER BE ALLOWED TO FIRE A WEAPON UNLESS HE HAS BEEN INSTRUCTED AND
PRACTISED IN ITS USE UNDER SUPERVISION.
2 A sling must be fitted unless being used for drill.
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.
To Scale
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 (Point it in the direction your walking)
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
 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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Eastings
Maps are quite large and complicated; to tell someone where we are instead of using a place name we use
a grid reference. There are two types you need to know, these are a four and six figure grid reference.
Four figure grid reference.
These can be used to give a general idea of where the location is, giving accuracy to one grid square (every
grid square covers a distance of 1km across and 1.5km horizontally), these are not used very much in
cadets.
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HOW TO DO IT WILLIS!!!!!!! You are told to give a four figure grid reference for the place of worship.
1. What we do is follow the eastings (the numbers on
the bottom) until you get to the one before the place of
worship. This number is 17 (that’s your easting).
2. Then you need your northing, you work this out by
going up the numbers on the left until you get to the
one before the location. This number is 51 for the place
of worship.
You would write it as 17,51
If we want a more accurate answer we can take a six figure grid reference.
How to do this!!!!!!!!!!
You do the same process as a four figure grid. 52
You then split the square into 10X10, Example---->
You take the eastings of this square which is 5
You then take the northing which is 2
You then write as 175 512
51
17 18
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
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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'.
The regimental Mascot is LCpl Derby (He is a ram).
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Give the 6 figure grid references for:
A) __________________
B) ___________________
C) ____________________
D)____________________
Give the 6 figure grid reference for:
The triangle____________________
The castle______________________
The church ____________________
Answers
1. 135344
2. 134139
3. 176322
4. 172316
5. Triangle = 163316
6. Castle = 155136
7. The Church = 163305
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