That sounds exactly like me when I was that age, and my younger brother (who is that age now). Unfortunately there's not much that you can do but to put up and fight through it. Sad, but true. Boys that age will do anything but that which they are told. The Army is sure to kick him up the arse and w...

The trouble that our SF had with it is mostly to do with the reliability issues of the A1 in anything but sterile conditions; thus causing them to opt for the American M4/M16 families (now C8s). The 80 is still a highly accurate weapon but it has a few flaws, such as ambidextrous firing capacity. Ho...