Republic of Korea Marine Corps
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4000Km!!!!Originally posted by TVaddict:i remember reading an article on the korean marines. apparently during their winter training, one of their exercise is a 4000km route march in the snow
R u sure?Then our SAF cdo route march compare to them is....... -
tat's because they have the space to do tat..?Originally posted by Tango12:4000Km!!!! R u sure?Then our SAF cdo route march compare to them is.......
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4000km.. they can migrage to china liao loh. Not to mention the logistics to support this kinda route march... sure anot 4000km...
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i'm pretty sure my memory has not fail me. coz i got a shock when i read tt article also... somemore walk during winter in the snow siaOriginally posted by Tango12:4000Km!!!! R u sure?Then our SAF cdo route march compare to them is.......
too bad i did not keep that article... -
4000km is enuff for me to clock frequent flyer miles already....
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400 km maybe lah , 4000 km is impossible thats torture.
who are they trying to kill? -
Mao's Red Army famous Long March took more than a year to complete. The distance is between 6000km to 10000km depending on who you believe.Originally posted by TVaddict:i'm pretty sure my memory has not fail me. coz i got a shock when i read tt article also... somemore walk during winter in the snow sia
too bad i did not keep that article...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2003/11/06/2003074739
Let's assume it is 6000km, and also bear in mind that it is an entire army of many thousands, so it'll move slower than a small compact force.
So is it possible for a smaller, very tough and very mobile troop of ROK marines to complete 4000km in one winter?
I wouldn't say it is entirely out of the question, but very unlikely.
After moving such a distance, many of the men will probably have to retire from service in an elite unit as such a trek would do all kinds of irreversible damage to the legs especially.
In Mao's case, many died during the trek.