We were outside the town, there wasn't a lot to hit. The odd cow, perhaps. We were a bit twitchy as the week before another patrol had taken fire, and a lad took a round in the receiver of his rifle, which saved his life, albeit it left his chest and hand pretty smashed up. One Shot Paddy was operating up near the border with a suspected Barrett M90 .50 rifle, and the big ol' half bore round slices through flak jackets like they weren't there. So when a round thumped into the ground by our feet and we then heard the boom of a fifty cal we just went rock and roll in the general direction of the horizon.
I've never been back to NI, and we're advised to inform PSNI of our travel plans if we do, but a mate of mine wandered up to watched the sangers being demolished about 15 years ago, and then went fishing! British squaddies still arent popular near the border, so he's got bigger stones than me.
@Dirk You were part of Op Banner?