A friend of mine got into a hand-to-hand fight during the Bosnian War. He was walking through a forest in the no-man’s-land when he saw an old bunker position. He decided to check it out, […]
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Author: Roland Bartetzko
Bartetzko served in the German Army, the Croatian Defense Council (HVO) during the Bosnian War and with the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK) during the 1999 Kosovo War. Last year he published a study about radical Islam in Kosovo. Bartetzko has a university degree in law and is currently working for a law firm in Pristina, Kosovo.
Can a soldier take/use an enemy’s weapon?
During the Kosovo War, I took an AK-47 Kalashnikov from a dead enemy soldier. We had booby-trapped a little shop in our village and when a group of enemy soldiers entered the building, they activated […]
What components are in a contract with the French Foreign Legion?
You’ll sign your first contract at the Musée de la Légion étrangère (the museum of the Foreign Legion) in Aubagne/Marseille, right after you have passed the selection process and before you are sent to basic […]
Do soldiers ever keep a bullet for themselves?
I kept not one round but a complete magazine for myself. The purpose of this, however, wasn’t to blow my brains out if the going got too rough, but something different: Usually, you go on […]
How many ammo does a soldier carry in a war or battle?
The more experienced the soldier, the less ammo he carries. From a personal perspective, when I started out in Bosnian campaign I carried as much as I could, which was about 8 or 9 mags […]