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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nerfherder" data-source="post: 2886269" data-attributes="member: 18305">Military activity like artilery or hundreds of soldiers would be pretty noticeable, even in Somerset.  Weapons fire would draw swift attention from the Police in Glastonbury and result in ARV (armed Response Vehicles) arriving pretty sharpish.  They would most likely be Volvo T5 station wagons containing police armed with H&K MP5 wearing body armour trained to SWAT standard.  Normal policemen don't carry firearms, but those that do tend to be well trained and only deployed where firearms are needed.  Police have jurisdiction over soldiers, unless some sort of national emergency has been declared.If I had a day to prepare and access to up to 200 British troops to deny an area, I'd take as many SAS Squadrons as were available.  There are 4 full-time squadrons, although some will be deployed abroad.  There is always at least one available in the UK for CT and, at this moment in time, that's probably all you could rely on getting.  Each Squadron comprises 4 16-man troops.  A troop is made up of 4 4-man patrols.Drop most of them on the Tor and they'd happily camouflage themselves and sit and wait for three days without moving.A couple of snipers could hide about a kilometer away, observing the top of the Tor.Another couple of snipers in helicopters could be stationed nearby for rapid response.One nice touch about using the SAS is that the cap badge does not represent a winged dagger, as is commonly thought, but the sword of Damocles or Excalibur...Cheers,Liam</blockquote>

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