The Japan Self-Defense Forces has a strict 1-to-1 return policy. If a soldier is issued 30 rounds, they must return 30 spent casings or 30 live rounds.
If even one casing is missing, the entire range shuts down. Every soldier stays until that single piece of brass is found. Those nets and bags aren’t just for show, they are “efficiency tools” to avoid a 5-hour crawling through the grass!
The ultimate "No Brass Left Behind" policy. 🇯🇵
The Japan Self-Defense Forces has a strict 1-to-1 return policy. If a soldier is issued 30 rounds, they must return 30 spent casings or 30 live rounds.
If even one casing is missing, the entire range shuts down. Every soldier stays… pic.twitter.com/lE3PpBtSXK
I once read about some U.S. GI training with the Japanese military and spending an hour looking for a single piece of .50 BMG brass. This is the first time I have seen any video of the extremes they go to save their subjects from the dangers of empty shell casings.
If it were practical I would donate worn out shell cases to be spread over their cities via 1/4 scale B-29 drones.
My twisted sense of humor.
I would drop an additional piece of brass on the range.
Fifty one when there should be fifty.