This exercise took place to practise different phases of war without the restrictions imposed within the confines of Berlin. A soldier remembered 'That exercise was the coldest I have ever been on; I think they even issued rum.

Putting the NBC suits on was normally a bit of a pain, but on this occasion we were grateful for the extra layers to stop freezing to death'. During this exercise the companies were based in villages from five to twenty fives from Battalion Headquarters.

The final exercise covering all phases of war was a Brigade exercise after which the Brigadier expressed his satisfaction with the battalion. 

Exercise 'Quickmarch' was the name given to the Battalion period of Training in Schleswig - Holstein from the 15th November to the 2nd December 1971. It proved to be a new experience for many members of the Battalion. We lived in Barns and farm out buildings, and trained over private land and in state forests. The training covered all aspects of war and involved and lot of 'Tabbing' and a lot of 'Digging' The exercises covered all the sub units within the Battalion culminating in a Brigade Exercise, where the Battalion had to attack an enemy camp, advance rapidly without any transport over a long distance, dig in , then withdraw, all within 24 hours.

A Soldier serving at the time remembers :-

"I don't know what the top brass were up to, but I clearly remember the 'Brass Monkey' weather. At one stage it was deemed to be so cold that they issued rum. Everything in that place was frozen solid, we froze on the march, in the trenches, out of the trenches, on patrol, there was no escaping it. We in the Rifle Companies suspected that the Battalion H.Q. lot were wrapped in cotton wool, but for all we knew we might as well have been on the moon, although I don't think the moon could have been that cold