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A war that goes to 1957!? Wow. I've never had to go past 1946 but I'd love to try that one day. As for HoI4 I am cautiously optimistic. I really hope they don't throw out the things I love while bringing in features that don't really improve the game. BlackICE - I have to admit I was a bit...

So I am a huge fan of the game, despite some minor flaws. I have yet to find another game that allows you to simulate warfare at the strategic level with such fidelity. I like to control all aspects of the game and don't let AI do anything so games tend to take weeks to play (when I can find...

I see there was an old post about HoI 2 but I'm wondering if there are any other HoI 3 fans out there?

G2G, Any chance we'll keep the D models post Afg? I know that O&M costs would probably not allow that but I bet there are a lot of potential uses for 6 more airframes. Just dreaming... MG

I would be willing to be large sums of money that Leslie never sits behind the CDS desk. If he did, I would try to win my money back by betting that every air force and navy general/flag officer would resign the next day - and not just because they missed out on the job. Leslie has burned his...

Ship names for a new generation to relate to: HMCS Xbox HMCS Facebook HMCS Porn Star HMCS Canadian Idol (OK, the second last one was for me :) ) MG

Not sure why I picked tonight to remember WO Roberge, but I have. Actually, rarely a day goes by that I don't think of him and the short time I knew him. He was an exceptional NCO and quite frankly he was intimidating! Nonetheless, I loved working with him and will be forever grateful for his...

Wow. Was it going down hill at the time? I think that with a stabilized weapon system, the MCDV is still very useful for inshore patrol (Georgia Strait, Gulf of St Lawrence, etc.) and harbour defence/mine sweeping. Besides, they are the best thing that ever happened to NAVRES. MG

Who said anything about surfing the DWAN? Try "surfing the K: drive"...

Ecco, Yup, checked OPCIEWG. Haven't yet seen anything that says Skydex pads don't offer the same or better protection. I'm not saying that OPCIEWG is saying our current leather/styrofoam solution isn't working, I'm just saying that I can't find any evidence of anyone saying formally that the...

I hate to do this but I have to chime in here. McG - I have access to many of the sources you are talking about and I have found no evidence whatsoever of trials or tests that show that the in-service suspension system provides better blast and blunt force protection than any alternative. That...

Whoa, whoa Duey. MGen Devlin is not a Dragoon *spit*. He's a Royal Canadian and the best CO yours truly has served under! :-* MG

Sunil Ram already has one for "saving" Malaysia. >:D

Swiss Pz-61 MG

Oh really? Not that it matters, but when I read this line, I realized I had no interest in anything you subsequently wrote. You might want to check your facts. MG

Yes I was being sarcastic and yes I disagree that Fort Bliss equaled "training as we fight". I take it you weren't on the ex? Sure the mountains looked a bit like Afghanistan from a distance (more like around Kabul than the more eroded mountains in Kandahar). However, the terrain had more...

Good point. We should do all our work up training at Tarnak Farms.

;D I bet it looked that way but those rentals were only a small fraction of the cost. Rail/road movement, airlift and tent and equipment rentals ate up a big chuck of that $30 million. IMHO they could have tacked 2 weeks onto Wainwright (7 total) and saved the taxpayer about $18 million while...

Geo - Ft Bliss is a nice trg area!? It's big. I'll give you that. But so much of it is off limits due to environmental, archaeological and other reasons that it quickly becomes a small trg area. And on top of all that are the incredible Range Control restrictions that limited us even further...

"The Bear Went Over the Mountain"  by Lester Grau. A better read is his next book "The Other Side of the Mountain" by Grau and Ali Jalali which deals with tactics from the muj side. Also, "Taliban" by Ahmed Rashid and "Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop" by Giustozzi are great reads.