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On these new units in the cities: I recommend everybody watch and shoot and don't get your hopes up too much. Don't start thinking that you're going to see new units stood up with new bases opening and all that. The "city" battle groups will look very much like the reserve units we have now...

This is easily the brightest idea I have ever seen. Someone promote this man! ::) MG

Oh.  :-[ MG

Yeah, "proven". Riiiiiight. You do know they didn't "prove" its ability to shoot down rockets and mortars, right? ::) MG

So what you're saying, Crafty, is that its called the Blast Attenuation Device (BAD) and was brought into service to reduce the blast over-pressures experienced by the mortar crews? :D MG PS - Only the Hauptmann can rescue this thread!

Yes, but is your name "Mortar guy"? Granted, the Holiday Inn Express stay does trump a good handle. ;D MG

Hey, leave this one to the experts! Stollhofen, to answer your question: it is called the Blast Attenuation Device (BAD) and is used to reduce the blast effects on the mortar crew ;D  ;D  ;D MG

Exactly! Although I'm not sure how much training Rambo and Dishwallah number 4 have received in takedowns!  ;D MG

Geo, Agreed and I'm not in any way questioning their immense bravery and selflessness. I'm just saying that in situations like that where the "fight or flight" relfex kicks in and the sympathetic nervous system takes over, there is very little chance that either of these guys thought: "I'm...

OK, just to be the Devil's Advocate here  >:D Maybe we should consider the fact that these two Afghans kicked the snot out of a would-be suicide bomber because they didin't want to be turned into crimson mist and bone chips! Maybe this is more likely than some ideological belief in the...

Canadian soldier injured in landmine blast Updated Thu. Jan. 11 2007 12:22 PM ET CTV.ca News Staff A Canadian soldier is suffering from serious, non-life threatening injuries after stepping on a landmine Thursday in southern Afghanistan. "This happens quite a lot, it's one of the more...

Why do you say that? LFAA has had 3 ASG for a while so maybe the number is related to that rather than to some new Bde. MG

I see no such headline on your link.  ??? MG

This is very true. Desertion rates in the ANA/ANP were high when I was there as there was no functioning banking system in most of Afghanistan which meant soldiers and police hod no reliable way of getting money to their families. Basically, troops would go AWOL to bring home the bacon (or halal...

Grrrrr  :rage:  :rage: [cheesy Dutch accent] Couldn't have said it better myself [/cheesy Dutch accent] MG

Big hairy roger on that. I have seen the presentation about all the C-RAM "bits" but for OPSEC reasons have limited myself to discussing that which is more or less in the open. To tell you the truth it's not the CIWS alone that bothers me about the C-RAM proposal put forth in that presentation...

I thought you'd fired this thing "hundreds of times"!? If that's the case you must know that the radar/computer can easily distinguish between a UAV and a rocket! Also, you know that the CIWS can be programmed with "no fire" sectors or zones (i.e. airfield approaches). Finally, everything I have...

I assume your last sentence was a question? The CIWS would (theoretically) shoot down the incoming round. Hence the C-RAM everyone is talking about. The idea wasn't to use the Phalanx for counter-battery work!! Cheers, MG

Why is that the "best answer"? All counter battery radar tells you is that you're being shot at and even then the TPQ-36 isn't perfect. CBR tied to artillery that can shoot back is an option, but, as many people have mentioned, far from the best solution. Just to summarize, here are the...

Red_Five speaks wise words. This seems like an expensive technological solution to a problem that may be defeated by other means. I'm not saying we shouldn't protect our bases/FOBs from mortar attack but rather I'm saying there might be a better way. Besides, how much damage have...