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The CIWS system does not seem to engage outbound ordinance. My guess is that somewhere along the line the prob was solved.

Buck a beer........  dare to dream, dare to dream.

Years ago my Leadership course was almost 50/50 reg/res. One guy got disciplined for using a GPS on his patrol. The course officer came into the class room and started going off about how "You reservists lack a sense of professionalism" when a guy at the back yelled out "You know he is a...

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I feel that the biggest problem with the two Nukes is that the Japanese have manged to hide their actions during the war behind the mushroom clouds. You want to talk about sympathy... we could have acted the same way as they did with the Chinese, and begun releasing biological weapons in...

You have lost me. What mercury based fuel are you talking about? They said they were sending mercury for munitions and uranium oxide to make fuel. Aluminum was in limited use on planes in WW1 "most" WW2 aircraft were almost exclusively aluminum.. As for where you put stuff like Mercury in a sub...

I hunt all over Southern Vancouver Island and there are tons of old military structures and aircraft wrecks in the bush. A few years ago I found (literally) hundreds of of air crew survival ration tins 25KM+- East of Port Renfrew. It was an hours walk from the nearest track and just sitting...

The first sole on the WWBs was a very hard rubber, so very good for durability but lousy in use (think LSVW brakes) the money saved was being spent on medical care.

The old boys refer to the current 105mm Blank as a "reduced charge" blank. They say the full charge was as long as a normal casing and I am inclined to believe them as there are a number of full size blanks in the museum. I guessed about the pipe cutter as I have used them to cut 105mm casings...

How thick is the edge of the casing? there is a chance that it has been cut down (it kind of looks like a concentric scratch left by a tube cutter at the mouth/neck of the casing) Also what is the opening of the casing if it is not 76mm you could reason that it has been modified, or is the...

$300? for that WTF. IMO it is not worth the expense and would be more about the LCF than filling a need. To be honest I have not liked vertical grips on any weapons I have shot so far as they don't seem to point well (guess you like them or you don't).       

Why would you machine them when injection molded glass filled nylon is so strong (and cheap)?

Cuffs are still to small as is the neck. Same prob as the last Fleece. I am looking forward to the next logical step, Soft shell. Please let someone other than CTS design it though.

Back to the initial thread. The M109 is long in the tooth, however the A6 mods have kept it modern enough to remain deployable decades after introduction. My push would be to upgrade 24 M109 to Paladin specs to allow us three deployable batteries of 6 guns each (My math leaves six in reserve for...

http://www.dtic.mil/ndia/2004armaments/04_Vickory_105mm_Indirect_Fire.pdf My friend was standing next to that HL when the shell hit. Protection for the gunners allows us to complete missions regardless of harassment, and without requiring casevac. Our current artillery capabilities are woefully...

Not a new idea as "back in the Nam" the US installed self contained Artillery CPs in Sea Cans, which fit perfectly under a sky crane. If trucks towing guns can't get why would you expect the CP to? 35 years behind the curve. Guess new to us is good enough. As for SEV kits. The Artillery SEV...

R&D is a good thing. If you stop you get left behind, and that goes for every field, not just warfare. People confuse and compare MLRS to Tube Artillery far to often. MLRS can put a large amount of ordinance onto a target very quickly. Then nothing for 15 minutes while it is being reloaded. If...

Just remember that if it is MS it just meet a Specification that was determined sometime in the past by someone who may or may not have had a grasp of what he was doing. Look around and you will find MS floor cleaners, and dish soap with NATO stock numbers, because a COTS product might not...

Skyshield tried against Qassam Lockheed Martin has modified Oerlikon Contraves' Skyshield 35 mm Advanced Hit Efficiency And Destruction (AHEAD) air-defence system to better deal with Katyusha and Qassam rockets.A Lockheed Martin representative told Jane's that in a recent series of laboratory...

MACS is a far better system. No more white, green or red bag just MACS. Water proof insensitive, easy to handle and store MACS.