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I've dug a bit into that one. It appears that he was inside the car when it crashed into another car. Presumably he wasn't wearing a seatbelt as he was ejected and subsequently died of head injuries. Alcohol seemed to be a factor. 🍻

MACS comes in waterproof cylinders. The charge itself has a rigid nitrocellulose-based combustible case which is suitable for machine handling in automated systems. I haven't seen anything to say it is "waterproof." I have seen wording to the effect of "high resistance to moisture" and also...

Yeah. It's Déjà vu all over again - it won't be log before they call them MilAreas and MilDists again. Or worse, right back to the late 1960s with the Militia divided into those units earmarked as augmenting the RegF and those relegated to the Snakes and Ladders dregs. I detest the entire...

The ECH is on a LAV 10 x 10 so probably but no guarantees. No idea for other trucks. It's not only the weight of the turret but also the extra forces exerted by the recoil so no guarantees. Can't see the video as I refuse to get an X account, but if its the same system that I've seen for...

Here's my take on that. Firstly you all know my preference for tracks over wheels. That hasn't changed but I won't repeat the arguments. When it comes to wheeled guns then two things matter to me 1) the quality of the gun and related turret and 2) chassis commonality with an existing fleet. As...

One can only hope that with the 1 and 2 Div restructure, an adequate amount of full-time personnel will be directed into 2 Div. If not then all my thoughts about the lack of vision of army planners will be borne out. 🍻

Don't get me wrong. I'm not defending the TAPV as a cavalry vehicle or minimizing its problems. My point was that the TAPV has for a long time been a known quantity. The army knows what it can and can't do. There should be adequate safeguards and training in place to minimize the problems with...

I think that on this one we'll just have to agree to disagree. 🍻

It's within their arcs. Timing is the issue. The timing sucks. 🍻

Stuff tips. AVGPs rolled; LAVs and Strykers roll; M113s roll; Even tanks roll; Sometimes vehicle characteristics play a part but once those characteristics become known, in non combat related situations, the cause usually turns mostly to human factors. It's long past time blaming...

Can anyone believe the priorities of this bunch of our elected representatives? :mad:

It's a bit smoke and mirrors, I think. When we lived in Manitoba - Lord that was two decades ago this year - there was no PST on groceries to start with. Only on things like prepared foods and drinks that weren't designated as "basic groceries." It seems a small incremental change at best...

This type of report would be more useful if it provided a comparison as between current F-35 software capability to its prime competitors. A small chart of key capabilities would do. The report is here. Note that it's a large pdf - 26 MB. But various pieces of the report can be accesses...

Don't forget Meyer Lansky and the other Mafia that ran the casinos. Which brings up the whole Mafia/JFK conspiracy thing. 🍻

Maybe I should have said that the issues that drive the US's approach are complex. I agree, On the surface the US's approach itself seems blunt and/or unsophisticated. 🍻

This is going off thread a bit, but some of us remember a briefly softer socialist Cuba which became a pariah because it had to align with the USSR to resist American aggression. That caused it to foment and support, as a proxy for the USSR, revolutionary ideology and action in South and Central...

You might enjoy this book which provides a deep dive into the issues which plagued the American military in their preparation for and execution of the Iraq campaign. 🍻

There are many here who identify with Ukraine as a David v Goliath situation and firmly back the Ukraine regime. Unfortunately there are many states and organizations who identify with Iran and its position and see what is going on in the same way. If the US efforts do not result in a major...

There's a distinction between legal and illegal war and war crimes committed within that war. The former is complicated by the fact that asymmetric warfare is not well defined within the LOAC notwithstanding the attempts made with the Additional Protocols to the GC of 1977. While the LOAC has...