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IIRC it was done for C1’s as well. Mainly as I don’t think I did any gun line exercises with E Bty in the Winter E and F Bty at least during my day when they had the L5’s) used 5/4’s as gun tractors. One reason I’m not so anti Hummer type vehicle for a gun tractor, is I never thought the...

TIL what Bariatric meant.

I’m curious where you got the Ukrainian IFV quote. Considering they keep asking for more Bradley’s and CV-90’s as well as have a JV to produce the Lynx domestically. I think if you can find a breakdown, you will notice the vast majority of IFV losses have been the old Warsaw Pact BMP...

Yes gun ski’s. Been done before. Just an art I guess we lost. Probably better as a 1 piece gun toboggan that one can clip the wheels into. Wider footprint for less ground pressure I never got the Portee concept instead of towing on skis, other than I guess if you had to cross some...

Ah, the Malay Emergency. I wouldn’t use that as a good example for any COIN Op. I don’t see a lot of parallels between it and Iran anyway. What options? I understand what you’re trying for, but the issue is that currently there isn’t a lot that anyone can offer them. They don’t need...

Main Island being Qeshm? No one really knows how deeply the IRCG has tunneled all over it, other than extensively. Exceptional opportunity to lose troops at a scale no western government would be willing to. A direct overland invasion driving directly at Tehran is orders of magnitude...

Agreed. Oh I don’t think it’s a great idea for general purposes, but if you need to lift a gun tractor with a BlackHawk - it’s a useful in that respect. Better than an ISV dropping its transmission on the LZ. The Military slashed the tow rating the same way it slashed the weigh capacity...

Obsolete is a pretty hard call to make, and no more correct that those who claim the MBT/IFV is dead. Air Assault always required SEAD and Air Supremacy, that definitely can be tough in a LSCO. One should never use capabilities that aren’t suited to the situation - but that doesn’t mean you...

Agreed. At this point one needs to put American boots on the ground — even if it’s limited to SOF and IC folks - to gain any credibility with anti-regime leaning Iranians. And it will take time - as one can’t build an insurrection/insurgency overnight. Iranians saw 30k plus agitators...

The issue is that he can deliver on them. As you well know the US military can strike Kharg Island - by naval and/or air assets. The bigger issue is the what then. The Service Chief’s have been asking Hegseth to dial it back. Recent strikes have led to Iran firing at least 8 Ballistic...

Honestly external auditing to me should be a requirement. I don’t think that any department should randomly be targeted for reductions. China just refused a very similar amount of beef from Argentina that had ‘an unhealthy amount of heavy metals’ Now seeing Chinese health standards that...

‘Change’ being made was a significant period of time. I remember imperial rulers early In school, the first metric/imperial ruler in school was for me grade 4, circa 1979/80. I remembered the speed limit sign changes / but I had to google the actual dates. I never realized how dragged of...

Also appropriate for the US Military (well other than the sea going folks).

Ask him for his engineering qualifications as a naval architect…

Except maybe you and @Oldgateboatdriver should contemplate something. 1) If everyone is entitled to America, then it should be no big deal if someone renames Lake Ontario right? This is inclusivity in action right :cautious: - in a weird and bizarre way The Declaration of Independence...

You do. It just isn’t being accessed - and the cost of access is pretty high currently.

ThunderDome -- 2 men enter, I man leave.

Critical Minerals is definitely not a joke, there is a strong desire down here to tie them up -- or at least ensure that China cannot get a stake in them. I suspect that simply from a national security standpoint Canada would want something similar -- and frankly I see a way to work this into a...

I suspect that a lot of these sorts of tests are being done to see what can be done to make the XM-30 MICV a “battle ready” vehicle from the get go. The M2A4 Bradley is pretty much EOL for the line. It already got a larger power pack Cummins V903 ET675 and new transmission, 675hp up 75 from...

The fact that the UN (or anyone else) has sat by while Russian companies have been gobbling up Africa for over a decade - openly flouting weapon embargoes - is appalling. The monies that Russia pulls out of Africa are increasing and can offset a lot of the losses of its domestic energy sector...