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The Red Hand.

No its no. You think in terms of the kit. The mindset of the combatants is unchanged. One wants to stay and the other wants them to go. And both sides will reach for the tools available to them and adopt the tactics that suit their tools and timelines. We work on winning battles and are...

https://www.express.co.uk/comment/expresscomment/1752003/ukraine-war-Russian-T62-tanks-T55-tank-Leopard-2 Which raises, again, the relative values of building lots of "obsolete" low cost light tanks (Leo 1s, MPFs, Wheeled Tank Destroyers, Centauros, MGSs, Type 16s) or a small number of...

I am. In my view the only difference between the conflicts is the intensity and the time scale. The goals and the environments are identical. One side wants to hold. The other side wants to take.

And from the same source - The Pipes.

A tale of Nova Scotians in New Zealand by my favourite Scottish historian - a self-identified Scots-Ghanaian with dreadlocks who discovered that he is actually and Anglo-Nigerian. But he's still a Scot.

In Northern Ireland - how many armoured cars did the IRA have? How many did you have? The IRA, on the defensive, had the streets, sewers, houses and yards, along with the locals, working in their favour. You, on the offensive, needed the armour to move to the contacts, but, still spent a...

wrt section level "drones" @daftandbarmy Magyar's birds seem to have an impact. The birds and the operators are dispersed in the field to support operations down to the section level. At day's end their intelligence is gathered on thumbsticks from across the AO and then reviewed to create a...

Heavy or Light in the urban fight? Are you attacking or defending? The Ukrainians seem to be doing well enough defending with Light troops exploiting Line of Sight weaponry and using High Angle of Attack weaponry sparingly. The Light Troops are supported, and moved, in light, unarmoured...

OC's Area of Interest may be greater than that If she has Brimstone on strength she has a 25 km reach https://www.army-technology.com/features/is-ukraines-brimstone-use-behind-the-uks-project-wolfram/ As to the Section SOs - are they Section Assets or do they just travel with the sections to...

Doesn't that follow the Afghanistan experience? It sounds like the field re-org of the Commando 21 force when the Stand Off Companies were re-allocated downwards to the Close Combat Companies and the mortars were allocated to the individual companies. 1 Command Company: Main HQ Tactical HQ...

One part of me wants to argue the toss. Another wants to reference some Quebecois leader's comments about Canada and real countries. But the third thought is that contemplating nuclear destruction and the end of the world doesn't really promote that sense of optimism that is necessary to...

Blame the Scots Presbyterians all you like - but I would point out that both the number of Scots Presbyterian rabble rousers and the number of volunteers are in decline. Coincidence? I think not. :D Now there is a particular type Scots rabble rouser I would point to that fits your bill...

Heavily armoured vehicles to be used at the point of contact - requiring tracks to support the weight over rough terrain - cost lots of money Lightly armoured vehicles to be roaming around distant from the point of contact - wheels to be able to exploit roadways - cost little money.

The Brits tried but this is what they ended up with

Not so wrong. The Scots were a bunch of Irish bandits. We know them as Tcheuchters. I'm proper Sassenach. We speak English wi' nane o' they fancy French words. And we wear breeks. :D

How well do these guys do without Farm Teams Minors Fans And kids hacking around in yards, streets and schools? They are the culture that supports the profession.

So aggressive - right up yours! I prefer the Bersaglieri - lovely plumage!

It depends who is watching, right enough. But it also depends on the message being sent. :)

Too much maroon and green lint in your ears, man! I grow hoarse.