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  1. daftandbarmy

    No more rifles on drill/grad parade?

    I know you were just trying not to confuse us, but I FTFY anyways ;)
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    Informing the Army’s Future Structure

    Which is probably the whole point of course. Don't want to spoil the Reg F love in ;)
  3. daftandbarmy

    Informing the Army’s Future Structure

    Which is an excellent example of how things should work.
  4. daftandbarmy

    Ukrainian Improvised 40mm Mortar round

    You don't know the Guards Division very well. I recall watching them practise for some 'real soldiering', doing drill on the heli pad in Northern Ireland during an operational tour. We banned our troops from hanging around the LS as the mortar craters were a good hint of what might happen...
  5. daftandbarmy

    Ukrainian Improvised 40mm Mortar round

    Bored soldiers need something to keep them busy ;)
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    OP PROJECTION - Asia Pacific region monitoring

    A good reminder of why Taiwan is nervous.... China has chilling plans for governing Taiwan There may be few painless options left America’s humiliations would not end with the island’s submission. In recent times China’s plans for securing Taiwan have become grimmer and more explicit. Chinese...
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    Some of the bought & paid for media

    This nicely sums up one of the key problems with Trudeau's Liberals... "I speak of peace, while covert enmity under the smile of safety wounds the world." William Shakespeare
  8. daftandbarmy

    Ukrainian Improvised 40mm Mortar round

    That's a great idea. I wonder if you could modify the M203 launcher to do the same, somehow...
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    RCAF Ball Cap

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    Chinese Military,Political and Social Superthread

    When can we start using the term 'Johnston-gate?' ;)
  11. daftandbarmy

    No more rifles on drill/grad parade?

    That was our normal practise in the Parachute Regiment. They may have been ex-PARAs, which is common is 22 SAS. It's a rifle and, when carried, should be ready to engage the enemy at all times. Other regiments have different opinions, of course.
  12. daftandbarmy

    No more rifles on drill/grad parade?

    I hear they had to move it becases the Peacocks were keeping them awake. There's a difference between vigilance and terminal sleep deprivation;)
  13. daftandbarmy

    RCAF Ball Cap

    Good point ;)
  14. daftandbarmy

    Ben Roberts-Smith and the murky debate over accountability in war

    More proof that you should probably never meet your heroes.... Ben Roberts-Smith and the murky debate over accountability in war Today in Sydney, Australia’s most decorated soldier, former Special Air Services corporal Ben Roberts-Smith VC, was found by a civil court, on a balance of...
  15. daftandbarmy

    No more rifles on drill/grad parade?

    Now you've gone and done it... provided a rational explanation that will shut down all the bitching from irrelevant people like me ;)
  16. daftandbarmy

    Trudeau government proclaims annual day against gun violence

    Toronto seems to be doing something right... or they're just luckier this year ;) Trudeau announces Day against Gun Violence amid 5-year-low in Toronto shooting incidents Gun violence in Toronto trending in the right direction Gun violence in Toronto is trending in the right direction with...
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    Ukraine - Superthread

    Don't tell anyone, but all Infantry is 'disposable' ;) Quick Explainer: Russia's Four Types of Infantry--Specialized, Assault, Line, and Disposable However, one fairly broadly implemented organizational change observed by RUSI is that the Russian Army is informally categorizing Russian...
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    Trudeau government proclaims annual day against gun violence

    Well, I'm glad we're formally committed as a nation to stop gun violence one day annually. That should make everything better. ;) The federal government said Thursday it has designated the first Friday of June each year as National Day Against Gun Violence. Speaking at an event at the...
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