KevinB
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These days technology is a huge multiplier, and the difference between an actually military and something that cosplays as one.
Canada's tanks
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Do you have any idea how complex a trebuchet was?
And that trebuchet masters were well paid indeed and that the apprenticeship program for a trebuchet was lengthy. Even Roman artillerists working such simple things as catapultae (not the type that you think) and ballistae were highly trained specialists.
Artillery was never simple.
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Gunners, on the other hand...Artillery was never simple.
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What do you do when your Death Star dies?
Real wars are driven by emotion and they are fought with any tools available.
That is why Trump's discussion with Putin is a nonsense. There will always be some portion of the local society that will not acquiesce. You can call them patriots, partisans, oulaws, brigands or even NAZIs. Cossacks if you like.
Consent of the governed is often hard to come by.
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Hey, we’re in the room.
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I CAN'T HEAR YOU.
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I'm reminded of the 72 hour burst put on by Pearl Harbor to get Yorkton operationally ready of the battle damage she sustained in the Battle of the Coral Sea in time for her to participate in the Battle of Midway. Don't expect that these days.
I'm also reminded that as a young gunner I could fix most the things wrong with my 3/4 ton and any major component replacement - including engines - could be done by your average battery RCEME team. These days, even for the simplest of vehicles, there are entirely too many specialized components which need specialized diagnostic tools with too few parts available. Don't get me started on optics and weapon systems.
Not really what me or Kevin meant. The Yorktown was recovered and refit after the fight - that should be the expectation. We’ve gotten used to recovery under fire and it’s probably a bad habit.
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Unless we get quite a few more tanks than we already have we might have no choice but to recover under fire in order to remain combat effective...
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Never recover armoured vehicles under fire. During the Cold War, there was no expectation that your vehicle was getting recovered until after the immediate fight.
This is a Peacekeeping/COIN scar…
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I was being facetious. I was making light of the fact that we have so few operational tanks that if we didn't recover our damaged ones we wouldn't have any at all.
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All that’s going to do is get a recovery vehicle and some very precious maintainers killed.
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An ARV is extremely precious. Apparently we're pretty bold with ours, most of our allies dont have them internal to the Sqn which anecdotally has been viewed very favorably by our allies in Latvia. We're more risk tolerant which has the reward of speeding up the fight. That said, gone are the days of the ARV moving up while the enemy is still breathing. The SSM tends not to commit the fast pack like that now.
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