I get tracked self propelled artillery. I get truck mounted self propelled artillery. But heavy 8x8 apc based self propelled artillery? The Brits have lost it...

 

🇩🇪 @RheinmetallAG has secured a contract to supply the weapon systems for the 🇬🇧 @BritishArmy @ARTEC_BOXER RCH 155 8x8 wheeled howitzers. In May 2026, the 🇬🇧 placed an order for 72 RCH 155. Both countries are currently qualifying the 155 mm L/52 RC weapon system for the RCH 155. pic.twitter.com/BmlI2oX8z0

— Defence 360° (@Defence360) August 3, 2026

You read the headline so you get my gripe.

This makes no sense and adds unnecessary cost without much benefit!  Tracks get you awesome cross country mobility for your artillery.  Trucks can get you excellent strategic mobility (for the most part).  But a heavy 8x8 apc based solution?

WTF!

The Brits have been here before and sadly they along with the USMC is going thru it now.

The Brits back in the day embarked on an all missile force because back in the day they assumed that manned aircraft were dead meat (The 1957 Defence White Paper).

They bet wrong back in the day and they're betting wrong today.  Futurist are always trumped by evolutionist.  

That is the sad fact of human's way of warfare.

Israel is knocking off Iranian leadership with a quickness while we're trying to negotiate an end to the war. MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!!!!

 If you're paying attention to the war in Iran (and many Americans ain't) then you heard that Israel hit the Islamic Republic's leadership while they were attempting to elect a new Ayatollah.

Meanwhile Trump was trying to push forward on another negotiated settlement to the war.

MAKE IT MAKE SENSE!

How can we expect a country to negotiate an end to hostilities if we (the US & Israel) keep knocking off their leaders?

You can't!

You can't negotiate with yourself and unless the other side has leaders then that is what you're in essence doing!

To add a twist to this mystery, Trump was promising devastating strikes to Iran's energy producing sector!

All while supposedly pushing said peace plan.

Someone explain it to me.  I just don't understand the thinking here.  What I do know is that the "Art Of The Deal" does not translate to the international stage.

Another thing.

I'm all for optimism.  Optimism is good.  But entering into somethings you need more than optimism.  You need plans readily available if sugar turns to shit.

This war turned to shit and its obvious that our planning is/was lacking.  We apparently only planned for best case scenarios and now that that is out the door we're in a hurtlocker.

Last thing.

We have had several cautionary tales about "allied" warfare.  This is the most stark in my lifetime.

If allies are not united in goals and how those goals are to be accomplished, and if we're not willing to shoulder the entire war solo then the war should not be fought.

Open Comment Post. 3 Aug 26

 

We're making squad "gear" carriers unmanned vehicles too hard a nut to crack

Why are we making unmanned squad "gear" carriers so hard? The above video shows a commercial model being marketed on Instagram to HOMEOWNERS and corporations to carry/move stuff from area to area. Yeah it operates off a playstation controller (just like freaking NMESIS) so its not ideal but what happened to rapid prototyping and getting stuff out to the troops to test~!

It ain't that hard we did it during the 50's with no fanfare.  We even put several models of different systems into active duty and retired it shortly thereafter.

If China IS the big threat then we need to walk/run/sprint with haste.  Get out of the legacy procurement cycle and charge forward.

Our troops aren't the problem.

The problem is our BUREAUCRACY!

The problem is the military industrial complex~~!

Either we fix both with a quickness or a leadership more interested in protecting itself AND making money will have us losing another war!~

Why didn't ya'll tell me about this type of truck racing????

Почему везде показывают унылую Ф1 когда существует это? pic.twitter.com/mWMq6xruhR

— Awis (@Awisone) July 18, 2026

Some of the "older" Marines will remember this...

Rare footage of a CH-46 Sea Knight catching fire as it lifts off from the USS Bonhomme Richard on March 12, 1999. You can see just as the CH-46 lifts off the deck a fire erupt in the aft end of the helicopter and begin to spread towards those in the forward end. The helicopter… pic.twitter.com/HkJ5HtWD1a

— U.S Military Clips (@usmilihist) July 31, 2026

4th ID must have really screwed the pooch at NTC!

Let's head on over to 4th ID...

Ooh oooh... tell them about the DUI too! pic.twitter.com/0Xk4fzOs58

— U.S Army WTF! moments (@usawtfm) August 2, 2026

Open Comment Post. 2 Aug 26

This is pure evil. Morocco facilitated the migrant crisis in Spain & is assaulting those that are attempting to return.

BREAKING: The Moroccan government used its own population in a hybrid warfare campaign against Spain during the mass invasion of the Spanish enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla.

Now that the operation has been wound down, Moroccan nationals attempting to return home are being attacked… pic.twitter.com/bX5oJRvzHI

— Babak Taghvaee - The Crisis Watch (@BabakTaghvaee1) August 2, 2026

Sorry but my views on this issue are hardening. The migration patterns we're seeing aren't natural in my opinion. I believe its being pushed and subsidized. Any entity found to be behind this needs to be prosecuted, outlawed and disbanded. This is inhumane.

This is a crazy funny thing...

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Open Comment Post. 1 Aug 26

Hmm. Does anyone know the real story behind the Donahue firing???

Can't lie. I've given Pete a whole bunch of slack with his leadership decisions. This one though. This one has me puzzled. I don't get it. The dude in the video is giving one view point and while I'd like to come up with a contrasting viewpoint, I can't. Does anyone know the real story? This is some inside the Pentagon/Army/Beltway shit that I can't put my hands on.

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I don't know who came up with this idea but its batshit crazy...and stupid too!

Pentagon orders the Air Force to rename Joint Base Charleston to "Joint Base Lindsey Graham." - Politico pic.twitter.com/M1bnb8AxmQ

— Open Source Intel (@Osint613) July 29, 2026

Just when I think the DOD has reached the pinnacle of stupid they once again surprise me. THIS IS FUCKING CRAZY! Graham does NOT deserve this honor.

US Naval Aviation should adopt this French tradition. Too cool!

A long-standing tradition aboard the 🇫🇷 Charles de Gaulle: for a naval aviator’s final catapult launch, fellow pilots form a guard of honor along the catapult. The carrier’s commander signals the launch with a saber as the pilots salute their departing comrade.
📸 by Marie Bailly pic.twitter.com/kkbp9Z5KvU

— Tom Antonov (@Tom_Antonov) July 31, 2026

Open Comment Post. 30 Jul 26

VMM-164 (REIN), 2nd Bn., 7th Marines conduct air insert during RIMPAC 26....Photos by Lance Cpl. Jashua Hernandez Ramos

SLTE 4-26: Combat Logistics Battalion 2 Conduct Heavy Lift Training...Photos by Sgt. Alexis French

U.S. Marines with 3d AA Bn. conduct driving refamiliarization

Conspiracy theory about Ukraine I believe...

I don't know the messenger here but he seems to be right of center. Don't know if he's far right, ultra right or whatever but that's not the point. His take on Ukraine mirrors my own. While he pushes the culture issue for Ukraine (I guess he has to since he's married to one), the bigger issue is what has me spinning. Ukraine is facing a SEVERE manpower shortage. They're fighting this war the only way they can because they just don't have enough bodies. Sad but true. Check out the vid.

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— Dennis Johnson (@Dj15851Johnson) July 15, 2026

Translate this post. Its showing up as english in my feed. Does Iran actually have a point? Someone get me off the ledge with this one!

İran Dışişleri Bakanı Abbas Arakçi:

“Mısır, Süveyş Kanalı'ndan her geçiş için 200.000 ile 700.000 dolar arasında ücret alıyor; büyük konteyner gemileri veya tankerler için bu rakam 1 milyon doları aşabiliyor.

Türkiye, İstanbul Boğazı için geçiş ücreti alıyor.

Kanada, St.… pic.twitter.com/cRdY3PF3OF

— mustafa yazıcı (@myzccc) July 23, 2026