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Senator Johnston said....“We have learnt the lesson of the Anzac ships and Collins submarines that worrying about schedule can cause problems.”Really?
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#Drones - the Sterenn - of the (Black Star in breton) is a 17 m long aluminum catamaran, 7.50 m wide, with a displacement of 24.5 tons.
It is an Unmanned Surface vehicle (USV), a surface vehicle without crew for the mine action.
The purpose of this program, intended to replace the current tripartite mine hunters, is to have gear without crews, staff work remotely on boat-mother - Credits: A.Monot / Navy (Translated by Bing)
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Images from the official Twitter account of the Venezuelan Navy indicate that the Bolivarian Naval Infantry could soon be equipped with three different Chinese amphibious fighting vehicles: a development that would make Venezuela's marines one of the most potent amphibious forces in Latin America.The Venezuelan Marines operating VN-1's, 16's and 18's wouldn't put them ahead in the neighborhood.
Images posted on 16 November show a delegation led by Venezuelan Admiral Jairo Avendano Quintero receiving the VN1 8x8 wheeled amphibious infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), while others show the delegation inspecting VN18 and VN16 amphibious IFVs, apparently at a China North Industries Corporation (Norinco) plant.
The Venezuelan Navy confirmed the VN1 purchase in July and the most recent images probably date from then.
I would reduce the rifle squad to fit inside of a single vehicle and possibly play around with adding a 4th squad to the platoon. So you would have 4 squads of 8 or 9 Marines each per platoon, or possibly a 4th Platoon with 3 squads per platoon. Additionally I would base each squad around a CSW either a M240 for a support squad or a SMAW for an assault squad. This would reverse the idea that the CSWs support the rifleman and have the rifleman support the CSW. The German idea of WWII with a rifle squad built around a Panzershrek or a MG42.My bitch with the statement? Here we go changing our operating concepts (if we run with this idea and make no mistake...if HQMC is serious about the MPC becoming the production ACV then they're already considering this) not because its tactically more efficient but because it "fits" the vehicle that we're buying!
I saw this based on my own experience in Afghanistan and reading where others have essentially recreated this same T/O. Many rifle companies in Afghanistan reduced their squads to 2 fire teams and added a 4th platoon. Additionally with all the weight most grunts carry squad sized firefights are typically conducted by the squad or platoon digging in and unleashing a torrent of well aimed fire back at the enemy. Bing West describes this style of fighting best in "A Million Steps."
If we bought the IFV version of the MPCs with a 25mm or 30mm main gun, it would give the squad leader a rifle fire team, a CSW fire team, and a vehicle mounting both a medium machine gun a high velocity cannon capable of firing PD, Delay, or programmable air burst ammo.
So a generic platoon would be 2 squads with M240, 1 squad with SMAW, all mechanized in 3 wheeled IFVs. You mechanize this force with M1A1 and you have serious ass kicking capability.
As for the idea of each squad leader having 3 rifle fire teams and a CSW team transported by 2 vehicles, I think that is too much for a squad leader to handle and still be in the thick of the fighting. Either the squad leader will have to pull back from the fight, more like a platoon commander, or he could be overwhelmed with 5 different maneuver elements. The platoon commander would still have 3 maneuver elements but that would include 6 vehicles and possible fighting between the squad leaders and platoon commander's over who owns the CSW teams.
Or you keep the MPC as a straight up APC that drops the grunts off 5 km from the objective in which case I think the 17 pax school bus is a better idea but you have to be very cautious too keep it out of harms way.
I think it would be worth taking a look at these ways of doing things and yes these are just ideas. It needs a real honest to God experiment ran on this with dedicated company and field grade officers that believe in their assigned idea. It needs to be judged and supervised by a General that is willing to run it as a true experiment and not have a dog in the fight on which of these succeeds or fails.
As for the dismounted troops that are transported by MV-22B or MTVR I would not touch them and leave the base platoon and company organization the same. Weapons company would probably have to be reworked if they were MV-22B transported.
Wainwright, Alberta — Rappelling from a CH-146 Griffon helicopter while hovering 20 metres above a wooded copse in sub-zero temperatures is only the first of many experiences that teams participating in the second annual Canadian Patrol Concentration (CPC) will take away from this uniquely Canadian training event.Hmm.
Hosted by the Canadian Manoeuvre Training Centre (CMTC) from November 14 to 24, CPC 2014 provides an opportunity for Regular and Reserve Force soldiers from across Canada to competitively practice patrolling in an infantry reconnaissance patrol format.
“Employing core patrolling skills in austere conditions, participants will be bent, pushed and stretched to their physical and emotional limits,” says Chief Warrant Officer Martin Colbert, the Formation Sergeant Major for the CMTC. “In CPC 2014, our soldiers will have an amazing opportunity to demonstrate resiliency and to exercise the ingenuity and fortitude that Canadian soldiers are known for.”
Twenty-four patrols, consisting of eight members each, will be required to travel on foot more than 40 kilometres in inclement weather in order to gather information on a notional enemy, such as their size, location, disposition and habits. As the patrols make their way through their mission, how the scenario unfolds will depend on how the members of each team conduct themselves and respond to challenges placed before them.
Participants of CPC 2014 will return to their home units with experiences that they can share with their fellow soldiers and, ultimately, improve the overall patrolling expertise across the Canadian Army.
Having covered the ground assault, we’ll move on to the Dongfeng CSK002 Airborne Assault Vehicle (that’s AAV for those in the business). This is a vehicle with a smaller crew and trust us, you wouldn’t want to be the shooter. That’s because while the rest of the windows are bulletproof, that of the man who operates the front-mounted 30 mm machine gun is folded.Yeah. Are you getting the force of connection? The Chinese have chosen mobility and firepower over armor ... at least when it comes to their expeditionary/rapid deployment forces.
Other weaponry includes quadruple smoke grenade launchers, while the secondary hardware is a 12.7 mm machine gun - they all sit on the roof. Once again the protection seems poor, as this is operated by a soldier who has to exit through the roof.
Why are we not surprised about the fact that the Chinese military don’t appear to invest too much in protecting their troopers...
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A Brazilian Army programme to buy one prototype 105 mm turreted gun system, with the option for a pilot batch of about 13 systems, is expected to attract bids from several international companies.This is freaking embarrassing.
Interested firms have until late December to formally issue a proposal, a source close to the programme told IHS Jane's on 17 November.
The source said that so far ARES Aeroespacial e Defesa (incorporating a 105mm gun of Israel Military Industries), China North Industries Corporation (NORINCO), CMI Defence, Denel Land Systems, and OTO Melara have obtained the Request for Proposal (RfP) issued by the army on 7 November.
Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has called for snap parliamentary elections for next month, following news that the country had slipped into a recession.That's the first paragraph of the article. What follows should send chills up the spine of defense corporations selling the F-35, the program office and MV-22 fanboys....
Abe also announced an 18-month delay in a controversial sales tax hike during a press conference Tuesday.
The prime minister said he will dissolve the parliament's lower house on Friday.Basically the Japanese Prime Minister just did to the Japanese govt, what the US public did to the Obama administration.
The Japanese economy slipped into recession in the third quarter.
