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Saturday, October 21, 2023
Friday, October 20, 2023
The "Family Of Vehicles" Concept should not apply to Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles converted into Artillery Carriers...
I have yet to see any justification for the "Family Of Vehicles" Concept.S&T reports that the RCH155 has as good as won the German tender for a wheeled SPG to be used in the Medium Division.
— Jeff2146馃嚙馃嚜 (@Jeff21461) October 20, 2023
Contract signing is expected in H1 2024 with delivery between 2026 and 2031,https://t.co/yS4Qr6CYam
But putting artillery on Wheeled IFVs is just plain insanity to me. The first consideration is the expense itself. With vehicles like the Boxer, Namer and others the base vehicle is so expensive that it simply makes no sense.
Next I have yet to see the savings by following the FOV concept. Save on parts? Maybe if you actually get savings by buying in bulk but that has yet to be experienced over a number of programs. Because your mechanics are all trained on the same platform? If you're using WIFVs as your base platform you're talking about vehicles that are essentially based on heavy trucks or something similar. The differences are all unique to the requirements of the vehicles. Electronics and armor. So really no savings at all.
But the biggest issue is that a truck based artillery platform can keep up with medium weight combat teams that are based on Wheeled IFVs.
There is no need to push this issue. If you're talking about heavy forces then the tracked platforms are not much more expensive.
The same applies to recovery, logistics, casevac and other battlefield roles.
For better or worse, cash strapped forces need to be smarter than this!
A warning for all that want us involved in every conflict around the world...
In another post I said that we need to be "picky" in which conflicts we get involved in. That we should seek to protect ourselves and only get involved in things that are TRULY in our national interests. With regard to what's going on right now? Back Israel, and let Europe take care of the Ukraine/Russia fiasco. Like Pat said (hopefully you read the entire tweet), every Empire has died due to becoming engaged in wars and exhausting itself. Between the current fights, turmoil at home, an open border and a weakened economy the United States is weakening itself for the benefit of others.HOW EMPIRES PERISH
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) October 20, 2023
“At the opening of the twentieth century there were five great Western empires—the British, French, Russian, German, and Austro-Hungarian—and two emerging great powers: Japan and the United States. By century’s end, all the empires had disappeared. How did…
It's past time to reverse that.
America first.
If it isn't in our interests then we should let nature run its course.
Enhancing Marine Corps Capabilities: New ACV training courses
U.S. Marines with the Amphibious Combat Vehicle Transition Training Unit completed a newly developed curriculum at the Assault Amphibian School at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California, June 26-July 20, 2023. The Marine Corps' newly established ACV TTU developed and implemented two recently designed courses, the Operators Certification Course and Maintainers Certification Course, ensuring Marines possess the technical knowledge, skills, and proficiency required to safely operate, maintain, and employ the ACV. The Marine Corps is taking a deliberate approach to fielding the ACV to the Fleet Marine Force to ensure our Marines understand the platform’s capabilities and can operate it safely and proficiently. ACVs are currently authorized to conduct waterborne operations in open and protected waters while surf-zone transit testing is ongoing. (U.S. Marine Corps video by Cpl. Daniel Medina and Cpl. Luis Agostini)
Hey Biden, ya fucking dumbass, how many rocket attacks do our forces have to take before you strike back HARD!
Warning. Rant ahead.
How many rocket attacks do our forces have to absorb before our Commander In Chief decides that its time to strike back HARD!
Apparently the lives and futures (meaning injuries) are cheap to our current leadership.
No statement from the SecDef to knock that shit off before they get skull fucked.
Didn't expect anything from that piece of shit SecState but COME ON!
YOU DO NOT SHOW WEAKNESS IN THE MIDDLE EAST OR AFRICA!
I know we live in a touchy feely kinda world in the West but we're operating world wide.
Sometimes you got to not only roar but also BITE!
The weakness I'm getting from the administration is nauseating. The softness is infuriating. The pussification is complete.
Oh and understand this. These bastards doing these rocket attacks are soft as cotton compared to what the Chinese will do.
GET FUCKING HARD BIDEN OR BRING OUR BOYS HOME!
Thursday, October 19, 2023
More than a battalion of Generals are drowning the US military...
Has anyone noticed that the more generals we have the less effective our military has become? I see a direct correlation here..
— Mike Fredenburg - I follow back Patriots (@msfredenburg) October 10, 2023
900 Generals Are Drowning U.S. Military In Bureaucracy and Turf Battles
Today's U.S. military is 1/10th the Size it Was in World War II and Has Twice as Many 4 Star Generals.
Read why bloated command structure hurts U.S. military effectiveness: https://t.co/7VAvxcyqNi…
Who are these people and how can they protest at the drop of hats?
Watched the protests at our capitol yesterday and something occurred to me.
Who are these people?
How are they able to protest at the drop of a hat?
How are they living that they can afford to take time off work and go protest?
Something is waaay off with this. Some have said that they're simply actors and this is part of their jobs. Some have said that they're students and they're encouraged to do this as part of their grades in school for social activism.
Either way it makes no sense to me.
Too many are involved in it, too many seem sold on it and I can't imagine any lifestyle that would support it.
So I go back to the beginning with a twist.
Who are these people, who's paying them to cause this mayhem and why aren't they being sued for any property damage/injuries etc...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023
IDF's Special Tactics Rescue Unit 669 has been doing serious work in the background...
Note. I guess the closest thing the US has to this is the ParaRescue guys. From Unit 669's Wiki page I gather that the main difference they have from American Special Ops units is that they carry along dedicated doctors and nurses specializing in trauma treatment. Special Ops Teams in general run with highly trained medics/Corpsmen that have superior medical training to their fellows (the only exception I know of is Special Forces Medics that do a tour in big city ERs treating gunshot/knife wounds and serious traffic accidents...they are/were assigned to designated trauma hospital in the area assigned...I would deem them a step ahead of say a Ranger/MARSOC/SEAL medic/Corpsmen). Would it make sense for the USAF/Navy to establish a dedicated deep penetration rescue force along the lines of the Jolly Green Giants of Vietnam fame? They used HH-3's for rescue and A-1's as escorts. The modern equivalent would be the CV-22 and A-10s??? But does a dedicated unit make sense for the US?
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— Israeli Air Force (@IAFsite) October 14, 2023
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About the mess that is the Speaker of the House race...
Can't believe it but this dude got it right.REP. RASKIN (D-MD): "There is a civil war taking place within the Republican party and that civil war might just turn into a purge of any moderates. […] I think the GOP right now might be the POT, the party of Trump." pic.twitter.com/LPA9t1Pfx8
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) October 17, 2023
We ARE seeing a civil war in the Republican Party.
How this turns out could affect our two party system. We're long past due a time when one (or both) party dies.
IDF activates its ENTIRE Armored Corps
“Now, for the first time in over four decades, since the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982, the entire armoured corps has been called up. This is a massive force … it is understood to include over 1,000 main battle tanks.” https://t.co/z2oUExS63Q
— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) October 17, 2023
The Navy's Landing Ship Medium is a single MAJOR point of failure for the Marine Littoral Regiment...
Note. The idea that you're gonna operate these ships in the grey zone, have them elude detection, minimum staffing and NO air defense if shit turns hot is just another indication that FD2030 is a failed concept. The world has voted and like I've been saying, the BIG FIGHT will be in Africa/Middle East. Oh and how this thing was rigorously studied, passed the tests (supposedly) and was deemed valid is such a load of bullshit that general officers should be fired for pushing this idiocy on the Marine Corps. THEY FAILED and this abomination will only succeed in getting people killed.
Feel free to scream.
— cdrsalamander (@cdrsalamander) October 17, 2023
Just two 30mm and six .50.
Intentionally ignoring every wartime lesson in a contested air environment of the last 85 years.
Huh...I have a draft post on this topic...maybe time to finish it. https://t.co/BpQIiVqGa3
Hey people, HAMAS hit their own hospital NOT the IDF!
The masks are coming off and its apparent that so many are so willing to believe that the IDF hit a freaking hospital with the US President due to arrive on Weds? GET REAL! I initially suspected a vehicle bomb (cause a missile exploding midair just doesn't ring to me). Regardless store your prejudice and understand that Hamas is a terrorist organization that committed a horrendous attack that DEMANDS reprisals!Conclusion:
— GeoConfirmed (@GeoConfirmed) October 17, 2023
A missile launched by a Palestinian group exploded mid-air (Reason unknown) and one piece fell on the hospital causing an explosion.
The geolocation and timing of the footage is conclusive.
More information will be added to this thread.
11/X pic.twitter.com/jDJn4OZJLO
Why does Iran get so much fear and respect.
Iran and Hezbollah has been chest thumping for days. Both have said that if an assault is conducted into Gaza they will attack.
My thoughts?
Bring it on. Oh and I'm not cheering for war. I would prefer that a cease fire were declared and Israel would continue to target leadership, smash infrastructure and tear up anything they can from the air or through assassination.
But instead the Biden administration seems to be saying nothing except a rather feminine "don't" and seems to be paused up by the threat from those two.
Why?
Why does Iran get so much fear and respect? Why aren't we hearing from our State Dept and Defense Dept that if Iran takes one step into the muddy waters of the Hamas/Israeli conflict then they get micro-atomized?
I sense US weakness. I sense EU weakness.
If I sense it from my chair then so does everyone else worldwide.
Time to be a bit more blunt about the hostages taken in Israel
OK. Some of you don't get it. The reality isn't that the hostages are still alive and can be rescued. The reality is that alot of the "hostages" are already dead and were killed on the day of the attack and their BODIES were taken back to GAZA.
That's why I'm so against using US or Israeli Special Ops to make sorties into Gaza in an attempt to recover/retrieve (those that ARE still alive).
It's a mission from hell.
Those that are still alive will be booby trapped six different ways from sunday and those that are dead don't even know it so why waste another life in the effort.
This might sound cold but families are already mourning. We should avoid adding to that list in foolish, headline grabbing attempts that we know aren't worth the risk.
Monday, October 16, 2023
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