Is there really a need?

Well she's got one that works

Doing some reading on the L85A2 and A3 it seems the British Army has plans to start introducing a replacement around 2025... With the A3 just being introduced, I can see the MoD's search for a new rifle starting in / after 2025 with an introduction to service around 2030... Basically giving the Yan...

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/articl ... 00mph.html
To go with the above...

Time for a sneaky FMS?

The M.52 story would make a great film...

Having said that Eric Brown's life would make a film series...

The Armchair Soldier wrote:

Caption Competition? ….
"Hello Sis"

Matsimus' take on the upgrade programme

cockneyjock1974 wrote:Thanks for the comment Enigmatically. I disagree though the star of both series for me, has been Jerry Kyd.

Have to agree, came across as a great leader. Sort of person that you would do something for, because they asked (and didn't need to order you to do it)...

Can anyone tell me when the French Armed Forces started to adopt the 7.62mm FN MAG General Purpose Machine Gun? I have just watched a video of a recent French Army Live Mobility Demonstration and a number of vehicles and helicopters were equipped with this weapon. Apparently 2010 / 2011 timeframe.....

Ron5 wrote:Well then there's the whole thing about inventing the modern aircraft and being the first to fly it off a ship

Forgive my denseness... Modern aircraft?

Can't wait till December to find out....




Please don't fudge this one up Disney

SDL wrote:

that's a really cool looking patch

So a bit like with the Harrier's in the Falklands war? It has been suggested before that even a Nimitz would have struggled to get aircraft up into the fight...

Don't those extra launchers mess with the "stealth" of the ship design?

Caribbean wrote:IIRC, they removed the ASW rocket launcher, the Exocets and the decoys/ countermeasures, regraded them from aviso to OPV and used them to replace the P400s on EEZ patrol. They seem to have been quite usefull little ships.

Something we could try?

SKB wrote:16:00 - Now (nearly) turned 90 degrees, facing the basin gate. Tugs Hopetoun on the stern, Craigleith on the bow.
https://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/ho ... 21/zoom:16

When I go on that link it shows her still against the wall

Even if Boeing actually sorts out the KC-46, I think the USAF will make sure they get some KC-45's in the next competition... The list of issues with this plane just gets longer and longer. https://www.flightglobal.com/news/articles/boeings-kc-46a-boom-camera-fixes-progressing-too-sl-460944/ https:/...

And I bet no one has had the common sense to get the new handguard changed from (the proprietary) HKeymod to (the superior) MLOK

A Ministry of Defence (MoD) source close to the project told Jane's it was "too early in the process to be discussing out-of-service dates and replacements [of the BAe 146s]". He said putting BAe 146 in the brochure was about "testing the market's appetite for a potential sale in the...

Textron's entry into the NGSW programme... (tried attaching photo, but "Sorry, the board attachment quota has been reached") Check out the rifle, It looks a bit... Erm, cumbersome would be the polite way to put it. https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2019/09/12/first-photo-of-textrons-ngsw...

Said that before... I suggested aw189

As was pointed out in the comments section: without enough room to land both at the same time, it does really matter how many hangers you have.

The captain of a tanker seized for carrying Iranian oil has said Royal Marines used excessive force in detaining his ship. Earlier this month, UK forces helped authorities in Gibraltar who believed the tanker was carrying oil to a Syrian refinery in breach of EU sanctions. The captain said marines ...