Barrel length possibly? With out have a dig about that's the first thing that comes to mind.

downsizer wrote:Airshows.....

Plus documentaries about "our skies".

I will stick too the issued 5.56mm, it's plenty of kinetic energy too reach out and touch.

All T45's are at their home port. http://news.sky.com/story/all-royal-navys-advanced-destroyers-in-port-10516991 Reasons why. https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/despite-issues-majority-of-type-45-destroyer-fleet-remains-operational/ The Type 45 is the most advanced BMD platform in the world ?????? Giv...

About CoE, I think that in most of countries finance/treasury departments have a very important role in running the government. But I have a question about Astute class subs. I wonder, if we compare them with say, Virginia class- Astutes have much more peculiar form of hull. While Virginia has clas...

Army Recognition realises that project Virtus has commenced initial issue to some UK Troops http://www.armyrecognition.com/weapons_defence_industry_military_technology_uk/the_new_virtus_body_armour_system_is_now_issued_to_the_british_infantry_troops_32005163.html The opinions I've heard are that it...

Just a shame we didn't follow the commonwealth in the 90's and buy of the shelf the Piranah Having attended a repatriation parade for five Canadian soldiers killed by an IED in a Piranha in 2007. No. Having spent a tour as force protection on MERT, I would say that the vehicles bought on UOR saved ...

Have you been in, on or used any of those "shit UOR" vehicles? No, I understand they had there value, they we're available, and they saved lives, but I don't believe they are valuable beyond fighting in the desert. We should realize we we're unprepared, and should plan so we are properly ...

shark bait wrote:it sure does! If they had followed through on boxer there wouldn't be the shit UOR fleet the British army is left with now.

On top of the cancellation of boxer there's the cancellation of Piranha too. Third time lucky?

Have you been in, on or used any of those "shit UOR" vehicles?

Then what happens to manoeuvre, close with?

Fast aggressive movement with weight of fire wins.

Not static.

The BA's preferences keep shifting. They acquired the short-barrelled Minimi in Iraq as a short-range bullet-sprayer; close in, volume of fire matters. In the much longer ranges typical of Afghanistan, it was of little use and the L86A2 came back into favour as its long barrel squeezed the most out...

pretty much zilch on the UK jobs from this one. Has to be expected with an american aircraft. Why should there? Capability lost due to X promising Y, forgetting about A. Lessons learned, the army is about to go through the same for MBT after the AJAX dealings. Have little idea what this means but i...

shark bait wrote:pretty much zilch on the UK jobs from this one. Has to be expected with an american aircraft.

Why should there?

Capability lost due to X promising Y, forgetting about A.

Lessons learned, the army is about to go through the same for MBT after the AJAX dealings.

Have I mentioned that the RAF have recently conducted free fall trials from the C17?

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Tinman wrote:But you don't need to make it easier for people that don't have the "need" to know. Do you?

Come on mate, it's the interwebz. Spotters are more important than OpSec. Basics, FFS....

Indeed, I shall punish myself by doing the 5 miles of death twice.

shark bait wrote:Pfffftt, once it's in the public domain you can't take it back.

But you don't need to make it easier for people that don't have the "need" to know. Do you?

@Armchaircivvy the Armata, don't believe the hype.

We had Tornado F3 trailed as a WW option, very successful IIRC.

Yeah, bringing in Streetfighter kits. All 22 of them... Thing is, the Leclerc already has one of the best FCS around and C4I systems to match, it's been kept up to date. It's exceptionally good inside, probably only bested by the Leopard 2A7 and M1A2 SEPv2. Challenger is still using the same stuff ...

Congratulations on your first year, well done! What would I like? I would like to see a wider international base of contributors discussing current events and tech procedures. I can be patient, though. Generally, a bit more humour and light heartedness please. Less Fanboi wishes and wet dreams. Reg...

The French can't sustain Carrier Ops, as they only have one. We will have two in a couple of years. True, and that puts them in the number two spot. We will replace them in that spot in a few years time. well it appears to have worked very well for the last 30-40 years with a variety of classes of ...

BTW who is the other one? China? India? because the french haven't rushed head long into single role support vessels and have a more balanced fleet. Only the French and the Americans can sustain high tempo carrier operations. The Brits will join the club soon, as may china. As for single role suppo...

It's about making the most efficient use of what you have. There simply isn't the money to keep every piece of kit ready for day 1 of the war. And frankly it would be wasteful to do so. The problem is that the kit is not even stored away this day. Not in numbers / conditions sufficient to have them...

Donald are you really suggesting that a T42 circa 2010 would be malted by the Argentinian Airforce? May be... What I "thought" is, 12x A4, and a few SuperEtendar can beat a single T42. They will lose 4-8 aircrafts, but they can sink T42, I guess. What I am not sure is, if Argentine can pr...

Ministers do stupid things and overrule the military all the time. Often they think they know best when they simply don't. One grey hull doesn't look all that different from another to the average politician and all of them believe the RN to be some sort of ultimate unbeatable force. No. Stupid min...