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by benny14
16 Sep 2018, 18:50
Forum: Personnel and Units
Topic: Royal Marines
Replies: 205
Views: 34138
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Re: Royal Marines

It does however make the idea of landing and operating 3 Commando Brigade as a formation a non starter and really pushes the idea of operating as smaller company sized raiding units to the fore or a Commando as vanguard formation to secure a point of entry for follow on Army units. 3 Commando has o...
by benny14
12 Sep 2018, 23:54
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Little J wrote:She didn't leave port?
It should mostly avoid Florida. Carolina is however going to get devastated. I think there is a high chance we will offer to help out, rather than just sail on past.
by benny14
12 Sep 2018, 14:02
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5974
Views: 1499982
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

ArmChairCivvy wrote:[Benny, I meant the French half of the joint intervention force]
My bad, forgot about the French... So Oman is our CJEF contribution, could you say our participation in Trident Juncture is our JEF contribution?
by benny14
12 Sep 2018, 13:44
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion
Replies: 5974
Views: 1499982
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Re: Current & Future Amphibious Capability - General Discussion

You could argue that saif sareea 3 is exercising the uk half of the uk/fr force about 4500 personnel. I'd happily go along with that... but where is the other (joint!) half? Its actually almost 5,500 from all three services going to Saif Sareea 3. Including 900 from the RAF. Another 2,000-2,800 goi...
by benny14
11 Sep 2018, 20:06
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 431526
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Re: Section infantry weapons

I think that it’s important to remember that, in the British army at least, the organisation and equipment charts do not necessarily bear any resemblance to what is deployed on the ground. The battalion and regimental organisations are administrative. The British Army in the field operates around b...
by benny14
04 Sep 2018, 17:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Agree, whilst also degrading the quality of the forum. too much twitter for me Agreed. I've got twitter for twitter. We don't need every fudging tweet here as well, now if it was something exceptional...! The majority of day to day updates and news snippets on HMS QNLZ, as well as most of the armed...
by benny14
02 Sep 2018, 21:06
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)
Replies: 488
Views: 211192
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Re: AW159 Wildcat Helicopter (RN & AAC)

serge750 wrote:She does seem a bit toothless for the next couple of years
Considering she is not operational until late 2020, it matters little at this point.
by benny14
01 Sep 2018, 23:24
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Timmymagic wrote:Actually had a check and it looks like it might be the Harry S. Truman
You are correct. USNI said Bush was underway on the 27th. It appears it came back in to port for the US 2nd Fleet ceremony, and Truman went out the day after.
by benny14
01 Sep 2018, 00:40
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Timmymagic wrote:Currently the Abraham Lincoln is out in the Atlantic on Carrier Qualifications and is due to meet up with the another CVN shortly (can't remember which one).
USS George H. W. Bush
by benny14
28 Aug 2018, 13:55
Forum: Defence Elsewhere
Topic: Italian Armed Forces
Replies: 936
Views: 60998
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Re: Italian Armed Forces

Timmymagic wrote:Italys defence budget is $29.2 billion.

The UK's is $50.2 billion.

Discuss....
Trident and nuclear attack subs.
by benny14
26 Aug 2018, 19:09
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Digger22 wrote:Any ideas where they are?
No idea, but RFA Tiderace is still sitting off Plymouth. So they are likely in the channel still.
by benny14
25 Aug 2018, 11:20
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Fantasy T31 and Fantasy Fleet Builder [New]
Replies: 1811
Views: 76337
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Re: Fantasy T31 and Fantasy Fleet Builder [New]

On one hand, I’d ultimately decommission the 5 GP T23s, one is already laid up, so this would free up (4x185) 740 crew. That is not how that works. There is crew for 8-9 of the 13 frigates. Cutting 5 frigates will free up roughly 1 frigates worth of manpower, but with the refit scedule, we would en...
by benny14
25 Aug 2018, 00:45
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword)
Replies: 29
Views: 2258
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Re: Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword)

https://twitter.com/27RegimentRLC/status/1033082306783789058 https://twitter.com/raflossiemouth/status/1032954027955380224 https://twitter.com/RAFBrizeNorton/status/1032901385023578113 https://twitter.com/armyeastengland/status/1031905683128688641 https://twitter.com/NavyLookout/status/1031819635098...
by benny14
25 Aug 2018, 00:32
Forum: Deployments
Topic: Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword)
Replies: 29
Views: 2258
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Re: Exercise Saif Sareea 3 (Swift Sword)

We seem to have built ourselves a decent sized FOB just outside Duqm port. Have heard that it might become a permanent storage site for equipment after the exercise. https://twitter.com/62WksGpCo/status/999361958389280768 https://twitter.com/BritishArmy/status/1032957061049581568 The location shown ...
by benny14
19 Aug 2018, 05:09
Forum: Joint Service
Topic: F-35B Lightning (RAF & RN)
Replies: 6067
Views: 1723755
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Re: F-35B Lightning II (RN & RAF)

Well we could form 8 squadrons, though each would have say six aircraft in its books, but few would notice simply accepting we have 8 squadrons. May sound daft but remember at one time each RAF squadron has 16 aircraft. Yes it does sound daft. It will only look good to the un-educated public, anyon...
by benny14
18 Aug 2018, 19:54
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Anyone know which SSN left Plymouth today? Was it the allied one?
by benny14
16 Aug 2018, 18:49
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Are not the Wildcats used by the RM pooled from the army AH1 helicopters, as FAA Wildcats are HMA2 version s with seaspey radar already fitted. Likely pooled, 847 NAS has ~6 AH1s. If they want radar and weapons, easiest way is conversion to HMA2, it gives you both, you then just need to introduce B...
by benny14
16 Aug 2018, 16:12
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

Keithdwat579 wrote:Well QHM Daily Movements is up for tomorrow, no sign of her leaving tomorrow unfortunately.
From some of the tweets, it seems that its next week.
by benny14
16 Aug 2018, 04:09
Forum: British Army
Topic: Section Infantry Weapons
Replies: 1476
Views: 431526
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Re: Section infantry weapons

Now with regard to what was said about a "massive uplift in GPMG" at Catterick Infantry Training Centre, this would suggest that although the GPMG is currently held at platoon level, provision is being made to deploy GPMG in section as an expedient where and when it is needed. Thoughts pl...
by benny14
16 Aug 2018, 01:13
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Type 31 Frigate (Inspiration Class) [News Only]
Replies: 8469
Views: 2142310
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Re: Type 31 General Purpose Frigate [News Only]

From the contract, it seems they have both simplified the contract process, and have now included "Government Furnished Equipment" within the £1.25bn price. I reckon that Babcock breached the price cap, so the government are now including refurbished equipment from the T23s, which would ke...
by benny14
15 Aug 2018, 23:34
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion
Replies: 15442
Views: 4408704
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Re: Queen Elizabeth Class Aircraft Carriers - News and Discussion

cyrilranch wrote:I like the idea of army wildcat may be given a radar and air to surface weapons, plus datalinks.
He is talking about FAA Wildcats, not Army. 847 NAS operate the AH1 variant, so ideally he wants them to convert to HMA2.
by benny14
15 Aug 2018, 14:08
Forum: Royal Navy
Topic: Tide Class Tankers (MARS) (RFA)
Replies: 752
Views: 284903
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Re: Tide Class Tankers (MARS) (RFA)

"Customisation work, including the installation of communications equipment and defensive systems, is sustaining hundreds of jobs in A&P Falmouth, while the wider Tide class programme is sustaining further jobs at 26 other companies throughout the UK." "RFA Tidespring is already i...