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When you're besieging a city with a neighborhood known as Mount Whoredom it's only natural.
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Handsome Ralph posted:So I'm indexing/reading orderly books/unit diaries from the Revolutionary War right now for Continental Army units. War. War never changes.
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Ah yes, the unique “delta wing” drone shape, only used by Iran.
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If Iran is a known supplier of arms to the Houthis, is it such a world-shaking revelation to find Iranian built-drone parts anyway? I don't think we as a nation want to start pulling on the thread of "the weapons supplier is responsible for all acts of the weapon purchaser."
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Madurai posted:If Iran is a known supplier of arms to the Houthis, is it such a world-shaking revelation to find Iranian built-drone parts anyway? Its bullshit, like everything else out of Saudi (and this bumboclaat administration)
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Its bullshit, like everything else out of Saudi (and this bumboclaat administration) Oooh! New word for the day!
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joat mon posted:Oooh! New word for the day! bad idea
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Smiling Jack posted:bad idea Educate me!
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I have a good 50mm but no way to lay this map out to grab it in sections. But, here's a decent shot of it. I'm going to go over it in detail and try to annotate it. edit: is there a better thread for me to vomit this WWII stuff into also? Elendil004 fucked around with this message at 23:08 on Sep 18, 2019 |
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Sep 18, 2019 23:00
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The military history thread in ask/tell is a good bet.
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So long as you post it here, too.
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For reference, my Grandpa is Ed or Edward, last name Yaps, it's not that consistent. Most of these captions are his, or my Grandmas, and are as written. 1 - Johnnie's first leave - October 1942 (johnnie Dreher, Art Ladd & Ed) 2 through 5 - Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 6 - In work clothes at Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 7 - Some fightin' lookin' soldiers? at Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943  1 & 2 - George Stasky at Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 3 - Dunphy - the best time he had was while he was in the Army. - Always happy-go-lucky. At Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 4 & 5 - George Stasky at Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 6 - ? 7 - George at the park in Paris, Texas - March 1943 8 Thomas J. Dlugos - A/B Engs. Carthage, Mo - 1943 9 - ?  1 - Pvt. Howard Meyers at Norman, Oklahoma - Sept 1943 2- Looking down Mt. Scott into the valley. There is a big lake below but it is too far down to be recognized - 1943? 3 - Wichita Mts. Looking West from atop Mt. Scot - 1943? 4 - The other "G.I. Joe" is my sidekick. He is Bill Silvestri and he comes from the Bronx. - 1943? 5 - The bunch in Eddy's group at Camp Maxey, Texas - Jan 1943 6 - George & Million in the sloppy mud of Germany - Nov 1944 7 - Sgt Meachum piling dirt on our dugout in Germany. A hole we'll never forget. - Dec 1944 That's all I had time to scan in today, a bunch more tomorrow I hope. I also have a 10 mark note, his tiny adorable mini honorable discharge paperwork, and a bunch of draft paperwork and board notices which are kinda cool to see. As suggested, I'm crossposting to the milhist thread (and the milpics thread)
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Awesome, please keep it up.
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Anybody else see a huge cock and balls northeast of NEUTRAL?
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Lots of pics in this thread https://twitter.com/ralee85/status/1175908830015819777?s=21
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Love the tree and shrubbery inconspicuously floating across the river
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Phil Moscowitz posted:Lots of pics in this thread You missed the best https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1175838428707119107?s=19
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:You missed the best Good enough reason to repost the best thing ever https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-YsSL65quM The dude just cracking up and cheering in the background kills me every time. You can just hear the pure joy.
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Has there ever been a zero-injury regimental-sized jump in any army?
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MrYenko posted:Has there ever been a zero-injury regimental-sized jump in any army? Yeah, probably in the North Korean Army, because Glorious Leader packed all the parachutes Himself and if anyone died, it's because they weren't pure of thought and their hearts not full of pure Communist camaraderie. 
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That Works posted:The dude just cracking up and cheering in the background kills me every time. You can just hear the pure joy. There's pure joy because it was intentional sabotage. Dude got caught big time.
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EBB posted:There's pure joy because it was intentional sabotage. Dude got caught big time. Oh I know. But, was the dude laughing his rear end off the one that did it? I wasn't under that impression. I know if I got to watch a couple humvees crater into an open field (knowing that no one was in them) I would be pretty loving amazed / amused.
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MrYenko posted:Has there ever been a zero-injury regimental-sized jump in any army? 10-15% injury rate on training jumps is the standard iirc
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That Works posted:Oh I know. But, was the dude laughing his rear end off the one that did it? I wasn't under that impression. Nah that was a different guy. Guy who got busted was a rigger who sabotaged lines specifically unchecked by inspectors/loadmasters during a JAI.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:Nah that was a different guy. Guy who got busted was a rigger who sabotaged lines specifically unchecked by inspectors/loadmasters during a JAI. They also hit the guy filming with some sort of reprimand for "unprofessional conduct" or something
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I dunno, for the, what, north of $100k that a military humvee costs, I feel like we could've gotten a much bigger spectacle by just aiming to produce a spectacle. At least send that thing to a monster truck rally and draw things out a bit. ...actually, now I'm curious what would happen if you drove over a military humvee in a monster truck.
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They should at least put gas in them when they airdrop so if the parachute fails you still have a kinda cool bomb explosion.
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:what would happen if you drove over a military humvee in a monster truck. It becomes the opening slide in a powerpoint that leads to a trillion dollar procurement boondoggle?
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soy posted:They should at least put gas in them when they airdrop so if the parachute fails you still have a kinda cool bomb explosion. Life is not a Michael Bay movie my dude
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:You missed the best Don't the russian airborne drop in their vehicles?
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Yeah but that would be p cool
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Milo and POTUS posted:Don't the russian airborne drop in their vehicles? Yes, but nobody was riding in any of the vehicles they dropped for that jump.
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Knowing Russian logic, I'm guessing the reasoning behind it is speed and "without the vehicle, the crew is useless anyway."
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That's possible. It's like the philosophy of autoloaders in Russian tanks versus a human loader in US ones. Russian doctrine runs on mixed armor units so you likely have a BMP or BRD with dudes in it nearby, so it's not like you're down a man and the tank can shoot faster with machine loading. The downside is the crew can run through the ammo too quickly and autoloaders break/jam. On the US side, we have a human loader because they won't break mechanically (shhhh I can hear your thoughts shut the gently caress up), we can use rounds that come in one piece instead of several, and the loader is a spare body to drive or shoot if somebody gets hurt. That's the book answer though, experience will vary.
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If you're running a heavy platoon then by the book no but really you're gonna want dismounts with your tanks for various reasons.
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Auto loader is one less dude who can help replace tracks and stuff
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Milo and POTUS posted:Don't the russian airborne drop in their vehicles? They've certainly rehearsed that, with those cool retrorocket additions to their chutes to soften the landings. A Bad Poster posted:Knowing Russian logic, I'm guessing the reasoning behind it is speed and "without the vehicle, the crew is useless anyway." IIRC, there's a thread of Soviet-and-then-Russian thought that wants airborne forces to be able to drop in unsecure LZs and be ready for action instantly upon landing if necessary.
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