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In other news the Norwegian Crown Prince just got his wings. He passed full paratrooper quals at the age of 42. i'm impressed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LalRKy_QAwg
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Here it is in action: https://youtu.be/BxvBFXK0S6c
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Scratch Monkey posted:Getting the business end of air strikes and artillery barrages must be loving terrifying Here's what it's like on the business end of Finnish Army 130mm K 54s. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IUvcdKGD-FM
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MikeCrotch posted:If you want to get an appreciation of what it would be like to be on the receiving end. That's a lot more impressive accuracy than I ever imagined.
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LUBE UP YOUR BUTT posted:What's the dud rate on the self-destruct mechanisms? No idea what I'm looking at here. From context, is that two patriots or equivalent (they look like big boys?) and something smaller (or a lot farther away) trying to intercept something unseen, and all veering off course aiming for orbit? Are the booms impacts of whatever they didn't intercept or the booms from the launches?
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Woodchip posted:"On 25 January 2022, THAAD made its first operational interception, of an incoming medium-range ballistic missile in the UAE.[8]" Thanks, for some reason I thought I was in the idiots thread, and when the tweet text read "attempt to intercept" I was expecting an obvious failure to, well, intercept, but just saw a video of missiles launching. The true context of it being a successful intercept out of frame (boom) makes more sense.
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Scratch Monkey posted:You could see the feet of the infantry that presumably came out of the BRM underneath it when it started firing. And the BRMs turret starts out pointing right, but ends up pointing left, so it traversed right past the BTR at some point in the smoke. 
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FrozenVent posted:BRB pitching the marines on a new amphibious assault system. May I present the MLC-70 ferry. A standard bridgelayer lays its bridge across a set of motorized pontoons, and presto.   
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A.o.D. posted:I'm sure that works, and there's probably doctrine supporting that, but holy gently caress is that sketchy. I'm getting forklift lifting a forklift that's lifting a full pallet vibes. They are actually incredibly much more rigid than they look, and the weight is spread out over a huge area, so not really. I've only used the teeny tiny version of this rated for 12 tons, not that 70-ton monstrosity, but it handled quite well given the fact that the two engines and steering is entirely separate and operated independently, with just the ferry commanders verbal commands to coordinate. In the 12-ton variant those engines were manually operated 40hp Evinrude outboards on each of the outer pontoons.  Also works as a makeshift berth for zodiacs in between the pontoons.  (Disclaimer: NOT for open water, the class 12 is for placid rivers and lakes only. Any wave breaking over the bow will sink the vessel.)
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