Military talk thread

[Vulcann]

Wow so many claims to our SAF origins

 

Wait this fellow come out and claim he taught our pioneers IFC:

 

 

[Vega]

While I was still a NSF in the mid 90s,there was a Mexican in our camp. He was always dressed in civilian clothing and those on guard duty were told to salute to him.

 

That generation was in the sixties and I guessed traces of them are long gone in the navy. Just like traces of the "Mexicans" have longed disappeared in the army.

 

While we are grateful for their assistance during our trying times of nation building, we are sort of running on auto pilot now and walking our own paths and setting our own targets.

 

Doctrines & tactics were improved and updated to the point that most knowledge transfers from them were already outdated and decommissioned. The FIBUA we learned during NS is already so different from the CQC we were taught during reservist.

[Ake109]

While I was still a NSF in the mid 90s,there was a Mexican in our camp. He was always dressed in civilian clothing and those on guard duty were told to salute to him.

 

 

Eh sorry, what is 'Mexican'?

[Vega]

 

Eh sorry, what is 'Mexican'?

Those that speak Hebrew.

[Kusje]

You mean Israeli? Were they being passed off as Mexicans?

 

*too young to know

[Babyckh]

 

Eh sorry, what is 'Mexican'?

I think he is referring to the Israelis.

[Vega]

for those who are interested to know more about the "Mexican".

http://militarynuts.com/index.php?showtopic=85

[Jamesc]

"Mexicans" due to our

 

neighbours not liking them.

 

 

 

[Vulcann]

Eight women finish first week of gruelling US Army Ranger test

Published on Apr 25, 2015 1:50 AM

 

US Army Rangers being put through their paces in a 2012 file photo. Eight women have successfully made it through the initial round of the US Army's gruelling Ranger School course, as commanders weigh allowing female troops to join the ranks of the elite corps, officials said Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Eight women have successfully made it through the initial round of the US Army's gruelling Ranger School course, as commanders weigh allowing female troops to join the ranks of the elite corps, officials said Friday.

 

The results of the first week of the Ranger School test represented another milestone as the American military seeks to open more combat specialities to women.

 

Out of 19 women who started the Ranger course Monday at Fort Benning, Georgia, eight remained, army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said.

And out of 381 men who arrived at Fort Benning this week, 184 men successfully completed the course.

 

The success rate for men, 48 per cent, and for the women, 42 per cent, was "within historic norms for the Ranger course," Smith said.

 

The first four days of the course, known as the Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP), include a tough physical fitness exam of 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five-mile run in under 40 minutes, six chin-ups, a swim test, a land navigation test and a 19km march with a 16kg rucksack in under three hours.

 

The army will take a decision on whether to permanently open the storied school to women after the two-month Ranger course is completed.

 

But senior officers have made clear standards for one of the military's most physically demanding courses will not be scaled back to accommodate women taking part.

 

The Marine Corps recently permitted female troops to enter infantry officer training, but no women managed to pass the difficult test.

 

The Pentagon has ordered all branches of the armed services to open ground combat jobs to women by 2016. The service chiefs can ask for a waiver to continue to exclude women from a particular occupational field, with the final decision up to the US defence secretary.

 

Apart from the Ranger school, the army is carrying out assessments for numerous combat specialities that could potentially scrap prohibitions for female soldiers.

 

Since 2001, female troops were often in combat in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as the conflicts had no distinct front lines.

 

But military rules mostly prohibit women from ground combat jobs in the infantry, tank and artillery units. And officials decided to take a second look after the experience of the past decade.

 

Opponents of the change say the infantry and other ground combat roles require upper body physical strength beyond the ability of most women, and that introducing female troops could prove disruptive for units that live in close quarters with little privacy.

 

Women are already allowed to fly US combat aircraft and fire weapons on naval ships.

 

(Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/united-states/story/eight-women-finish-first-week-gruelling-us-army-ranger-test-20150425 )

 

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So if these 8 heng heng graduates, the tab on their shoulders will be "RANGRESS" or "RANGERESS"?

[Super366]

Eight women finish first week of gruelling US Army Ranger test

Published on Apr 25, 2015 1:50 AM

 

We collectively envy their husbands...sigh. the rope rappel....wah lan oi!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

US Army Rangers being put through their paces in a 2012 file photo. Eight women have successfully made it through the initial round of the US Army's gruelling Ranger School course, as commanders weigh allowing female troops to join the ranks of the elite corps, officials said Friday. -- PHOTO: AFP

 

 

 

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Eight women have successfully made it through the initial round of the US Army's gruelling Ranger School course, as commanders weigh allowing female troops to join the ranks of the elite corps, officials said Friday.

 

 

The results of the first week of the Ranger School test represented another milestone as the American military seeks to open more combat specialities to women.

 

Out of 19 women who started the Ranger course Monday at Fort Benning, Georgia, eight remained, army spokeswoman Cynthia Smith said.

And out of 381 men who arrived at Fort Benning this week, 184 men successfully completed the course.

 

The success rate for men, 48 per cent, and for the women, 42 per cent, was "within historic norms for the Ranger course," Smith said.

 

The first four days of the course, known as the Ranger Assessment Phase (RAP), include a tough physical fitness exam of 49 push-ups, 59 sit-ups, a five-mile run in under 40 minutes, six chin-ups, a swim test, a land navigation test and a 19km march with a 16kg rucksack in under three hours.

 

The army will take a decision on whether to permanently open the storied school to women after the two-month Ranger course is completed.

 

But senior officers have made clear standards for one of the military's most physically demanding courses will not be scaled back to accommodate women taking part.

 

The Marine Corps recently permitted female troops to enter infantry officer training, but no women managed to pass the difficult test.

 

The Pentagon has ordered all branches of the armed services to open ground combat jobs to women by 2016. The service chiefs can ask for a waiver to continue to exclude women from a particular occupational field, with the final decision up to the US defence secretary.

 

Apart from the Ranger school, the army is carrying out assessments for numerous combat specialities that could potentially scrap prohibitions for female soldiers.

 

Since 2001, female troops were often in combat in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as the conflicts had no distinct front lines.

 

But military rules mostly prohibit women from ground combat jobs in the infantry, tank and artillery units. And officials decided to take a second look after the experience of the past decade.

 

Opponents of the change say the infantry and other ground combat roles require upper body physical strength beyond the ability of most women, and that introducing female troops could prove disruptive for units that live in close quarters with little privacy.

 

Women are already allowed to fly US combat aircraft and fire weapons on naval ships.

 

(Source: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/world/united-states/story/eight-women-finish-first-week-gruelling-us-army-ranger-test-20150425 )

 

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So if these 8 heng heng graduates, the tab on their shoulders will be "RANGRESS" or "RANGERESS"?

[macrosszero]

for those who are interested to know more about the "Mexican".

http://militarynuts.com/index.php?showtopic=85

 

Don't know how I never managed to find that one. Its a good read particularly the Russian angle.

[Pocus]

 

Like I mentioned earlier, the CG pic posted looked too computer game like.

 

All battle evidence and experience so far has shown that mounting multiple big/medium guns on a single chassis is a bad idea. The only extra guns should not be above .50 caliber.

 

The low sleek turret on the CG pic is more plausible if they put the crew entirely inside the hull and the turret operated like a remote turret with autoloader. You could have a really well angled turret that way. I remember reading that that was one of the Armata design goals. Guess we shall see soon if they really went ahead and did it. That pic you posted does seem to indicate that the turret to hull size ratio seems smaller than say the M1 or Leopard.

 

Russian T-14 Armata Tank spotted during rehearsal for their Russian victory day parade on 9th May. Expect the tank to be fully unveil during the parade.

 

 

Expect other IFVs and APCs to be unveiled during the parade, it's like Russia totally revamped their armor. Like this Kurganets-25 AFV.

 

 

T-15 Armata IFV, BMP successor.

[Ake109]

Looks like a LOT of reactive armour!

[macrosszero]

Form factor seems to have changed radically. Despite the unmanned turret, it now has dimensions closer to that of Western main battle tanks. The roadwheel spacings are also closer than in the T-72 series. The arrangement of the hull side armour seems to suggest that the Russians are preparing to deal with the same type of RPG threat that Leopards and M1s have to deal with.

[Thaiyotakamli]

Any one playing World of Tanks? Multi players shooting mass orgy match ups. Addictive. :)

 

Me me me

 

Account name yuwin88 lol

 

 

But never win one, kns. Got a few tank in garage only.

 

Namely: T54, Tiger 1, M6 and 2 level 4 tanks.

 

The problem with tier 5 is kena pit against the tier 7 SU152 then kena bullied 1 shot boom.

So best play using level X

 

 

But i am on the wrong track. Russian T62 tank for level X is the weakest tank among all lol

[Vega]

 

Russian T-14 Armata Tank spotted during rehearsal for their Russian victory day parade on 9th May. Expect the tank to be fully unveil during the parade.

 

 

 

Expect other IFVs and APCs to be unveiled during the parade, it's like Russia totally revamped their armor. Like this Kurganets-25 AFV.

 

 

T-15 Armata IFV, BMP successor.

 

their IFV and APC driver compartment is very far back.

they must have studied the Merkava to use the engine as another layer of protection for the crews.

but with this kind of config, I wonder how many troopers can it carries?

 

looking at the bottom picture, the crews look very small or the IVF is extremely big.

[Pocus]

Looks like a LOT of reactive armour!

Actually they looked more like modular composite armor, something like our Bionix. The thickness of the side armor of the K25 AFV suggests it could be a double layered composite armor plate with flotation material in the middle.

Edited April 27, 2015 by Pocus

[Camrysfa]

Provide means free right?

 

 

http://sputniknews.com/military/20150425/1021379897.html?utm_source=short_direct&utm_medium=short_url&utm_content=fH7&utm_campaign=URL_shortening

 

China will provide another 50 JF-17 Thunder fighter jets to Pakistan over the next three years.

Friendship between China and Pakistan continues to strengthen as Beijing promised to deliver another 50 fighter jets to its southern neighbor over the next three years, a top Chinese official said, according to the Express Tribute.

 

China already delivered 60 fighter jets to Pakistan since the two countries signed a contract in 2007. After the delivery of another batch of 50 combat aircrafts from China, Pakistan will have a total of 110 JF-17 Thunder jets.

 

The JF-17 Thunder is a lightweight, single-engine combat aircraft developed jointly by the Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC) and China's Chengdu Aircraft Corporation (CAC).