Altpeak wrote:but more about mindset and determination and willingness to press-home an attack.
The last time somebody tried elan vs machine guns and artillery how did it go?
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by Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:52 pm
Altpeak wrote:but more about mindset and determination and willingness to press-home an attack.
by Ideal Britain » Mon Aug 17, 2020 12:54 pm
by Altpeak » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:00 pm
Ideal Britain wrote:Do pilots (who are officers) commissioned from the ranks normally make better leaders than those commissioned straight out of civvy street?
by Gallia- » Mon Aug 17, 2020 1:12 pm
Austria-Bohemia-Hungary wrote:Institutional-doctrinal inertia isn't changing in a time period as little as five years. It's more than likely that the entire MoD believes that the next war will not be one where Russia aggresses the Baltic states but where they'll have to go do the Afghanistan Reruntm, since that's exactly what Army 2020 has been about. Also did you not see the bit where it says "lmao we don't do attacks".
Ideal Britain wrote:Do pilots (who are officers) commissioned from the ranks normally make better leaders than those commissioned straight out of civvy street?
by Kazarogkai » Tue Aug 18, 2020 1:26 pm
Eukaryotic Cells wrote:I think that it depends on the exact mix of weapons you have within the battalion, the role the battalion is intended to play in the larger doctrinal context, local factors like terrain, etc.
Users of .50 caliber machine guns in the role you describe are modernizing them, and are looking into lighter weight ammunition. Weight is a significant issue here, but on balance I think you should probably retain them. Their long effective range, useful effect against a variety of targets (personnel, vehicles, structures, area targets, point targets, and so on), and crew portability are all desirable characteristics.
by Gallia- » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:45 pm
West Bromwich Holme wrote:Crookfur wrote:You could offer appliqué or integrated armoured cab kits for tactical trucks as most military manufacturers (like MAN and oshkosh) have done since the whole MRAP thing started.
Armoured saloons/limos/SUVs are also offered by most most high end car builders (or a partner customiser) these days and military wise these would be just for officers who are operating at almost political levels and pretty much sticking around offices/ HQs in urban areas.
If they need to go out in the field they would pretty much just be using whatever protected tactical vehicle is common to the rest of the army.
Could an armored truck work for military usage, perhaps like this:
or maybe this sort of body:
Not trying to picspam here.
I'm thinking, a 7.3 or 7.4-litre diesel engine could work in this sort of thing?
by Purpelia » Tue Aug 18, 2020 2:58 pm
Gallia- wrote:By contrast, the Japanese, who were quite literally constantly losing after 1942, and trading at rates of up to 20:1 against (Philippine Sea), and 5:1 against even in their best (Okinawa) due to State Shinto death cultist beliefs, recovered almost completely and utterly in moral-spiritual terms after the 1960's. Perhaps a utterly futile, physically ("objectively") ineffective, and hopelessly romantic death ride by a battleship squadron, even (especially?) when it could be better used to defend the physical coastline, is the cost of mounting an insurmountable defense in the spiritual realm? Something must have inspired the Allies to treat Japan with the kid gloves whereas Germany was more or less drained of all collective confidence in its decisions for the rest of its existence. It's not like the Japanese weren't objectively doing the same things Germany did in Poland, just in China, but for some reason America gave Unit 731 a pardon and Mengele died in Argentina.
Anyway that's more a general statement than anything directed specifically re: elan.
by Gallia- » Tue Aug 18, 2020 3:31 pm
by Ideal Britain » Wed Aug 19, 2020 2:18 am
by New Vihenia » Wed Aug 19, 2020 4:55 am
Ideal Britain wrote:Would someone build a military airport in a small village if it bordered another state?
by The New California Republic » Wed Aug 19, 2020 5:04 am
Ideal Britain wrote:Would someone build a military airport in a small village if it bordered another state?
by Crookfur » Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:17 am
Ideal Britain wrote:Would someone build a military airport in a small village if it bordered another state?
by Champagne Socialist Sharifistan » Wed Aug 19, 2020 6:22 am
by The New California Republic » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:00 am
Hrstrovokia wrote:Can I ask opinions on this? I've done a config for a platoon in a Mech Inf unit. It's based off using Soviet/Russian/Non-NATO equipment.[x3 Rifles Squads composed of 8 - x1 Squad Leader - AK-105 + RPG-26, x1 Senior Rifleman - AK-74M w/GP-34 + RPG-26, x1 Rifleman - AK-74M w/GP-34 + RShG-2, x1 Grenadier - AK-105 + RPG-7V2 [RPG], x1 Grenadiers Assistant - AK-74M + OG-7V/PG-7VL/PG-7VR rounds, x1 Squad Automatic - RPK-74M + RShG-2 [LMG], x2 Vehicle Crew]
[x1 Weapons Squad composed of 8 - x1 Squad Leader - AK-105, x1 ATGM Gunner - AK-105 + 9K115-2 Metis-M1 [ATGM], x2 ATGM Assistants - AK-105 + 9M131M/9M131FM rounds, x1 Gunner - PKM [GPMG] w/Glock 17, x1 Gunners Assistant - AK-105 + PKM ammo, x2 Vehicle Crew]
[x1 Plt HQ composed of 6 - x1 Plt Leader - AK-105, x1 Plt Sergeant - AK-74M w/ GP-34, x1 Medic - AK-105, x1 Gunner - PKM [GPMG] w/Glock 17, x1 Gunners Assistant - AK-105 + PKM ammo, x1 Marksman - SVDM w/Glock 17]
Are there two few marksmen? The Mech Inf Battalion would have a dedicated Sniper platoon (SV-98, OSV-96, KSVK). The HQ & Services Battalion also has one. plus 3 more SVDK-equipped marksmen in a Heavy Weapons platoon of the Mech Inf Battalion.
by Mitheldalond » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:32 am
New Vihenia wrote:Ideal Britain wrote:Would someone build a military airport in a small village if it bordered another state?
Why not ? Like i recalled that there is an airbase in Europe where the fighters taking off from it have to immediately take 90 Deg turn to avoid breaching airspace of neighboring nation.
by Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Wed Aug 19, 2020 7:33 am
by Champagne Socialist Sharifistan » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:11 am
by Dayganistan » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:25 am
by Atheris » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:39 am
Gallia- wrote:More like because Japan's end of history was "get rich", which in the grand scheme of things is hard to fault since it's an achievable goal (there are always rich people),
by Austria-Bohemia-Hungary » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:43 am
by Ideal Britain » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:45 am
Champagne Socialist Sharifistan wrote:Does a man raised in mountainous areas and accustomed to mountaineering from a young age make a better infantryman (Private to Lance-Corporal)?
by Atheris » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:45 am
by Gallia- » Wed Aug 19, 2020 8:54 am
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