Saturday, April 22, 2023
Friday, April 21, 2023
High Mobility Rocket Artillery System Rapid Infiltration (HIRAIN) video. Who came up with this concept and why are they practicing this idiocy!
So let me get this straight. You're gonna load up a HIMARS onto a C-17, "rapidly infiltrate" onto a particular piece of ground, fire the rockets off and avoid detection while doing it? Let's give the benefit of the doubt and assume they're not detected. Let's further assume that the C-17 leaves and more HIMARS are flown in or the vehicles are reloaded. You still have to wonder WHY!
Let's be honest.
This is just a rehashed cannon artillery raid that never made sense either.
This is the weekend assignment for the blog (not really but if you know and have the time to dig I'd appreciate it).
1. Name one instance where US or foreign forces actually conducted an a cannon artillery/gun/or missile raid.
2. Name how this actually makes sense in a contested environment against a peer foe. Hell I'll even accept how it makes sense against insurgents in the modern era!
It ain't getting better in Sudan...I expect a move perhaps this weekend to evacuate the embassy
Yeah its getting real sporting over there. If military planners are on the ball then they are getting ready to go sooner rather than later. They announced troops were being assembled today? That means they've been flowing into the area probably since the middle of last week. That announcement was to prep the public to this possibility. They're gonna go by air and they're gonna have to setup a cap over the op so forces can get in, get civilians out, destroy any info (if they haven't already) and then get the force out. That doesn't include any Americans in the community plus probably a shitload of foreign nationals and our favorite little pets that have done our bidding.As fighting continued in Sudan despite the ceasefire, civilians are caught in the crossfire. Basic amenities are scarce, and it has become hard to flee the country. pic.twitter.com/lVT8MjAOF0
— DW News (@dwnews) April 21, 2023
So what is all that?
From the start of the operation to the end? If nothing goes terribly wrong?
I'm guessing two days on the ground for the trigger pullers. They're gonna be dragging for those 60+ hours (wide awake for 12 hours before the op starts, drinking energy drinks/coffee/dip for 48 hrs on the ground and then wide awake for a bad flight home).
Not too bad. I imagine everyone reading this has done max effort for 72hrs and were non-the-worse for wear afterwords.
Now if things go sideways.
If a MV-22 or CH-47G goes down then all bets are off (Rangers better be ready to zoom in quick)....those 160th bubbas better be ready cause they're gonna earn a few distinguished flying crosses if this goes sideways.
That will extend things and whenever things extend for the US military that usually means we start pouring more forces into the area and eventually the fight becomes ours.
We'll see, but that's my prediction. Embassy evacuation goes this weekend and probably the French, Brits and maybe a few others will toss in some token forces (probably Special Ops and helos).
Thursday, April 20, 2023
Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar finally confirmed that the counteroffensive has started?
via Euromaidanpress
Today the biggest news comes from the south. Here, the intensity of Ukrainian attacks has reached new peaks as Ukrainians opened several more lines of attack. Due to the increased pressure, Russians started losing their positions, and the occupation authorities suddenly launched evacuation from the pre-frontal settlements. The evacuation sparked panic about the beginning of the Ukrainian counteroffensive, and today Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Maliar finally confirmed that the counteroffensive has started.
Just in time for a Friday news dump and priming the pump for the talking heads on Sunday shows to boost the public for more war funding.
Is it true?
Don't know.
This hits hard. If a person dies during recruit training does he earn the title Marine?
Recruit passed away at boot camp. Dude tells people not to call him a Marine. Thoughts?This has happened often enough that I think there would be a regulation covering it. I do know this. You die in recruit training your family gets all the benefits so my instinct is yes. This guy makes some compelling reasons why administratively you get the pay but maybe not the title. Does anyone know?
by u/horck47 in USMC
One thing about the trans issue.
Have you noticed one thing about the trans issue? I wish I could take credit for it but it ain't mine.
Transwomen are piling into women's sport at a breathtaking rate.
Transmen aren't piling into men's sports.
The difference?
Obvious. A biological male can take on a biological female that transitions to male without difficulty. We're just built that way and drug use can only do so much.
A biological male competing against biological female and then transitions has a natural advantage that can't be compensated for without huge ingestion of estrogen (for the biological male) along with huge ingestion of testosterone for the biological female.
But ya know what irks me the most.
Women aren't fighting this fight.
Men are fighting for women in this and women are on the sidelines (except for that brave swimmer) not wanting to defend themselves or more importantly THEIR DAUGHTERS!
Ukrainian Pixel Camo Challenger MBTs
Ensimmäiset kuvat #Challenger2:sta Ukrainsn pixels camossa. Huomiota kinnittää se, että tässä ei ole ERA 😁
— Mika Mäenpää (@MMaenpaa1) April 20, 2023
📷 lukijan kuva (en tiedä lähdettä) pic.twitter.com/GQ48bAbNtO
I'm really warming to the French Serval..
Really starting to like the Serval. Its bigger than the JLTV but the added size I believe adds utility. While it serves the same function as the JLTV, I believe that its LAYOUT/Troop Carrying is superior.Évaluation technico-opérationnelle en milieu grand froid avec le blindé Serval !
— Armée de Terre (@armeedeterre) April 20, 2023
➡️ roulage en zone 🏔️
➡️ débarqué d'un groupe infanterie montagne
➡️ ski joëring
➡️ chaînage et conduite sur neige
On embarque avec le @7e_bca 🏔️ Vous suivez ?#MatosTerre #Innovation pic.twitter.com/brQIxpOCSx
I know. Trust me I know.
The JLTV was designed to be a replacement for the Humvee. But (and this is hindsight) miss a chance to rethink our utility vehicle and turn it into a real combat vehicle?
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