Space Marine just got their weapon of choice. Tell me this doesn't look like it belongs on the set of the next "Aliens" Move! Check it out here.
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Tavor TS12 12 gauge shotgun...Space Marines just got their weapon
Space Marine just got their weapon of choice. Tell me this doesn't look like it belongs on the set of the next "Aliens" Move! Check it out here.
French forces take a tremendous blow in Mali...13 killed in helo crash...
Six officiers, seven Warrant Officers and NCOs killed in helicopters collision in Mali.— Harry Boone (@towersight) November 26, 2019
Most of them are from 5e Combat Helicopter Reg. and Mountain Brigade Units.
The Transport Helo crashed was an AS352 Cougar not a Caiman as 1st stated https://t.co/7A2esJ11fF pic.twitter.com/oW9N9Dty1S
Britain helped in rescue mission to retrieve bodies of 13 French personnel killed in tragic helicopter crash in Mali yday.— Lucy Fisher (@LOS_Fisher) November 26, 2019
RAF Chinook has transported French combat troops back & forth to forward operating base near crash site. All bodies of the dead now retrieved, I understand
Africa is Afghanistan on steroids in the modern era. The distances are too great, the rules of engagement too strenuous and the forces deployed too few to make a difference.
May the memory of those that perished be a blessing.
Make no mistake about it. This will not be the last time parents/wives/children cry over loved ones, this effort will not change things on the ground and the Europeans will eventually abandon this looming quagmire and go home.
New Data Shows Performance Divide on Army Combat Fitness Test
via Military.com
It may take up to five years to finalize the standards for the Army Combat Fitness Test as the service struggles to address the performance gap between male and female soldiers on the service's first-ever gender-neutral fitness assessment.Story here.
The Army just completed in late September a year-long field test of the ACFT, involving about 60 battalions of soldiers. And as of Oct. 1, soldiers in Basic Combat Training, advanced Individual training and one station unit training began to take the ACFT as a graduation requirement.
So far, the data is showing "about a 100 to a 110-point difference between men and women, on average," Maj. Gen. Lonnie Hibbard, commander of the Center for Initial Military Training, told Military.com.
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Hibbard said the Army would be in the same position if it tried to create a gender-neutral standard for the current Army Physical Fitness Test.
"We would still have challenges, because you have to make the low end low enough that 95% of the women can pass," Hibbard said, adding that the Army will likely have to make small adjustments to the standard over time as soldiers improve their performance in each event.
The new baseline for men is set at a standard that 95% of women can pass.
Tell me again that standards aren't being lowered...
Monday, November 25, 2019
Chaiseri Armoured Wheeled Amphibious Vehicle (AWAV).
via Shepard Media.
Similar in size is the First Win Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV), although its main difference is that it is designed for amphibious mobility. Powered by rear-mounted propellers, it can move at water speeds of 8km/h, plus it can ford obstacles up to 1m deep. Chaiseri also refers to it as the Armoured Wheeled Amphibious Vehicle (AWAV). Later it will be tested in the sea and is expected to be able to operate in Sea State 2.Story here.
The First Win AIFV weighing 11.5t is slightly wider at 2.596m, which should assist with waterborne stability. It is 6.09m long and 2.42m high, and it is powered by a 330hp engine. Again, it can accommodate up to six passengers/crew.
Interesting.
Just throwing it out there but would it ever make sense for the USMC to try for a "unique" (meaning service specific) air transportable, JLTV sized but amphibious, utility vehicle?
More on British Armed Forces chaos...
via Express.uk
The Royal Navy are said to be furious over the decision to lease out one of the two flagship Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers that have recently been commissioned.Story here.
A military told The Sunday Times: “The army hates the aircraft carriers, which they have always seen as white elephants, but the Americans love them.
“They’re cutting-edge because they can operate with far fewer crew than the US carriers.
“Both the army and the navy think that the job of the RAF will soon be done by drones.”
The considerations for military cuts remain at an early stage but have followed a directive by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace that they must “cut their cloth” according to the budget.
He has secured another £2.2billion for the military but said he wants better kit rather than an expanded fighting force.
In September, Mr Wallace revealed the money would go towards “dilapidated not fit for purpose accommodation.”
The news comes as a former British Army Chief of General staff described how cuts to the defence budget in recent years has left the Army, “half as capable as it once was”.
Read the whole thing but don't laugh. This is coming to the US military soon enough.
We might see the same interservice arguments too. The F-35 took too long, took up too much money and left the ground forces (and to an extent rotor aviation/ship maintenance/ship procurement/bomber force etc...) in a lurch trying to make up for over a decade of LOST PROCUREMENT!
The British Armed Forces are singing "Oh Bad Things Are Bad"...pretty soon the US Armed Forces will be singing the same tune.
Royal Navy Intends HMS Queen Elizabeth to be Integrated into U.S. Carrier Operations...this is a sign of a dying Navy
via USNI News.
The U.K. Royal Navy intends its largest, most advanced warship ever built to be considered interchangeable with U.S. Navy carriers, its top admiral said on Thursday.Story here.
HMS Queen Elizabeth (R08) is indicative of both Great Britain’s return to carrier-based fixed-wing flight operations after a decade’s absence and the strength of its cross Atlantic partnership with the U.S., said Adm. Tony Radakin, the First Sea Lord and U.K. Chief of Naval Staff. Radakin was in Queen Elizabeth’s hangar bay addressing the second Atlantic Future Forum, while the ship was moored in the Chesapeake Bay just offshore of Annapolis, Md.
“As she has demonstrated already, we can successfully field a combined U.S., U.K. carrier strike group,” Radakin said. “I look forward to this developing further, moving to the point where we are not only talking about interoperability, but we are looking for interchangeability. ”
I really want my Brit readers to chime in hard on this one but the way I see it this is a sign of a dying Navy.
Let's get real.
During the 80's and 90's you never ONCE heard a Royal Navy Chief talk about integrating his big deck much less considering interchangeability.
This is a bad look.
Even worse.
Military leadership appears to be taking their civilian masters in a direction that I have yet to hear either the DoD or MoD weigh in on.
What happens if Falklands 2.0 (or some variation happens) and USMC F-35s are on deck? Do we fight that war because of this "interchangeability" or do we bring them home and leave the Brits in the lurch because we decide to sit it out like we did the first time?
US interests and Brit interest are NOT the same.
Neither are decisions about using forces! But this type of talk will intertwine our forces so closely that they could get dragged into our craziness and we could get dragged into ours.
You say that's no big deal?
Ok, but riddle me this. How will the relationship hold up if the above scenario plays out? It was damaged badly when Blair sided with Bush Jr in the war on Iraq so that would be a crippling blow.
The cart is before the horse on this one. The Royal Navy is dying and they're trying to wrap themselves around the US Navy to keep from going down (well that and making a play for more of the budget...always follow the money or a monetary reason for weird ideas).
SecNav went behind the SecDef's back to propose a "deal"...
via Stars & Stripes.
But on Sunday, Esper said he had learned that Spencer had “privately” proposed to the White House that Gallagher be allowed to retire in his current rank and without losing his status as a SEAL. Esper said Spencer had not told him of the proposal to the White House, causing him to lose “trust and confidence.”Story here.
A spokesperson for Spencer, Navy Cmdr. Sarah Higgins, said Spencer had no immediate comment. The White House did not provide details of Spencer’s alleged private proposal regarding Gallagher.
In yet another twist, Esper also directed on Sunday that Gallagher be allowed to retire at the end of this month, and that the Navy review board that was scheduled to hear his case starting Dec. 2 be cancelled. At Esper’s direction, Gallagher will be allowed to retire as a SEAL at his current rank.
That effectively gives Trump the outcome he sought.
The moral of the drama? Don't go behind your bosses back in the midst of serious shit.
Don't care about your take on the Gallagher affair (interesting that administrative punishment would be used to accomplish what criminal punishment failed to do though) the outcome in my mind is fair.
What do ya'll think?
Turk Heavy Class Attack Helicopter developed by TUSAS
2019 yilinda imzalanan sozlesme ile TUSAS’in gelistirmekte oldugu Agir Sinif Taarruz Helikopteri’nin ilk ucusu 5 yil icerisinde (2024) yapilacak.— Turan Oguz (@TyrannosurusRex) November 25, 2019
Helikopterin 7 yil icerisinde de (2026) urun halini almasi planlaniyor. pic.twitter.com/uVhOTpRny3
Nasty fight between the UK's Royal Navy and British Army...Brit Army suggesting that the Royal Navy sell one of it's carriers to the US!
Depressing report in the @thetimes says there is major inter-service infighting over inadequate defence budget.— NavyLookout (@NavyLookout) November 24, 2019
Army is pushing to mothball or lease one of the RN’s aircraft carriers to the US. https://t.co/6bTOsJEzNq pic.twitter.com/prBshGMCNQ
Just plain wow!
But don't laugh. This type drama is coming to the US armed forces! Everyone has a wish list but no one seems to have spending discipline. The terrible 2020's are here and no one seems to have properly planned for it.
Cpl Frisk gives an overview of the Super Hornet in the Finnish Fighter Project.
Story here. It's an excellent overview of how the Finns view the Super Hornet and how it would plug into their future defense plans.
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