Russian Mobility Vehicle (Music off!!)

M-m-maximum Mobility! pic.twitter.com/pso972SVah

— Hans Schmulke (@gunner_schmulke) April 16, 2021

COMBRIG 6eBLB

[#POIA21] Haute intensité, R3S et combat interarmes pour le GTIA du #1RS actuellement en Antarès au centre d'entraînement au combat @CENTACOfficiel#PODurcie pic.twitter.com/oMtcYn6nnm

— COMBRIG 6eBLB (@COM6BLB) April 7, 2021

LPD San ​​Giorgio L9892

LPD San ​​Giorgio L9892 @ItalianNavy🇮🇹 is currently the flag🚢 of the #OpIrini🇪🇺 in #CentralMediterranean with purpose #ArmsEmbargoLibya
LPD San Giorgio (1st of its class of 3 twins) entered service in 1988 and has recently undergone overhaul and modernization works@EUNAVFOR_MED pic.twitter.com/jwh13YlZml

— Michele Florio (@MikiAV8BHarrier) April 18, 2021

Open Comment Post. 19 April 2021

Israeli Fighters on exercise in Greece...

תמונות ראשונות של מטוסי @IAFsite, המשתתפים באימון #INIOCHOS21 ביוון.
חיל האוויר שלח מטוסי F-16I מטייסת 107, מטוסי F-15I מטייסת 69 וגם ראם של טייסת 120 ונחשון מטייסת 122. pic.twitter.com/7vfLC8kps0

— shai levy (שי לוי) (@shailevy6) April 18, 2021

 

Exercise #Iniochos21 🇬🇷🇨🇵🇪🇦🇮🇱🇺🇸🇦🇪🇨🇾#Elephantwalk #AndravidaAB #F15I #IAF #IsraeliAirForce @IAFsite @IsraelinGreece @IDF pic.twitter.com/3NzqrOKemb

— Stamatis ALS 🇬🇷✈️ (@Stam_A337) April 18, 2021

Helicopter on Mars...

 

You wouldn’t believe what I just saw.

More images and video to come...#MarsHelicopterhttps://t.co/PLapgbHeZU pic.twitter.com/mbiOGx4tJZ

— NASA's Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) April 19, 2021

Elta ZMAG

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Hungarian Lynx

 

Lightweight vehicle is put to the test by 173rd Airborne Brigade ahead of multinational exercises

 

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I hope military forces are picking up what the US Army is putting down. We're seeing an evolution of infantry forces.  Once wholly foot mobile troops are now becoming motorized.  Even better?  Elite forces in the Army are gaining motorized transport.

Traditionally its been unheard of Airborne Troops driving off the drop zone.  Where they landed was generally where you would find them.  It was simple.  You dropped them either on or near their objective and you were left to deal with infantry.  Highly trained infantry but once on the ground light infantry non-the-less.

Now?

Now those little groups of paratroops will be able to operate together (cause they can rally up much easier), they can be dropped far from their objective causing issues wit the defense and if they're simply fighting a delaying action or setting the stage for follow on forces then they have a chance to cause even more mayhem behind the lines because they can roam over a large area.

Airborne Forces are morphing from an irritant into an actual threat.

Rabdan 6×6 Armoured Fighting Vehicle

 

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U.S. Marine Corps To Release Updated Force Design 2030 Report via Naval News.

 via NN

Major Joshua C. Benson, United States Marine Corps (U.S.M.C.), Director of Communication Strategy & Operations Deputy Commandant, Combat Development and Integration at Quantico, Virginia, replied to Naval News regarding these three questions:

Is the U.S.M.C. interested in lighter tanks such as the 105mm Mobile Protected Firepower light tank and the RCV-Medium and RCV-Heavy to replace the divested U.S.M.C. M1A1 Abrams Main Battle Tanks? 

Is the U.S.M.C. interested in acquiring any of the new U.S. Army’s SHORADS [Short Range Air Defense] units? 

Will the towed 155mm M777s divested in Force Design 2030 be replaced with a wheeled howitzer? 

U.S.M.C. Major Benson answered via email:

“Some of the SME’s [Subject Matter Experts] responsible for your questions are at ANTX [Advanced Naval Technology Exercises] and there is a delay in getting responses.  As the Commandant [Marine Corp (CMC) General David Berger] has stated, the Marine Corps is interested in getting lighter, faster, more mobile and agile.   We are not seeking replacements for the armor we divested of. More information will be coming out shortly about our air defenses and the direction the Marine Corps is going with that.  Some information has been included in MLR [Marine Littoral Regiment] communication.  The Marine Corps is not pursuing an alternate to the M777.  As the CMC’s Force Design report stated, we are seeking options for long range precision fires and transitioning many of the artillery units to HIMARS.  In the coming days, the updated Force Design report will be released.”

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This updated Force Design is just a publicity stunt to double down on what they're doing.  We're hearing a FEW voices speak out but not enough to make Berger even pause.

He knows his plan is under INTERNAL pressure so he's trying to speed up the date of implementation.  From 2030 to a 2023 initial operational capability?  He's trying to get this done before he's out.

He will fail.

This plan is already adrift.  Too radical.  Too ambitious.  No real goals.  Just radical transformation.

WTI 2-21: AST-2 Emergency Extract Exercise

Note. So they're practicing extracting the distributed Marines belonging to the EABO. Good. The problem remains on how they do this under fire. Command and Control better be on point cause if they're doing it under fire then you not only lose the unit being extracted but a bunch of aircraft doing the work. Wonder how the calculation works? At what point will they simply write off a Marine Littoral Regiment and decide that risking aircraft to get them out just ain't worth it? Oh and it will be aircraft. Trying to extract by ship will be a non-starter.