Friday, September 13, 2019

V-1/4 became the first 1st Marine Division unit to field the new Joint Light-Weight Tactical Vehicles



CV-90 Mjölner pic thread





Bonus pic.  Assume this is some type of Command & Control Vehicle but I'm not sure.  What is the mast opposite the machine gun?

Blast from the past. Type 5 “Na-To” (or Type 5 “Na — To”)

Hat tip to BMashine Tumblr for the pic!

The Type 5 “Na-To” (or Type 5 “Na — To”) was a Japanese anti-tank destroyer class of light tank destroyers developed and tested by the Japanese Empire at the end of world war II, in 1945.

The Japanese don't get much credit for their innovative armor designs during WW2 but that's because most focus on the European fight.  When it comes to armor design, especially APCs, they were ahead of the curve.

The above vehicle is brand new to me.  I actually had no idea.  Want to know the development of armor?  Want to know the real armor history of the world? Then add WW2 Japan to your list of study.

Mi-28 banking hard...


BAE Archer International Glamour Pic...


Export version of the Chinese attack helicopter Z-10ME







Wonder what we're seeing here.  The exhaust is routed to the side and not up toward the blades in the other pics.  Either the pics got jumbled and we're looking at two different versions, or the exhaust rotates which is extremely doubtful.



Thursday, September 12, 2019

AMBLE Twitter Page claims the KMW-Nexter Amphibious Vehicle Protected Tracked (AVPT) can be as fast a the German Puma IFV



Open Comment Post. 12 Sept 2019


This Vaping Thing is curious...


This Vaping thing is curious as hell to me.  They're banning flavored "vaping" but keeping the rest on the market.

In the background we have the legalisation of marijuana like its cool beans.

Really don't care about each but I find the issue puzzling.  They ban vaping on one hand (or seem to be getting ready for it) while on the other approving marijuana.

From my chair it just seems strange.  Additionally I'm a bit concerned that the President can at the flick of his wrist decide what can and can't be consumed purely on the basis of a public relations surge.

I can't lay my finger on it but it seems bad for the rule of law and shows the danger of democracy.

A determined few can alter the rules for the rest of us.

Note.  I don't vape.

31st MEU conducts amphibious raid

Canadian Army @ Exercise Reaper Strike, Latvia

Audi’s AI-Powered 310-Mile All-Electric 4×4







Story here.