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the RMP - like the RAF Regiment, but personally, and not just professionally, cnuts. theres only one thing the RMP should be tested for, and thats...

your information, pretty much the whole doctrinal stuff that you've posted, is from about 1985. nobody, and i mean nobody, is using heavy rifles...

does anyone know on what basis they made this decision? i'm not neccesarily saying its wrong, i'm just thinking that its - to use Sir Humphey's...

we've got some in A'stan, no reliability problems that i've heard of - noticably lighter than GPMG, (but not light, lets be clear about that...) and...

and anything that isn't weighs 20 tonnes minimum. which compromise are you willing to accept?

if i were working under the Malian sun, i'd be wearing the lightest coloured hat i could lay my hands on - and knowing the OC of the Artillery...

Drummer Lee Rigby, 2nd Bn Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. aged 26. Honi Soit Qui Mal y Pense. RIP.

i think its quite reasonable actually, particularly until its determined whether there's another pair of these fcuknuggets outthere, and we've got...

no, they looked pretty west African to me as well. its possible that at least one of them had travelled to Somalia and had met 'interesting' people...

from a box at RAF Waddington. its one of the most savage, depraved, disgusting acts i've ever seen - i cannot imagine the distress of the victims...

yes, 120mm GPS guided round is definately currently being used by the US in A'stan, and there's also a heat-seeking round doing the rounds...

the LR/WMIK's were a reasonable option at the time as their low cost allowed a 'swarm' of them to be operated - they had downsides, but the number of...

i've definately heard that word before, and i think in relation to small arms - its not, to my knowledge, a placename, which it sounds like it should...

you can take that too far - the 'big ticket' stuff is great, but it can have limited use when you've got troops in contact, particularly in very...

there are systems available that would massively increase combat power without big doctrinal/training/logistic consequences and at a fraction of the...

no reason not to, but its all the same issue: that Irish soldiers in dodgy places a long way from home could very easily find themselves outgunned,...

you wouldn't even have to make that kind of investment: lets say the DF starts sending formed units overseas - we even go wild and say 800 men -...

i'm simply exceptional.;) agree with the rest - this isn't complicated: you pick a switched-on bloke who can make decisions, who's a good shot,...

nah, i think thats problematic - by and large a FAC/FOO/JTAC is far too busy bringing in fires to get involved in the 'taking the fight to the enemy'...

the simplest gauge of whether a Pln/Sn level DMR asset is a good thing is 'are there any good, logical reasons against increasing the range at which...

GTTC, oh...

again, not wishing to derail the thread - i don't think going to 5.56 was a mistake, it was an entirely logical move when the battles we thought we'd...

two contributions from this side of the water: firstly that you should be wary of capabilities that are not delegated to the lowest possible level....

HMG got about £12m for Invincible at 20,000 tonnes - at 1000 tonnes the scrap value of the OPV wouldn't be worth the cost of the admin of processing...

i'm not sure how long you've been around an Army, but one of the first things almost everybody notices about Armies is that 'likes', 'wants' and...

we've got rid of Sea Eagle - your problem now!:n:)

57/76mm ships main armament? PC-9M with rockets? 105mm Light Gun? Javelin ATGW? if the Irish military can't sink a 1000ton OPV that won't...

somewhat ignominious perhaps - especially given that they'll be last ships built in Ireland - but does not at least one of them have a role as a...

the problem with all this is that it skirts the issue - the fundamental issue - of what the Reserve is for. until its worked out under what...

they sound rather like tramps - are you sure they weren't Loggies or other such lowlife who'd rifled through the stores looking for something to hide...