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The opposite end of the County. About an hour and a half drive to Daniel O'Donnell land. (And possibly the dreariest Road in Ireland)

How far is Donegal Airport from Finner? Having a DF detachment there if needed should be feasible?

Both could be maintained to be able to support helicopter operations with stuff like refueling facilities and as a minimum runway lighting. Gormo...

Should this be a stand-alone tender? Should a DMR not be part of a wider modular weapons system to replace the FAL and AUG? There has been a move...

What do they mean when they say "Large Factory trawler" I hear you ask... <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">LÉ George...

My eldest is hoping to get on a sharpshooter cadre this year. And a JNCO cadre in the autumn. Going to be a busy year and even busier next year.

They were. October 2019.

Minutes of the first meeting of the Commission on the Defence Forces which was held on Tuesday 22 December 2020 by video conference. ...

Turret for 105 mm gun for both direct and indirect fire from Cockerill ...

Finner is short and leaves no room for error. I'd rather land a heli there any day.

Correct apod except I don’t think trials have been done. Open to correction

Parliamentary Q Answer https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2021-01-21/167/#pq_167 In accordance with a commitment made in the...

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-saturday-read-those-figures-were-not-sustainable-private-sector-bounty-tempting-talent-away-from-defence-for...

To be fair, the PC12 is designed to land on worse. A functioning DoD would examine the feasibility of keeping both Finner and Gormo open as military...

Disliked in error Offset by Sligo Airport being close by I suppose, longer range and endurance of PC12

Yes I knew that Brian, but I figured that was mainly due to lack of operational use rather than any problems with the runway? it’s a shame to lose...

Yanks looking at a 6.8mm round these days that will give accuracy and a bit of bang for the buck, but there's been complaints that recoil has been an...

A testament to the rifle that its still in service. If you didn't hit the target, you knew it would make a very good club. Many stories of people...

Farewell the coolest variant of the FN ever!

In the UK 3 Soldiers per section are trained up on the Sharpshooter rifle but only one carries it. Usually decided by the top three shooters scores...

Covid-19 is having a negative impact on the future of the RDF. At a time when numbers are low, recruitment stopped and a commission to report next...

http://www.gov.ie/codf/ Minutes of meetings will be published on their website

The Commission on the Defence Forces has launched a public consultation which will run until 5 March 2021. ...

True but all recruits are trained on all the other section level wpns

Finner has been closed for a long time now, big yellow "X"'s painted on it indicating it is closed.

Yes and AT4

Does everyone train on the Grenade launcher in 2-3 star training?

Would you get a better weapon if you moved away from the larger makers though? The UKDF L129A1 for example, by Lewis Machine & Tool Co. At its...

Not necessarily. Could be inf/cav specific to be conducted within a unit like ILSW course. Probably the better way to do it.

This could be a easy selection, the HK-417 is already in-service and several variants are available covering the DMR/SSR roles, G28 in German use or...

Do the quantities required justify an RFT?

Keeping sending to your one up PDF, in writing, members are willing to commit time and when. You might get a reply.