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Scratch Monkey posted:Auto loader is one less dude who can help replace tracks and stuff Conversely, also one less 130-150lb mass of partially-charred goo you have to hose out of what's left of the tank after it's hit by an ATGM. >.>
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I got to see the Naval Academy Museum Saturday, and while the World War One section was surprisingly short and sparse, I did see one painting I found neat: Great-granddad posted:Nov. 21 - “Der Tag” - “The Day” the German Navy used to toast as the Day when they would defeat the Royal Navy. Trebuchet King fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Sep 24, 2019 |
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BIG HEADLINE posted:Conversely, also one less 130-150lb mass of partially-charred goo you have to hose out of what's left of the tank after it's hit by an ATGM. >.> I died to Sagger missiles in the simulator more than anything else. gently caress ATGMs.
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UP THE BUM NO BABY posted:You missed the best Injured, my rear end. Nobody survived that (if that's one of the vehicles they drop with people in).
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Injuries were just jumpers. They didn't have anybody in the vehicles (according to the journalists posting this stuff).
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Cousin got married a few weeks ago at the old base chapel on Mare Island. I only took 2 pictures.  The whole place is covered in things like that. http://www.mareislandmuseum.org/venues/st-peters-chapel/
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Crosspost from AIRPOWER thread regarding Houthi drone attacks/upgrades. These are the Qasefs used in Yemen and Southern KSA, not the stuff used to target Aramco two weeks back. mlmp08 posted:Here's some video allegedly showing Saudi F-15s intercepting Qasef drones from Yemen, as well as some other drones. It's an expensive way to solve a problem, to be sure.
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Stolen from AI, and loving awesome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9Q5R9oBrmo
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That Works posted:Good enough reason to repost the best thing ever This popped up in my related videos and it's not related at all but it's loving pretty epic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oKMjTqdTYo MoH guy John Chapman drone footage. Dude gets shot, blown up by air support, passes out for like an hour and then wakes up and just keeps fighting. It's really sad but it's such a crazy last stand at the same time.
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Another cross-post from the Airpower threadglynnenstein posted:Fighting and dropping their wallets. Russian mercenary in Libya drops his wallet after retreating from enemy airstrikes. The Libyans immediate commit identity fraud with his credit cards, and decide to post the wallet on twitter for the hell of it.
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That thing on the bottom right seems to be his plane ticket? It says electronic billet
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Uh oh https://twitter.com/narrabyee/status/1178297122392875008?s=21
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Jeeze, if that is their column and they abandoned that or walked into an ambush, they really are pathetic.
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CommieGIR posted:Jeeze, if that is their column and they abandoned that or walked into an ambush, they really are pathetic. Pretty sure it was both, walked into an ambush and promptly ran away
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Walked into an ambush in a goddamned textbook "set up an ambush here" location. What a bunch of morons.
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M163 VADs got captured. https://twitter.com/Natsecjeff/status/1178300456017256448?s=09
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I read that the Houthis are claiming they captured three brigades! How are the Saudis so bad at fighting???
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At this rate the Saudis are going to somehow manage to lose this loving war e: I mean lose as in they get their regime collapsing, not they are forced to declare victory and go home aphid_licker fucked around with this message at 20:12 on Sep 29, 2019 |
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aphid_licker posted:At this rate the Saudis are going to somehow manage to lose this loving war Good.
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my kinda ape posted:I read that the Houthis are claiming they captured three brigades! How are the Saudis so bad at fighting??? A decent primer for why that might be
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I never realised Saudis didn't even have like, regular weapons and uniforms and poo poo 
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my kinda ape posted:I read that the Houthis are claiming they captured three brigades! How are the Saudis so bad at fighting??? I suspect the fact that many of the Saudi soldiers on the ground are actually indentured servants imported to serve as mercenaries has a whole lot to do with it. They're not treated well and I can't imagine they're too excited to actually fight.
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Yes, it's like a lava lamp.
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PittTheElder posted:I suspect the fact that many of the Saudi soldiers on the ground are actually indentured servants imported to serve as mercenaries has a whole lot to do with it. They're not treated well and I can't imagine they're too excited to actually fight. Yeah, the Saudis are already using slave labor to build all of their stuff, it's not much of a stretch to think that they're gang pressing people into service. Generally speaking, people in a volunteer army don't flee immediately when they receive contact. Also, you don't stay super rich by paying people well.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:MoH guy John Chapman drone footage.  Holy poo poo.
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A Bad Poster posted:Good.
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Radical 90s Wizard posted:This popped up in my related videos and it's not related at all but it's loving pretty epic That's the guy the SEAL team accidentally left for dead right?
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Yes.
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And then they tried to block his Medal of Honor because they didn't want to admit they'd left him.
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holy gently caress did someone scrub the hell out of the wiki article about him
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McNally posted:And then they tried to block his Medal of Honor because they didn't want to admit they'd left him. Now that’s what I expected from seals.
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Richard Bong posted:Now that’s what I expected from seals. They also decided to use it to give the squad leader, who left Chapman behind, his own MoH.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:They also decided to use it to give the squad leader, who left Chapman behind, his own MoH. Well, you know, those chairforce guys...
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Could they be the designated PR group? You never hear about the other parts of the special forces community, but the seals are always front and center grabbing the spotlight. Maybe that causes some dissatisfaction. Or maybe they are a bunch of cowboys who drank the kool-aid.
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It's what happens when you take a bunch of psychotic frat bros who joined cause they wanted to seem cool like the seals in the movies as well as for the free book deal when they ETS. Follow it up with a selection that is too short to instill proper fundamentals and immediately have them all tell each other that they're untouchable rockstar gods of war as soon as they graduate.
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:They also decided to use it to give the squad leader, who left Chapman behind, his own MoH. McNally posted:And then they tried to block his Medal of Honor because they didn't want to admit they'd left him. Lmao loving hell subterfudge posted:It's what happens when you take a bunch of psychotic frat bros who joined cause they wanted to seem cool like the seals in the movies as well as for the free book deal when they ETS. Follow it up with a selection that is too short to instill proper fundamentals and immediately have them all tell each other that they're untouchable rockstar gods of war as soon as they graduate. I'm still trying to read Lone Survivor, but it's loving impossible to get into because the dude literally spends entire chapters complaining about ROE and how it's wrong that they can't shoot kids and teenagers, while simultaneously ranting about evil bearded fanatics who kill kids and civilians all the time. The irony and lack of self-awareness is unbelievable. The chapter about Hell Week was pretty rad though. PittTheElder posted:I suspect the fact that many of the Saudi soldiers on the ground are actually indentured servants imported to serve as mercenaries has a whole lot to do with it. They're not treated well and I can't imagine they're too excited to actually fight. A Bad Poster posted:Yeah, the Saudis are already using slave labor to build all of their stuff, it's not much of a stretch to think that they're gang pressing people into service. Generally speaking, people in a volunteer army don't flee immediately when they receive contact. Also, you don't stay super rich by paying people well. This makes a lot of sense and it's exactly what those captured dudes in that Houthi footage look like 
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diremonk posted:Could they be the designated PR group? I dunno, green berets make the news when seals murder them
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They don't call them the "Quiet Professionals" for no reason. I wonder how Iceslice is doing.
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SEAL’s serve a purpose, and are a useful force. That said: Reform, Reform, Reform. The GWOT has completely broken the SEAL community, and it’s gonna take years to unfuck. I’ve always been thoroughly impressed with Special Forces soldiers. They’re an impressive lot. They have a huge breadth of mission that require a loving impressive tool set. If your fortunate enough to get a chance to work with SF: Take It. There’s a better than good chance that you are going to be working with some of the best folks in the Army.
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