Hi there, of late I talked with an Italian Army NCO that was at Nassirya, at the so called "Bridges Battle". He told me that he felt much better on an open...
... G'Day No doubt there is little use for them in the same way there was no use for the Australian Centurions that were deployed to Vietnam? Cheers Derek -- ...
... BUT Australia seems to be taking part in non regional ops, like many other countries around the world. In this case having a tank force and personnel ...
... countries around the world. In this case having a tank force and personnel trained with tanks is a must. Not necessarily. Having a niche capability works...
... can't ... IIRC, ADF prefered 2nd hand Leopard 2s, but if the ADF plans to be a surrogate US Army, M1 does makes sense. It`s a very good tank although a bit...
AND we get jobs-worths saying that Sea Harriers and Harriers cannot fly over London in the Falklands Anniversary Fly-past because they are single-engined....
... Kingston factory stopped making Harriers/Sea Harriers so long ago that the couldn't even replace the Falklands losses. No, at least 20 new-builds ordered...
If Australia has such little use for MBTs, the why did Singapore get Leo2s? Nope, the tank is not dead :-) Cheers Greg ... regional ... use ... stop them...
They look great in parades! Mal. ... From: surprisemove Date: 2/07/2007 8:58:57 AM To: NavWarGames@yahoogroups.com Subject: [NavWarGames] Re: The Aussie...
... G'Day Perhaps I used a dash to much 'irony' ;) Of course the Centurions were very successful in Vietnam and of course one of the main reasons for deploying...
Only if you paint them in fetching colours. Green and gold (not yellow) is good, but also red white and blue with the Southern Cross on the front for parades....
Yes, I saw that, and IMHO this is not first time. Hornets were made for the USMC after all. Exercise SOP I think. Cheers Greg ... get ... were ... for ... ...
B*gger, I have been spam-farmed. The rest of my groups are getting messages similar to 'on behalf of' - my sincere apologies. I have changed back from the new...
Actually Aboriginal finger painting cammo would be quite effective. However
if you recall a couple of years ago someone not Aboriginal did some art
works in...
Yes, I remember and though it was BS. ANZAC!!!!What low loader! Mate! Greg ... However ... art ... pinching ... onto the ... bugger! ... Cross ... of ... ...
Whilst browsing the aisles in amazon.com I came across "World War II Pacific Island Guide: A Geo-Military Study" by Gordan L. Rottman. This tome seems to give...
BD, I haven't seen Rottman's book, but with scarcely any effort you might be able to (temporarily) acquire a copy from your local library. If they don't have...
This is getting daft, a weapon system is usually bought on the premise that any conflict level, can and occasionally wil,l break out. To do otherwise is short...
Just because I am paranoid doesn't mean they aren't... cheers Mal D. ... _________________________________________________________________ Advertisement:...
... I have a copy, purchased some years ago through the Military Book Club, for a bit less than $131.95. It's worth owning, sketch maps of the islands, some OB...
I nearly ducked under the couch yesterday when a huge black helicopter came
roaring right over my house at very low level. I thought 'Crikey...them Yanks are...
... Only if the OPFor has air power. ... Can six subs (admittedly very good diesels) really cover the northern Aus approaches? ... Dont think resources only -...
