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HEAT Rounds and Sabots redux
I don’t know why I spent all that time typing about HEAT rounds and sabots when National Geo covered pretty much all the high points in just over two minutes. H/T: From my position… Tagged: 120mm,...
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Old School Ordinance.
You know, when I can’t think of anything to write about, or more likely, just don’t feel like writing, I do what every good milblogger does. I steal stuff from John at The Castle. Interestingly, with...
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Even more Dragon Gunnery…
We’ve talked about the old M47 Dragon anti-tank missile system before, once or twice. For technology that entered service in 1973, it was pretty impressive. But by the time I fired my first live...
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Bob Gates and the future Army.
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates came out last month with his proposed cuts in various acquisition programs throughout the DoD. The biggest impact this had on the Army was cutting the vehicle...
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Here’s a little more “Boom” for you.
It’s a mashup of some footage from Iraq. Most of this looks to be from 2004 or early 2005. There’s some small arms, Bradleys, TOWs, Javelins, AT-4s and 500lb bombs. Interestingly, there’s a brief bit...
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Whoa!
Somehow, I don’t think they planned it to go this way…. By the way, kids- Don’t try this at home. H/T: Right Wing Video Tagged: 120mm, armor, army, army life, ARMY TRAINING, iraq, m-1, stupid, tank,...
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The Bradley IFV
We love posting YouTube videos. Mostly because it is easier than writing, but also because the truth about a picture being worth a thousand words. By far the funnest, and most rewarding job I had in...
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Tank Battles
I’m feeling poorly today, so here a “best of..” post from way back in the very early days of the blog. I wrote earlier about bringing enough gun to the fight, but not too much. A prime example of this...
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S-Tank Weapons Trials
That’s S-Tank, not “stank.” The Swedish Stridsvagn 103 was a very unique design. When you think of the classic tank, you think of an armored hull on tracks, and a turret mounting the main gun. The S103...
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The Army and Amphibious Warfare- Repost
Here’s a repost of one of the earlier works on the blog, but that might seem fresh to newer readers. When you mention the words “amphibious warfare” most people think immediately of the US Marines, and...
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