cm_kruger Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 And on the topic of SEALs: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I have a very close friend who was SF that retired recently. He knew Kyle well and did not many nice things to say about him. Of course, "quiet professional" seems to not apply to SEALs, Mayhaps I can have him drop by here. Probably won't though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belesarius Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 And on the topic of SEALs: Marcinko is awesome just for the vocabulary glossaries at the end of the book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 I have a very close friend who was SF that retired recently. He knew Kyle well and did not many nice things to say about him. Of course, "quiet professional" seems to not apply to SEALs, Mayhaps I can have him drop by here. Probably won't though. Yeah, I get suspicious whenever someone's legend grows that fast and that furiously. And, of course, there's the libel suit his estate lost, which suggests that Kyle had a penchant for distorting the truth, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khand-e Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Not only any Libel suit, but a Libel suit he lost the Jesse Ventura of all people. Sturgeon and T___A 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted December 11, 2015 Report Share Posted December 11, 2015 Getting guy from that SF community, like my friend, to talk about stuff is like getting blood from a turnip. Unless they are SEALs, who will talk about anything to anyone. I've tried to have him swing by forums before but he never does. I've known this dude for over 20 years and he still won't tell me much of anything about anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted December 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2015 Somebody on another site went and found online tank specs from one of the Draka books: Armored Fighting Vehicles: Hond III—DrakaWeight: 58 tons, loaded.Dimensions: length 23ft.. height 8ft 2in.. width 12ft 6m.Armor: 30mm- 125mm hull. 35mm-150mm turret/ mantlet All surfaces sloped for ballistic protection; fabrication welded and cast.Armament: 1x120mm cannon. 1x15mm coaxial machine gun. 1x40mm coaxial grenade launcher. 1x15mm bow machine gun. 2x15mm antiaircraft twin-barrel machine gun on turret roof pintle mounting.Engine: 1200 hp. Kurenwor free-piston turbocompound.Suspension: Seven road wheels; torsion bar/hydraulic hybrid. Track width 650mm.Speed, range: 30 mph cross-country. 45 mph road. Range 300 miles on internal fuel; 600 with external drop tanks.Crew: 5: commander, loader, gunner, driver, and radio operator/bow gunner.Notes: Specifications drafted by Strategic Planning Board. 1932-3. calling for a vehicle with twice the protection and firepower of the 26-ton. 75mm gun Hond II and at least equal mobility. Design team from War Directorate (Technical Section) and Diskarapur Technological Institute; prototype testing 1936-1937. Armor School. Kolwezara. 1938. Operational deployment 1939 -1941. Basic chassis used for standard Hoplite personnel carrier, recovery vehicles. 155mm, 175mm. and 200mm self-propelled guns. Cobra antiaircraft tank. Aardvark combat-engineer vehicle, numerous special-purpose uses. Assembled by Ferrous Metals Combine and Trevithick Autosteam Combine, at Archona. Diskarapur. Kolwezara and Karaganda. In production 1939 -1953: total output 68.000. not Including variants. I'm curious about the "free piston turbocompound engine". What is this, and how do the author's sexual fantasies interdimensional nazi space lesbians operate it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LostCosmonaut Posted January 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2017 I'm going to have to post something about Mack Moloney and his Wingman books, a series about a post nuke war World, where the hero flew an F-16 http://www.amazon.com/Thunder-East-Wingman-M-Maloney/dp/0821724533/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=513q4nSOfoL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR104%2C160_&refRID=175N7AEQ6WPK7GKGD4Q3 Even as a kid these were hard to take. Great news, SA is doing a readthrough of those books (link might require account); https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3804298 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobotMinisterofTrueKorea Posted January 9, 2017 Report Share Posted January 9, 2017 Does not require an account. This is already hilariously nutty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrashbotUS Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 That time T-34s fought in the Ardennes and M36s turned into tanks. EnsignExpendable 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeps_Guns_Tanks Posted January 10, 2017 Report Share Posted January 10, 2017 Great news, SA is doing a readthrough of those books (link might require account); https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3804298 Nice! Anyone remember the Casca books by Berry Saddler? Hah they are in reprint!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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