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  1. Walter_Sobchak
    There is a quite a bit of interesting stuff in this DTIC report on the failed Armored Ground Combat Vehicle program. It has the added bonus of only being a three year old report, much newer than most of the stuff publicly available in DTIC.
  2. Walter_Sobchak
    Thanks for the info. It's odd that an English language version does not show up anywhere. Is it a fiction or non-fiction book?
  3. Walter_Sobchak
    Is the increase in velocity that this system allows enough so that it can fire an effective KE round or is the idea to get higher velocity for better range and accuracy with a HEAT round?
  4. Walter_Sobchak
    I don't know why, but in 1919 someone wrote a book about tanks in Swedish. It's not in a format that allows me to run it through a translator. Perhaps our resident Swedish tank expert can help us with this one? <iframe width="450" height="700" src="http://hdl.handle.net/2027/wu.89100067776?urlappend=%3Bui=embed"></iframe>
  5. Walter_Sobchak
    The rules are flexible, this is not a serious exercise.
  6. Walter_Sobchak
    So, some guy in Germany had a Panther in his basement.
  7. Walter_Sobchak
    Details schmetails Colli. We all know the correct answer to my questions is: Rifle STG44 Carbine STG44 Submachine gun STG44 Light Machine gun STG44 Heavy Machine gun Two STG44s strapped together Anti-tank weapon STG44 thrown into the tracks Pistol MP43 can opener STG44
  8. Walter_Sobchak
    You just don't have the courage to state your preference for best can opener and then back it up with evidence.
  9. Walter_Sobchak
    That is a hell of a can opener....
  10. Walter_Sobchak
    I know this is a bit silly, but lets do a game. Lets say you have to equip a WW2 era army. What infantry weapons would you pick? You are limited to weapons that actually saw production and combat use. Do take into account factors such as cost and ease of production. The only unrealistic rule I will set is that you don't have to worry about ammo commonality, since that would pretty much limit people to one countries weapons. The categories are: Rifle Carbine Submachine gun Light Machine gun Heavy Machine gun Anti-tank weapon Pistol can opener
  11. Walter_Sobchak
    War is Boring is a weird site. Sometimes they have some pretty interesting stuff, sometimes it's crap. I suppose it depends on the writer.
  12. Walter_Sobchak
    I've never really seen any sort of report or study by the Israeli IDF on why the don't buy into the concept of the IFV. It would be interesting to see what their reasoning is for sticking with heavily armored APCs.
  13. Walter_Sobchak
    Here is a random question. I know that during the cold war they (unsucessfully) experimented with liquid propellents for tank guns. Did they ever do the same with small arms?
  14. Walter_Sobchak
    I just noticed that George Forty has a new book coming out. That dude has to be well into his 80's by now. Good for him I guess.
  15. Walter_Sobchak
    Probably Chuck Tingle, author of the book Khand-e posted.
  16. Walter_Sobchak
    Modern vehicles keep getting uglier. That thing is hideous. I much prefer studying WW2 era stuff. Say what you will about a Panther tank, at least it looked awesome.
  17. Walter_Sobchak
    I have a suspicion that the L130 gun would have suffered just a wee bit from barrel sag. Still, it would have been very handy for hanging laundry out to dry.
  18. Walter_Sobchak
    The power of German engineering I suppose.
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  20. Walter_Sobchak
    Kelly McGillis has not aged well.
  21. Walter_Sobchak
    When I first read the headline I thought of the WW2 era Marder 1.
  22. Walter_Sobchak
    Is it just me or does the Saxon look like a mobile chicken coop?
  23. Walter_Sobchak
    Especially if you are German, as it's very hard for them to tell the two items apart.
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  25. Walter_Sobchak
    Ok, here is the challenge. Re-write the speech at the beginning of Patton to update it to modern, corporate/military lingo.
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