Jump to content
Please support this forum by joining the SH Patreon ×
Sturgeon's House

Ramlaen

Forum Nobility
  • Posts

    4,312
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    123

Everything posted by Ramlaen

  1. I don't know what it is but if I were to guess I would say it is a "slew-to-cue" system like Trophy has for killing ATGM teams.
  2. A separate provision in the bill calls for upgrading the Army’s Heavy Equipment Transport (HET) trailers to handle the latest uparmored Abrams, the M1A2 SEPv3, which weighs in excess of 80 tons. I am going to assume that is a typo and the SEPv3 isn't 10 tons heavier. Or maybe it's not a typo.
  3. This was claimed to be a T-90A scuttled in Syria, but the soldiers outfits look a little too warm for this time of year.
  4. From Breaking Defense.
  5. The internet thinks the Crystal hit the Fitzgerald from the 4 or 5 o'clock position. The bulbous bow probably tore a huge gash under the waterline causing the fore/starboard list.
  6. Looking forward to the Paris air show.
  7. 9,000 ton destroyer vs 29,000+ ton container ship isn't going to be fun for the destroyer
  8. A "white supremacist" who wants Portland returned to the indians, white/black/hispanic racists segregated from normal people, and bereted the two girls because they were muslim (he hates religion).
  9. Loughner cannot be put in a right/left spectrum and the Portland stabber was a Berniebro. And 'my party' is a centerist Democrat who hasn't bought into progressive identity politics.
  10. I care a lot less about right/left wing political violence from 20+ years ago than I do about the feedback loop the left has been in for the last couple years.
  11. Assuming the targeting system is precise enough I don't see why you couldn't target the control surfaces with a laser.
  12. I have been seeing a witness description of an AK-style rifle with a curved magazine, which would mean one of those tacticool SKS monstrosities.
  13. Rep. Steve Scalise and several aides were wounded this morning after being shot while playing baseball. Apparently the gunman asked if they were Democrats or Republicans before shooting.
  14. Trying to piece together what is going on with 30mm armed Stryker ICVD's, which is the ECP 2 upgrade cycle. The initial lot for the 2nd Cavalry SBCT will use Kongsberg's MCT-30 turret and the RFI released in early March helps clarify what the US army is looking for in a fleet wide application. -the ability to mount and fire a Javelin or TOW from under armor (preferably a Javelin) -a sight based on the IFLIR B-Kit (used by Abrams/Bradleys) -a weight of 5,000 lbs or less -optics to allow occupants to assist in situational awareness -willing to eat the sunk cost of the Kongsberg turret if an alternative's cost savings are viable -willing to use a different gun than the XM813 if the vendor pays for qualifications -up to 9 SBCT's worth of vehicles would be upgraded (760 vehicles)
×
×
  • Create New...