Ramlaen

This video has been around a while but it shows the autoloader in action. The 21 rounds of ammunition are stored vertically in a conveyor on the left side of the turret and meet the autoloading mechanism at the rear of the turret behind the 105mm M35 gun.

Recent Activities in Electro-Thermal  Chemical Launcher Technologies at BAE  Systems

recent being 2006

-CMI's 3000 series turret + Raytheon sight won a downselect for a ARDEC research & development project

-a C-17 can carry 3 M8's at level 3 armor

-ATK's 30x173mm airburst round uses the same fuse as the 25mm grenades in the XM25

-all four of ATK's 40x180mm rounds will be ready for production by the second quarter 2017

-M829A4 is in production

-the US Army will "probably" make its decision on which 120mm AMP round it wants around the first of the year

-Iron Fist Light is "about a quarter the weight" of other APS systems

I am interested if the thicker applique armor on the next gen Brad is going to be used on production AMPV's.

The NBC/WSJ poll(s) with Hillary in double digit leads.

https://www.scribd.com/document/327216789/Public-161027-NBCWSJ-October-N900-Poll-10-11-RELEASE

HART RESEARCH ASSOCIATES/PUBLIC OPINION STRATEGIES Study #161027-- page 1

OCTOBER 2016 NBC News/Wall Street Journal

https://beta.fec.gov/data/disbursements/?two_year_transaction_period=2016&committee_id=C00495861&recipient_name=Hart+Research&min_date=01%2F01%2F2015&max_date=12%2F31%2F2016


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priorities_USA_Action

Priorities USA Action is the largest Democratic Party super PAC. Founded in 2011, it supported Barack Obama's 2012 re-election campaign. It is the primary super PAC supporting Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign. It is focused mainly on high-dollar donors. As of September 2016, it had amassed $132 million in support of Clinton. The top six donors to the super PAC have given $43.5 million, which is a third of the money collected by Priorities USA Action in the 2016 election cycle.[1] The super PAC raised $21.7 million in August 2016, marking its largest monthly fundraising haul.[1]

Ok someone has a death wish.

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-missiles-idUSKCN12C294?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=Social

An insightful look at why the USC/LA Times Poll has shown Trump leading while nearly every other poll shows basically the opposite.

I wonder if the NYT has commented on the prevalent heavy oversampling of Democrats in polls.

Bah, I knew it looked a bit 'clean' for a Stryker.  The Cockerill 3030 turret is supposed to be trialed on the Stryker though.

That is pretty interesting actually, and it can be more heavily armored than the MCT-30.

Two missiles fired at US destroyer from Houthis territory, both miss

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-yemen-security-usa-ship-idUSKCN12A082

 

"Both missiles impacted the water before reaching the ship,"

A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the first missile triggered counter-measures from the USS Mason.

 

A feather in the cap for AN/SLQ-32?

And it turns out a pair of SM-2 and an ESSM were used.

https://news.usni.org/2016/10/11/uss-mason-fired-3-missiles-to-defend-from-yemen-cruise-missiles-attack

I wonder if Paul Ryan is regretting his white knight virtue signaling.

Did CNN poll 50% more democrats than republicans again?

https://twitter.com/mike_pence/status/785310165327151104

Exclusive poll: GOP voters want the party to stand by Trump

http://www.politico.com/story/2016/10/politico-morning-consult-poll-229394

Mr. Adams is feeling the Johnson.

 

 

http://blog.dilbert.com/post/151552548531/why-i-endorse-gary-johnson-this-week?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

 

Clinton supporters have been telling me for a few days that any visible support for Trump makes you a supporter of sex abuse. From a persuasion standpoint, that actually makes sense. If people see it that way, that’s the reality you have to deal with. I choose to not be part of that reality so I moved my endorsement to Gary Johnson.

I encourage all Clinton supporters to do the same, and for the same reason. I don’t know if any of the allegations against the Clinton’s are true, but since we are judging each other on associations, you don’t want to be seen as supporting sex abuse by putting an alleged duo of abusers (the perp and the clean-up crew) into office.

huehuehue

UAF and BMP-2 attempt to cross the river. Holding camera like this should be classified as a torture.

"Attempts? It looks like it is crossing fine...OH SHIT!"

What is Ben Carson doing? 

 

Ben Carson still stands with Trump "100%," Armstrong Williams tells me. Of lewd tape: "It's no different from what you hear in rap music."

Its the last month/home stretch and all pretenses of white gloves treatment are gone.

unintentionally confrontational

Curious as to what the board thinks about this. I don't think the average Trump voter will give a shit. They will probably want to high five him.  Grabbing a married woman by the pussy because you are rich enough to get away with it is perfectly acceptable behavior to them.  Rob Ford syndrome writ large.

I don't give a shit because it has no relevance beyond an attempt at an October surprise.

And possibly to keep the Podesta emails out of the news cycle.

Not sure about other designs, I read a report once that the Type-96A can't due to the fact it doesn't fit the autoloader, that was a pretty long time ago to be fair though.

 

And the 125mm L/60, while not really known what, if anything it will be fitted to yet, was shown with only very large unitary casings next to it when it was unveiled.

Ah sorry I meant the gun itself.

For example if you had a Leclerc style autoloader paired up with a 125mm gun, the two piece ammunition could be manufactured as a single long round.

Wouldn't the 125mm guns be able to? Their 2 piece ammo seems like more of a loading convenience than a functional necessity.

I really don't understand this sort of hyperbole. For some reason, people can't seem to think rationally about Hillary. She has a long political career, which has seen its share of things worth criticizing. Pretty much the same as most politicians. "The worst sort of feminist?" Not sure what that means. Actually, on issues relating to gender issues, she has generally been behind the curve. She and Bill certainly did not stick their neck out for GLBT rights until it was fashionable to do so. As to being a Baby Boomer, so is everyone else in this race. Boomers have no specific political preference as far as I can tell. In fact, I would suspect that Boomers are voting for Trump at a higher number than young people. As to being a criminal, that's propaganda. Every single supposed scandal has failed to result in a prosecution. Considering the incredible amount of resources that the Republicans have put into investigating the Clintons, you would think they could get something to stick, but it hasn't. Perhaps the answer is because most of the investigations have been politically motivated. Just about everything that Hillary has been investigated for, the Bush Jr. administration was guilty of as well. However, there was never a willingness in the congress to investigate it. I'm not saying the Clinton's are perfect, far from it. And yes, they certainly are willing to bend the rules and try to get away with as much as they can. Guess what, so does every other politician. Politics is a shit show and it's pretty hard not to get some on your shows when you are on the stage.

I am no fan of Hillary and I will vote for her reluctantly. I believe she has probably sacrificed a good deal of her personal integrity in the pursuit of power. However, the Donald has never had an ounce of personal integrity to begin with. I'll take the advice of every single living ex-president that the Donald is categorically unfit to hold the office.

Here is some hyperbole.

I am 33. Hillary has embodied everything I consider cancerous in politics my entire adult life. Back in 08 Obama got my vote in my states primary for the same reason.

Calling her a criminal isn't propaganda when the head of the FBI explains she has done things that I would go to jail for.

Of course the Bush's disapprove of Trump after he took Jeb's candidacy off the $100 million silver platter he was being handed. Bill will disapprove because his wife is running. And Obama will disapprove because a Trump election means the public rejects his of so important legacy.