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The P47 and the P38 Lightning were not designed from the ground up so to speak as ground attack aircraft. though they were modified to perform that role and did very well. As far as I know, there were only two aircraft which were designed and developed as ground attack aircraft and that was...

If you are referring to the Sgt. York, then yes I remember DIVADs. There was a time when fond of copying Soviet designs in this case the ZSU-23-4. So they decided to try and put a big turret on an M-48A5 chassis, try and integrate radar fire control with an F-16 radar and Bofors 40mm guns (I...

They've reached the bottom of their grab bag of tricks. Next thing they'll want to do is tax shipments of tea.

Yup. The standardization and ease of logistics argument won the day. We could call the ball on global marketing and supply.

While I largely agree with your post I do disagree with the tumbling aspect. If you are able search for anything on wound ballistics by Col. Martin Fackler, MD. The bullet doesn't tumble. If it did, we couldn't hit much down range. However, all projectiles as they lose velocity will turn...

This is good news, but whack-a-mole ops pay few dividends except nice headlines. Let's hope we do more against the cartels.

On top of it being a misdemeanor, in Texas (don't know about CA) it casts a wide net for domestic violence. It covers actual physical contact but also verbal abuse. I don't know what Mel actually did, but I've experienced verbal abuse as determined by today's standards many times. E.g., my...

It's the infantry organization and tactics debate of the century - literally. Two choices as the author says: incorporate an MG team in each rifle squad or have an MG section in a weapons squad. In WWII and Korea we did the latter. (My Marine Dad was a MG section leader in Korea.) The Germans...

Talking to some Navy folks I was with overseas, the early versions had some software problems causing them to go into a do loop of sorts and not firing at all. Consequently, CIWS became "Chr**t It Won't Shoot."

Good article. The Pz III was a little late for the campaign in France where PZ I and II dominated. The best tank the Germans had at the time was the Czech 38T with a 37mm gun. The author is correct about the PZ III being active up until the end of the war in Norway. Below is a video of Pz...

I never had any experience with it, though a few in my unit had and a few did like it. But, you just reinforced keeping the caliber .50.

To power an airplane was dumb and dangerous. but the mention of Chernobyl and the then-futuristic idea of mini nuclear reactors is comparing apples and oranges. Chernobyl was a catastrophic event because of faulty test procedures and mediocre management. Mini nuclear reactors need to be...

At the training base in the aughts they were using Bushmaster M16A2s a lot. Gobs of them (like that scientific description?). I never heard any complaints.

Browse YouTube for a bit and you'll find different people doing rankings. Search long enough and you're bound to find a ranking more to your liking. But I have had a "destitute" 14.5in carbine for several years and it's never failed me and does fine out to 250m.

I have been receiving their newsletters and was considering getting one of their Type 10s in NATO 7.62 although I was in no rush. Just as well I guess.

Because in the day, many countries spoke French as an official language to communicate internationally. This dates to colonial days and was long recognized as an international language. Mrs. Cedric took French in HS even though she was born in Germany. Look at Algeria, Syria, Africa, SE Asia...

RIP. Do you pick your feet in Poughkeepsie? Man, The French Connection, what a great movie. One of his lesser known movies that I really liked was Uncommon Valor.

We were authorized to wear them as an outside garment until late 70s in Germany. Wool sort of but not as itchy to me as other wool clothing and were very popular. Later we could wear them underneath our uniform shirt. I don't know what happened to mine, but I probably outgrew it. :rolleyes...

In the Cold War days their 4,700 man brigade was not to be trifled with. If they captured you during training maneuvers they'd tie you up to a tree and leave it up to your unit to find you. Back then they took things seriously with a history of oppression by the Nazis during WWII. Belgium and...

Having known a few people who have left the military and went to work at a Toyota plant this is not surprising. If one expects to go in and work hard for eight hours a day and then go home to the family one had better adjust his expectations. The culture is one of continuous improvement and...