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[D@V£]

A company boss has compared British soldiers to paedophiles and drug dealers after refusing a request by a recruitment service to provide jobs for former troops.

What an arsehole.

Before I say anything else, I'm not going to say we were right to go into Afghanistan or Iraq. I believe we were, but I know any attempt to justify this will be noticed more than the actions of this c*nt.

Long Story Short: Karl Winn, some bigwig at some company, isn't going to employ anyone who's served with the British Military because he's a bit of a twat. (Any "justification" he might have can effectively be boiled down to that)

I shouldn't have to say why this guy is wrong, but here's what I will say:

I'd rather employ a paedophile than Karl Winn.

[wipman]

Hi, a video of Segway robots used for Advanced Sniper Training in Australia:

- Segway Robots for AST.

Looks like a great idea and good method for train snipers and also for infantry or damn cops to fire at single targets without use too much fire volume and minimizing the civilian or friendly casualties; i like this thing, seems to be a very good training. Let's C ya

[pMASTER]

And here was me, expecting something like this...

[JdB]

Another 4 Germans have died in Baglan.

Ruhe in Frieden

[pMASTER]

Another 4 Germans have died in Baglan.

Ruhe in Frieden

We've had 7 KIA and 13 WIA during the past ten days. 47 German soldiers and policemen have died in Afghanistan now.

Rest in peace!

And good luck to our gals and guys down there.

[JdB]

Yesterday the Dutch DoD released a video boarding by Dutch SF that ended in the arrest of 10 Somali pirates.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcqZKBJMNhI...player_embedded

(I said "arrest of 10 Somali pirates", but obviously what I meant to say was "rounding up and congratulating the 10 -poor Africans that have not had a fair chance in life due to our racism- winners of the first prize, a worry-less life freeloading on welfare and crime paid for, in blood and money, by the naive humanity-loving people of peaceful green Germany")

This post has been edited by JdB: Apr 30 2010, 18:58

[pMASTER]

Indeed they've won the first prize. They will be tried in Germany, sentenced to at least the minimum sentence of five years in prison - and then become German citizens as our authorities may not deport criminals to non-constitutional states. Most likely lacking of proper education for a job anyway, they will continue to live here on public expenses for the rest of their bloody lives.

I'd burst out in laughter if it wasn't so sad.

[pMASTER]

Due to economic crisis, the German Bundeswehr is about to be drastically reduced. Observers suggest the armed forces might be reduced to only 100,000 men! I cannot believe how short-sightened my government is.

[JdB]

Due to economic crisis, the German Bundeswehr is about to be drastically reduced. Observers suggest the armed forces might be reduced to only 100,000 men! I cannot believe how short-sightened my government is.

Did they fish up the Versailles treaty in a pond of chemical waste, and mistake it for the long lost "Ten Commandments for Economic Recovery"?

[pMASTER]

The average Hans thinks zere iz no need for wehrmacht so we can save billns zere.

[pMASTER]

Not yet asleep but quite angry:

It turned out to be not that bad but it will still be bad enough. Conscription remains in effect - a worthless six month mandatory service - and the forces are cut by 40,000 personnel to a strength of then 215,000. We will not get the MEADS anti air defence system, only 45 of the desperately needed A400M airlifters and less Eurofighters. It is unclear yet what will happen to the Tiger attack helicopter and the NH90 transport helicopter but as for the latter, they consider the Blackhawk instead. Two fighter wings and virtually the entire army air defence service will probably be shut down. Also the new F125 destroyers frigates are in jeopardy.

And the best news is, the police forces will see severe cuts just as well. 15,000 federal officers are about to be dismissed.

So we make our entire defense and public security apparatus impotent but we do pay for the fucking lies of the Greek government and we continue to pump billions into our rotten social welfare system.

I could puke.

[Wittmann]

Move to Australia

The ADF are getting quite the overhaul.

Unfortunately for the first time since 1971 we also lost 2 servicemen in action on the same day.

[Blackbuck]

Click 300th British fatality in Afghanistan, and (Click) Australian / US forces killed in a helo crash. Bad times.

[wipman]

Hi, a funny video.

- Enfield VS Springfield.

Let's C ya

[D@V£]

Hi, a funny video.

- Enfield VS Springfield.

Let's C ya

R. Lee Ermey is great

Though, when you really think about it, British infantry weapons have been behind everyone else since WW2... (well, maybe not the Chinese, but let's face it, they don't really need great guns...)

The SLR was great, but it's lack of anything other than semi-auto was a huge downer compared to rifles used by almost every other nation at that time, and don't get me started on the L85...

[Blackscorpion]

SMLE was starting to get outdated by WWI and was to be replaced, but, well, WWI happened. Same thing for WWII. The P13 rifles and their derivate P14 and US M1917 rifles were some of the best rifles out there (combining Mauser style action with a few British features), but didn't receive that much attention. Having handled but not fired both the P14 and M1917... love them.

SLR too is a nice rifle "but" it's clearly a battle rifle, yet slighly over-engineered in some parts. With better sights and stock, wouldn't mind owning one, though. Mind you, ye Brits had the EM-1 and EM-2 rifles with the .276 cartridge - but Yanks pushed the adoption of 7.62 NATO.

Oh, and spotted a few factual errors in that video:
1) 8 mm Lebel introduced smokeless gunpowder in 1886 and boat-tailed spitzers in 1898. Springfield was chambered in .30-03 originally and updated with a spitzer bullet to create the .30-06 in 1906.
2) M1 Garand was replaced by M14 in 1957, 21 years after it's adoption, although it saw use up until 1966 and is used as a drill rifle today. Mosin-Nagant rifles, designed in 1891, are still used by some forces, and alledgedly formed a part of Russia's arsenal up until the 1990s.

[Blackbuck]

Click me

This caught my attention earlier. Thoughts?

[pMASTER]

Lots of nations are giving up on their crown jewelry lately to cope with the financial crisis... what a shame. That being said, I'm not too sure if the JSF was the cleverest selection in the first place.

[Blackbuck]

No. Especially the B model.

[Operation_Human_Shield]

I just thought someone could be interested in this, altough it is several months old. Video from Czech Army Day called Bahna (I suppose it can be translated as "Muds", plural included:). This video is not mine, btw, I have not been there this year (this happens every year).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MP7-PD-GZXQ