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Apart from being (lets face it) a bit of a gobshite on here, I do like do write the odd thread, hopefully they balance the tomfoolery and shenanigans.
This is a thread of those threads
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The kind if people who cheered this on are exactly the kind of people bloviating about Starmer today. Hypocrisy be thy name
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Catapult Launched Fuel-Air Explosive (CATFAE) because fuck you and all of your minefields
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A fascine is the simplest of gap-crossing methods, nothing more than a bundle of pipes or sticks. They are as old as my favourite pulling pants but much more effective
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Find me a better submarine picture than this, I'll wait
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They are lying to you, it had nothing to do with a hijacked oil tanker, wake up people
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If HMS Dragon isn't the first ship to get the Dragonfire laser system there is no justice in this world
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Turkey spends about a third of what we do on defence yet manages to sustain a viable and innovative defence industry that has scored some significant export successes with genuinely capable systems
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But who would protect your airspace?
i have found the single greatest map of all time
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Why does Archer never get any love from artillery Twitter?
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Here is a conundrum for the aerospace and complex weapons industry
If we can integrate Storm Shadow onto an ex-Soviet aircraft in weeks, why does it cost £130m and years to do the same on Typhoon?
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Don't bore me with technical details, Challenger 2 is without a doubt the best looking of all NATO tanks, bar none.
Style, on tracks
Thank you for coming to my TED Talk
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There has been a lot of discussion about pallets, pallets as they mostly relate to BREXIT.
Like many subjects, scratch the surface and it is very complex, there is even a standard for the bending resistance of pallet nails.
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When Gen Z is told every day that nations and borders mean nothing, that their country is shit, and patriotism is toxic, what do you expect. Add in a poor offer, and what do you expect?
The UK military’s recruitment is struggling because Gen Z isn’t signing up to serve,
@BWallaceMP
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The former Defence Secretary told
@LBC
Britain needs to "do things differently" to increase numbers of younger people joining the forces
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How do you defend against two hundred of these coming at you in a swarm, launched from the back of a single truck
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These bloody Ukrainian farmers are getting out of hand 😀
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I would be careful letting the RAF near a dam, them boys got form you know 😀
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The US was right to use nuclear weapons against Japan.
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As Italy has funded the 50km CAMM-ER, Poland is doing likewise with the 100km CAMM-MR. Opens up some interesting options for both land and maritime air defence using the same family of systems. Shown below is two MR in a Mk41 VLS
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Shahed factory workers looking at their next shift be like...
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So given Ukraine has pulled off a successful attack (or so it would seem) against a heavily armed major surface combatant equipped with all manner of defence systems, does that mean heavily armed major surface combatants are obsolete now?
Asking for a tank friend
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The British Army is going to do great things with this vehicle
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I don't think this is as mad as many think, a bit niche perhaps, but still
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Panhard Sphinx with 40mm CTAS, I quite liked the look of these, very Saladin like
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The British Army has decided to send a billion quid to the USA for a missile that is a direct equivalent to one the RAF is buying from the UK
The MoD is broken
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You might not like the UK, you might like to moan about the UK, and you might like to compare the UK unfavourably to other European nations, but you cannot moan about the UK's support for Ukraine.
We are a serious nation, a grown up nation, a dependable nation
Am proud
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That time the British Army had an integrated ATGW on its IFVs
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There is one place in the UK that should be sacred, that should be so beyond the pale to stage a political demonstration at it shouldn't need permission, but if asked it should always be no, and that is the Cenotaph.
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Wind 6%
Nuclear 12%
Gas from the Middle East and elsewhere 60%
We are fundamentally an unserious nation ruled by unserious quarter wits
8pm on a freezing cold Saturday night. Gas and Nuclear power generation virtually flat out, hardly any wind generation
(Gridwatch Templer)
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Daihatsu Hijet 4x4. Reliable, cheap, fits inside a Merlin, has a roof and a heater
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These are called concrete tetrapods. They are generally used for coastal erosion and wave protection, breakwaters and other coastal infrastructure, when placed on shorelines they interlock, forming a very durable and porous barrier that break up waves
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What lesson will the British Army draw from CVR(T) being (apparently) well-liked and successful in Ukraine?
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Pack up your shit folks, delete your accounts, nothing on Twitter will ever top this 😀
A D-Day veteran in his mid-nineties puts on his regimental beret and gives a salute after jumping into France to mark the 75th anniversary of D-Day.
Get live updates on the D-Day commemorations here:
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We used to run a quarter of the world, the single largest empire of all time 😀
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Parachute Regiment walking into the next three dozen defence reviews
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Wonder if RBS17 or Coast Defence Hellfire would be a very useful weapon for Ukraine? Relatively portable and not a huge training overhead. Not going to sink a frigate but would certainly spoil the day of a landing or patrol craft
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What Australia has done with their land vehicle modernisation is to spread risk, and avoid over-reliance on any one nation or manufacturer, whilst still getting decent kit at fair prices.
A lot to learn there I think
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Police are searching for a slightly portly Cold War veteran after he accidentally discharged an SLR into the lawn behind a neighbours house
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Everything that is wrong with modern journalism in one risible tweet. We are ill-served by this execrable bunch of quarter wits aren't we
The huge plane on the left is the Australian PM’s. The little one on the right is the UK PM’s
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Can you just imagine the amounts of fucks you don't give to do this. No way anyone is invading Finland
Meanwhile in Finland its the hobby horse championship, yep, you read that correctly, a hobby horse championship, is this what they do in the long winter months
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You might see some horrific Tweets on Twitter over the next few days, just a reminder you can block, mute or just ignore. People looking for outrage clicks and replies, fuck em, they are not worth your time.
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Never really been on the Bash the BBC Train, but bloody hell, last few days has shown the organisation has serious problems. It is beginning to make Sky News look impartial
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Storm Shadow range is a bit vague, and I think there is some confusion from various people
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A lot of people piss taking about this image, don't know why. It is a long reach excavator removing material to, I would assume, allow the vessel to be moved. Long reach excavators sacrifice load carriage for reach, perfectly reasonable thing to use
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Testing Storm Shadow, Tornado could carry four, Typhoon can only carry two
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Starstreak HVM is a system born of combat experience in the Falklands, different in concept and design to many if its peers. Hope the Ukranian forces make good use of them, Russian aircraft can pop as many flares as they like, won't make any difference
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Terrorists and Muslims are not the same thing. There are Muslims serving in our armed forces right now, protecting us all.
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A quick history lesson on RN aircraft carriers (recent)
For some reason, the RN and MoD were tempted by the illusion that they could afford the conventional variant F-35C.
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Tell me what is the best looking naval vessel in the world and why is it T45
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Dear artillery Twitter
In all the conversations about these...
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We are sleepwalking into ethno-religious political parties and their attendant violence, aren't we?
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Is there a better looking and cooler named ship anywhere in the world than HMS Dragon?
I'll wait
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The apparent eagerness of many on Twitter for conflict in Ukraine is rather disturbing. Dont mind telling you I am hoping and praying it can be avoided.
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Abrams, CR2 and Leopard, just wait till they send these bad lads
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The British Army, Royal Marines, and Royal Navy should be biting each other's arms off to share the development costs of Land Precision Strike
80km range, moving target capable
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I do love it when Irish people on here come and lecture me about British politics, especially over Brexit. And then I realise, Irish politics has precisely fuck all to lecture the UK about, fuck all
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