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I'm about 2/3rds of the way through "Generation Kill" and I'm astounded that: 1) The Yanks took their elite dismounted recon marines (1 Recon Btn) and threw them into an ad-hoc, Canadian-style mounted light recce regiment (open-top HUMMVs) with almost no additional training 2) They then used...

Recce doesn't need a logo - recce soldiers should never be seen. ;) DG

Whoo, man, if this is anything like what hit CMR in 1989, my heart goes out to them. CMR used to have a big weekend-long, 24/7 broomball tournament. Early Friday night, there were rumours of people missing games due to feeling sick. My team played a game at 0:dark:30 on Sat AM, and a couple of...

Agreed completely. And back when I was a young and stupid OCdt, I remember us discussing this subject and coming to the same conclusion. How do you mean? Has the phase training gotten significantly easier? The Recce Troop Leader's Course was the single most difficult thing I've ever done in...

I hope you aren't saluting officer cadets - giving that they are not (yet) commissioned. But yes, successful officer cadets will one day be actual officers, and so "making fun of them", outside of properly applied corrective training for observed faults, is perhaps not wise. It is also true...

Thanks. I'll be here all week. Try the veal. DG

Looks like lot number 82-7312-002 to me.... DG

Oi. Logistics - of the type you are talking about - was an issue in WW2 because German production capacity was limited, and while the Panther and Tiger were markedly superior in quality to anything else being fielded, they could not be produced in sufficient numbers to replace losses; never...

And this is your responsibility... why? DG

If my tac vest has been consumed by high explosives, I have bigger problems than "if it is replaceable by the RQ or not". DG

Logistics of CONSUMABLES is key. Fuel, ammunition, food, water - and yes, to a certain extent, tanks. But they did it because of superior logistics, right? The issue here is that while the Panther was the superior tank in every possible QUALITATIVE way, (once the early-run transmission...

I'd be lying if I told you that those specific examples don't give me heartache. To that, I'll add the unease I have over the idea that soldiers with access to money might have better kit than soldiers who are forced by personal poverty to rely on issue kit. But it also seems silly to force...

It's not really an "essay", is it? An essay seeks to make an argument; to convince the reader of something. This is more of a "report". If your prof is expecting an "essay", then you're going to get dinged - even if the report is factual and correctly researched - because you aren't taking a...

Is it just me, or does that Puma look a lot like a BMP-2? DG

But that being said, if I was going to send you back in time to fight in WW2, would you want a Sherman or a Panther? I know I'd want a Leopard.... And while the Canadian Corps was arguably the best fighting force in Europe in 1918, and unarguably amongst the top 5, they were only able to...

But the "modular" point is well taken, and should, I think, be a major design requirement. The biggest downside to rapid prototyping and rapid revision is the generation of lots of obsolete kit and the reduction of economies of scale. Modularity - TRUE modularity, not the faux modularity that...

Top speed is going to be gear limited, not power limited, but it'll get there a lot faster. :) With the military tires, that much power on pavement is going to be a handful, and wheelspin will be a real problem at full song - although that's a saving grace, as if it starts hooking up hard...

Given that you like the TV as issued, this question wasn't aimed at you; rather, at those who think the TV is garbage. But I can note that: At the cost of losing either the C9 box or the 2qt canteen that normally rides there.... I've got the canteen in there with an aftermarket hydration...

The brilliant part about the Iltis is the motor; it's a bog standard VW motor that has been around since Centurion was a rank. Lots of parts availible, and lots of go-fast RACING parts too. Building a ~180 HP Iltis would be like falling off a log, and with the addition of a turbo, I could build...

OK, just outta curiosity, what exactly is wrong with the TV as issued? The only complaint I've seen that really rings home is mag capacity - and yes, from talking to those who have seen the elephant, it seems that daily carry of 10-15 C7 mags is the norm these days. OK, so it could use more mag...