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On a ship, there's also the FOD factor - having the CIWS located on Hangar Top, if it was dumping the brass out the side instead of cycling it back into the drum, you'd have brass all over the upper decks back aft. Not a good thing. The brass cycles back into the drum in part for...

Reloading a 20mm CIWS is a long evolution - the empty casings in the drum have to be cycled out as new ammo is being cycled in. It's an evolution for a team of 6-8 with multiple cans of ammo staged on the hangar top to both deliver the new ammo to the drum, and receive the empty casings. If...

I suspect RAM is an update based on the UAS threat - and with CIWS having 1580 rds in the drum, which equals less than 21 bursts of fire, with each burst probably having a lower Pk as compared to the RAM - having 42 RAM give a lot more potential kills...particularly in a threat environment with...

The number of positions that have become a depth of one is concerning. The brain trust of experience in the RCN has gone from a deep pool to a much shallower pond. That should be concerning to leadership...

C-4 + C-4 = C-8? Or, is it AK22 + AK25 = AK47?

I was aboard the RUS ships that visited Halifax in '93 (I think it was '93?) and they had all of their missile hatches painted shut.

Maybe, with the new 'guided warhead' modules, they have declined to accept anything by the motors?

I was onboard GAT during that time. It was...interesting...

Red Ensign - in my old job, I rescued an old ship's compass binnacle stand (wooden stand with brass compass on top) that was returned to supply for disposal by a local Sea Cadet Corps. Based on condition and age, it appears to be WW2 era, but not in such condition that it was interesting to the...

Actually. Arguably, it did happen. FLQ Crisis. Kidnappings, bombings, murders...

I had a friend teach me something new about marksmanship this weekend. There's a new acronym as it relates to shooting and hitting...it is summed up with three words: Wind, Trajectory, Fundamentals. W T F Any missed shot will be a result of one of the above. If we look at PWT 1 - it's fired...

How about a mini CIWS for tanks? No need for a 20mm, try some .22 rimfire. Massive magazine capacity, provides close in lethal protection...you could network them if you laager tanks together and provide a 'safe zone' in laager.... Jumping back in history to the "Hammers Slammers" tanks and...

We had to write off a NBP A-Wave worth of kit during WUPS in 2000 on CHA. The entire ship was watching as the RHIB got 'unstuck' from the US ship we were boarding...then got 'stuck on' again at the wrong point in the swell, and flipped over. C-8, MP-5's, Shotguns, Sig225's...all went down.

On the other hand, because he was HOD qualified, they brought him over as a Captain...so....he was doing his BMOQ as a Captain. Good fun!

I stated last year that the F-16 (or other modern fighter) doesn't matter if there isn't the accompanying NATO style support/control mechanisms in place. Having a Swedish AWACS in the air over Ukrainian airspace will be a key step to taking over the skies. Taking over the skies will enable...

Ahoy, I can speak to this as we have a HOD qualified NWO transfer to my PRes Infantry unit in Halifax. The PLAR process to recognize past skillsets was detailed, but did not grant anymore than just basic training. NWO skills and knowledge are very different from those required by a Platoon...

Can I bring one of my Cannons along...? Pretty please?

https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/05/china-builds-worlds-first-dedicated-drone-carrier/ There's some sat photos of the ship in question. Apparently it's undergoing sea trials already. Built since 2022.

SEAD by ATACMS....

Saw reports last night of an S-400 battery being destroyed (launchers, RADAR and command vehicle) and the video is - neat - 6 missile launches (defensive) then ATACMS strike(s) then a very burned out field afterwards with multiple vehicles smashed.... SEAD Is now happening...