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Gross weight it 84,000 pounds but curb weight, is 45,320.  The US army has a hockey sock full of theses things over here and they are very busy.  I haven't seen any of these after an IED or mine strike, but maybe that means their crews are finding them all.  They do spend most of their itme...

Since you're in Edmonton, your basic clothing is issued by Base Clothing.   This includes combats and enviromental clothing (all of which should be cadpat)and rucksack.   As far as the small pack goes, I don't know.   If the unit you're going to has been issued the tac vest, then you should get...

Sorry to rehijack this but I couldn't let it go.  I'm sure Redeye knows this, and just didn't say it clearly, but the Lee Enfield is a Bolt Action rifle.  It is a manual repeater.  At least to me, Redeye's post left open the interpretation that the Enfield could be operated by other means, ie...

Their MPs.  Maybe it's Karma. :evil: Now excuse me while I go put on my Nomex suit :nana:

Unfortunately they seem to have recuritment down to a science.  It seems to be more of a form of Pavlovian style conditioning beginning from a very young age.  And most Suicide bombers usually achieve their goal well before an age where we'd expect Canadian boys and young men to start thinking...

Here in lies the double edged sword or the "unintended consequence" of having the Brass on TV saying how bad the pay is, and how the equipment is all falling apart, and everybody is burned out.  Potential recruits look at that, and say to them selves, "Why should I join that circus, look how bad...

That's brilliant :rofl:

All right Jungle, I'll give you that one.  I talked to an ex-Aussie SF guy, who was in E.Timor well before the rest of their gang showed up.  And he said that the only reason they managed to make it look good was because the distance was so short.  I guess from inside, it was more screwed up...

I went back over my posts and I don't see any condemnations or insults, except for the crack about the CDS with the cadomite tatoo.   If you are the CDS then I apologize, I'm sure that you look very good naked, and all your tatoos are very tasteful :salute: And oranges kick apple's *** every...

Despite it's problems, It's killed fewer people than the F-14 program did.  But the capability and speed that it gives adds a new dimension to Air mobility.  And that was a capability that needed to be developed.  Now if they weren't 100 million a pop

Actually I'm a current reserve infantry corporal.  ED&Ts are wonderful things.  And while I've never been to NDHQ, I don't think that I'm that ignorant of how things work there.  As far as the diiferences between Iraq and Afganistan, other than understanding that both are insurgencies, your...

This makes us look better how? ::)

"You have no idea what you're talking about do you?  To my knowledge, civilians do not ever repair CF aircraft, especially overseas.  I'm not 100% sure about the US Army's situation (especially vis a vis KBR), but don't believe they've turned this over to contractors in theatre either."...

Just the FMJ

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It's always better to beg forgiveness then ask permission. ;D  You need to learn that before your a corporal.  If it's the real McCoy though, $50 bucks is a screaming good deal.

The problem we have now, is that so much of the money is wasted.  We could have a vastly better military with the money we have now, if we didn't waste it on useless crap.  Like the recruiting system.  How much cheaper would that run if all that was required, was a high school transcript, a...

The danger to Garands from hot ammo is to the lllllllooooooonnnnnnnnggggggg op rod.  When the pressure curve from the ammo is too sharp, the rod tends to bend slightly.  This may or may not be visible.  But either way it will impede function.  The winchester ammunition mentioned previously in...

Well, maybe KevinB thinks otherwise, but I think KevinB is just an angry angry man.... That's certainly true ;D Show the pam to your instructor and correct him/her. I'm sure you will be amply rewarded for your initiative and sense of duty. And for your reward here's 200...

Agreed on every point. The ML is anything BUT underpowered. The V8 that they dropped into it has power enough to pull a 105 uphill as fast as an unloaded LSVW MRT. It has a lot more power than the US version. It doesn't even have a turbocharger, and it can still do what it has to do with plenty...