Recent content by Unknown Factor

I've completely left 'conventional fighting' I'd keep everything you've got and hope that the Javelin would be at least accessable in Coy Wpn Platoon.  But to limit you weapons based on statistics would be a poor estimation for a leader to make.

Well that is a relief! all we have to do is undo what is actually going on and re-write some titles in the old book update some doctrine and we get our wish! I completely agree, and my point was looking in the reverse, how would an Engineer like to be infantry and not be able to use all of...

So by your sumation - we'll only fight in urban enviroments, at distances of less than 70m, and based on that you will base your wpns load and capabilities? - Assumptions! Close with and destroy the enemy with what? your platoon is desimated because you didn't have a stand off weapons to at...

It is an example, the only reason I can think of why people read into things is to sound SMRT or here themselves talk.  Specically what everyone is trying to do is justify existance into a formation which they think is 'new' and 'cutting edge'.  The reality is that for those that were in the Inf...

The point is not how much frontal armour a T-55 has but the fact that an M-72 cannot fire accuratly beyond 300m, in others words who cares how poor the tank is it can still hit you with it's main gun and with its armour protect it's coaxle before you hit it with your platoons worth of M-72's or...

I may be reading into this the wrong way, but here it goes anyway.  Potentially before it is decided that you need Light Engineers you have to identify here they are required and is that requirement often enough to justify.  Many who read my posts assume that I have no experience in light...

How is this considered light? the fact that they weigh less than a bulldozer or Truck?  Light Engineers or Engineers tasked with supporting a light force?  Maybe we should better define the role 'Light Engineers' are going to play and in what context are they going to be used in.  The thing with...

I remember when this was done, as I recall the system worked great, problem was size and weight. Yes and the Ranger's in 'Mog' thought they'd be gone for 30 mins, you start tailoring everything to one mission and you'll soon find the mission is dictating your tactics, how you pack and how you...

Amen - we need the flexability now more than ever.

And they won't find it because it does not exist.  Corrective training is up to the CO of 'insert comd here' to dictate what 'he' will support when it comes time to conduct the PRB and topic of push-ups come up.  I've worked with schools were they are supported and other where they are not - the...

There is no reason why that Carl G could not be configured with a day/night sight, in fact I do remember a time when the 'Eryx contract' was actually the replacement for the Carl G right up until they found out that it had a shorter range.  The misconceptions that many have towards the 84 is...

Good to hear the regts come around full circle! So if one regt can get onboard with a pt standard than what's the rest of the Army waiting for? - to be told, no doubt - what leaders!

From what I hear (and indicators I've seen) the Javelin is probably going to replace the Eryx, 84mm and M72 are not currently being looked at for replacement considering light deployments are on the rise and both systems are a popular choice not only for our Army but others as well.  AT-4 is...

The sad reality is that those that have been around long enough is that they couldn't meet the physical standard from when they got in, in the the first place.  There are allot of people talking about the fact that we should raise the standard but as you know they are not likely to pass it when...

Speaking from and operational and training stand point, the problem looks to be that the CF has an 'enterance standard' whereas the Cbt Arms has an 'operational standard'.  No one seems to realize that once the soldier reaches their parent unit, it is that parent units responsibility to 'train'...