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  1. Genetk44

    Canadian Tank Aces

    Apologies for haveing repeated, in my previous post, something that was already discussed at the start of the thread. Actually I read the thread right from the beginning....yesterday...my memory must be going to s**t  >:( And unfortunately I don't have the book...No Holding Back...is it...
  2. Genetk44

    Canadian Tank Aces

    I saw an interesting program a few weeks ago, I forget the name but I think it was on History Channel Canada, hosted by that fellow from King and Country...Norm Christie....that purported to prove that the British tanks were too far away from the Tigers to have killed them...and that the...
  3. Genetk44

    Canadian Tank Aces

    For those interested... a link to a pretty comprehensive list in order, of German tank aces http://forum.panzer-archiv.de/viewtopic.php?t=1454
  4. Genetk44

    Mortar fire

    thanks Mike...presumably its not a very frequent problem.
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    Mortar fire

    I ran across this video last night...its iraqi bad guys fireing a mortar....I'm just wondering if anybody can explain the cause of the explosion at the end...I'm pretty sure the previous round had left the tube.....so, defective round? or some type of counter-battery fire...
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    A400M Rollout

    Just spoke to my contacts in the industry...the engine was ground run on the Herc( as per the pics in a previous post) for a total of 10 minutes...they are redesigning the compressor, so it, the new compressor, won't be in service until next year. As for the 10 minute run on the Herc, I'm...
  7. Genetk44

    Large shark unnerves sailors

    There aren't that many sharks that get that big...Whale-shark and Basking Sharks come to mind....both plankton feeders...plus the Mega-mouth shark, which if memory serves is a plankton feeder also.
  8. Genetk44

    GG to Unveil CAN VC This Week

    Just out of curiosity...what is the Gaelic for "Pro Valore"/ "For Valor" ?? Cheers Gene
  9. Genetk44

    Dion on Pakistan

    What a hypocrite.....he tries to make political points at home by railing about what we're doing in Afghanistan and at the same time is talking about sending troops to Pak! and what a moron...does he have any idea about what a hell-hole Pakistan is or what a quagmire it would be if we went in...
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    WIT AND WISDOM - FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS

    WIT AND WISDOM  - FROM THE MILITARY MANUALS "A slipping gear could let your M203 grenade launcher fire when you least expect it.  That would make you quite unpopular in what's left of your unit." Army's magazine of preventive maintenance.  ...
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    Horatio Hornblower

    EX...presumably you're referring to the UK series starring Ioan Gruffudd...I saw the series on TV a few years ago and really enjoyed it...it caused me to get the books and read them all...then I bought the DVDs, watched them all again. They did an excellent job and its follows the stories much...
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    Things to do in India ...

    Full moon party at Anjuna beach, Goa.
  13. Genetk44

    Surrey man may lose finger after pet cobra bites him

    Aside from a trained herpetologist I can't see the need for "Joe Public" to own a venomous snake....especially one as potentially lethal as a cobra....I have no sympathy for this clown!
  14. Genetk44

    Ram Flamethrower Conversion

    EXsarge.......here's a link that might prove helpful to you http://www.ramtank.ca/ Cheers Gene
  15. Genetk44

    Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer that is engulfing Afghanistan

    Its been like that for hundreds of years not only in Afghanistan but all through the region......if you wanted a telephone line installed quickly and not have to wait 4 years you paid baksheesh for it....if you wanted your mail to be sent you paid the postal-clerk at the post-office baksheesh to...
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    Corruption, bribes and trafficking: a cancer that is engulfing Afghanistan

    Bah! nothing new in this.....situation was the same even before the Russians invaded.
  17. Genetk44

    The CC-130-J Hercules Merged Thread

    ;D  HAHA...I wonder how many bigwigs at EADS are crying in their soup that they have not gone with P&WC for the engines ;D
  18. Genetk44

    History Channel...Medak on tonight.

    For those interested...The Battle of the Medak Pocket is on the History Channel tomight, Nov 6th at 9PM. Cheers Gene
  19. Genetk44

    Ka-boom! You'll never see what hit you, or MOPping up

    Brilliant....haven't pacified Iraq in 4 years...gee lets start another war.  Do the words over-stretched mean anything?
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