tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post3578952061364127070..comments2024-03-28T22:08:48.577-07:00Comments on Chant du Départ: Fragile, Handle With CareOldAFSargehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comBlogger68125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-1639964697142864452018-02-23T15:08:54.093-08:002018-02-23T15:08:54.093-08:00He said as daylight savings time approaches...
😁...He said as daylight savings time approaches...<br /><br />😁OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-36914763750482427372018-02-23T13:07:40.528-08:002018-02-23T13:07:40.528-08:00Some analog watches are 24hour units. Even back i...Some analog watches are 24hour units. Even back in WWII. Seriously. Talk about wicked complex, really supersmall cogs and stuff.<br /><br />And then there's that whole 'lose an hour, gain an hour' stuff, so theoretically, a standard 12 hour watch that is broken can be right once, twice or three times a day depending on what day it is. Kinda warps your mind, doesn't it?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-58131562947728697582018-02-23T05:23:07.898-08:002018-02-23T05:23:07.898-08:00I'm glad you specified analog, but wouldn'...I'm glad you specified analog, but wouldn't that be twice a day?OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50125456484873970802018-02-23T05:22:27.777-08:002018-02-23T05:22:27.777-08:00Good point Cap'n.Good point Cap'n.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44325584487771505032018-02-23T05:21:19.479-08:002018-02-23T05:21:19.479-08:00I did not know that. Pretty cool.I did not know that. Pretty cool.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-63372976311084543702018-02-23T05:20:41.307-08:002018-02-23T05:20:41.307-08:00I like that too.I like that too.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-3220692751524620912018-02-22T21:51:28.464-08:002018-02-22T21:51:28.464-08:00Well, in defense of that little evil corporal, he ...Well, in defense of that little evil corporal, he was mostly right, about the politicians, screwing up. Even a broke (analog) watch is right at least once a day.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-80639737582667194072018-02-22T21:39:48.532-08:002018-02-22T21:39:48.532-08:00An Iraqi unit surrendered to The Big Badger Boat&#...An Iraqi unit surrendered to The Big Badger Boat's Mastiff drone, because they had seen what 16"/50 rounds could do.SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-7841471357380522242018-02-22T21:35:40.617-08:002018-02-22T21:35:40.617-08:00I like that during WWII, GIs called schurzen, &quo...I like that during WWII, GIs called schurzen, "bazooka pants". SCOTTtheBADGERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12859188068159799373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-44874591700079097882018-02-22T19:42:09.247-08:002018-02-22T19:42:09.247-08:00Yes, Joker is a much more favorable word. BC, Jok...Yes, Joker is a much more favorable word. BC, Joker means "Hey boss, if we leave right now, we can make it home without our blood pressure reaching the low 200's". Bingo means, leave now and we might not flame out before landing.juvathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09096708575138552532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-50582249820424790002018-02-22T19:00:15.057-08:002018-02-22T19:00:15.057-08:00I suppose that depends on whether your native lang...I suppose that depends on whether your native language is Polish or Russian....<br /><br />And, keep in mind the last time German arms were so low and dragged in the dirt. There was a firebrand who blamed it all on the politicians if IRRC.HMS Defianthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10024721130102173694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9191334663544968692018-02-22T17:58:59.640-08:002018-02-22T17:58:59.640-08:00Ouch, an ugly German tank.Ouch, an ugly German tank.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-57539896061209246482018-02-22T17:57:11.609-08:002018-02-22T17:57:11.609-08:00Nice!Nice!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-5485159946142046602018-02-22T17:29:07.967-08:002018-02-22T17:29:07.967-08:00In Vietnam when infantry wasn't available, US ...In Vietnam when infantry wasn't available, US tanks learned to cover one another and back-scratch enemy troops off each other. Back scratching here involves machineguns and use of flechette rounds fired from the 90mm main gun.<br /><br />- Long time lurkerAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-81896762715688645012018-02-22T16:34:29.419-08:002018-02-22T16:34:29.419-08:00Yeah, Merkel's act ain't working out so we...Yeah, Merkel's act ain't working out so well.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-90424234611903089972018-02-22T16:32:34.298-08:002018-02-22T16:32:34.298-08:00Now that would be a sight to see!Now that would be a sight to see!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21757859497138375892018-02-22T16:32:23.482-08:002018-02-22T16:32:23.482-08:00Now that we discussed the Turks lack of 'Full ...Now that we discussed the Turks lack of 'Full Rommel' in Syria... (Okay, you just can't stop laughing at both the Turks and the Russians getting totally fisked by their enemies lately. All that bad press for Putin must have put a shirt-eating grin on our President's face. Hahaha)<br /><br />Okay, breath, collect thoughts...<br /><br />Hey, did you read about Merkel's Fearless Air Warriors not being able to fly their planes because bio-av gas has a crippling effect on their aircraft engines?<br /><br />So, Merkel's subs are all harbor queens, their surface ships, especially the new ones, are either falling apart or unacceptable to the Navy, their tanks are crap (unless totally upgraded. And the Poles have more Leopards than the Krauts. Something wrong or right with that. And the Leopards that the Germans are shooting their barrels out because they have to use a L55 barrel (instead of the L44 barrel in the Abrams) to make up the penetration difference in not being able to shoot depleted uranium.) Their military rifles are a national scandal. And now their fly-boys are grounded because of bad gas.<br /><br />Man, the hits just keep on coming, don't they?Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-46942293088070038092018-02-22T16:31:23.358-08:002018-02-22T16:31:23.358-08:00That would have been a Pzkw IV, the Tiger didn'...That would have been a Pzkw IV, the Tiger didn't need spaced armor but lots of IVs had it.OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-8927344814562716602018-02-22T16:22:24.433-08:002018-02-22T16:22:24.433-08:00Want to see something really fugly, google the Leo...Want to see something really fugly, google the Leopard 3 (which Germany has admitted they don't have the cash to pay for.)Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-9485898962119176542018-02-22T16:20:21.120-08:002018-02-22T16:20:21.120-08:00As to the flat bottomed M1s, there are 'in the...As to the flat bottomed M1s, there are 'in theater' mods available, and as the tanks are brought back stateside the hull is supposed to be being modified to a shallow v shape to aid in blast mitigation.<br /><br />The weight of the M1 has been creeping up and up over the years. Especially the latest, greatest version designed for the semi-urban environment, before you add supplemental mine rollers and additional crap.<br /><br />Can't wait to see if they'll try to fit the new 130mm Rheinmetal gun into an Abrams turret.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-79927731062010750722018-02-22T16:14:44.540-08:002018-02-22T16:14:44.540-08:00I remember reading, I think, in Liddell Hart's...I remember reading, I think, in Liddell Hart's "The Longest Day" about a German tank, fuzzily I think it might have been a Tiger I, that had spaced armor, and they kept all their extra kit in the space made by the standoff of the skirts hooked to the turret. Mattresses, especially. Something about getting hit and one of the mattresses caught on fire, so they played possum (with smoke coming from their tank,) and then ambushed a Brit unit. Sounds like something Michael Wittmann might have done.Andrewnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-83746695548173963792018-02-22T15:35:18.715-08:002018-02-22T15:35:18.715-08:00Just realized, one shouldn't say "bingo&q...Just realized, one shouldn't say "bingo" to a pilot...OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-78025683578016479642018-02-22T15:34:50.748-08:002018-02-22T15:34:50.748-08:00Heh, smushed turret.
Well, when it's a cool n...Heh, smushed turret.<br /><br />Well, when it's a cool name, you reuse it!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-85575470187123869512018-02-22T15:33:36.517-08:002018-02-22T15:33:36.517-08:00Then there's the random, half denuded branch o...Then there's the random, half denuded branch over the engine deck. Yeah, fooled me!OldAFSargehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15935839956936191547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7684531976778247960.post-21034604985615927782018-02-22T15:03:31.919-08:002018-02-22T15:03:31.919-08:00I had a model kit of a Leopard I, and I always tho...I had a model kit of a Leopard I, and I always thought it was a good-looking tank. Leopard II just looks like an Abrams with a smushed turret.<br /><br />Are the Germans unimaginative with cat names for MBTs, or something? Sort of like how the Tiger I and Tiger II are different beasties, Leo I and Leo II are unrelated...<br /><br /><br />(Psst, the US had four different "Patton" tanks... Shush, you!)a bearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07871505359143633270noreply@blogger.com