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Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 19:59
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Maybe, but history is replete with examples of...

Maybe, but history is replete with examples of very costly [to the defenders] of real estate: Ypres [Ieper] and Verdun in the Great War for example.
One problem is that they become emblamatic,...
Forum: Military Aviation
16th Feb 2024, 14:25
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Munition/vehicle brief interface?

Munition/vehicle brief interface?
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 12:32
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Perhaps members of the Forum might like to...

Perhaps members of the Forum might like to consider raising British public awareness of the 2nd anniversary of the Special Military Operation?

Langley Towers will carry a very large UKR flag, also...
Forum: Military Aviation
14th Feb 2024, 08:45
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

BBC news Report as fact.

BBC news Report as fact.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Feb 2024, 10:12
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Yes But. A matter of priorities. Russia has...

Yes But.

A matter of priorities. Russia has had for ever to attempt to become a democracy. Good luck with that I fear.
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 18:54
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

A good point, But I fear Ukr and Ruz have entered...

A good point, But I fear Ukr and Ruz have entered what used to be called "savage warfare" in the days of Empire.
Under those [and only those] circumstances the RAMC and its predecessors were...
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 13:21
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Not much Resistance in Deutschland

Not much Resistance in Deutschland
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Feb 2024, 10:04
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Only captured if it was an away game! Otherwise...

Only captured if it was an away game! Otherwise recycled.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 19:28
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

SPOILER. The official stats: Total...

SPOILER.

The official stats:

Total Great War of British Isles origin: KIA, DOW, Died disease/injury, missing presumed dead is 704,803.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Jan 2024, 18:41
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

I don't recognise the number, please define...

I don't recognise the number, please define casualties* and where did you get approx 4.5 x 330,000 as a total?
Do you include Commonwealth?

* as in

Killed in action
died of wounds
died
...
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Jan 2024, 10:34
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

If these are kosher [IF] it seems probable that...

If these are kosher [IF] it seems probable that the external garment skin is held at ambient air temp.
Meanwhile, inside the suit, the soldier is moving, grunting, breaking wind, lifting, lining up...
Forum: Military Aviation
3rd Jan 2024, 09:57
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

What my sniffy elder daughter calls war porn....

What my sniffy elder daughter calls war porn. Like the main news channels she shuts her eyes and puts her fingers in her ears about "such things". That generation have no idea that Ukraine is...
Forum: Military Aviation
28th Dec 2023, 21:27
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Third floor only? Obviously a budget job, or the...

Third floor only? Obviously a budget job, or the lift was not working.
Still, he didn't have long enough to sh1t himself on the way down.
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Dec 2023, 17:31
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Do please identify 1. an assumption 2.a...

Do please identify
1. an assumption
2.a criticism of the soldiers, as opposed to a query about the wisdom of the tactics.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2023, 21:21
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Almost every film taken in/from UKR infantry...

Almost every film taken in/from UKR infantry positions shows everyone "down in the trench/foxhole". OK, they may well have a tame drone watching over their front and flanks, but would the unit not be...
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2023, 19:12
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Was there a possible defence? .............. just...

Was there a possible defence? .............. just asking in case I am similarly hunted down in darkest Lincolnshire you understand.
Forum: Military Aviation
30th Nov 2023, 16:12
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Should have tried a higher gear? What works in...

Should have tried a higher gear? What works in mud, other than nothing?
Forum: Military Aviation
27th Nov 2023, 19:02
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

​​​​​​​He didn't even wake up. Astonishing...

​​​​​​​He didn't even wake up. Astonishing footage, truly astonishing.
Forum: Military Aviation
25th Nov 2023, 22:04
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Two technical questions: are those foot bandages...

Two technical questions: are those foot bandages in lieu socks, and is that a pale bum or grubby shreddies?
Asking for a friend of course.
Forum: Military Aviation
23rd Nov 2023, 13:14
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

That was some f@rt ................ bad taste to...

That was some f@rt ................ bad taste to laugh but .......................
Forum: Military Aviation
22nd Nov 2023, 21:17
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

It cannot be that difficult: a certain person...

It cannot be that difficult: a certain person hacked it.
Forum: Military Aviation
21st Nov 2023, 21:03
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

​​​​​​​Very high blink rate. ISTR from a body...

​​​​​​​Very high blink rate. ISTR from a body language course [no, not a body count course .......]
Forum: Military Aviation
12th Nov 2023, 18:51
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Fear produces the counter to constipation, so he...

Fear produces the counter to constipation, so he is going to have to balance the go pills with the stop pellets. Free or motionless?
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Nov 2023, 18:23
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

<br /><br />Possibly, but, for example, my...

<br /><br />Possibly, but, for example, my daughter's Labradoodle is trained with gestures for most purposes: come, stay, sit, lie down, tickle tummy.<br />What she will not do is retrieve or fetch,...
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 21:59
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

I don't recall my old mates Machiavelli and...

I don't recall my old mates Machiavelli and Clausewitz telling me that, nor indeed Callwell, but he only did "Small Wars".
Forum: Military Aviation
2nd Nov 2023, 20:08
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Maybe. But what would "winning" be like for each...

Maybe. But what would "winning" be like for each side considered separately? This is a vastly complicated subject, but I believe the protagonists and their backers need to spend a while asking the...
Forum: Military Aviation
1st Nov 2023, 20:51
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

nice cap

nice cap
Forum: Military Aviation
20th Oct 2023, 11:02
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Not too sure you are correct. The Ardennes...

Not too sure you are correct. The Ardennes offensive was well-planned and integrated with air, special ops, weather forecasts, the lot.
There was a moment when it looked as if the Allies' seaports...
Forum: Military Aviation
15th Oct 2023, 21:16
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

Have you seen the Panther front armour slope?

Have you seen the Panther front armour slope?
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2023, 16:36
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

<br /><br />Maybe, but as Mandy Rice-Davies...

<br /><br />Maybe, but as Mandy Rice-Davies famously quipped "Well he would say that, wouldn't he?"
Forum: Military Aviation
11th Oct 2023, 14:02
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

The concept of a massive attack by artillery is...

The concept of a massive attack by artillery is novel to me. Defence yes, but attack?
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2023, 20:02
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

King Charles III would have picked that one up.

King Charles III would have picked that one up.
Forum: Military Aviation
10th Oct 2023, 18:54
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

It is doubtful [to say the least] that insertimus...

It is doubtful [to say the least] that insertimus interruptus is going to work either.
Forum: Military Aviation
8th Oct 2023, 19:03
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

In a winter easterly at all relevant levels?

In a winter easterly at all relevant levels?
Forum: Military Aviation
5th Oct 2023, 21:19
Replies: 10,579
Views: 4,720,240
Posted By langleybaston

All breaking news from all media should come with...

All breaking news from all media should come with a veracity warning. Most is hastily written by pimply upstarts or drink-raddled column fodder.
One of the blessings of increasing age is the...
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