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Stumbled on this in my YouTube feed and thought folks here might appreciate this.

Seems they're restoring FV4005, a rather unique test article of a tank.

https://youtu.be/d4QrvpeCqfM?si=7jfEG6T15WU2gqiw

OSCSSW wrote: ↑Mon Jul 29, 2024 8:59 pm

Good!

I hear the howling of your enemies in their despair.

Such sweet music.

Enjoy not paying 3% tax for your own defence.

But on the upside. When it goes wrong, it's all your own fault.

Happy Independence Day

More evidence adds up to undermine simple narratives The traditional narrative is that the so-called Saxon Shore forts were built to defend Channel shipping and protect Roman Britain from incursions by Saxons and other North Sea pirates. The archaeology suggests that the forts on the British side o...

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jemhouston wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 2:38 am

Nathan45 wrote: ↑Wed May 15, 2024 1:31 am AI would have done better. And likely had him riding a dinosaur.

Prompt king Charles riding a horned dinosaur

Now that's how it should be done!

Back in the days before Arrowhead 140 was chosen and became Type 31 there was the Arrowhead 120 as a serious contender.

It's possible this is being revived.

As long as he didn't have his underpants on this head and responding with " Wibble" to everything.
Then he's safe from a summary execution....

Shouldn't actually matter, since CAMM only relies on bring passed target data in digital format. So the sensor, any sensor able to pass such data is viable.

If you have Patriot as a system, CAMM has proven integration with it. Being sensor agnostic helps here. Italy is funding CAMM-ER as Aspide successor. Poles funding CAMM-MR as a cheaper alternative to Patriot effectors. I'm sure MBDA can provide a variant for higher altitude if needed. Certainly the ...

pdf I forgot to say thanks for the answer. So have one a little late.

It all curious how tied up with Germany this sector has become.

Strategically this is either a very good move or a very bad one. I'm not sure which at the moment.

How much of Boxer RCH155 is going to be made in the UK?

German licensed production?

Braveheart is BAE Systems (UK) license.

Who are we fighting alongside besides the US in NATO, where these will be used in quantity ?

kdahm wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 10:21 pm

Zen9 wrote: ↑Tue Feb 13, 2024 9:34 pm On second thoughts this is my wife to my daughter "PICK UP THE LEGO"

I thought those were against the Ottawa 1997 Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention. Particularly the placement of them on the floor.

That's broken lego

On second thoughts this is my wife to my daughter "PICK UP THE LEGO"

It's obviously "I NEED CHEESE!!!!!"

Oh!
....
Oh dear....oh deary deary me.

I know US helmets can be confused from certain angles with those German ones, but the US never used cylindrical containers like the Germans.

It's not much, just words on a screen.
But we're here and we'll try.

Prayers for you and your friend.

Well I can trace my Father's side back to about 1600 maybe 1400 over in the Isle of Purbeck (not an Island) via Dorset Online Parish Registry, and I know someone somewhere has access to records for 1280 of two who maybe related in the same area. I just don't know who, where and what those records be...

While Britain and Ireland are famously 'rainy countries', it does seem we're getting a lot of wet weather this year.
Not that cold yet.