History, Politics And Current Affairs

I keep asking myself if the Heer will enter the DDR. Legally under the Four Powers Agreement, they weren‘t allowed to, if I remember correctly. Spetsnaz vs. (older) MBTs? Someone is going to have an exiciting but short time of it. FWIW, the Feldjäger could have acquired a specialty that was only dev...

My heart goes out to the poor schmucks in the shipyard, but all considered, it looks like the Norks bit off more than they can chew. The DDG hast about three times the tonnage of their usual warship size, and they simply lack the experience.

That said, to quote Nelson Muntz: 하하

Bernard Woolley wrote: ↑Thu May 08, 2025 7:59 pm

Jotun wrote: ↑Mon May 05, 2025 6:29 pm I do not think it is Erdy…Israel was mentioned as a firm ally, IIRC, and that corrupt Islamist f*** would never condone that.

He’s in jail.

Good.

I do not think it is Erdy…Israel was mentioned as a firm ally, IIRC, and that corrupt Islamist f*** would never condone that.

Eastern Turkey ismostly desolate mountain ranges. Western Turkey holds most of the population and industry.

I know which part I would prioritize for defence.

Hm…would a brigade of Soviet troops really be enough to hold an armored division in theatre? There is also the problem of moving said unit to somewhere they can be a threat. That‘s a big damn target.

I have an idea for the Fallschirmjäger situation. PM incoming soonest…

Regarding 5./Raketenartilleriebataillon 122, this is something from @'s post-Cold War era, the unit was a replacement after Luftlandeartieriebatterie 9 (AMF) - formed from 5./Feldartilleriebataillon 545 which was a tube artillery unit - was dissolved in 1996. My solution would be for the HIMARS unit...

Yeah. Demand should far outstrip supply at this point…

In October, somebody bought an iPhone, an IPad and one set of those ridiculous Apple in-ear headphones along with a mobile phone contract with my bank data. Under my name, but at an address where I never lived. Due to numerous issues, I only realized four weeks ago that 140 Euros were deducted from ...

Flattening Jüterbog could be achieved with a battalion or two of MLRS loaded with ATACMS and fired from, say, behind the Leine river. Hildesheim-Jüterbog is roughly 240 km as the crow flies… M48/M57 missiles should be available. I had NATO fire them at Rügen from Schleswig-Holstein way back when. Th...

Very good update. When the Kh-26 were launched by the Backfires, the wording made me think the crew was firing nuclear-tipped missiles until I remembered the crews of Long Range Aviation would be very, very leery of firing any kind of missile after the Raduga sabotage debacle, and the Kingfish will ...

James1978 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 10, 2025 1:17 am
I'm pretty sure the Dutch 11th Luchtmobiele Brigade didn't happen in TLWverse.
Looking at the NORTHAG ORBAT, it's still 11e Pantserinfanteriebrigade.

Yeah. Thanks for the correction.

Question what was the in Hamburg Garrison? Current scholarship says that 1. Luftlandedivision was to defend Eastern Bavaria. 1. Luftlandedivision would have Luftlandebrigade 25 and Luftlandebrigade 26 reinforced by Gebirgsjägerbrigade 23, two Jägerbataillone of the 10. Panzerdivision, a Panzergrena...

It's funny as hell even for non-Nordics who are only half aware of all the idiosyncracies between those countries

I am posting them with permission over at my forum, already at chapter 60, think with the rate that Bernard updates i catch up to him before the end of 2025. So now up to Chapter 105, everything is okay to chapter 178, then from Chapter 301 onward also, so that leaves Chapter 179 to Chapter 300 sti...

Uh, was German translation correct ? Seemed to be Polish / in-fix rather than Reverse-Polish / post-fix, so verbs / adjectives weren't all piled up at end... ( Half a century along, I still get goose-bumps at sight of 'Formal German'... ) Yes, it is correct. I read it before I saw the German transl...

Is the November 18 event a nod to "The gods must be crazy"?

One of the Alcatrazh eshcapeesh musht be John Patrick Mashon, I guesh...who are zhe ozher two?

One question. Is there anything known about the F-47? I mean, to me it looks a bit like creating designation first and then putting a plane underneath it at some point… Jotun, It appears - and I will happily confess to error on this - that a demonstrator/prototype has been flying for about five yea...

One question. Is there anything known about the F-47?

I mean, to me it looks a bit like creating designation first and then putting a plane underneath it at some point…

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