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The M2 Bradely seats 7 infantry. Losing the turret and making it a "pure" APC - could it carry 10? I may have asked this before - old age is creeping up on me ...

Yet the fact is that all (?) SPGs do have revolving turrets - so there should be something going for them and outweighing the (relative) complexity (it ain't rocket science and a proven tech since 1917) and cost.

A question - exactly how important is a rotating turet to a SPG? How much less effective would all those self propelled howitzers like Krab, K9, M109, PzH2000, AS90, S19 etc. be if they had an enclosed fighting compartment but fixed, like e.g. the Hummel? Would the weight and complexity savings...

Akshualy I was talking about horse herds being mare led ...

Isn't it the alpha mare that rules them all?

Got an answer on another forum - Brazilian State Police, from the state near the mouth of the Amazon. Supposedly the buffalo are cuddly and friendly. The troopers are more approachable than when sitting in a car - everybody wants to give the mounts a scratch "who's a good warox, who is? YOU are...

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/864787124981071872/1140424952496013403/image.jpeg?width=903&height=903 The faces look South East Asian to me. Lettering on uniforms - Latin alphabet. Rank distinctions give off American vibes to me. Could this be Filipino heavy cavalry?

Searching for "line drawings" was productive in dredging up ...photos :P Most pertinent photos near bottom of page https://forum.worldofwarships.eu/topic/2193-ijn-unryu/ So it seems that the starboard island and stacks were to some degree sponsoned off, while the portside AA was on cutesy flying...

Anybody know of a good mug/buttshot (can be a drawing) of an Unryu class carrier? All images I've found show them very much from the sides, yet what I'd like to see is how much the island and stacks are "sponsoned out", i.e. how much to they "intrude" on the hangar or not. WARNING: Whip out out...

An interesting thread on a Polish forum (with quite a few ex-military people) mentions that Soviet/Russian T-72 barrels "work as advertised" up to 200 APFSDS shots. Due to much lower MV HE/HEAT shells cause much less barrel damage, four such being equal to a single AT shot. Of course it is...

@ThatZenoGuy - fantastic photo!

Admiral Hipper class had reloads but no rails ... maybe those ships were simply large enough as not to need them?

I think in general. It is a utility vehicle for secondary roles.

New question - did the Deutschland class heavy cruisers carry reloads for their torpedos? I found answers for my last pair of questions elesewhere: 1 - the KM called up men with some contact with water - seamen, workers of river barges etc. regardless of area; 2 - the German privates in the ST...

Kaiserliche Marine question - where did the enlisted men come from? The Army had territorial recruitment, the men being called up to serve in their local regiment. How did the Navy - which also was a "federal" and not "kingdom specific" institution - fill its berths? Was a specific quota of...

Amen. BTW - what are you doing out of bed, eh? My excuse is that I'm old and got up to pee/changes in weather give me insomnia. What's yours?

"No matter how you turn, ass always behind" - Ancient Polish wisdom. Like I said - no matter which Fast Jet you buy, you end up being to some degree dependent upon some Sinister Outside Power.

Exactly. At some point any jet plane has some important elements sourced (or licensed with caveats) from USA, Russia or China. AFAIK Rafale offers a quite high rate of independence from USA etc.

Swedish jets come with US engines. That says all about "freeing oneself from Great Power pressure" ...

Yes, Real Men get aroused when looking at Attractively Shaped Tanks! Actually it were dreams about the PZL I-22 Iryda which made Poland turn down the Su-25 license. I'd prefer a hijacked licensed Su-25 to napkinwaffe projects ... True - Poland managed to fuck up contracts involving T-72 based...