Zitat:Marc79 postete
@ BigLinus Wohl kaum, da JAG rum ist und die letzten Folgen schon abgedreht sind.

Zitat:Real-Life Ray Gun: Say When?

I was skeptical, when I first heard about the idea of using lasers and man-made lightning to detonate explosives at a distance. Not only did the technology sound fantastic. But the company pushing the real-life ray gun, Tucscon's Ionatron Inc., seemed so damn squirrely -- long on press releases and shady political connections, short on specifics about how their technology really worked. And that's before you start digging into the questionable stock deals and patent violations. So I wrote Ionatron off for while, despite more and more headlines about the firm and its "Joint IED Neutralizer" -- JIN, for short.

Then, over the summer, I got a call from an Army general who had seen the thing in action. ...

Zitat:Hybrid Truck's Katrina Duty

Diesel-electric hybrids vehicles are all the rage at the U.S. Army's Tank-automotive and Armaments Command in Warren, Michigan. Rising fuel prices and attacks on fuel convoys in Iraq have inspired a number of programs to develop more fuel-efficient trucks. The idea, according to industry, is to cut the Army truck fleet's fuel consumption by 20 percent by 2010. ...

Zitat:EADS erhält Hubschrauber-Großauftrag von US-Heer
So Jul 2, 2006 5:13 MESZ

Washington/Frankfurt (Reuters) - Der europäische Luft- und Raumfahrtkonzern EADS hat einen strategisch wichtigen Milliarden-Auftrag vom US-Militär erhalten und stärkt damit seine Position auf dem lukrativen Rüstungsmarkt in den USA.

EADS werde das Heer mit bis zu 352 Mehrzweck-Hubschraubern vom Typ UH-145 ausrüsten. Das Geschäft soll auf lange Sicht einen Umfang von mehr als drei Milliarden Dollar haben. Der Konzern sei damit erstmals als federführender Auftragnehmer für einen Großauftrag des US-Militärs ausgewählt worden. Auch eine Gruppe um Agusta Westland - eine Sparte der italienischen Finmeccanica und Textron - hatte sich darum beworben. EADS versucht seit längerem, in dem lange Zeit abgeschotteten US-Rüstungsmarkt Fuß zu fassen. Mit dem Großauftrag verschafft sich der Konzern nach eigener Einschätzung eine gute Ausgangsposition für weitere Ausschreibungen.

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Zitat:More Neo-Nazis in the Military
Associated Press | July 08, 2006

MOBILE, Ala. - The number of neo-Nazis and skinheads in the armed forces is increasing, according to a watchdog group that claims the military is relaxing standards amid pressure to sign up recruits during the Iraq war.

The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a report Friday that the Pentagon is violating its zero-tolerance policy against hate groups and called on Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld to put a stop to it.

But Pentagon officials said they continue to try to weed out supremacists and those who advocate forms of discrimination.

"This is a serious issue, but we don't see an increasing trend," said Army spokesman Paul Boyce.

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Zitat:HADITHA-MASSAKER

US-Marines sollen Beweise versteckt haben

In das mutmaßliche Massaker im irakischen Haditha verwickelte US-Marines sollen Beweisstücke vernichtet oder versteckt haben. Einem Zeitungsbericht zufolge sollen Aufzeichnungen der Einheit vom Tag des Massakers verschwunden sein.
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Zitat:Protecting Our Troops
June 15, 2006

After finally providing short-term relief for chronic payroll and personnel problems caused by the strain of Iraq, Congress today turns to the issue of troop protection. The House Armed Services Committee will address troop protective equipment in a hearing today. As it does so, we urge them to remember the stress that Iraq places on military equipment and the implications that has for U.S. military performance. Congress must ensure that our men and women in uniform have better protection on the battlefield.

The Army has sustained a high level of readiness in Iraq despite equipment strains, but readiness for non-deployed units and units outside Iraq has already been reduced. Lack of proper equipment places the soldiers themselves at great risk and also endangers the long-term military goals in Iraq.

In order to protect American troops and assure Army equipment readiness, Congress should fully fund the military’s $9 billion request to replace and repair equipment destroyed and worn out by the war effort. And Congress should continue to fund equipment repair and replacement for at least two years after a force is deployed to ensure full resolution of all war-related equipment problems. The Department of Defense should also conduct and submit to Congress a comprehensive review of new equipment that will be required for the Army National Guard and Army Reserve to recover fully from Iraq deployments and enable the reserve component to meet future commitments.

In April, Lawrence J. Korb, Loren B. Thompson, and Caroline P. Wadhams of the Center for American Progress released a report detailing their recommendations for Army equipment after Iraq. We urge Congress today to keep these recommendations in mind and work towards keeping our troops in Iraq and around the world fully protected.

Zitat:WHY ARE WE PUTTING POP GUNS ON VEHICLES?

Despite urban combat realities, we've mothballed our Iowa Class battleships, retired the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) with 165mm demolition gun, withdrawn the M551 Sheridans to NTC as training aids, cancelled the M8 Ridgway Armored Gun System, thrown M113s into the sea to feed fish leaving us with the only BIG GUN to win a direct-fire urban fight on a 70-ton Abrams tank that is sometimes too big to fit into narrow Third World Country streets and too heavy to fly in large numbers or airdrop to accompany our light troops who are the first-to-fight. Even if M1s can be delivered in time, their turbine engine exhaust prevents infantry from following behind to use the tank as moving cover in a city fight or to tow trailers with more main gun ammunition and/or supplies for infantry. "Passing the buck" to other combat arms/services does not work.

Relying on Aircraft for fire support in a city fight to make up for a lack of ground level SHOCK ACTION has been proven ineffective at key moments in Panama and Somalia.
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Zitat:Shahab3 postete
Eigentlich war ich gerade dabei nach ein paar Informationen zu der 106mm recoilless rifle zu suchen. Dabei bin ich auf einen durchaus diskussionswürdigen Artikel gestoßen:

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Zitat:WHY ARE WE PUTTING POP GUNS ON VEHICLES?

Despite urban combat realities, we've mothballed our Iowa Class battleships, retired the M728 Combat Engineer Vehicle (CEV) with 165mm demolition gun, withdrawn the M551 Sheridans to NTC as training aids, cancelled the M8 Ridgway Armored Gun System, thrown M113s into the sea to feed fish leaving us with the only BIG GUN to win a direct-fire urban fight on a 70-ton Abrams tank that is sometimes too big to fit into narrow Third World Country streets and too heavy to fly in large numbers or airdrop to accompany our light troops who are the first-to-fight. Even if M1s can be delivered in time, their turbine engine exhaust prevents infantry from following behind to use the tank as moving cover in a city fight or to tow trailers with more main gun ammunition and/or supplies for infantry. "Passing the buck" to other combat arms/services does not work.

Relying on Aircraft for fire support in a city fight to make up for a lack of ground level SHOCK ACTION has been proven ineffective at key moments in Panama and Somalia.
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Sind TOW, Dragon & Co und "pop guns" ein vollwertiger Ersatz für größere Kaliber? Was meint Ihr?