Recent content by Mourning

What would be great would be that both those French and US troops would be airborne/air-mobile troops with helicopters that would form the strategic reserve or the elements with which offensive operations can be carried out that NATO has repeatedly asked for. The Georgians I suspect are less...

I thought incitement and a call to the use of violence was illegal/unconstitutional, but I'm not aware of the rules in the UK regarding this.

Though I aggree virtually completely with the article this part irritates me as a Dutch national. IF you make an example atleast make sure it is factually correct. True, I will be the last that there was real hard fighting in Srebrenica, but to say that there were no shots fired is an absolute...

RIP to my compatriot and the US engineer  :(. :salute:.

Mark IV was widely known as the PzkfW IV. The Panther is, like Iron Duke pointed out, the Mark V. Regards, Mourning  8)

Ehhh... no Panther in the top-10  ??? I know it had its problems at the start of production and was relatively complicated in its day, but after the starting problems were solved it was definitely one of the best tanks of the war. Can't believe it's  not in the top-10. Regards, Mourning  8)

Ok, here's a compilation of YouTube video's: Leopard 2 general documentaries: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3uVXZS6oEhg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86syxIAIKfY&mode=related&search= Leopard 2 A4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_XP85nlgZo&mode=related&search= (crushing two cars)...

It's how we went from A4 (not A4M btw. I don't think that version exists) to A6, actually the A5 before that (the L55 and some other small improvements followed a little later to complete the improvement to A6-program). So, yes, that's very well possible. It's what started the program in the...

That is correct.

Sure, no problem. Here goes: "Defensie heeft verkoopt honderd Leopard gevechtstanks verkocht aan Canada. De overeenkomst werd bekend gemaakt tijdens het bezoek van minister van Defensie, Eimert van Middelkoop, aan Canada. Het gaat om twintig Leopard’s 2 A6 en tachtig Leopard’s 2 A4. Het...

Btw what I understood is that it's 40 Leopard 2A4's,  40 Leopard 2A5's (could be A6, but I heard otherwise) and then 20 various ARV variants of the Leopard 2 Buffel (again which ones I do not know. What I DO know is that we won't be sending you 80 or 100 Leopard 2A6M's ... because I don't think...

Hey good news. Hope you guys like them as much as we do  ;). Main difference with the German Leopard 2 versions are a different MG, different radio sets and different smoke-dischargers. Never heard any complaints from people I know who have operated them from years and I remember our teams...

Suicide bomb attack followed by an ambush on a small convoy that was patrolling near patrolbase Poentjak at the Balluchi-valley. This base has been attacked several times now and is part of the Dutch strategy of slowly moving into Uruzgan province, setting up bases like these, getting into...

Yes, and that puts it mildly. Think wat Schroder would have done if he had won the last national German elections :-X. Anyway, I wonder why all of a sudden the use of the term "NATO-solidarity" isn't applied anymore by the Germans? ::) They sure used it a lot during the Cold War when if there...

There are no German troops in Uruzgan as far as I know. Last night there was a heavy confrontation near Tarin Kowt, where we have our largest base. A combined ISAF and ANA group came under intense fire in the Chora valley, I have no idea what nationality these ISAF soldiers where (could be...