Making the news today....

[Stubby]

11 hours ago, Khriss said:

Kev , I saw one of Network Rails emails on it,  so as an old serviceman - you know the answer ?  k

I was quite shocked at the amount of treatment needed to keep Kate Garroways husband alive . She said his liver and kidneys stopped working properly , his lungs were solid . They had to take blood out of one leg , oxygenate it  and put it back in the other leg .

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, Stubby said:

I was quite shocked at the amount of treatment needed to keep Kate Garroways husband alive . She said his liver and kidneys stopped working properly , his lungs were solid . They had to take blood out of one leg , oxygenate it  and put it back in the other leg .

...... just my normal day really - is that my Merlot   ? Hobnobs ?  Don't mind if I do  ?  K

Edited July 10, 2020 by Khriss
I do seem to lose the feeling in both arms by 14.00 hrs ..... dunno

[Khriss]

Any way ..... as it's Friday night.  One fr those who remmeber   

 

 

 

 

An watch yr horlicks   @Stubby     ?   k

Edited July 10, 2020 by Khriss
Silly cow cannot even paint .......

[felixthelogchopper]

On 08/07/2020 at 00:42, Mark J said:

Tory MP Mark Francois tells head of the army to overhaul defence or Dominic Cummings will ‘sort you out’

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Tory MP Mark Francois has warned the UK's most senior army general that Dominic Cummings will “sort you out his own...

A military coup would be just the ticket, before Godzilla rocks up in August.

 

Crikey, DM! What a ridiculous little bellend.

[Khriss]

Commons Defence committee have been clueless since WW2,  bunch of uninformed twats. K

 

( oh yea.... Lets sell off our fleet of Harrier VStol aircraft cos we wont need them for that new aircraft carrier we building....... ) 

[Khriss]

.... And lets not forget that shite SA80 fr the troops cos a gun that jams when you just look at it is a massive saving on bullets....  Along with a Cheiftan that HAS to run on domestic heating oil but cannot climb a hill.... Fab 120mm gun, just as long as the enemy are attacking within 5km of a block of German flats.... ?  K

[Stubby]

3 minutes ago, Khriss said:

.... And lets not forget that shite SA80 fr the troops cos a gun that jams when you just look at it is a massive saving on bullets....  Along with a Cheiftan that HAS to run on domestic heating oil but cannot climb a hill.... Fab 120mm gun, just as long as the enemy are attacking within 5km of a block of German flats.... ?  K

I thought the current tank was the Challenger with the smaller " stealth " Ajax ?

[Johnsond]

48 minutes ago, Stubby said:

I thought the current tank was the Challenger with the smaller " stealth " Ajax ?

Indeed it is the Challenger 2 with life upgrades etc etc. 
SA80 has long since been sorted out. So much gossip and shit about regarding how bad it was back in the day and how wonderful the old SLR was etc. I did basic training with an SLR and by then they were worn out unreliable and woefully lacking in accuracy. My current rifles will all hold under 1 MOA easy, back then 2.5-3 was acceptable with an SLR. Getting the SA 80 especially once upgraded by H&K was a massive improvement for the guys on the ground carrying it, ive used both and know which I’d prefer. Mind you that’s not to say it would be my first choice of all the current NATO service rifles.  

[Mike Hill]

It's hard to defend the virtues of a Rifle which no other country adopted,especially when you compared it to shagged out Rifles from the 1960's.

 

A SA80 is pretty much a abortion of a Rifle,based upon a Rifle which was designed to be as cheaply produced as possible,the AR18.

 

True that HK sorted out most of the glaring issues with it,but the fact remains that the A1 variant was so bad that it took half a billion quid to get it working reliably and respec the existing Rifles to A2.

 

Edited to add:

2-3 Mao from a shagged SLR is pretty impressive. I was lucky to get 2 Moa from my Lithgow L1 and about the same from my Belgian FAL.

 

 

[Khriss]

yr indeed correct Mr Stubby -  wot is also correct is that Challenger II had to have new engine packs chinooked in on a daily basis in the Gulf war , as they fell appart in the desert . In spite of other countries still managing to run their tank fleet in desert conditions ( which ARE f@cking harsh on anything anyway - but they manage ) mate was supervising that flight and the cost alone was astronomical . K

Edited July 11, 2020 by Khriss
Oddly the Iranians got a lot of our Cheiftans - up engined them - and still using them !