22-08-2003 02:04									#1
	Military thread! Lose 30 kilos (of popups)

So, I am leaving for the army on the 25, on the break of dawn. Don't worry, guys, it's only for a month. As I've said I'll be doing Rifleman 02 basic training, which is the lowest possible. It seems the army has something more important in store for me.

I wanted to use this opportunity to open this thread about the military. No political discussions, please. Feel free to post pics of hardware, tell stories, whatever.


Discuss.

	22-08-2003 02:05									#2
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Do potato peelers count as essential military hardware?

	22-08-2003 02:11									#3
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Yes.

	22-08-2003 04:55									#4
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A C5 Galaxy almost landed on me once when I crossed an active runway in fog.

	22-08-2003 04:56									#5
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Holy hsit...

	22-08-2003 05:02									#6
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quote: Originally posted by SlowwHand A C5 Galaxy almost landed on me once when I crossed an active runway in fog.

Fog made him miss, did it?

	22-08-2003 05:04									#7
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I guess that's one way to look at it, yes.
Thank you ever so much for bringing that to my attention.

	22-08-2003 05:49									#8
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That would've been cool to see.

	22-08-2003 05:50									#9
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SPLAT.

crunch

	22-08-2003 05:55									#10
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Hey Az, put a word to them about the Sleep Watcher System..

	26-08-2003 15:03									#11
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A 42.5 ton Leopard 2 tank almost ran me over once when I was crawling around in a dark canyon in the middle of the night...

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	26-08-2003 15:09									#12
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those Leopard 2 tanks are the hot news here today.
We bought like little over 120 of those from the Germans, and just heard they sold 128 of those to Poland, only 5 times cheaper . Here we go Finland, here we go *clap* *clap* !

	26-08-2003 15:22									#13
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Letīs turn this into an "what is the best tank" thread.

	26-08-2003 15:37									#14
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quote: Originally posted by BeBro Letīs turn this into an "what is the best tank" thread.

Let's make the thread shorter by supplying the answer ahead. Merkava Mk. 4.

	26-08-2003 15:46									#15
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Trust the Israelis to make it...

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	26-08-2003 15:48									#16
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Just going down the road...

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	26-08-2003 15:49									#17
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Hey... do you think he's trying to tell ya something...?

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	26-08-2003 15:55									#18
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That chair in the first Merkava pictures is cool. That's like the place for me.. I'd be there, humming and singing the ride of the valkyries from the top of my longues. I'd be the first who gets it, but it would still put me to military hall of fame.

	26-08-2003 16:11									#19
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By the way, I'm with the Norwegian National Guard these days...

My personal weapon is the Rheinmetall MG3. It's a belt fed GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun), actually a modernized version of the German MG42 from World War II. Many say it's one of the best machine guns ever made.


Technical Specs.

Caliber: 7.62 X 51mm
Muzzle velocity : 820 m/sec
Max. Range: 3750 m
Effective Range: On 2-leg: 600 m / Mounted: 1200 m
Magazine: Belt fed
Length: 1225 mm
Weight empty: 11,5 kg
Rate of Fire: Approx. 20 rounds per second
(1200 rounds per minute in theory, but in reality you just don't shoot like that!)


The German MG3 is actually a modified version of the World War II era MG42. It is modified to fire the 7.62mm NATO rounds rather than the old Mauser rounds. The MG3 was first put into mass production in 1968. It is rated as an extremely reliable machine gun and has one of the highest rates of fire in its class. (In Ghost Recon this is the best "Light" Machine Gun available.) It has very little recoil, a nice sound, and of course, a extremely fast rate of fire. (Pros: Foes drop like flies. Cons: Eats ammo like pop corn!)

Also, the barrel heats up pretty fast during sustained rapid fire. Under such conditions, you should switch barrels for every 150 to 200 rounds, so you need at least 2 or 3 of the things if you're going on a shooting spree.

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	26-08-2003 16:15									#20
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*drool*... that is piece of serious firepower.

	26-08-2003 16:18									#21
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka That chair in the first Merkava pictures is cool. That's like the place for me.. I'd be there, humming and singing the ride of the valkyries from the top of my longues. I'd be the first who gets it, but it would still put me to military hall of fame.

Kind of like the sergeant on the siege tank in Star Craft, eh?

	26-08-2003 16:21									#22
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Well.. I'm real life sgt soo, so you know..it matches.

Hey, can you get me one of those mg3's? I promise not to shoot innocent people with it?

	26-08-2003 16:22									#23
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I had a bit of a run in with Bush's foreign policy think tank once...

	26-08-2003 16:27									#24
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka *drool*... that is piece of serious firepower.

Yep, it is. (Don't invade Norway!)

Takes a bit of work to get used to it though...
(In the beginning, I was mostly hitting everything but the target. I'm better now though! )

	26-08-2003 16:46									#25
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hey azazel at least you're somewhere warm

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	26-08-2003 16:49									#26
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quote: Originally posted by Eli Let's make the thread shorter by supplying the answer ahead. Merkava Mk. 4.

Ha, you donīt can prove this!

	26-08-2003 16:51									#27
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quote: Originally posted by elijah I had a bit of a run in with Bush's foreign policy think tank once...

You know, that one right there is one of the best pictures I ever saw.

* Guardian bows in respect to the little guy in the white shirt.

quote: Originally posted by Pekka Well.. I'm real life sgt soo, so you know..it matches.

Okay, you have me beat then, I'm just a silly corporal in real life. -One with an MG3, that is...

quote: Hey, can you get me one of those mg3's? I promise not to shoot innocent people with it?

Heheh... Glad you liked it.

	26-08-2003 16:56									#28
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Gangerolf, that looks familiar! I can already smell and feel the whole thing that was there when they took the picture.. Man I love winter sometimes.. Especially in the army.. I think high of the moments in the woods with freezing weather.. I don't know, I just kind of like it. I hated all the hot summer days in the woods.. sweating and being uncomfortable. But in winter it's so different. How about the night sky at winter? You know, clear sky in the freezing weather in the woods when there's absolute silence? Just you and your assault rifle, and secrelty smoking cigs in guard duty.. oh yeah.

Guardian, and you know.. ranks mean nothing. It's what you do that counts .

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	26-08-2003 17:00									#29
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Yep. That looks familiar. Sounds familiar too, actually! Ooh yeah!

	26-08-2003 17:06									#30
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quote: Originally posted by Pekka Guardian, and you know.. ranks mean nothing. It's what you do that counts .

I agree.

-But for the record, if we were in the same army, I wouldn't mind saluting you.


(edit: fixed a typo)