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Afghanistan, like most Muslim countries, are not fundamentalist in their religious outlook. If you read Peter Tomsen's The Wars of Afghanistan, it becomes pretty clear how Islamists played a pretty minor and unimportant role in the Afghan insurgency against the Soviet Union. In essence, the resistance was led by nationalists to whom Islamic religion was a significant but not all-encompassing part of their identity that they were trying to preserve in the face of a communist puppet state.
The Islamists, like Osama Bin Laden, were supported by Pakistan and foreign (often Saudi Arabian) donors. Pakistan was dominated at the time by its military which was increasingly Islamically fundamentalist in outlook, and who wanted to overthrow the Afghan government and replace it with an Islamist government that would be a loyal ally against India (Pakistan has lost multiple conflicts against India)
This is why the idea that the US set up Bin Laden only to fight him later is fundamentally flawed. The US gave the vast majority of its aid and military support to rebels like Masood who did the vast majority of the fighting against the Soviet Union. The only aid that passed to Bin Laden was aid that was given to Pakistan, who then funneled the aid to their chosen (Islamist) partisans.
I do not know how Afghanistan would have been if Masood survived, since ethnic antagonism between Pashtuns and Tajiks would still have been an issue. But I would be optimistic that the war could have been a unifieing experience that could have led to a more stable Afghanistan after the USSR pulled out, rather than the US basically abandoning its allies to Pakistani meddling after the war was over.
Like the B-52, these aircraft have been bought and paid for. They are well-known quantities to operate and have more than amortized their investment at this point.
Effective? Depends on the mission. Most of these missions are "freedom of navigation" exercises in international airspace and are testing air defenses to gather intelligence. You'd never use a Tu-95 as a bomber now but as a big platform for sensors and gathering information, definitely.
Part of it is symbolism. Flag-waving to say "Hey, we're Russia and we're still here!". The other part is practicality. They have lots of them, know how to maintain and fly them and it is cheap to do so. For the same reason the USA still maintains its fleet of B-52s.
This is deliberate conduct. It has been done for decades. Just the military form of saying "Hello" to your neighbors. The Russians do it. The Chinese do it. The USA does it. Russia is simply one of the few that decides to go a long way to wave the flag sometimes.
In actual conflict, both the Tu-95 and B-52 would be used as standoff missile carriers, well away from opposing air defenses. As in hundreds of nautical miles away. Both aircraft show up like the proverbial barn door on radar and would be easy pickings for most weapons and interceptors. And not modern interceptors. Interceptors in the late 1950s and 1960s had the ability to down them. Along with surface-to-air missiles. The medium and high altitude environment for either bomber would be a death sentence.
Dude, he did all kinds of shit. This general being perhaps the most famous. He also saved a whole bunch of comrades from a burning vehicle, becoming severely burned in the process over 43% of his body, and still managed to eventually precision shoot again. He engaged in a sniper duel in which he shot the enemy through the eye, through his scope, because they were looking right at each other. He killed a female sniper known as Apache, who was infamous for her penchant for torturing US servicemen. He won the Wimbledon Cup before he went to Vietnam. He was just generally a singular force to be reckoned with. There's more, but I haven't read his biography in a long time. It's Marine Sniper: 93 Confirmed Kills. Less than $5 on Amazon.
Forgot one, he was at one time credited with the longest range sniper kill in the world, using a Browning M2 that had its cyclic rate slowed to allow for single shots.
I remember your cousin is mentioned in a book I have about Fox Company (my only qualm is how they sell the book on the dust jacket, they don't need to be advertised as anyones flank. I visited bloody gulch a few years ago and I'm planning on returning in June.
use https://www.deepl.com/translator it's an excellent translator and you will get all the infos you need
That combined with the expected drafting of civilians for the defense of the home islands resulted in US planners for the invasion of the home islands to estimate 10% civilian casualties.
Japanese officers planning the defense estimated 20% and considered complete annihilation acceptable.
Source. It's a bit repetitive (I think each chapter was written as though it was a separate research paper), biased (the author is clear that the book is a defense of the bombings of Japan that ended the war), and long but thoroughly sourced.
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If you wanna wrap your head around it I recommend the book The Final Mission of Extortion 17 or check out the SOFREP podcast with the author.
He just got back to Iraq from a break he took in Norway, he posts quite often to his Instagram, apparently he met with some reps from the Norwegian Armed Forces but no legal action was taken against him from what I can tell.
I only want to tell, that there exists real Adidas tactical shoes https://www.amazon.com/adidas-Mens-GSG-9-3-Tactical-Boot/dp/B007PBF02K
> Not to detract from this man and his service, but what's with the face paint?
Reasonable question on Cameron's facial paint. According to the book's prologue
He prefers to look like a Mohican warrior or a Day of the Dead reveller. This is a man who wants to be seen by the enemy, and feared.
https://medium.com/@benmckelvey/the-commando-the-life-and-death-of-cameron-baird-vc-mg-a13b471fde1d
It was gloomy in writing as well. I read Arkady Babchenko's "One Soldier's War". Great read and firsthand account of the conflicts, but graphic and depressing. I usually had to read a chapter of another book before I turned out the light because I didn't want to keep thinking about it.
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The MB-1C pod was the standard free-falling unit that was carried underneath the B-58 fuselage on the centerline. It was basically a finned aerodynamic shell for a pair of fuel tanks plus a variable-yield thermonuclear bomb. The pod was 75 feet long with a diameter of about 5 feet. Empty weight was 2500 pounds without the fuel and the warhead, but when fully loaded with fuel and carrying the standard W39Y1-1 warhead it weighed 36,087 pounds. The pod was attached to the aircraft by three hooks. The pod had an equipment bay, a forward fuel tank, a bay for the thermonuclear weapon, an aft fuel tank, a tail cone and fins, plus an attachment pylon. The four fins were mounted at 45 degrees from the horizontal centerline and were slightly offset to give the pod a slow spin during free-fall. The warhead was fused by a set of barometric switches, set to trigger the weapon when the preset pressure was reached. Fuel and fuel pressurization disconnects released and closed instantly when the pod was released.
Good pictures of it here:
omg. are you really talking about muscle memory ? that's probably the first and last time she touches a fire arm. muscle memory is aquired hundreds and thousands of times doing same thing. and again when you know the gun is on safe mode and empty mag (the 2 conditions that make the rifle present in that expo) you already made all your safety checks. that's practically a life size and weight AK replica at that state (I know americans would freak about trigger safety in a star wars laser gun replica)
it's like saying "omg why is she touching that snake it is dangerous" in a zoo picture booth "when she goes to the wild muscle memory will make her go touch a real snake and get bitten"
she is 100% safe and everybody around her is 100%. some people are just frustrated with the safety measures they need to live by in shooting ranges that they project it on every body else and in any cic. I even saw americans freak about Russian FSB Spec Ops guys with finger on trigger.
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There is some confusion below about propulsion. This is likely a CH-3 UCAV.
Judging by its smaller size I would expect that it has a piston engine. You cannot tell by the propeller alone, as it could be a turboprop.
This site is the only thing I can find stating that it has a piston powerplant.
As he crossed the border, the defector was shot multiple times by NK border guards and collapsed. The border guards are not allowed to cross or shoot across the border, so they didn’t go over to confirm his death or retrieve the “body”. Some time later, he was dragged away from the border by SK troops (presumably these folks) and given medical attention. The NPR article contains footage of the event captured by security and IR cameras.
If anyone’s interested in more information, check out James Stejskal’s book “Special Forces Berlin” or this website: https://www.detachment-a.org
Highly recommend reading Victory Point if you’re interested in a more accurate version of the mission than Luttrell’s fiction.
Hey, I actually helped at a hunt with Marks brother, Thad. Super great family and there's a book about him that his brother wrote.
My Brother in Arms: The Exceptional Life of Mark Andrew Forester, United States Air Force Combat Controller https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00FDWCIGE/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_xTKaBbWT0KW12
The priests are on a military parachuting course. Because they have parachute deployable Orthodox churches.
He's also the illustrator for A Street Through Time which is amazing.
https://www.amazon.com/Garmin-Foretrex-401-Waterproof-Hiking/dp/B002EOSQII
I got mine at REI for around $125. There are newer ones that go for $600, But that is only if you are SUPER OPERATOR HOOAH.
obama administration has tried to sanction kamaz a few time. I don't doubt they are aware, specially on engine control chip. (even Us depends on foreign supplier for automotive controller. Renesas, Bosch) but kamaz has plants in vietnam, so they have protected supply chain in asia.
It would be interesting if the world sanction US industry in turn. Specially China. 9do you know that there is almost no diesel supplier for large tank/IFV anymore? We are talking about Cummin-caterpillar left. Detroit diesel is owned by mercedes, eating Cummin alive. Caterpillar is not competitive for high performance transportation. then there is navistar. Maker of school bus. which power MRAP. (well..there is always that boondagle.)
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Detroit Diesel, which produces engines for Daimler and Freightliner, had 23.6% of the HD market under its belt in 2010. Daimler's share hit 26% last year. Combined market share of Volvo's two units, Volvo Trucks and Mack Trucks, rose to 17.5% in 2013 from 15% in 2010. But the real winner in the race was PACCAR, which is also proving to be a bigger threat to Cummins now.
I seem to recall, in Ben Rich's book "Skunk Works", more engine wasn't enough. They had to use the computer to constantly manipulate the control surfaces to keep the thing in the air.
For any German out there (or people who can read German) I really recommend this gigantic book made by several members of the "Heavy Panzer Divison 503": https://www.amazon.de/ZEITGESCHICHTE-Tiger-Abteilung-Panzerabteilung-Brennpunkten-Zeitgeschichte/dp/3881897798
It originally was only made by and for veterans of that unit as a keepsake, but later also released to the public.
One of the interesting things they tell you, is that they actually liked the King Tiger. Nowadays as soon as the Tiger II is mentioned 20 people come in with "Ololol breaks down piece of shit" jokes.
But several of the guys who drove them said "Yeah it was incredible delicate piece of machine, you had to be incredibly careful driving it - But if you knew how to handle it, then you were the King of the battlefield". I think even Otto Carius said something similar in his book "Tigers in the mud", during the second part when he also commanded one.
The only tank thats reviled throughout is the Jagdtiger, because that thing couldnt even shoot once without missaligning its optics according to Carius.
Here's where I found the picture. Fine birds indeed! >U.S. Air Force F-15E Strike Eagle fighter aircraft of the 4th Fighter Wing perform an "Elephant Walk" as they taxi down the runway during a Turkey Shoot training mission on Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, N.C., April 16, 2012. The wing generated nearly 70 aircraft to destroy more than 1,000 targets on bombing ranges across the state to commemorate the 4th's victory over the Luftwaffe April 16, 1945. The aircrews are assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing's 333rd, 334th, 335th, and 336th Fighter Squadrons.
Eugene sledge wrote With the Old Breed and it is a fascinating read.
Reading the book the HBO Pacific series seem tame compared to reality from a grunts perspective.
I really enjoyed Sink the Belgrano. The war from the perspective of the submarine HMS Conqueror, that sunk the argentine heavy cruiser Belgrano in what is so far the worlds first and only nuclear submarine v ship combat.
Relentless Strike is the best you will probably get. There was a comic book series called The Activity that was written with a bit of some insider information on the ISA.
There are some on-demand options; from what I understand, you provide the content, people order it and it is printed when they order it. Might be worth a look; you're obviously very talented, you deserve to be compensated for it.
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/top-4-online-selfpublishers-book-write/
Afghanistan: A Russian Soldier's Story. Used it in college as a primary source for a paper. The author also includes many photographs he personally took during his time in the war.
According to H&K themselves, it's closed. Have you tried emailing H&K? I'm kinda curious to if it is combination, even though I doubt it.
This photo has floated around for a while, but had officially been posted unblurred on Instagram by the asian gentleman kneeling in the middle.
You can follow him here; https://www.instagram.com/ronintactics/
Yeah, big, heavy, fast, noisy and mean-looking.
Have you seen this F-4 picture before: Linky
It's probably from /r/warplaneporn - but I can't find the original submission
The Marine requirements have been fingered as the primary reason the program went so far off the rails.
But I feel the ultimate blame lies with anyone that honestly believed the used-car-salesmen spiel for a plane that could do the jobs of ten other types in the inventory better, for cheaper, and be stealthier, and whatever else ya want because that's a hellabig check you're about to write us as a single-source contractor and we'll say whatever you want to hear.
I don't even think it's been cleared for weapons yet and in-service date is something like 10 years late at this point.
It's not easy to stay on topic when you constantly change it.
First it was "Russia is making money".
Then "What is that gun?" (okay, we can skip that part since it was just a question and not a statement).
Then "This pic is an outlier", which means that it has nothing to do with your previous "Russians are making lots of money" statement, right?
And then, after I said that the guy on picture could be blown up tomorrow by Russian (or Syrian) bombs, you say it doesn't matter.
So what is the topic? "Russia is supplying both sides of Syrian conflict"? That's just plain stupid. If Russia would supply this guy on picture, they would gave them Russian stuff instead of NATO stuff: some good ol' AKM from Soviet warehouses, PSO-1 sight, Poyas A vest, e.t.c. Or maybe something newer but also popular: AK-103, Kobra collimator, some bulletproof vests and helmets.
Just google pictures of ISIS Hunters. That's what Russian-supplied troops looks like.
They've been flying at night since Jan 2012 - thats when all the interior lights were certified as being NVG compatible.
First night landing of a F-35B was last summer - https://www.f35.com/news/detail/marine-test-pilot-makes-first-f-35b-night-landing-at-sea
Edit - LockMart flickr set of night flights - https://www.flickr.com/photos/lockheedmartin/sets/72157628941004067/
I think the Leopard 2A7 is the big boy as of right now. I also heard the Korean K2 is on par with the Abrams and can track targets autonomously.
Can you find a better explanation. I was having a hard time discerning speculation from experience. Then I scroll down to the works cited and most are blank. Googling his name makes him loose all credibility with me.
https://firstlightforum.wordpress.com/2013/05/12/park-mcgraw-sheds-light-on-the-jews-in-america/
I see. Well these sub-conflicts happened during the WW2 era, the Finns were supported by the Reich and they were attacked by a major WW2 player. There happened a lot of conflicts during that era that were part of WW2 even though they had their own names.
> Russo-Finnish War, also called Winter War, World War II: Russian bombing of Helsinki, capital of Finland, 1939 [Credit: Stock footage courtesy The WPA Film Library](Nov. 30, 1939–March 12, 1940), war waged by the Soviet Union against Finland at the beginning of World War II, following the conclusion of the German-Soviet Nonaggression Pact (Aug. 23, 1939). After Finland had refused to grant the Soviets a naval base and other concessions in the fall of 1939, Soviet troops totaling about one million men attacked Finland on several fronts.
http://www.britannica.com/event/Russo-Finnish-Wa
This pretty much happened in the WW2 context so it was part of it. You could make the point though that the Finns never joined the Axis and neither sided with the allies (iirc). Strange situation but I wonder why they would not want to see these conflicts as part of WW2? Would you have a source on that?
They are getting Saab JAS 39 Gripens, but Brazil likes to keep things cheap. They were operating much newer Mirage 2000s before, but actually retired them in favor of keeping the F-5.
This is a very interesting article about Brazil's air force:
I've always been interested about the real history of this flag.
https://edition.cnn.com/2015/02/22/world/cnnphotos-iwo-jima/index.html
I think it's the one by John Birmingham. I'm looking on Amazon Weapons of Choice (Axis of Time, Book 1): A Novel of the Axis of Time https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FC1QBK/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_RYZmzbS4S93DR
It seems like what he was talking about.
I always love these abandoned relics. There's a space shuttle construction building still with entire space shuttles in it in Kazakhstan in the middle of a desert. https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/baikonur-buran-soviet-space-shuttle/index.html I would love to go and visit one day.
I was long opponent of rear-facing radar rumors for T-50 (they are complete BS for Su-34, Su-35S, T-10M etc) and suspected that the stinger between the engines hold equipment for Himalaya system. Himalaya is an ECM system.
However, it turns out i was wrong and correct at same time. There will be a rear facing "array" in that stinger but it will be part of Himalaya, ie it won't be used to get a lock on an aircraft and provide information for missiles, it is way too small for that. Can read about it here + more.
Something like this.
It could be holding anything, maps, notes, radio frequencies, explosive safe distances, etc.
"Appear weak when you are strong, and strong when you are weak.”
- Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Saying they are just shit kickers is an insult to ISAF who were at war with them for ~14 years. And TB are now taking back huge parts of Aghanistan.
The cameraman is a member of the NY Times. Teru Kuwayama, a war photographer, states that,
>On the downside, embedded reporters operate on a very short leash with ever-increasing restrictions from their military handlers.
From here, under "Embedding Has Both Perks and Consequences". I wouldn't be surprised if there was regulations preventing the photographer from helping.
For more pictures of the Bundeswehr click here. Also, here is the english wikipedia article about the Fernspählehrkompanie 200.
Interesting. Is that the newer ELCAN SpecterDR sight? What I know of when I was in the danish forces, the regular Elcan (The big one in the original picture and most common in danish army) looked like this when I was shooting with them: http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=a0bekh&s=8#.VOZzMy5owQk
I hated them, thats why I very clearly remember them.
True. Although the cross of the Wehrmacht in WW2 looked a bit different. They used the "Balkenkreuz": https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Balkenkreuz.svg
The cross of the Bundeswehr is more similar to the classic version used until 1935, which is a so called "Tatzenkreuz" or "Cross patté": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cross_patt%C3%A9e
Well, as to the "running towards battle" thing, it symbolizes the flag back from the days of line battles, where the flag would be carried into the fight. As they marched/charged into battle, the flag would stream "backwards", like here.
Since it's a Lazarev photoset, it's not hard to find: https://vk.com/album-9064857_184013659
Appears to be an FSKN hosted shooting competition. Nobody is really clearly identified other than FSB, which is probably either Alfa or Vympel, what looks like to be at least one SOBR unit in multicam, and probably FSKN GROM in the SURPAT.
That being said, a lot of Russian military nerds are in agreement this is probably SVR.
I also thought The Other Side of the Mountain: Mujahideen Tactics in the Soviet-Afghan War was a good read.
Does anyone know if that is a natural formation that the ship is docked in?
But they need a different muzzle velocity to fire 6 rounds at the same time. If you think about it logically you only have two angles that hit the same spot if you fire with the same velocity. One were it "drops" from above and another "fired at directly".
E.G.
Shell A
Velocity is 100
Angle is 80 degrees
Hits point A after 30 seconds
Shell B
Velocity is 100
Angle is 10 degrees
Hits point A after 5 seconds
Any angle other then the angles for round A and B will hit another point.
Edit: Nevermind i figured it out here
http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Archer_Artillery_System#/Ammunition.
If you like this photo, read "With the Old Breed At Peleliu and Okinawa" by EB Sledge here
He was a 60mm mortarman with the k/3/5 (1st Marine Division) on Okinawa and Peleliu before. Fantastic book!
I read Sledge used his issued .45 1911 and a M1 Carbine. He possibly handled the M1 Garand a time or two.
It's not about the structure of anything, I believe it's the launching system/engine that has been removed/destroyed. read here
Video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9gMboTSypY
EDIT* I'm new here, can a mod add the [OC] tag please?
Very old school but episode 3 here show a group trying to complete the RM Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre course back in the early 80s, just after the Falkands so '84 I think.
Really good series, the climb here show a group trying to complete the RM Mountain and Arctic Warfare Cadre course back in the early 80s, just after the Falklands so '84 I think.
~~Source~~ Correct source with more photos
Oh boy, check the date on that article!
Also, given the circumstances, this other article of his is worth reading too.
I think it is a blank firing adapter with MILES on top. It's for training. You can see the round laser receiver on his helmet.
https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Integrated_Laser_Engagement_System
The guys over at War is boring had an interesting analysis on Chinese military spending. I guess the best thing one can say about their equipment is ... it's vintage
> The PLAN’s destroyers and frigates are fairly new, but its first aircraft carrier Liaoning is a rebuilt Soviet ship from the 1980s. After a nine-year refit, Liaoning started sea trials in 2011.
> Liaoning is half the size of an American Nimitz-class supercarrier and carries half as many planes. As Liaoning lacks a catapult, China’s J-15 naval fighters must use a ski ramp to take off—and that limits their payload and range. Liaoning lacks the radar and refueling planes that give American flattops their long-range striking power.
> Submarines are another problem area for the PLAN. Just over half of China’s 54 submarines are modern—that is, built within the last 20 years. Beijing’s modern undersea fleet includes the Shang, Han, Yuan and Song classes. All four classes are Chinese-built. All are markedly inferior to Western designs.
> The rest of China’s submarines, especially its 1980s-vintage Mings, are totally obsolete.
No problem, there's a great book called "The Pentomic Era: The US Army between Korea and Vietnam" that delves a lot into some of these since-forgotten delivery systems.
Bottom line, efforts like this were the major realm of thinking before ICBMs elevated the atomic discussion to strategic weapons.
Strongly urge you to check out the book Ordinary Men about regular Germans during the war. Maybe not all Germans were fully committed Nazis but almost all either participated in or contributed to their crimes
24°20'50.26"N 54°19'23.34"E for the lazy
> the National Assembly has been in contempt of court for the last few years
Except the Supreme Court backtracked on that after mass protests
The Supreme Court also stacked itself with Maduro loyalists after they were voted out of power (in a lame duck move). And to put the cherry on top of this bullshit sandwich, Maduro made the Constituent Assembly in response to his party being voted out of power.
> Guaido is an illegitimate president, that’s why most of the world doesn’t recognize him as such.
This is so wrong it hurts. I should expect nothing less from someone who posts on CTH, but this is so blazingly stupid that it pains me.
Taken from wiki:
> As of April 2019, 104 nations have stated their positions; 54 countries have recognized Guaidó as acting president, 22 countries recognize Maduro as the elected president, 18 countries (and the United Nations) have expressed neutrality, and 10 other countries (and the European Union) have shown their support to the National Assembly.
By all means, keep licking Maduro's boots, but at least be honest about why you're doing it
>Throughout the extensive air-to-air combat missions of WWII, no one can dispute the last – and most unique dogfight of the war.
This was definitely not the last dogfight of the war, Pacific theatre aside this incident is dated almost a full month before the German surrender.
Still, there are several sources like this 1967 newspaper article that seem to support its veracity, and Duane Francies did apparently receive the awards mentioned for his service in WW2.
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This has piqued my curiosity as well. I did find this book
MoH can only be awarded to the members of the U.S. armed forces. From here: >The highest valor decoration which non-U.S. individuals may receive is the service crosses of the services - the Army Distinguished Service Cross, the Navy Cross, and the Air Force Cross.
Number juggling, for sure. For example, I think the Dutch govermùent made a deal for 37 F-35A's, for 4.5 billion €, that comes to about 120 million EURO a piece, which would be 160 million dollars.
Plus, they will be built by an Italian company that only has ham-fisted and two-left-handed workers
Your making statements without any actual research, the A-10 is great against light skinned targets but even against the 62 it wasn't good https://medium.com/war-is-boring/cold-war-coloring-book-taught-a-10-pilots-to-kill-soviet-tanks-a26385113bf0
The A-10 round as impressive as it seems is nothing against a MBT which even the M1A2 can't penetrate itself with a 120mm
You can down vote me as much as you want but that doesn't make you right, just ignorant.
See the article I published the following week. https://worldoftanks.com/en/news/chieftain/T28_and_T95/
As others have observed, it was an April Fool's thing. The photo was taken during landing tests in Virginia. I may have been too good about it, though. Other than the date, the only researchable fake point was that the photograph of the LST is not the same type of LST as the one named in the article (which actually did go from the US to Asia those dates).
I could be wrong be wrong but the blond/grey SOF guy with the M14 might be a family friend of ours, Maj. Rusty Bradley. He wrote a really good book back in 2011. I know he was in country with 3rd group during that time. Lions of Kandahar book
Man I can’t find the one I had, I’m pretty sure I let someone borrow it and they kept it. Haha. But here is a link to what it looks like https://soldiersystems.net/2019/12/03/frog-pro-covers-for-garmin-foretrex/. If you just look for garmin foretrex protective cover, tactical cover, or something like that you will find them. Then I just super glued one of these to the flap. Suunto Clipper L/B NH compass https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000BSDU4Y/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_i61MFb952V7R2. Make sure you get the glow in the dark one! Then I wore it on my left forearm so I could hold my weapon and still see the compass. Super handy!
You should check out https://www.amazon.com/Ministry-Ungentlemanly-Warfare-Churchills-Warriors/dp/1681443929
It mainly covers Anders Lassen and his career in the Commandos, SAS and the SBS and he was one of the SBS commanders in the Aegean Sea/Greece Liberation.
It was said that Ian Flemming used Lassen as part of the basis for James Bond's Charismatic, Dashing and Womanizing persona.
I would add Horse Soldiers to your list.
https://www.amazon.com/Horse-Soldiers-Extraordinary-Victory-Afghanistan/dp/1416580522
lot of people on here saying LTC Russel's uniform is too clean, and that the money was from the first gulf war. Allow me to cut through the ignorance, three months later.
LTC Russel went out on combat patrol with his men.
That money was from the raid on the Al Hadooshi Farm. The US almost caught Saddam during that raid. This money belonged to Saddam, who stole it from the Iraqis.
Read this book and stop spewing false narratives...
https://www.amazon.com/We-Got-Him-Capture-Hussein/dp/1451665121
And most AVRN Outpost were just handed Over or Overrun, similar to ISIS in Syria and Iraq. I read the German Version of:" Violent Politics: A History of Insurgency, Terrorism, and Guerrilla War, from the American Revolution to Iraq "
An excellent read, not too long or complicated, but also not too easy and simplified.
https://www.amazon.de/Violent-Politics-Insurgency-Terrorism-Revolution/dp/0061236209
This concept was actually one of the foundations for special forces. Especially in Berlin, where the stay behind team mission would eventually be rolled into a special forces mission. There is a really cool book on this called Special Forces Berlin
https://www.amazon.com/Special-Forces-Berlin-Clandestine-Operations/dp/161200444X
House to House by David Bellavia is an awesome and horrible account of taking Fallujah. At one point it went way past combat with bayonets -- bullets out, rifle dropped, Bellavia ends up wailing on an insurgent with his helmet.
It's a nuclear state. They will fire nukes at all major US cities if we attack them. Check out this book co-written by a Navy admiral. It depicts a war between China and the US. https://www.amazon.com/2034-Novel-Next-World-War/dp/1984881256
I would highly recommend the book "This Kind of War" if you want to learn more about the Korean War and how wild the situation really was.
https://www.amazon.com/This-Kind-War-Fiftieth-Anniversary/dp/1574883348
Go read his book and you'll realize he might be the most bad ass American to ever put on a uniform. He ran away to enlist during WWII as a child, but was sent home because he was literally a child.
He said he could have tossed a grenade into Bin Laden's Mercedes in Khartoum in the 90s. He basically nagged the DoD into letting him go to Afghanistan in 2001.
Go read the book, his stories are absolutely wild. Even if you have to be a bit cautious with autobiographies.
If you fancy a good read, I am about 3/4ths through a book called Poilu. I can't really comprehend what these guys went through.
Poilu: The World War I Notebooks of Corporal Louis Barthas, Barrelmaker, 1914-1918 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300212488/ref=cm_sw_r_awdo_TG3C1XN2AE5JDBACFBV2
This is one of my favorite books ever. These were some bad motherfuckers. Give it a read, it’s a dry one until you process how calmly the author talks about living hells.
>You really think all of that mental gymnastics
Understanding what secularism, anti-semitism, nazism, and fasicm entail is mental gymnastics? You should probably check what the words actually mean before looking up your notes buddy.
>Russian propaganda?
The Russians are milking the nazi angle for sure in their attempt to justify their invasion. Is it a valid excuse to invade another country? Of course not.
That doesn't mean that there are absolutely no nazi/fascist elements in Azov, though.
>Go collect your rubles
Classic 'anyone who disagrees with me is a bot'.
You sould probably stock up on these. Looks like you're gonna need them.
Dude this user is author of book about Tahsin Yazıcı. Also this book based on his MA thesis. Not a random guy from Twitter. Btw Tahsin Yazıcı is the commander of the Turkish Brigade and he is on this photo.