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Posted: 3/23/2021 12:19:54 PM EDT
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I've been fascinated lately by early Cold-War gear, and the "nuclear all the things!" mentality of the mid-late 1950s.
F-106 firing AIR-2 Genie Atomic air-to air rocket. 800 pounds of "fuck yo bomber fleet!"  Photo of explosion of Plumbbob John shot, aerial test detonation of AIR-2 rocket. 
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Posted: 3/23/2021 12:24:41 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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The 140mm Leclerc needs a bigger turret. It's not quite larger than the hull yet.
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Posted: 3/23/2021 4:33:31 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/wUIXwHf.jpg KJ-1, a cancelled Chinese AWACS project, based on Tu-4 turboprop conversion. China aviation museum. So a Chinese copy of the Russian copy of our B-29. 
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Posted: 3/23/2021 5:02:12 PM EDT
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The Tu-4 was bought from the Soviets.
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Posted: 3/26/2021 5:00:30 AM EDT
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 Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle, only 7 were built. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 11:15:04 AM EDT
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    Not military, but it is green, has tracks and looks fucking awesome, more than enough to get posted here. Japanese underwater bulldozer. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 11:36:14 AM EDT
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 China - Burma - India My uncle was the flight engineer on B-25 flying the "Hump". He has the tommy and told me he would shoot "ground targets" out the window.... |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 1:09:34 PM EDT
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    Arquus Scarabee hybrid recce vehicle |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 2:02:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/lxmgTfU.jpg Patrol Air Cushion Vehicle, only 7 were built. Add some Hellfires and we'll call it a GEV. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 3:30:03 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/Z016dOG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/HAWvpWE.jpg https://i.imgur.com/KzJQiUu.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WfpYZzm.jpg Arquus Scarabee hybrid recce vehicle I want that. |
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Posted: 3/26/2021 3:30:36 PM EDT
[Last Edit: armoredman]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Forest: Add some Hellfires and we'll call it a GEV. Then someone will deploy an OGRE and we're all screwed.  
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Posted: 3/26/2021 6:34:16 PM EDT
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 Iraqi Army 
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Posted: 3/26/2021 6:46:36 PM EDT
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W...T...F
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Posted: 3/28/2021 7:47:06 AM EDT
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Posted: 3/28/2021 5:18:05 PM EDT
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 South Korean vismods |
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Posted: 3/28/2021 7:20:40 PM EDT
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@4xGm300m
This is the Bavarian Forestry Police M1 Carbine I got from the CMP a couple of years ago.  Attached File |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 11:42:56 AM EDT
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 Attached File Next Generation Hand Grenade ( Product of Swedish innovation ) Spränghandgranat 07. It has two modes, it can be used as a regular grenade or it can be used in air-burst mode. In the latter, the grenade rights itself and the main body is launched upwards. Upon detonation it focuses the 1900 fragments downward. This reduces the risk for the user and it helps reach people behind cover. |
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Posted: 3/29/2021 1:07:18 PM EDT
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Neat granade.
 Japanese Type 74 tank for driver training.
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Posted: 3/29/2021 9:01:23 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/1/2021 9:05:25 AM EDT
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Posted: 4/1/2021 9:06:29 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PFran42: Snowtroopers and officers after a successful Hoth Campaign. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/309598/HSgxxMp7om0dZHO7ZUl5M4wtMSkXo93Sj6ebxLUI-1888449.JPG Dude, this is post 1945 stuff. That happened a long time ago. 
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Posted: 4/1/2021 9:39:27 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DeltaElite777: Dude, this is post 1945 stuff. That happened a long time ago. And in a galaxy far, far away.... |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 6:25:04 PM EDT
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 USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) undergoing shock testing during sea trials. 1987  Vietnamese Mi-24 crew resting, Vietnam-Cambodian war  R. Lee Ermey fresh out of boot camp in 1962  Declassified photo of an Elite CIA team, Guatemala, 1987 |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 6:27:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By PFran42: Snowtroopers and officers after a successful Hoth Campaign. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/309598/HSgxxMp7om0dZHO7ZUl5M4wtMSkXo93Sj6ebxLUI-1888449.JPG Another picture from the Hoth Campaign, east side of the perimeter: 
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Posted: 4/1/2021 10:09:45 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/E6xhO2s.jpg USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN-71) undergoing shock testing during sea trials. 1987 https://i.imgur.com/D3twcLY.jpg Vietnamese Mi-24 crew resting, Vietnam-Cambodian war https://i.imgur.com/Ar4kgnz.jpg R. Lee Ermey fresh out of boot camp in 1962 https://i.imgur.com/21GvUBT.jpg Declassified photo of an Elite CIA team, Guatemala, 1987 Negative, Ghost Rider, that last pic is most certainly not CIA. Do you think they’ve been pushing too many pencils??? |
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Posted: 4/1/2021 10:54:36 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:30:18 AM EDT
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 Renault FT-17 of the communist Afghan Army (DRA) in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, late 1980's.  Blackburn Buccaneer S Mk 1 thrown from the Ark Royal  HMS Cleopatra in the Corinth Canal, 1970  Buccaneer, but WTF happened? |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 5:40:10 AM EDT
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       PLAAF J-20 |
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Posted: 4/2/2021 8:21:42 AM EDT
[Last Edit: 2A373]
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Posted: 4/3/2021 11:34:24 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By PFran42: Snowtroopers and officers after a successful Hoth Campaign. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/309598/HSgxxMp7om0dZHO7ZUl5M4wtMSkXo93Sj6ebxLUI-1888449.JPG Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: Another picture from the Hoth Campaign, east side of the perimeter: https://i.imgur.com/WyEEJO6.jpg These are pre-1945. The battle at Hoth happened a long time ago. |
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Posted: 4/4/2021 1:28:00 AM EDT
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I am no way an armor guy. It is amazing how much the armor seems to be mix and match. By that I mean all of the deferent turrets on deferent chassis or hulls.
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Posted: 4/4/2021 1:32:38 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/yCoxusi.jpg T-62 in Afghanistan https://i.imgur.com/jVntGZy.jpg Star 266 6x6 truck mobile hospital, Poland https://i.imgur.com/lUpxJfl.jpg Oto Melara R 2.5 Gorgona The R 2.5 looks like a Chrysler K Car on steroids. |
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Posted: 4/4/2021 8:58:46 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 2A373: I wonder if they even know what the pod on the F-22 in this spot is for. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/54089/6xp0HJd_jpg-1889701.JPG The exact same function. They don’t want a China Southern Airbus to not know where one is or a snooping RC-135 to find out too much about its RCS. |
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Posted: 4/4/2021 7:09:19 PM EDT
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Posted: 4/4/2021 7:12:46 PM EDT
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 Type 59 Jaguar The Jaguar was a prototype vehicle based on the Type 59 chassis that was jointly developed by the United States and China during 1980s, made possible by the US-Chinese détente of the 1970s. Planned to replace China's existing tank fleet, as well as for the export market, the tank featured improvements to the standard Type 59's engine, armament, armour, turret, optics, electronics, fire control and suspension. Following the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, American-Chinese relations soured and the Chinese withdrew from the project. The Americans continued alone and successfully completed the design, however the end of the Cold War saw a glut in the international tank market and thus no orders were ever placed for the vehicle.  Leopard 2A7A1 with Trophy APS |
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Posted: 4/4/2021 7:19:16 PM EDT
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 Decoy Challenger-1 of the British Army in Gulf War, 1991. |
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Posted: 4/7/2021 7:58:37 AM EDT
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 NVA T-55 (East Germany) |
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Posted: 4/7/2021 10:46:35 AM EDT
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 Elbe Seitenkanal Dammbruch 1976 Dike burst of the Elbe Lateral Canal, 1976 After a couple of days:  |
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Posted: 4/7/2021 3:49:25 PM EDT
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No helicopter buckets?
No problem, just fill the cargo compartment with water, fly over the fire and open the ramp to release:  CH-53G "Regenmacher" (Rainmaker) fighting the forest fire on the Lüneburg Heath, West Germany, 1975  Sikorsky CH-53 helicopter operating in the water Taking water from a pond. These crazy bastards.
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Posted: 4/7/2021 8:39:18 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/gnkg8Zf.jpg Type 59 Jaguar https://i.imgur.com/xP055Xg.jpg Leopard 2A7A1 with Trophy APS Kind of funny to think about but if China hasn’t smashed the Tiananmen protests so violently those stealth fighters a few posts up would probably be flying with licensed built versions of US engines while armed with AIM-120s. |
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Posted: 4/10/2021 7:37:04 PM EDT
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 Buccaneer     Polish Air Force F-16 aircraft belonging to the 31st Tactical Air Base, 2nd Tactical Air Wing receive fuel from KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing over Poland, March 22, 2021. |
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Posted: 4/10/2021 7:49:46 PM EDT
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 Lazar BVT MRAP, Serbia  Swiss Panzer 68 with 140mm gun   Zielpanzer 68 - Targettank 68 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zielfahrzeug_68 |
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Posted: 4/10/2021 8:18:54 PM EDT
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"Hans, drive this thing while we shoot ATGM at you, ja?"
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Posted: 4/11/2021 5:40:07 AM EDT
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  Israeli target tank. |
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Posted: 4/11/2021 8:13:54 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By windyhill: https://i.ibb.co/chRMQBJ/8586-E745-0-C26-4-AB6-8-DF5-FE06-A4-CE92-CE.jpg https://i.ibb.co/GxQX4hL/93312014-879-F-4522-8-E9-F-A6-E4974-D53-C3.jpg Snapped a quick picture of a French sub (I think) while on a North Atlantic cruise. Going into Norwegian fjords was always interesting! Your pics are awesome. That pic of the USS King brought me way back to my time serving aboard the USS Truxtun CGN35 (formerly DDG41) as they are somewhat similar. |
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Posted: 4/11/2021 8:49:49 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Creature]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By birdbarian: That's definitely some insane shit. Here's my first ship. She was part of the RFA - Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which I think is similar to the US Military Service Command. Civilians running ships that aren't warships.... Falklands Argentinian Mirage pilot with big brass balls (RFA Stromness in the background): https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/stromness_mirage_jpg-1866120.JPG Falklands Argentinian bomb going off near the RFA Stromness: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/stromness_bomb_09521031_jpg-1866123.JPG USNS Saturn T-AFS-10 (former RFA Stromness) in Sinkex. It is kinda weird seeing somewhere you loved and called home sent to Davy Jones' locker: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F9%2F9d%2FUS_Navy_101027-N-8913A-252_Rounds_from_a_Mk-15_Phalanx_Close-in_Weapon_System_(CIWS)_from_the_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Mitscher_(DDG_57)_impact.jpg%2F1280px-US_Navy_101027-N-8913A-252_Rounds_from_a_Mk-15_Phalanx_Close-in_Weapon_System_(CIWS)_from_the_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Mitscher_(DDG_57)_impact.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/saturn_sinking_jpg-1866124.JPG I had no idea the Saturn was Stromess! Steamed with her countless times in the NAS. I also remember that we almost traded paint with her (or worse) when she lost steering as we followed her through the Suez. That was a real squeaker! |
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Posted: 4/11/2021 7:00:28 PM EDT
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 A pair of prototype Swiss Panzer 58 with their crew and munitions |
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Posted: 4/11/2021 7:05:27 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Another picture from the Hoth Campaign, east side of the perimeter: https://i.imgur.com/WyEEJO6.jpg Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By PFran42: Snowtroopers and officers after a successful Hoth Campaign. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/309598/HSgxxMp7om0dZHO7ZUl5M4wtMSkXo93Sj6ebxLUI-1888449.JPG Another picture from the Hoth Campaign, east side of the perimeter: https://i.imgur.com/WyEEJO6.jpg Looks like someone has some help from a Nashorn |
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Posted: 4/11/2021 7:40:16 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Creature: @birdbarian I had no idea the Saturn was Stromess! Steamed with her countless times in the NAS. I also remember that we almost traded paint with her (or worse) when she lost steering as we followed her through the Suez. That was a real squeaker! Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Creature: Originally Posted By birdbarian: That's definitely some insane shit. Here's my first ship. She was part of the RFA - Royal Fleet Auxiliary, which I think is similar to the US Military Service Command. Civilians running ships that aren't warships.... Falklands Argentinian Mirage pilot with big brass balls (RFA Stromness in the background): https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/stromness_mirage_jpg-1866120.JPG Falklands Argentinian bomb going off near the RFA Stromness: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/stromness_bomb_09521031_jpg-1866123.JPG USNS Saturn T-AFS-10 (former RFA Stromness) in Sinkex. It is kinda weird seeing somewhere you loved and called home sent to Davy Jones' locker: https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fupload.wikimedia.org%2Fwikipedia%2Fcommons%2Fthumb%2F9%2F9d%2FUS_Navy_101027-N-8913A-252_Rounds_from_a_Mk-15_Phalanx_Close-in_Weapon_System_(CIWS)_from_the_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Mitscher_(DDG_57)_impact.jpg%2F1280px-US_Navy_101027-N-8913A-252_Rounds_from_a_Mk-15_Phalanx_Close-in_Weapon_System_(CIWS)_from_the_guided-missile_destroyer_USS_Mitscher_(DDG_57)_impact.jpg&f=1&nofb=1 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/60078/saturn_sinking_jpg-1866124.JPG I had no idea the Saturn was Stromess! Steamed with her countless times in the NAS. I also remember that we almost traded paint with her (or worse) when she lost steering as we followed her through the Suez. That was a real squeaker! The USN or MSC bought 3 unrep ships from the Brits in the mid 80s, which helped us achieve 10 AFS ships. 5 on each coast. IIRC, we paid ~$30M apiece, and spent similar bringing them up to our specs. A new AFS would have cost ~$300M apiece to build. I caught up with Saturn when she was in drydock in Mobile in early '86. She was going through the conversion. She got a computer suite (my job), an improved helo deck, and hangers as well as a larger signal bridge. I did a 3 month Med Cruise Sirius too. Both were great ships. Some really good times. USNS Sirius (ex-RFA Lyness) USNS Spica (ex-RFA Tarbatness) USNS Saturn (ex-RFA Stromness) |
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Posted: 4/12/2021 12:00:03 PM EDT
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 Chinese missile water asshole.  Augusta A129  RAH-66 Comanche  Fairchild AU-23A Peacemaker  YOV-10D - NSA Binh Thuy Vietnam - 1971 Short video of a YOV-10D Night Observation Gunship System (NOGS) in action Damn, everytime I want to let this thread die, I find something new that is postwhorty. 
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