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The only hole around here is the one you post from.Position One:
Position Two:
Anyone else see the hole ?
The only hole around here is the one you post from.Position One:
Position Two:
Anyone else see the hole ?
The only hole around here is the one you post from.
Position Two:Anyone buying a gun retail has to fill out a 4473. That's the "process".
...I have never personally filled out a 4473.
Mopst everything you said is contradictory and tried to point to th british inventing the tank, and ignoring the fact post ww2 tank tactics had changed wildly while britain stayed in the past.Possibly, but so what ?
I think you mean "post" Korea/WW2
And no, tanks are ENTIRELY focused on direct fire
Are you aware of any examples in Korea or WWII of tanks being used in an indirect fire role ?
"Armored" in that SPGs are made of metal. They are bullet proof perhaps and proof against shell fragments, but by no means would you call this "armor"
You mention "shoot and scoot", why do you think an artillery unit might want to move after firing ?
This tactic is for self-propelled artillery units though - towed artillery still has to construct defensive earthworks
I was talking about the Cold War in central Europe. Not the Gulf War, WWII or WWI - where it was actually the British who led the world by inventing the tank
What have the tactics of the Cold War, got to do with colonial policing ?
If you can't differentiate that, no wonder you are so confused
Tell me, what parts of the British empire might have been retained with the use of tanks ?
You're talking with a child's mentality
I explained to you why this was and that Soviet (not Russian) forces would be channeled into killing zones
The BAOR was a corps strength formation and part of NORTHAG (1 BR Corps was joined by 1 GE Corps, I NE Corps and 1 BE Corps)
It had a designated area of responsibility, so no, there were no flanks and the BAOR was anything but corned
Amazing how armchair generals like you know it all, whereas armies like those of NATO were "stupid"
What comic book did you learn your tactics and strategy from by the way? I mean, you obviously have never served in any military
You still have answered what a "hull down" position is or the relevance of how low a tank's gun can be depressed
You don't know much about armored warfare do you ?
If I keep claiming this, it is because you persist in making it abundantly obvious
And Britain defeated Argentinian forces and regained the Falklands, in a campaign the Pentagon had labeled "impossible"...good job the British didn't take US advice in 1982 huh ?
Oh and Britain didn't lose its empire after WWII, she gave it back to the people who lived in the various parts of it...even if it meant winning a war in SE Asia to defeat communist forces first (something the USA proved unable to do in the only major war the USA has fought without British held since WWI)
(unless you count Clint Eastwood's invasion of Grenada in 1983).
Mopst everything you said is contradictory and tried to point to th british inventing the tank, and ignoring the fact post ww2 tank tactics had changed wildly while britain stayed in the past.
Britain did horrible against argentina, the reason other nations said britain would lose is because britain lost all force projection after ww2.
The only reason britain won against argentina is because argentina played nice, their own doctri9ne forbid attacks on troop carriers.
Had argentina attacked troop transport ships british deaths would have been in the thousands or tens of thousands before the actual battle even started.
Despite this britain lost a very large amount of it's navy to a third world nation using antique aircraft. britain would have lost by extreme measures had argentina played dirty, even with argentina's lack of coordination.
The hull down p[osition does not mean crap, that is ww2 and korean war tactics, the us military used such tactics when shooting on the move was near impossible, the fact britain held on to them points to the fact britain is so incompetent that it is decades behind the rest of the world militarily.
Can you give an example of your perceived "contradictions" ?
Can you give an example of British tank doctrine "staying in the past" during WWII ?
I won't hold my breath
Britain won in 1982
Despite the fact that the US military said what they achieved would be impossible
Britain had the third largest navy in 1982 (including an amphibious brigade and 3 aircraft carriers, plus two amphibious assault ships). Only the USN had more out of area naval power
Bluff Cove air attacks - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Your ignorance is astonishing
The is the Argentine Junta who'd seen perhaps 30,000 of its own citizens "disappeared":
Dirty War - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Yeah, bunch of nice guys there...who else are you an apologist for ?
Says who ?
Britain lost 5 warships, and the French-built Dassault-Breguet Super Étendards and Mirage III, were anything but "antiques"
You really need to stop now as you're embarrassing yourself, you know absolutely nothing about the Falklands War.
That's a technical military term ?
You posts are a joke
Here we see US M1 Abrams tanks practicing firing from a "hull down" position:
First of all, before I will take any gun law talk from the Democrats seriously, I want to see them demand Hunter Biden be prosecuted for his gun crime. Unless that happens, it is proof that they just want to harass legal gun owners. It is nothing but a political charade.
Second, not everyone should be able to purchase a gun or vote. If you are proven irresponsible, criminal or mentally deficient you should not be able to do either. Those gang banger who are shooting up our streets should not possess firearms. However, them possessing firearms shows how futile gun laws are. The vast majority of gun crimes are committed by people who can not legally possess firearms. If the thousands of gun laws on the books now won't stop these people from possessing firearms only a total fool would think adding more laws would make a difference.
Third, anyone who says the vote is not as potentially damaging as a firearm is an idiot. Votes have put a senile old man in charge of this country. His menially deficient mind is on the nuclear button. This lying bastard is spending this country in a hole it can not recover from.
What "gun crime" ?
I dispute that
While I can support a lifetime ban on gun ownership for released felons who were convicted of crimes involving firearms, I can't accept that such people can never be regarded as members of society
Once their sentence is served they should get their rights back (guns excepted)
Interesting, the only right you think someone should lose is the right to possess firearms. You would let child molesters hang with children so long as they don't have a gun. Pretty stupid but what ever trips your trigger.
Where's your evidence that President Biden is senile ?
That's just RW bigotry spewed out by the likes of Fox News
Are you suggesting some kind of authority to make voting foer one party illegal on the grounds that it gets people killed ? You mean like voting Trump into office saw 500,000 Americans dead through his bungling of COVID-19 ?
...he doesn't know the difference between his wife and his sister.
He has more gaffs than Jerry Lewis. He can't even read the teleprompter. What kind of yahoo wanders around picking dandelions? The stupid bastard can't even walk up stairs. Looking at facts is not bigotry.
When the initial estimates were for millions of deaths, with the US among the world's leaders in COVID survival rates and thanks to Trump the US is also a leader in people being vaccinated I have to give Trump a good job award.
Are you holding Biden responsible for all the people who died since he took office too?
How about all the people who died from SARS while he was VP?
As long as you are playing the blame game, is Biden responsible for all the crimes committed by illegal aliens he is letting in?
Hunter's problem goes way beyond weed. I see you only think laws apply to conservatives.That's it ?
I dare say there are millions of gun owners who've smoked marjuana, not that it's illegal everywhere and frankly the momentum is to legalize it throught the USA
So prosecuting him for that would make the prosecutors look pretty stupid
No one cares what you suspect. We look at reality.I suspect he does
But, But, But Trump. He lives well and rent free in your head.Tell me, how many posts did you write demanding Trump be removed from office ?
Your biased and uneducated opinion was considered and rejected.You're kidding
Had Trump done anything like a competent job ion responding to COVID-19, he would've won last year, and please, don't vomit cr2p about he really did
Instead we got indifference, then he claimed it was a Democrat hoax, then some batshit crazy ideas, and posturly bravado ripping off his face mask when he got COVID himself
People died by the hundred thousand because of Trump's neglect and disdain for people's lives
Did a good job of carrying out Trump's plan. A lot of people have died on Biden's watch. Where is your outrage?No, but I'm giving him huge credit for swiftly organizing a vaccine program and presiding over the reduction of new COVID cases
Trump let people die and didn't give a s**t, president Biden has been working tirelessly unlike part time prez Trump
Play golf, that stupid bastard can't even walk up stairs. He spends his time hiding in his basement and picking dandelions.How many days on the golf course have you seen president Biden ?
Here is a couple of examples.Please list all the crimes, committed by illegal aliens, who entered the country since noon ET on 1/20/21.
Hunter's problem goes way beyond weed. I see you only think laws apply to conservatives.
No one cares what you suspect. We look at reality.
But, But, But Trump. He lives well and rent free in your head.
Your biased and uneducated opinion was considered and rejected.
Did a good job of carrying out Trump's plan. A lot of people have died on Biden's watch. Where is your outrage?
Play golf, that stupid bastard can't even walk up stairs. He spends his time hiding in his basement and picking dandelions.
Here is a couple of examples.
Can you give an example of your perceived "contradictions" ?
Can you give an example of British tank doctrine "staying in the past" during WWII ?
I won't hold my breath
Britain won in 1982
Despite the fact that the US military said what they achieved would be impossible
Britain had the third largest navy in 1982 (including an amphibious brigade and 3 aircraft carriers, plus two amphibious assault ships). Only the USN had more out of area naval power
Bluff Cove air attacks - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Your ignorance is astonishing
The is the Argentine Junta who'd seen perhaps 30,000 of its own citizens "disappeared":
Dirty War - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
Yeah, bunch of nice guys there...who else are you an apologist for ?
Says who ?
Britain lost 5 warships, and the French-built Dassault-Breguet Super Étendards and Mirage III, were anything but "antiques"
You really need to stop now as you're embarrassing yourself, you know absolutely nothing about the Falklands War.
That's a technical military term ?
You posts are a joke
Here we see US M1 Abrams tanks practicing firing from a "hull down" position:
I'm retired Army, but since its still less than 30 years since my DEP date, I can be recalled to Active Duty. Of course I'd go if recalled. However, I owe no allegiance to any state governor.
What "problems"
Out of interest, how many "liberals" did Trump grant pardons to ?
What crimes did Don Jr. commit? Eric? Ivanka? Biden committed crimes. Do you think he gets a pass because who his daddy is?Now what were you saying about biased and uneducated ?Why, exactly, do you think you're obsessed with Hunter Biden, do you think criminal charges should be brought against Don Jr, Eric an Ivanka ?
Is this not your prejudice in action ?
I see you are not news services. Biden falling down on AF1, not once, not twice, but three times was all over the news. You should come out of your hole and educate yourself on current affairs.Slander and diatribe
Were you ever so critical of Trump ?
"Bastard" - your prejudiced, uneducated bigotry shine through
Since when can't president Biden walk up stairs ? Are you his wife in disguise ?
Nope
What crimes do those links list, committed by illegal aliens, who gained entry to the USA post noon ET, 1/20/2021 ?
Those crimes you listed were all committed by illegal alien who came here on Trump's watch for all we know
Not one identifies a crime, date, immigrant + the date he entered the USA
For one the hull down doctrine is not what you have said it is, it relies on both defensing and offensive positions, and even uses agressive force even during defence when in contact with the enemy, hence it relies on mobility...
so incompetent that it is decades behind the rest of the world militarily
the us military used such tactics when shooting on the move was near impossible
This is not simply a fire and retreat position...
The aircraft you mentioned were in extreme short supply
much of their anti ship capability was old ww2 parachute bombs and exocet missiles from france(which france never sold them air to sea missile versions but argentina managed to modify them)
Britain did not have a massive navy by any standards at that point
you point to outside their mainland, however britain had territory the world over, and was letting it go one by one because they could not keep it
...the only smart thing britain did was not fight wars to keep it like france did as france found out after too many costly world wars keeping an empire was out of the budget, britain atleast had the sense to start letting them go rather than going bankrupt in bloody wars they could no longer afford.
What problems? The A-hole was tossed out of the military for being a drug addict. He's been involved in several drug crimes since.
But, but, but. but Trump.
What crimes did Don Jr. commit? Eric? Ivanka?
I see you are not news services. Biden falling down on AF1...
that stupid bastard can't even walk up stairs
You have no idea when those people came into the US. In fact one article in on the MS-13 people coming in under Biden.
No, I was enlisted but I retired. When you're retired you are actually placed in the retired reserve. The retired reserve period last 30 years from your DEP date and you can be recalled to active duty during that period.Wait. Were you an officer?
Because my contract obligated me to 8 years total, not 30.
While all 50 States have the ability to create a militia, there are only 22 (plus the territory of Puerto Rico) who have active State militias. They are called the State Defense Force.I chose other. I would need to know specifically what I would be joining for.
No, I was enlisted but I retired. When you're retired you are actually placed in the retired reserve. The retired reserve period last 30 years from your DEP date and you can be recalled to active duty during that period.
For example, let's say you were in the delayed entry program for 3 months before you went to Basic Training. Then you did 22 years and retired. You would be in the retired reserves for 7 years and 9 months. After that, once you hit 30, you would be fully retired.
I hit my 30 years in May 2023, so I could still be recalled to active duty. It happens but it isn't very common.
It was 55 when I enlisted in 1993 and was raised to 62 while I was serving. I don't know if it's still 62 or has been changed since I retired.In the British army, a non-commissioned officer can serve until 55
What was your maximum retirement age ?
It was 55 when I enlisted in 1993 and was raised to 62 while I was serving. I don't know if it's still 62 or has been changed since I retired.
So much for the "founding fathers" we have had a standing army since WWII and have not called up a militia since then. They are history and so is the 2nd amendment.It may well be doubted, whether a militia thus circumstanced could ever be conquered by such a proportion of regular troops. Those who are best acquainted with the last successful resistance of this country against the British arms, will be most inclined to deny the possibility of it. Besides the advantage of being armed, which the Americans possess over the people of almost every other nation, the existence of subordinate governments, to which the people are attached, and by which the militia officers are appointed, forms a barrier against the enterprises of ambition, more insurmountable than any which a simple government of any form can admit of. [Federalist 46]
If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any magnitude that army can never be formidable to the liberties of the people while there is a large body of citizens, little, if at all, inferior to them in discipline and the use of arms, who stand ready to defend their own rights and those of their fellow-citizens. This appears to me the only substitute that can be devised for a standing army, and the best possible security against it, if it should exist. [Federalist 29]
-- Hamilton
The guys who wrote the Constitution and the Bill of Rights argued for it in a series of papers called The Federalist Papers. Alexander Hamilton did the most writing with James Monroe coming in second.
They went on and on how a "well regulated militia" was better than the army.
And Hamilton states that the only thing that will stop a rogue US Army is the militia.
Clearly the founding fathers saw the militia as something that was necessary. It's why we have the Second Amendment.
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Its 30 years from the day you first signed your contract to join.So +30 years is 92 years old...and you can be recalled up to that age or just 30 years if you retired before your 32nd birthday ?