Recent content by Blaydon

Actually i believe the bigger the better, they make great desktop images at their original size so I left them raw from the camera.

Personaly the 7.62 takes the lead, if you hit him in the head no head if you hit him in the limb chances are he will lose it if you hit him in the body chances are good he is dead. But for logistics try this, You hit a guy with 5.56 he is badly wounded it takes at least one guy to drag him out...

Certainly the introduction of Zero Zero was a huge breakthrough in pilot surviveability the only problem with them is firing inverted and if MB can design a vectored thrust rocket pack that too will be solved.

They usually only recover if the cause is unknown/mechanical to find out in case it is a fleet problem. Not the case with a mid air. Once submerged in sea water for a while they would be prone to corrosion and the cost of salvage is probably more than the scrap value. Planes that hit the...

Details vary depending on the seat if it is a seat without rocket pack assistance about 200 ft with you would want a bit more for example the MB MK10 min 300 ft if the aircraft is inverted. The good answer is "as much as possible"

This feature for underwater ejection was still present up to the Mk 6 seats of the Buccaneer.

Kind of a difficult one that as when there were chutes but no seats flying was a riskier business and more people were flying, now there are fewer flying so more importance is placed on getting trained aircrew back. I believe MB have a ticker on their site which says how many people their...

The FFR are good troops certain of them like the 2nd REP are on a par with the US Rangers or Royal Marines but these are not SF. There is a difference between highly trained units like these which are more highly trained than standard infantry and SF units like SEALs, SAS, SBS. So they are...

More pretty pics sorry if they are a bit big. I resized them..... Charles

Seems to me the terrorists seem to get supplied with pretty up to date equipment but even older types will still home on an engine signature but may be more prone to decoys.

The only flying I did was to and from the UK I was Joint Services Bomb Disposal. Give me a Land Rover or a Scimitar.

No need for the carriers anyway as they can't sail anywhere dangerous because by then we won't have enough Destroyers and Frigates to protect them.

Kosovo sep to dec 02 and mar to jul 03. Gulf first half of 2000 second of 2002, may to aug 2003, feb to apr 2004 and mar to jul 2005.

Yeah that was my job you know i used to feel nervous walking out to an incident but after being shot at and mortared the ones where there was just the device seemed like a gift from god.

Those were the first women I had seen for six months who were not wearing camoflage they put armed guards round the stage.