Bulldog.

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More British army stuff. The English army had just won the war. Using FV432?

From the English tabloid Express and the article by MARCO GIANNANGELI.

"British army to use the 'oldest equipment in Nato'"

"BRITISH troops will be using 70-year old armoured vehicles by 2030"

"The army has confirmed it will continue to run the Bulldog armoured vehicle, which entered service in the 1960s, for a further 15 years."

The FV432 armored personnel carrier with improvements referred to as the Bulldog.

"improvements including power upgrades and enhanced armour protection mean more performance, reliability and endurance on the battlefield.”

NONETHELESS AS NOTED BY THE EXPRESS ARTICLE:

"It means our [British] forces will be using some of the oldest equipment in Nato."

And to all this Monty of El Alamein would say wot?

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AI Glock.

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AI si, human no! "Glock" swims with the fishes. Artificial intelligence victorious.

More the simulator air battle, AI versus USAF combat aviator. AI victorious and almost in a leisurely manner.

From the War Zone, The Drive and thanks to both.

"Navy F/A-18 Squadron Commander's Take On AI Repeatedly Beating Real Pilot In Dogfight"

"Everyone has an opinion when it comes to the stunning results of DARPA's AlphaDogfight trials, now hear what the skipper of a fighter squadron thinks.

Devoted readers to the blog will want to read the comments of naval combat aviation COMMANDER COLIN 'FARVA' PRICE.

Apparently this really is "Glock" Mock. Defeated five times by the AI. Mano-a-mano duel in the ancient and venerable tradition. Mock a goner and openly admitting it is so. Machine si, "Glock" no. Again, shameful.

I guess it can be reasoned that this only a "mock" battle, a simulator and not a real aircraft. Reality will come into play and the human will emerge as triumphant. Is that what it is? 

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Ansar.

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The hydra-headed monster! ANSAR = helpers.

From the outstanding Internet web site Strategy Page an item of interest and in consonance with a recent prior blog entry:

"Potential Hot Spots: Mozambique Goes Malignant"

"August 20, 2020: On August 11th several hundred gunmen belonging to the local Islamic terrorist group Ansar al-Sunna seized the northern Mozambique port town of Mocímboa da Praia. This is the third time Ansar al-Sunna has attacked this town. A 2017 attack was repulsed but an attack in March 2020 briefly succeeded. The August attack worked because the army garrison withdrew after several days because the troops had run out of ammunition. The army says it will retake the town but so far that has not happened."

Devoted readers to the blog are encouraged to read the entire article.

Insurgents of the jihadi persuasion their goal in all cases to capture and exercise dominion over a territory. Institute sharia law. Become the boss. As in  Mocimboa da Praia right now.

That population of Mozambique the religious affiliation Islamic a meager 20 %. A concentrated 20 % perhaps? Without question the jihadi where ever found having determination and staying-power.

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Pulaski.

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An iconic military figure from American military history was a WOMAN?

Casimir Pulaski.

From the English tabloid Daily mail and the article by Emily Crane.

"Was Revolutionary War hero Casimir Pulaski actually a WOMAN? Shocking discovery suggests the 'father of American cavalry' who led the charge against British forces was biologically female"

"DNA testing and examination of skeletal remains shows Pulaski was biologically female. . . Pulaski had an intersex condition known as congenital adrenal hyperplasia"

CASIMIR IN ALL LIKELIHOOD A MAN IN THE MENTAL AND COMPORTMENT SENSE OF THE WORD. CONSIDERED HIMSELF TO BE A MAN AND WAS RECOGNIZED BY HIS PEERS AS SUCH. DNA BE DAMNED!

With context see this prior blog entry the saga of the best swordsman in all of New Spain:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/09/don-alonzo.html

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Challenger II.

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7th Armored gone? Desert Rats gone? The English army had just won the war?

"'Challenger 2 has been in service without a major upgrade since 1998. During this time the US, Germany and Denmark have completed two major upgrades, whilst Russia has fielded five new variants, with a sixth pending.'" - - Penny Mordaunt.

BRITISH CHALLENGER II TANK TO BE DECOMMISSIONED? NO MORE TANKS BRITISH ARMY?

Thanks to Freeper and the tip from Alcazar.

"British Army could axe ageing tanks as part of modernisation plans"

"axe - -  n, pl axes. 5. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) Brit severe cutting down of expenditure, esp the removal of unprofitable sections of a public service"

"Previous defence reviews have also seen tank numbers slashed from more than 500. Theoretically, the Army still has 227 Challenger 2 tanks. But in reality only about half of those are out of storage and ready to be deployed."

ONLY HALF THE TANKS IN THE INVENTORY COULD BE SENT INTO COMBAT?

. . . . 

"But senior Army officers have also confirmed to the BBC that they've recently been considering whether they could do without them altogether. While mothballing them could also be an option, there seems to be little point in storing old tanks - unless they're for a museum."

AND TO ALL THIS MONTY OF EL ALAMEIN WOULD SAY WOT?

See additionally recent blog entries the topic the tank in modern warfare:

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/07/dead-il.html

https://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2020/07/dead-ii.html

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Norway.

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Before there was the Battle of Britain there was the Battle of Britain?

Normally the historians generally agree that German invasion of Great Britain was thwarted in the main by the inability of the German Air Force [Luftwaffe] to gain air supremacy [or superiority] over the British Royal Air Force [1940].

NOT ENTIRELY CORRECT?

Thanks to a recent edition of BBC History Magazine and as extracted from the article by Nick Hewitt.

"THE FORGOTTEN BATTLE OF BRITAIN."

"The Battle of Britain was a humiliation for the Luftwaffe, which may have lost almost 2,000 aircraft and well over 4,000 airmen . . . "

"But in truth, there's little chance that Germany could have invaded England, even if the RAF [Royal Air Force] had been defeated in the Battle of Britain. That's because, some weeks earlier, Britain had already, in effect, been saved."

SAVED AS A RESULT OF THE NORWEGIAN CAMPAIGN AND THE DAMAGE DONE TO THE GERMAN KRIEGSMARINE.

THE GERMAN NAVY IN THE AFTERMATH OF NORWAY UNABLE TO MORE OR LESS CARRY OUT ANY MISSION IN SUPPORT OF AN AMPHIBIOUS INVASION OF ENGLAND!

Damage to the German Kriegsmarine: "perhaps the single most determining factor undermining proposals for the invasion of England."

And to this assertion the RAF fighter pilot would say??

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Better.

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"Better is the enemy of good enough!" - - Russian proverb.

Some extracts; entries of interest from the outstanding Internet web site isegoria.net

1. "The one great fault of American ordnance is that it can never let well enough alone"

THE AMERICAN BROWNING AUTOMATIC RIFLE [BAR].RATED #1 BEST AMERICAN SMALL ARM OF THE KOREAN WAR.

2. "The bazooka is a fine example of the Ordnance procedure"

AMERICAN ANTI-TANK WEAPON "LIGHT, CHEAP AND SIMPLE" BEFORE MODIFICATION. THEN WATCH OUT!

The Russian is right and the American is wrong? Can it be?

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