World Defence Newsby Alain HENRY de FRAHAN / 17h //keep unread//hide In 2023, the Panzergrenadier Brigade 37 “Free State of Saxony” will form the core of the Very High Readiness Joint Task Force (VJTF), an association with a very high level of operational readiness. Two truck models from Rheinmetall MAN, with payloads of 5 and 15 tons,Continue reading “German Panzergrenadier Brigade 37 operates new Rheinmetall UTF trucks”
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Say hello to the future USS St. Louis, Naval Station Mayport’s 8th littoral combat ship
200+American Military Newsby Matt Soergel – The Florida Times-Union / 17h //keep unread//hide Naval Station Mayport, the Navy’s East Coast home for littoral combat ships, added a brand-new eighth ship Friday as the future USS St. Louis pulled into the base after a trip from a shipyard in Wisconsin. The ship, LCS 19, is almost 390 feet long with aContinue reading “Say hello to the future USS St. Louis, Naval Station Mayport’s 8th littoral combat ship”
First Boxer CRV 8×8 armored reconnaissance vehicles 30mm turret variant arrive in Australia
Defense News July 2020 Global Security army industry POSTED ON THURSDAY, 30 JULY 2020 10:52 According to a Tweet released by the DTR Magazine on July 30, 2020, after the contract award two years ago, the first Block 1 Boxer 8×8 armored CRV (Combat Reconnaissance Vehicles) 30 mm turret variants have arrived in Australia. It is planned toContinue reading “First Boxer CRV 8×8 armored reconnaissance vehicles 30mm turret variant arrive in Australia”
Passing the Torch – The Knox-class fast frigate USS Richard E. Peary (FF 1073), right, and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)pass one another at the entrance to the channel as the latter arrives for a visit to Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii., 6/1/1991
laststandonzombieisland 14h //keep unread//hide The Knox-class fast frigate USS Richard E. Peary (FF 1073), right, and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)pass one another at the entrance to the channel as the latter arrives for a visit to Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii., 6/1/1991 U.S. Navy Photo 330-CFD-DN-SC-92-02726 by OS2 John Bouvia The ASW-centric steam-powered Knoxes, aContinue reading “Passing the Torch – The Knox-class fast frigate USS Richard E. Peary (FF 1073), right, and the Oliver Hazard Perry-class guided-missile frigate USS Wadsworth (FFG 9)pass one another at the entrance to the channel as the latter arrives for a visit to Naval Station, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii., 6/1/1991”
Welcome to the flying boat gap you didn’t even know we had
laststandonzombieisland 14h //keep unread//hide Curtiss A-1, The first Navy seaplane at the Curtiss airfield, Hammondsport, NY, June 1911, with Curtiss employees and early Naval aviators. NARA #: 80-G-418895 Almost from the time of the Wright Brothers, the U.S. Navy utilized an increasingly complex series of amphibious “flying boat” aircraft. From hundreds of Curtiss C, F, and MFContinue reading “Welcome to the flying boat gap you didn’t even know we had”
