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    Is this really true? I suspect that the IED...

    Is this really true?
    I suspect that the IED problem is one that has been around for a number of decades in various parts of the world - I was almost going to say -perhaps the fact the US hasn't...
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    Until Long Tan, they probably felt all right. ...

    Until Long Tan, they probably felt all right.

    Aussie Army experience up until that point had been mainly fleeting contacts at short range, (either contacts or ambush) and doctrine was to fire...
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    I have a problem with women in combat units...

    I have a problem with women in combat units because of what I see as uncontrollable, unenforceable problems with discipline and the biological urge to reproduce and to protect your...
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    There was an article about this matter in the...

    There was an article about this matter in the Australian Army Journal:

    Australian Army Journal Autumn 2008
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    Freeboard is sort of useful. It offers protection...

    Freeboard is sort of useful. It offers protection from the sea/wind as well as potentially some protection from at least small arms fire.

    To me (and Im not a sailor) freeboard means you can carry...
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    I don't follow what you are saying - I thought...

    I don't follow what you are saying - I thought that with most Stoner weapons - as with most, if not all, auto/semi auto small arms the bolt is pushed FORWARD (assuming the front is the muzzle, which...
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    I think the EFV is intended to fill a fairly...

    I think the EFV is intended to fill a fairly specialised niche, and as such I don't think it is a good example as to the arguments for or against the amphibious qualities of APCs generally or the...
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    I'm not 100% sure about what I am saying - I'm an...

    I'm not 100% sure about what I am saying - I'm an ex baggy arsed digger not a naval architect - but I suspect that in the case of seriously amphibious vehicles, i.e. those that are intended to cover...
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    The mortar tracks were dedicated mortar tracks...

    The mortar tracks were dedicated mortar tracks with built in basplates (M125s I think - equivilants in any case).

    The APC squadron owned the M125s, but the infantry owned the mortars (i.e. the...
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    I'm not sure that Stoner had any rights to give...

    I'm not sure that Stoner had any rights to give up re the direct impingment design.
    I believe direct impingment had been used designs prior to Stoner's the AR series, e.g. Ljungman AG42, so I am...
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    In addition to Wilf's point re concentrating your...

    In addition to Wilf's point re concentrating your troops into one big fat target, you lose flexibility.

    I.e. you end up with one manoeuvre element instead of say 3 or 4.

    If you want to debuss...
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    The Australian Army had/has a an organisation...

    The Australian Army had/has a an organisation like this, Royal Australian Armoured Corps APC regiments/squadrons.

    The RAAC APC squadron was capable of carrying an infantry battalion.
    Each APC...
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