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I crunched these numbers a while back. IIRC this is based on the an AH-64 using a 230 US gallon external tank. That's 871 litres. IIRC to calculate JP-4 weight you x0.8 so 871 litres = 696kg per...

So take it off. You have the option to wear a plate carrier, if you believe you need one, or only use plates for specific operations.

Body armour and helmets should not be mandated. It's like...

With great ease. You just trade one or more pylon loads for a re-supply pod. I am told the design exists, and I have it on some good authority that it would be easy to adapt the ferry fuel tanks for...

If you were operating in jungle, - worst case- you would/could allocate assets, such as Helicopters, APCs, MRAP, C-130 para drop, to specifically support units or sub-units, on a continuous basis. -...

I suggest it was tried once and done badly. In the British Army, APCs were routinely crewed by RTC drivers in Malaya, Aden, Cyprus and Northern Ireland. The Kangaroo Carriers used in WW2 were not...

I presented this at the RUSI about two years ago. There's a .ppt out there somewhere, but here goes the basics.

The need for infantry to carry excessive weight is based on the belief that they can...

@ Well we will disagree then. Hatchet Fore, Mike Force (ok Not SOG) and Exploitation Platoons were all basically light infantry, as were the heavier recon teams. Operation Tailwind and the blocking...

@ Some of the mission may have been different, but the overall aims and means employed have wide utility today.

@ I am saying there needs to be more optimisation on the find function. - and I mean...

Battle Drill grew out of the UKs WW1 experience. It was revived in 1940 by two publications - I Corps Tactical Notes, and Wigram's Battlecraft.

Battle Drill essentially a tactical decision making...

I disagree. it is not a control issue. Control is but one issue. Take 24 men and spilt them into 3 squads of 8. Put those squads under SLs, who can then sub-dived the squad as they see fit. - FG and...

Agreed they must have their own SOPs but adhere to what published doctrine? This is exactly what I am saying. The soundest tactical SOPs come from the men who have to do them, and that should be a...

Not sure how to explain it better than I did in the article, but here goes.

1. This was written to make people think about the how and why of dismounted operations. The base of the idea comes from...

Yep, CG even damaged an Argentine Corvette!!

A bit weighty!!! I carried the bl*ody the M2. 32lbs!! (The M3 is some 23lbs)

Plus my myself and the number 2, frequently hauled 4 rounds. Back when...

Eryx is a frigging joke, and yes Carl Gustav M3 with 1,000m HEDP, and the Simrad sight is a winner in comparison.

I don't doubt the weapon sucked, but don't fixate on that. It's the idea. Look at the AT-7/13. Guided weapons in the Platoon is IMO, a very good idea, but Javelin is just too expensive for most...

@ Yep, but the Yards were pretty basic (every brave) folks. What works for them could well work elsewhere.

@ I had long talks with Ken Bowra who trained FANK Battalions in RVN. He even gave me...

Err....:eek: Want to give an example? How does C3 Technology alter the span of control? A Coy Commander Controls 12 Teams?

The British Platoon of 1918-1936 was comprised of 4 x 7 man sections/teams. 2 sections were rifleman, and the other 2 each had a Lewis gun and carried a lot of ammunition. The HQ was 3-4 men....

I posted this in the platoon weapons thread. I think it is relevant here:

I see there as being two things that the platoon needs to do as concerns weapons. First you need Teams (3-5 men?) to...

I believe Platoons should be optimised for their dismounted role. Mounting them in a vehicle or APC is just getting them from A-B. (MICVs are a whole different box of frogs!)

You do have to make a...

Why? What is so important about squads/sections. How is 30 men organised as 2 x 15 man squads different from 3 x 10 man squads? These squads are not normally acting in isolation of each other, so...

Since when did we create military logic?

SOG Teams, as concerns OPS-35 Ground Studies Branch, were entirely task organised, and there was no standard configuration. I interviewed 12 SOG patrol leaders for my novel (Blackfoot is Missing),...