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The most common artillery (gun) calibres are nowadays in the 105…155 mm range. Bigger guns largely fell out of favour due to aircraft bombs taking over their roles and smaller guns largely fell out of favour because direct artillery fires lost impo…
.Long frontlines are defensible after all when you’re facing the Russian land forces because they suck and can’t even match the state of art of breakthrough of 1917.This means that frontline defence is something to look at – something I clearly didn’t …
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I spent a quarter century paying much attention to military affairs, including military hardware.This included discussions about motor vehicles, armoured vehicles, assault rifles, machineguns, artillery pieces, combat aircraft, missiles, camouflage p…
.I thought a bit about what’s the minimum variety of weapons and vehicles for land war in Europe, as a thought exercise to create clarity, kind of cutting away the fat. The list follows, but be prepared to disagree violently. Keep in mind, this is a mi…
.I meant to write a blog post outlining the essentials for a European army, focused on deterrence & defence in Europe. It first got unwieldy and then I realised that I was foolish; there are too many such necessities.So instead, I’ll try to write a…