Well I see it's been awhile. Making our house much improved for either us or a new home owner, we
yet.
Anyway, I've held on to this for awhile now. It might be of some interest to someone.
My biggest take on this is dealing with the
HESH round which, I believe there was some discussion on in late Spring this year. I seem to remember it dealt with it's effectiveness.
Having looked into this further and beyond the ref. given below
AND not remembering the final outcome, I just want to make sure we're doing "
right" by the
HESH round as there appears to be a big difference in the overall performance of the round based whether it's fired from a Smooth Bore
or Rifled tank gun. From the ref. below...
"Unlike many other militaries’ armoured units, the British Army continue to use a rifled gun, as their
primary tank ammunition is of the high explosive squash-head (HESH) type. HESH ammunition is used
both as a general-purpose high explosive projectile, and also against other tanks and armoured vehicles. When HESH ammunition is fired from a rifled barrel, spin imparted to the projectile
helps ensure a predictable distribution of the plasticised explosive filler, and thus
maximises its efficiency in the anti-tank role."
I just don't know if this is a "
thing" or not, as I tend at times to come across these kind of "
novelties" every once in awhile.
http://characterisationexplosiveweap...-mm-tank-guns/
And as a "
side bar" I've been following the Ukrainian situation from the beginning and dealing with their equipment for almost as long.
This has been on my mind for least
3-4 years now. It "
crystalized" for me after watching the wonderful and predicted outcome of the
Afghan National Army. As has been discussed concerning the evacuation, the combat performance of the Army was the same as the
South Vietnamese once we fully pulled out.
Several
NATO countries have been training all aspects of the Ukrainian forces since about the beginning of
2015. We all know what happened in
2014.
They unlike the two above, are fighting to defend their country since the start hostilities while still training to meet
NATO training standards for both combat and equipment effectiveness since.
I am
both, recommending and requesting consideration that the games "
MORALE" for the
Ukraine be
increased accordingly.
I further suggest that
2020 (And this is
not something I "pulled out of my...") to be an appropriate date for such a change if feasible.
https://en.interfax.com.ua/news/general/265244.html
https://112.international/article/se...rds-24850.html
https://www.ausa.org/articles/missio...russian-threat
https://coffeeordie.com/ukrainian-troops-train/
https://www.nato.int/cps/en/natolive/topics_37750.htm
(For this ref. click on the "blue arrow" for further info as required at the end of this article.)
I know this is a big request that deserves from me solid refs for which I hope the above will suffice for now. THANK YOU.
Now I'll go back into my "
rabbit hole"
.
Regards,
Pat
