This may be O.T but i was just wondering...

Alpha · #1 October 26th, 2006, 04:16 PM

Okay.

Btw. BundesHEER = Austria !
http://www.bundesheer.at/

So you were talking the whole time about austrian forces, then i agreee, they need more ELAN. Lazy austrian

German armed forces = BundesWEHR.

RecruitMonty · #2 October 27th, 2006, 01:59 PM

I was talking about the Bundeswehr. I heard that some units had a problem with morale. I also thought that Bundeswehr was the collective term for the whole military in Germany and that Bundesheer was the name for the army. My mistake.

Siddhi · #3 November 3rd, 2006, 11:06 PM

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Alpha said:
Okay.

Btw. BundesHEER = Austria !
http://www.bundesheer.at/

So you were talking the whole time about austrian forces, then i agreee, they need more ELAN. Lazy austrian

German armed forces = BundesWEHR.

Oooh, them fighting words. Funnily enough we think you guys have compeltly gone down the drain. Last couple of joint exercises in the alps was your gebirgsjaeger (crack unit) against a normal dirt-infantry (jaeger) unit of ours - guess who won.

Austrian Army, 12th JgBN and then wonderfull wonderfull green slime duty.

Regarding the use of the Steyer in NZ / Oz, I heard from a colonel who did a stint as a G-1 that the improvement over the m-16 was so great that had to recalibrate the ranges complety. True? Also, how's the grenade launcher? You know the thing was designed for a "motor" type sitck-gernade that was never purchased. Still, the gas adjust feature is pretty handy for other nasty tricks, anyone use it ( if you know what i mean?)

Rich · #4 November 4th, 2006, 12:31 AM

I served in the US Army, 1966-1969. Guess that makes me an old fart compared to the rest of you.

RecruitMonty · #5 November 4th, 2006, 06:01 PM

They had to recalibrate the rages! Wunderbar! What do you Bundeswehr and Bundesheer guys think about all the so gennante "Skandals". I personally think its a load of fuss about nothing. Just a load of crap that the pacifists are cooking up to try and stop the Bundeswehr (and Germany) from taking a bigger role on the world stage.

Siddhi · #6 November 6th, 2006, 12:51 PM

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RecruitMonty said:
They had to recalibrate the rages! Wunderbar! What do you Bundeswehr and Bundesheer guys think about all the so gennante "Skandals". I personally think its a load of fuss about nothing. Just a load of crap that the pacifists are cooking up to try and stop the Bundeswehr (and Germany) from taking a bigger role on the world stage.

slightly extreme wording and perhaps not completly attune to the reality of our history and culture...but yes

the joke is that the skull that was photo'd and all the fuss is about lie all about in afghanistan, litteraly by the road. so no oppening graves or anything like that.

also, i heard that one poor KSK chap was kicked out of the army for having purchased an ak and putting in his locker (in afghanistan - not germany).

OTOH, some of those KSK guys have been driving around with the the old DAK emblem. it's a bit of a tounge-in-cheak joke that, but so very un-PC that it could very easily be misunderstood.

Shan · #7 November 22nd, 2006, 11:42 AM

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Siddhi said:

slightly extreme wording and perhaps not completly attune to the reality of our history and culture...but yes

the joke is that the skull that was photo'd and all the fuss is about lie all about in afghanistan, litteraly by the road. so no oppening graves or anything like that.

also, i heard that one poor KSK chap was kicked out of the army for having purchased an ak and putting in his locker (in afghanistan - not germany).

OTOH, some of those KSK guys have been driving around with the the old DAK emblem. it's a bit of a tounge-in-cheak joke that, but so very un-PC that it could very easily be misunderstood.

Whoah - let's hope for those guys that no so-called journalist working for BILD is roaming around internet forums such as this one - their next cover-story would be made up, and some guys would be kicked out of the army, damaging its image once more! DAK then stands for Deutsches Afghanistan Korps, huh? Well, you can't really blame the guys who invented this, blame the acronym, as well as the commanders who let them put their sign on the vehicles, if this is true! But in a politically-overcorrect Germany (+ Austria), that's all you need to have another army scandal, with all consequences!

RecruitMonty · #8 November 22nd, 2006, 01:01 PM

Don't blame anyone. Its not like the Bundeswehr in Afghanistan are going to assumt the personas of a bunch of DAK veterans and tear up the place is it.

Mobhack · #9 November 22nd, 2006, 04:23 PM

This is getting somewhat off topic for this forum.

Andy