France (Denmark if you include Greenland. But who ever does?)
Largest Army (Ground Forces) in Europe:
United Kingdom
France
Germany
United Kingdom? (Seems like they’re the only ones that use their army.;))
Largest army in North America
Canada
USA
Mexico
:mrgreen:
That, and they actually still have the most troops.
(Don’t forget that Germany is in Afghanistan, too, though. Might not be a big deal outside, but it’s only the second ever combat expedition since WW2, so it’s a big deal for the Germans)
Canada (;))
Biggest game-changer in modern warfare:
Armed UAVs
Roadside bombs
PMCs
(I was going to say Canada too!!!)
Biggest game changer?
Definitely armed UAVs.
(Great question.)
Most likely future weapon:
Nuclear bullets
Combat Laser guns
Light sabers
DPU rifle-calibre rounds = “Nuclear bullets”?
I simply don’t foresee the other two options (within the next 50 years, at any rate): powersource technologies have not advanced far enough as yet.
Likeliest Military trend within next decade:
“Online, realtime” micromanagement of troops in combat.
soldier-to-soldier radio communications (not reliant on “line of sight”).
Precision munitions strike from orbital platforms.
Regards, Uyraell.
Soldier-to-Soldier communications.
They’re already doing it in small numbers, also, they’re introducing Digi-Cams for the scouts to send pictures to their squad leaders ‘blackberry’-type device, allowing him to see the situation himself.
As for Nuclear Bullets, they already have that. IIRC, during the first Gulf War, tankers used Uranium shells. (Which were abolished when many of them got radiation poisoning.)
Stahlhelm
Adrian Helmet
Brodie Helmet
Stahlhelm on looks alone. (Plus, isn’t Darth Vaders stahlhelm cool?) But not the East German version: M1956
Those were horrible looking.
Field Gray
Olive Drab
Khaki
Field Gray
Victoria Cross
Iron Cross
Medal of Honor
Victoria Cross
Texas
California
Florida
Texas, although I like visiting California. Beautiful state, way too many people live there though.
US Civil War battlefields:
Chancellorsville
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
Gettysburg
Rifle Grenade
M203
M79
Ummm…depleted uranium doesn’t count as nuclear bullets in my books. I would define nuclear bullets as ones that employ fission or fusion. I know of one design for such a bullet…but the Dr. of nuclear physics made me swear to secrecy as it would be devastating and he didn’t want many people to die from his invention. (It would would…I can verify that from the physics.) As far as I know…no one else has invented or produced such a bullet.
M203
Aircraft carrier
Battleship
Missile cruiser
Isn’t it kind of weird that this Dr. researched a way to make fission-bomb bullets, but then didn’t want to release it because it would kill too many people??
Anyways
Aircraft Carriers
Bombers
Fighters
Interceptors
Interceptors
Honors
Pre-Advanced Placement
Advanced Placement
Honors
Drums
Bugles
Bagpipes
Actually, he created the idea as a way to efficiently create fusion power…which it would do …but the side effect is, it makes an even better weapon. We discussed the physics and we walked through some rough numbers it’s a perfectly sound idea…and I fully agree with him, it can’t be used as it’ll take all of 5 minutes before it’s converted to a weapon. I swore I’d never share the idea…but it’s possible someone else will come up with the idea.
FYI, he’s now heading the largest construction project in Canada…a $15 billion nuclear reactor complex.
Bagpipes
Trumpet
Cornet
Bugle
Trumpet
Newborns
Babies
Toddlers
Toddlers : far more delightful.
(At least, my kids were, and I guess other parents feel the same sentiment.)
(Most survivable had it gone into operational service)
Ba 349B Natter,
Me 263 (effectively: Komet II)
BV 40
Regards, Uyraell.
I would guess the Me 263 since the Me 163 had already flown.
The Ba 349b’s test pilot was killed on its first flight :shock:, and the BV 40 sounds a bit ridiculous. In a glider with limited ammo trying to shoot down bombers? (Thanks wikipedia!;))
Deutschland, Deutschland, Uber Alles
Star Spangled Banner
God Save the Queen
La Marseillaise
National Anthem of Russia
(Sorry, ABCDE…political correctness?:mrgreen:)
Ok, I have to cheat, here.
Star Spangled Banner (for where my “Patriotic Heart” is)
Deutschland, Deutschland Uber Alles (because `tis a beautiful tune)
The Russian National Anthem (“Rodina”, if my memory is correct) is another beautiful piece, and as with D,D,U A, beautiful either sung or orchestral.
God Save the Queen is : : : adequate.
La Marseillaise is stirring, but lacks the emotional impact of Star Spangled Banner.
(I have to add: I feel the same sentiment about NZ’s National Anthem.)
I’m surprised “Oh, Canada” wasn’t in the list, as that is another very beautiful Anthem.
Safest jobsite:
Tail Gunner, Lancaster
Ballturret Gunner, B17G
Wingturret Gunner, Me.323
Small Note: Lt Lothar Seibert was killed on the first manned full-powered launch of a Ba 349A which had a different canopy locking device to the B model. There had been ten prior unmanned launches of the Natter A, of which at least three had been fully powered (mainmotor plus Schmidding booster rockets, which fell away after launch) and which had been fully successful. Seibert died because of the canopy not locking-down correctly, and because he had failed to position his head and neck properly to absorb the accelerations of launching. Three more manned launches and flights took place, and I know those men survived. I spoke with the son of one of them, in the early 1990’s. The son’s father had been a Fohnflugzeug Testpilot, flying at different times both Natter and a cannon-carrying variant of Reichenberg(Fi. 103).
Regards, Uyraell.