- SHAWNthanks roy, i am going to check out that report.
never would have thought of the ch-47 airlifiting the abrams, an older skycrane maybe...
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saddam--must be nice to live in his world.
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he seems to suffer from real memory loss. he took a blood bath fighting iran, he has gotten stomped by the coalition in 1991, bombed often in the interum to the second gulf war.
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roy, doug, et al.
what is that means of deploying vehicles by airdrop, using the skid out the back of the aircraft, cant remember the initials for it...? has anyone worked with that type of deployment? how is the vehicle secured, etc. how is the impact absorbed? your are dropping very low to the deck but still how does the vehicle take it? the sheridan/track-- how soon from hitting the ground are you up and running again?
shawn
- SHAWNthanks guys,
doug-- did you ever take part in any LAPES exercises or would that be after your time?
robert-- you were aircrew on the C-130?
And of course the primary vehicle used for this 'Air-Mech Strike' would be named after an airborne hero- Doug_Kibbey- SHAWNthanks guys,
doug-- did you ever take part in any LAPES exercises or would that be after your time?
robert-- you were aircrew on the C-130?
Shawn,
Nope, never was...and wouldn't have been. Crews would have been transported separately, of course...either already being on the ground or inserted or dropped in before/after the fact. LAPES'ing is an Air Force gig and we would have just been the addressees. It's an interesting capability to have, but as a practical matter, I can't envision armor being really delivered this way or by parachute in 99.9% of combat operations. Better to secure or create a landing field and drive off....(I'm thinking of calling this novel concept "Air-Mech Strike" lol )
What - Did you think I was going to say GAVIN- bsmartAnd of course the primary vehicle used for this 'Air-Mech Strike' would be named after an airborne hero- Doug_Kibbey- SHAWNthanks guys,
doug-- did you ever take part in any LAPES exercises or would that be after your time?
robert-- you were aircrew on the C-130?
Shawn,
Nope, never was...and wouldn't have been. Crews would have been transported separately, of course...either already being on the ground or inserted or dropped in before/after the fact. LAPES'ing is an Air Force gig and we would have just been the addressees. It's an interesting capability to have, but as a practical matter, I can't envision armor being really delivered this way or by parachute in 99.9% of combat operations. Better to secure or create a landing field and drive off....(I'm thinking of calling this novel concept "Air-Mech Strike" lol )
I'm thinking of
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