tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post1271524224000587705..comments2023-12-13T10:49:00.529+00:00Comments on The Axis Of Naughtiness: Run for the sun, little one...Dr Vesuviushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-76002246650233734862015-07-20T07:05:37.858+01:002015-07-20T07:05:37.858+01:00Interesting times ahead with Paradiso ,I look forw...Interesting times ahead with Paradiso ,I look forward to reading more...tradgardmastarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13116967655904601740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-87161537757137142892015-07-20T01:21:16.690+01:002015-07-20T01:21:16.690+01:00And T54/55's! The M48/60's were OK if you ...And T54/55's! The M48/60's were OK if you could afford them and were 'on the right side', but in some parts of the world they'll give you a rusty-runner T54 if you buy enough AK's!!!<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-74213189796481800892015-07-19T22:19:43.354+01:002015-07-19T22:19:43.354+01:00However bad the accent is in Puerto Brum, it's...However bad the accent is in Puerto Brum, it's even worse in the neighbouring township of DuDlay :-D<br /><br />(mental note: add township of DuDlay to the map)<br /><br />It was only recently I had an epiphany about obsolete or outclassed kit. I'd always pooh-poohed the WWI/early WWII era Renault FT-17. I mean it only has a little machine gun (scoff scoff). Then I saw the film Battle For Warsaw, which featured it in a couple of excellent battle scenes. And I realised that it doesn't matter if a particular weapon system is totally outclassed by other stuff that's out there, if you've got it here and now and your opponents don't have anything that can counter it, it's worth it's weight in gold, no matter how primitive it may be.<br />The biggest problem with obsolete kit that I can see is the availability of spare parts and the risk of simple mechanical failures. But if you're going back to WWII era kit, they're sufficiently primitive that anyone with technical nouse and a moderately equipped mechanical workshop can probably make most of their own replacement parts and jury-rig modern replacements for those they can't. I suspect that long after today's MBTs are obsolete, we'll still see the odd T34 or Sherman crop up in far flung places, kept running by tribal artisans or the like.Dr Vesuviushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05255420207375021875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2668577041425925534.post-5937770833087422522015-07-19T21:17:13.005+01:002015-07-19T21:17:13.005+01:00Love the map...does a border that shape on an isla...Love the map...does a border that shape on an island that shape hint at past bloodiness? Also I wonder at the local accent common in Porto-Brum!<br /><br />One of the defence magazines publishes an annual round-up of global defence forces and about ten years ago (the last one I bought!) they were still ascribing a squadron of Comet's to somewhere...Bhutan or Nepal?<br /><br />And I remember when the Former Yugoslavian crisis was in it's early stages seeing a Sherman Firefly with HVSS blocking a motorway. Now whether is was ex-Soviet Lend-lease or something the Americans supplied in the 1950's when Yugoslavia were pretending to be not quite in the 'Pact and likewise whether it was a museum piece or a long-term reserve piece I don't know...but the two observations and the other day's Panther suggest the stuff's still out there!<br /><br />HHugh Walterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10689023221814673819noreply@blogger.com