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This post has been edited by wanvadder: Aug 29 2011, 04:06 PM

The SAS.

This post has been edited by wanvadder: Jan 23 2011, 11:24 PM

The lineage of Rocket Propelled Grenade.

RPG-2



Effective Range : 100-150 meters
Armor Penetration : 200mm

This weapon is used mainly during the Vietnam War and only a few remains. Fires a PG-2 HEAT rocket grenade.

RPG-7

Dubbed as the 'poor man's artillery', this weapon is widely used all around the world, famed for its cheap, simplicity and ruggedness. Developed in 1961, this RPG is still capable of disabling modern tanks as shown in Iraq War. Popular with guerrila factions, it saw alot of usage in any conflict.


RPG-7V with PGO-7 telescope sight and PG-7VM


The standard rocket, PG-7VL HEAT rocket grenade.


OG-7V fragmentation antipersonnel grenade.


Cross-section of PG-7VM HEAT rocket grenade.


PG-7VR tandem (dual-warhead) HEAT rocket grenade.


TBG-7V Thermobaric (Fuel Air Explosive) grenade.

RPG-16



Effective Range : 800 meters
Armor Penetration : 300mm

Designed for airborne troops, RPG-16 provided greater range and accuracy due to its smaller caliber warheads and more powerful rocket booster. RPG-16 fires only 1 type of grenade, PG-16 HEAT.

RPG-18



Effective Range : 150 meters
Armor Penetration : 300mm RHA

Look like a copy of US-made M72 LAW, and is adopted by the Soviet Army up until 1990's, and is now obsolete.

RPG-22





Effective Range : 160 meters
Armor Penetration : 400mm RHA

An improved version of the earlier RPG-18 and was adopted by the Soviet Army in 1980. Production ceased around 1993 as its penetration was found to be insufficient and it was replaced in production by more powerful RPG-26

Key improvement of the RPG-22 over the RPG-18 included more powerful rocket motor, redesigned launcher tube and warhead of larger caliber, to provide roughly 25% increase in armor piercing capability.

RPG-26



Effective Range : up to 170 meters
Armor Penetration : 440mm

RPG-26 was further simplified with introduction of the monobloc, non-telescoping launching tube and improved rocket motor and warhead, extended the effective range and armor penetration by about 10% (compared to RPG-22).

The RPG-26 still remains in production in Russia, issued by Russian army as standard personal anti-armor equipment for infantry on foot.

RPG-27



Effective Range : up to 140 meters
Armor Penetration : 600mm RHA behind reactive armor

Developed in the late 80's to combat most modern MBT equipped with composite and reactive armor. Adopted in 1989 by the Soviet Army and still in production and use.

Externally it looks like somewhat enlarged RPG-26, although it uses tandem HEAT warhead similar to that used on PG-7VR for RPG-7

RPG-28



Effective Range : up to 180 meters
Armor Penetration : 1000mm RHA behind reactive armor

Designed to defeat most modern and future MBT equipped with ERA, as well as enemy personnel behind brick walls (penetration against the brick wall is about 300cm/10ft)

RPG-29



Effective Range : up to 500 meters
Armor Penetration : 600mm RHA + ERA

RPG-29, adopted by the Soviet Army in 1989, intended to defeat most modern tanks fitted with ERA protection.

Other similar reports such as Israeli newspaper Haaretz pointed that RPG-29 contributed a major casualty in 2006 Lebanon War.

British officials confirmed that an RPG-29 round penetrated the frontal ERA and hull of a Challenger 2 tank during an engagement in al-Amarah, Iraq.
Now the Russians made developed a beast too powerful even for their tanks or their enemy.

RPG-32



Effective Range : up to 200 meters
Armor Penetration : ERA + 650mm RHA

The RPG-32 multipurpose grenade launcher was developed between 2005 and 2007 by Russian state-owned FGUP 'Bazalt' organization on request and under contract from Jordan. First RPG-32 'Hashim' grenade launchers will be delivered to Jordan from Russia in 2008, but it is planned that mass production of RPG-32 and its ammunition will be conducted in Jordan under license at the JRESCO factory.

Sauce and links
http://world.guns.ru/
http://en.wikipedia.org/

Also, Uncle Google.

I still consider them part of the SAS anyway.

Still, thanks for mentioning.

Welcome onboard, FNG.

Then who else did we have in option at the time?

Text message blows up suicide bomber by accident


A "Black Widow" suicide bomber planned a terrorist attack in central Moscow on New Year's Eve but was killed when an unexpected text message set off her bomb too early, according to Russian security sources.


The unnamed woman, who is thought to be part of the same group that struck Moscow's Domodedovo airport on Monday, intended to detonate a suicide belt near Red Square on New Year's Eve in an attack that could have killed hundreds.


Security sources believe a message from her mobile phone operator wishing her a happy new year received just hours before the planned attack triggered her suicide belt, killing her at a safe house.


Islamist terrorists in Russia often use mobile phones as detonators. The bomber's handler, who is usually watching their charge, sends the bomber a text message in order to set off his or her explosive belt at the moment when it is thought they can inflict maximum casualties.


The dead woman has not been identified, but her husband is apparently serving time in jail for being a member of a radical Islamist terror group.


Security sources believe the New Year's Eve bomber and the airport bombers may have been members of a suicide squad trained in Pakistan's al-Qaida strongholds which was sent to target the Russian capital's transport system.


Nobody has been arrested in connection with Monday's bombing, which left 35 people dead. Police are trying to identify the severed head of a male suicide bomber recovered from the scene.

Sauce : http://www.leaderpost.com/news/Text+messag...2966/story.html

Premature ejaculation detonation

Who says there is no need for helicopters just because we are in peacetime period.

Yinchet, find some article regarding Egypt revolution.

Al-Jazeera seems to report it alot.

Friend or foe? Egypt's army keeps protesters guessing



They arrived with a growing roar that the crowd felt before they saw them: two sharp, banking shapes sweeping so low over Cairo's Tahrir Square that the engine flames were visible.

It was a noise that made the demonstrators duck, a deafening wall of sound as two Egyptian air force F-16s buzzed the central Cairo square that has become the symbolic centre of opposition to the three-decades-long regime of President Hosni Mubarak.

For the first time the army swamped the streets with tanks, a squadron of them trying to push into the square, stopped by an at first angry crowd who sat down in front of them, fearing that the army – once seen as allies – might try to retake the square. The jets and helicopters making the deafening low sweeps over the crowd were an apparent attempt to intimidate the tens of thousands of protesters who had gathered for the sixth day running.

The assertion of authority by the military, who were initially welcomed by the crowds when armoured vehicles first appeared on the streets last Friday night, has become more complicated in the last 24 hours, with many saying they were becoming suspicious of where the army stood.

That uncertainty was underlined by a visit made by Mubarak to army chiefs, supposedly to "review" security in the country after persistent attacks by protesters on the interior ministry, seat of his police state.

What was abundantly clear was that after a night of gunfire and violence, where Cairo residents armed themselves against gangs of looters in their neighbourhoods, and thousands of prisoners escaped from the jails, Egypt awoke to the first indications that the army was moving to take control.

"First we trusted them, and now we don't trust them so much any more," said Mohamed Ali, 67, who was standing in front of the tanks.

Sherif Gaber, 43, the owner of a contracting company who had been in the square overnight, agreed. "They're trying to frighten people. The army are supposed to be our saviour," he said. "What are they doing here today?"

"This terrorism," said Ashraf Subayi, a 35-year-old physician. "Do you think something like this could happen in a European country? We will stay here, even if we have to die."

Suspicions about the army's motives were mixed with scenes of affection earlier in the day between soldiers and demonstrators, who allowed troops to use their mobile phones to call home or offered them cigarettes.

"I am glad they are continuing to protest. God willing, he (Mubarak) will go," said one air force captain in uniform.

One banner held by protesters summed up the military's dilemma: "The army must chose between Egypt and Mubarak."

As the sun set, however, the crowds swelled and protests were reinvigorated.

Mohamed ElBaradei – the Nobel peace laureate whom opposition movements want to lead a transitional government – addressed the crowd by megaphone, promising "change in the coming days" and demanding the unequivocal end of Mubarak's regime. "You have taken back your rights. What has been done cannot be undone. We are entering a new era."

ElBaradei's arrival in the square was largely met with approval by protesters, thousands of whom surged forward to try to hear his words. A few people were critical, yelling "This is our revolution, not yours" at the 68-year-old, but they were shouted down.

"The people are escalating their demands, calling for Mubarak to be put on trial," said Nour, the son of the prominent Egyptian dissident Ayman Nour. "There's a problem with some political figures and forces who are coming in late to these demonstrations, trying to ride the wave. But despite that, we're very optimistic. This display of social solidarity we're seeing – people cleaning the streets, feeding each other, protecting strangers – is unique, not only to Egypt but also to the rest of the world."

The events in the square had followed a no less extraordinary period the night before, where at the interior ministry protesters had fought pitched battles with riot police and state security officers, tossing fire bombs from roofs while the police responded with live rounds. There were fatalities.

But by morning there, too, the army was in control.

At 4.30am, 20 officers were seen leaving the building and burning their uniforms and 20 police vehicles fled in convoy at 7am.

Hassan Samir, 27, an antiques gallery owner whose apartment block overlooks the ministry, said: "They left at 7am in cars and vans, firing out of the windows. There had been snipers on the roof the night before. Since they left there has not been any more firing."

The consequences of the fighting were horribly visible in a small nearby mosque, which had been turned into a makeshift aid station for the dead and wounded.

It was little more than a narrow passage between two tall buildings, but it had been transformed into a hospital, with blood soaking through the prayer mats and the muezzin's microphone, normally used to send out the call to prayer, pressed into use by an imam shouting instructions to the medics. Occasionally he prayed.

Back in Tahrir Square yesterday evening, the presence of many other overtly pious Egyptians was being taken by some observers as an indication of a significant presence of the banned Muslim Brotherhood.

Hundreds of people performed the sunset prayers. Veiled women prayed separately.

A senior Brotherhood leader, Essam el-Erian, told Associated Press he was heading to the square to meet other opposition leaders.

Erian told an Egyptian TV station that the Brotherhood is ready to contact the army for a dialogue, calling the military "the protector of the nation".

This evening at least two jets roared over the Nile minutes before the start of the latest curfew. Alarms were set off in parked cars as the aircraft dropped lower every time over the square. Some protesters clapped and waved, others jeered.

At the same time, the police were reported to have started reasserting their presence, moving back into some Cairo neighbourhoods.

In contrast to the clashes of last week however, they appeared to be meeting jeers rather than physical confrontation.

Sauce : http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/jan/3...s-army-guessing

Man, they sure can line up those Abrams.

Lone Nepali Soldier Defends Potential Rape Victim Against 40 Men

Whoa...holy cow! Every once in a while someone in the world comes along and reminds us what a true hero really looks like. A 35 year-old Gurkha soldier named Bishnu Shrestha was riding a train when he suddenly found himself in the middle of a massive robbery. 40 men armed with knives, swords and guns stormed the train and began robbing the passengers.

Bishnu kept his peace while the gang snatched cell phones, jewelry and cash from other riders. But then, the thugs grabbed the 18 year-old girl sitting next to him and forcefully stripped her naked. Before the bandits could rape the poor girl in front of her helpless parents, Bishnu decided he had enough.

“The girl cried for help, saying ´You are a soldier, please save a sister´,” Shrestha recalled. “I prevented her from being raped, thinking of her as my own sister.”

Read Moar : http://www.logiccool.com/blog/591281-lone-...against-40-men/

http://xnepali.com/a-gurkha-soldier-who-fo...c-day-of-india/

This is why nobody should mess with gurkhas.

Shows how moronic one can get with zero knowledge of military and claiming to be former serviceman.

http://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars

Great food for thought.

Pony Tua appears again.

[sarcasm] This is obviously expensive and I gurantee you that our party can get it far cheaper than this. Not to mention there is no weapon, maintainance, supply. [/sarcasm]

I'm sending my LOI for purchasing the know-how on making the meriam buluh.