TUDM aircraft ground crew: The unmentioned ones.



Thank you all ground crews, who keep our planes flying!

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 26 2016, 03:55 PM

Dari mana nak kemana?

Ah, now only know the value of the A400M.

Last time how to transport heli/large assets to east Malaysia ah? Have to crate by ship?

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 26 2016, 04:09 PM

Probably can reach, but for safety reason better not. Long range over water flying can be dangerous, anything can go wrong.

Regardless of age or looks, M16s have a very rigid and dependable action, given you clean them regularly. It's also light and handy to use.

Those stories of M16s jamming regularly originated in the 1960s at the moment M16s were still in early use, with early 5.56mm rounds that developed too much carbon deposits and not much cleaning discipline being instituted, soldiers even believed they had 'space age' rifles that don't need to be cleaned. improved ammunition and regular cleaning pretty much solved the problem.

Also, fun fact: Malaysian Army even used the M16 way back in 1959 (even before the US military ever did), when it was still classified the AR-15. Back then the only users were Malaysian and South Vietnam.

Pokcik nak tembak sape tu.....

That why nowadays any Russian task force of any importance will have at least 2 supply/tug ships. For general fleet supplying and towing if/when a ship breaks down en route.

Also, to be fair, Tsushima happened because the Russians were in a great hurry to reach Port Arthur before it fell to the Japanese. The fleet, composed mainly of old battleships which can only sail for 14 knots an hour literally had to sail at full speed non-stop for 8 months to make up the distance (an epic 18,000 miles).

The ships were barely serviced en route and the officers and crew were exhausted from the non-stop to operate efficiently. Boredom, repetition and fear of Japanese ambushes made sailors paranoid and nervous, some even went mad. In one incident, one of the fleet's own cruisers, the Aurora was fired upon and hit with 6 shells, being thought as a Japanese ship.

The fleet were even forced to buy coal and supplies at sea from passing merchant ships as there was simply no time to make a stop to rest, refuel and resupply, especially the long voyage through the Indian ocean. Ships broke down en route and had to turn back, crippling the fleet even further.



This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 27 2016, 12:55 PM

The Japanese had fewer battleships and heavy guns themselves (Russians had 11 battleships against their 4 battleships), but they were more modern, faster and had better wireless radio, which the Russians lack. The Russians (contrary to common belief) also had radios, but they were of older German make and had all the instructions in German, in addition of having shorter ranges. The Japanese also had a large number of cruisers and destroyers available.

The Russians actually wanted to sneak up the straits towards Valdivostok and avoid the Japanese altogether. The fleet commander ordered all ships to go on blackout and attempted to navigate the straits at night. Initially the Japanese had difficulty in finding the Russians in the night fog and there was a danger that they could slip by unnoticed. However, unfortunately, the Russian hospital ship Orel was required by convention to be fully lit at all times, even in wartime, and the ship's lights was spotted by patrolling Japanese cruisers. These reported the position of the Russian fleet to the main Japanese force and shadowed the Russians.

Both fleets sighted each other and engaged at around 1.30 pm the next day. As the Russians initially wanted to run at full speed towards Vladivostok, there were not arrayed in a battle formation to maximize their speed. They were practically sailing in a single file at full speed. The Japanese commander, Admiral Togo, ordered his battleships and heavy cruisers to 'cross the T', sailing in front of the Russian line and firing sideways, so that the entire front and rear battery of the Japanese ships could be brought to bear against the Russian line. Meanwhile, the Russians, by sailing in a single line, can only fire their front batteries in response. By 6.30 the Russian had 4 battleships sunk, while the Japanese battleships and heavy cruisers were all still afloat, albeit with heavy damage themselves.


Crossing the T: ships in blue can fire their forward and rear batteries, maximizing firepower; while ships in red can only fire their front batteries, limiting firepower.

As night falls, the Japanese held off their attack and instead dispatched a force of 21 destroyers and 37 torpedo boats to pursue the Russians while the Japanese main force re-formed their units. Further Russian ships were sunk, including 2 battleships. During the night action, the Japanese had 3 torpedo boats sunk. By 9.30 the next morning, the remaining Russian ships have utterly routed, with the remaining senior Russian commander alive surrendered after being surrounded by the Japanese near Takeshima island. Some ships escaped to various countries like China and the Philippines (1 cruiser actually managed to reach Vladivostok) and some were scuttled by their own crews. All in all, the Russians lost 7 battleships, 4 cruisers and 6 destroyers while the Japanese had only lost 3 torpedo boats.

The usual basic counter to the maneuver is to try to counter-maneuver the 'T' and redeploy so your ships are parallel to the enemy 'T' and engage them.

They never expected Nelson to try and breach the 'T'. As Nelson breached their lines, they didn't prepare for a close quarter battle and lost all their advantage in heavy guns. Also, as the british ships cut through the franco-spanish line, they are able fire from both starboard and port batteries, greatly damaging the franco-spanish ships on the initial encounter.

So you can say Admiral nelson countered the 'crossing the T' tactic by doing his own smaller 'crossing the T'.

Centralized SF body like SOCOM?

If see official documents it says 'Speed and Accuracy'. So this must be a typo error by manufacturer of the patches.

Integrated doesn't mean consolidated. While NSOF is the umbrella body to oversee all Malaysian SF , these SF still belong under their various forces. The integrated system just mean the NSOF can have access to and decide how to utilize the various SF to better achieve an SF mission and avoid resources wastage.

I don't think anyone said anything like that. It's just an Malaysian SF umbrella body like USSOCOM, not a brand new SF unit.

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 28 2016, 09:36 AM

Why? no need all that. All the various units belong to their respective forces. Again, NSOF is a umbrella body for SF units, not an SF unit itself.

Wiki Page

Abang sniper....

Accuracy International AX .338 cal

Accuracy International is very prestigious in the field of sniper weapons design. Surprised you didn't know.



This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 28 2016, 01:02 PM

So NSOF is actually a new SF force, not an umbrella body of existing Malaysian SF?

This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: Oct 28 2016, 03:11 PM

Nice view of PUTD Nuri in digital camo hauling a 105mm OTO-Melara light howitzer

That's some pretty serious allegations you're making there. Any proof or source that can back it up?