Dunno how they came to this number, but according to Wiki the Malaysian Army has 90,000 active troops and 200,000 reserve troops as of 2017.





Which I doubt somehow.

doubt

and mostly failed

then viral rant or something

u also not elijabel, does it metter if it was $1.2m aud ?

And yet they lost to selipar wearing skinnyfag Vietnamese...

It's more complicated than that. Mostly bcoz the military is given too many limits to make sure the war wouldn't spread and involve China and Russia.

I'm sure if the US military was given a free hand in Vietnam, they would've won easily, no questions asked.

Equipment wise of cos lah. Who can beat americunts?!

But war is much more than equipment... Some things, Asian armies do much better, let's just say...

I make more than combat systems engineer mate

but i probably would be eligible since my record is clean. Maybe I'll apply for it one day when the mining and hydrocarbon sectors here experience recession

u know the problem

choose next career

No, i mean policy-wise. I'll try and give a few.

For example:

1) The Soviet Union supplied and operated the new SA-2 SAM systems used by North Vietnam. For the time, the missile was very advanced and shot down a lot of US military planes bombing North Vietnam. Now, this would make you think that this fact should have made the missile complexes target #1 before any bombing operations can begin, but US leaders forbade any attack on the SA-2 missile complexes, for fearing it can possibly kill Soviet missile operators and draw in the Soviets into the war proper. So the SA-2s can shoot down US planes at will.

2) The North Vietnamese Air Force had many Chinese and Soviet 'volunteer' pilots flying its fighter planes. Due to avoid any unnecessary Chinese and Soviet pilots getting killed and drawing both countries into the war, US fighter planes escorting the bombers into North Vietnam had very strict Rules of Engagements (ROE) that forbade them to actively engaging North Vietnamese fighter planes outside of their protection envelope. This meant that North Vietnamese fighter planes can gather their forces at the most tactically advantageous positions just outside the US protection envelope unmolested before swooping in and striking the US planes at any moment of their choosing.

3) US troop operations are to be limited in scope to the defence of South Vietnam only, with the ground interdiction of enemy movements and supply lines outside of South Vietnamese borders is not (officially) allowed. As a result, it is estimated that in 1965, up to 150 tons of military supplies were transported along the Ho Chi Minh trail network in neighboring Laos and Cambodia into South Vietnam every day, practically unabated, despite the trail was being bombed by US and South Vietnamese planes at a rate of 1,000 sorties per month at the time.

I have heard the US Vietnam war experience as referred to as 'Fighting an enemy blindfolded, with one hand tied behind your back, while at the same time also being told to lie down on your stomach'.


This post has been edited by MilitaryMadness: May 17 2018, 03:53 PM

but the number of the personnel who is retire and quit is also sometimes worrying
esp for specialist, headhunters comes at them with crazy offers

kalau rasa hebat dan pandai serta berkelayakan pergi pengambilan pegawai
ini pengambilan pangkat rendah/lain-lain pangkat/NCO

pegawai double gaji depa nih

tak akan tu pun nak di ajar?

Byk bersabar brader. Lain org lain jalan pemikiran dia. Stgh org pikir duit dulu baru pikir lain benda.

I think this is natural for military personnel anywhere in the world.

Many Generals already have confirmed lucrative chairmanship or CEO jobs when they retire.