en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/1020469 Comments by strikehold http://kitup.military.com/2011/11/mayflower-unconventional-warfare-chest-rig.html#IDComment216462386 Too right Jack. Keep on keeping it real... Thu, 3 Nov 2011 21:18:16 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/11/mayflower-unconventional-warfare-chest-rig.html#IDComment216462386 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/book-look-american-sniper.html#IDComment213139790 Simo Häyhä deserves a book or two as well by the sound of it: "It was during the Winter War (1939–1940), between Finland and the Soviet Union, that he began his duty as a sniper and fought for the Finnish Army against the Red Army. In temperatures between −40 and −20 degrees Celsius, dressed completely in white camouflage, Häyhä was credited with 505 confirmed plus 37 unconfirmed kills of Soviet soldiers. The unofficial Finnish front line figure from the battlefield of Kollaa places the number of Häyhä's sniper kills at over 800. A daily account of the kills at Kollaa was conducted for the Finnish snipers. Besides his sniper kills, Häyhä was also credited with over two hundred kills with a Suomi KP/-31 submachine gun, thus bringing his credited kills to at least 705. Remarkably, all of Häyhä's kills were accomplished in fewer than 100 days at a time of year with very short hours of daylight." Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:09:31 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/book-look-american-sniper.html#IDComment213139790 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/turkey-and-kurdistan.html#IDComment213137386 I actually think that the two guys in the background are wearing the new Turkish "digital" camo, whilst the guy in the foreground is wearing their old "analogue" woodland knock-off. Thu, 27 Oct 2011 21:02:13 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/turkey-and-kurdistan.html#IDComment213137386 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/german-kommando-spezialkrafte.html#IDComment211107605 Danke schoen Brandon. Das ist ein gutes Video. :-) Sun, 23 Oct 2011 00:26:00 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/german-kommando-spezialkrafte.html#IDComment211107605 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/replacing-kalashnikov.html#IDComment202715573 If history is any guide (i.e., it usually is!) then we should all remember that the cartridge defines the rifle as much as anything else. So, until the US or Russia decide to change the caliber/cartridge of their main battle rifles or carbines then I don't see either country making a complete change of platform. And let's face it, the US military still has a hell of a lot of 5.56x45mm brass kicking around (and it is also still the standard within NATO), and the Russians also still have a hell of a lot of 7.62x39mm and 5.45x39mm brass kicking around. Of course the platform can be changed, but the military has to be really serious about changing the caliber first. IMO. Mon, 3 Oct 2011 21:44:09 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/10/replacing-kalashnikov.html#IDComment202715573 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/st6-best-of-the-best-or-just-a-lucky-role-of-the-dice.html#IDComment177567412 "For now, it seems that the mainstream press is more interested in pandering than in reporting the facts." Uh, and this surprises you?! ;-) Tue, 26 Jul 2011 20:41:03 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/st6-best-of-the-best-or-just-a-lucky-role-of-the-dice.html#IDComment177567412 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/why-is-devgru-buying-multicam.html#IDComment174736194 Why? Becuase they can.... end of. Mon, 18 Jul 2011 09:26:04 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/why-is-devgru-buying-multicam.html#IDComment174736194 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171393621 Ooops - I actually meant to say South-West Asia, and should have included the Middle East as well.. Sat, 9 Jul 2011 08:30:54 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171393621 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171128688 While people sit back all smug making racist comments about the Chinese (and Chinese-Americans), the Chinese are busy buying up loads of influence in Africa and South-East Asia by offering loans, development aid, engineering and technical expertise at bargain-basement prices (and they only have to point to themselves as the greatest success story to sell themselves). In return, they're going to get their hands on oil, mineral and other natural resources that the West is going to be after as well (what do you think is going on in Nigeria and South Sudan?). That's why the Chinese Navy is now off the Horn of Africa. Laugh now - cry later. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:51:13 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171128688 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171126304 Uh - ever seen how many tens of thousands of Chinese-made AKs are out there in the hands of insurgents killing people? get real. Fri, 8 Jul 2011 14:43:38 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/imint-tricked-out-chinese-carbines.html#IDComment171126304 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/a-translator-in-your-iphone.html#IDComment170240272 I once met an old French guy in Normandy who still had the English-French military phrase book that a G.I. gave him as a young lad back in 1944 - and I stll have the Arabic and Hebrew phrase book that I was issued for deployment to the Sinai in 1986. Converting that type of thing to this type of app platform would seem the logical next step - and for more practical than the type of B.S. conversations you're taught in most language classes (at least in the civilian ones). Wed, 6 Jul 2011 10:09:35 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/07/a-translator-in-your-iphone.html#IDComment170240272 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168805465 They do. Didn't you see the recent photos of SF wearing Woodland? Fri, 1 Jul 2011 21:13:54 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168805465 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168630313 Ah - interesting. I guess in the end there was probably too much resistance from the internal beaurocracy and inter-service rivalry to combine them all into one. I guess the Brass Hats of each service like the bragging rights of having their own "special" units too much... Fri, 1 Jul 2011 09:27:30 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168630313 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168441820 SOCOM should just become a seperate branch of service - full stop. What's the point of having Army SF and Rangers, Navy SEALs, MARSOC and Air Force spec ops when they're all performing very similar missions, etc.? Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:53:19 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/marsoc-could-grow-to-seal-strength.html#IDComment168441820 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/imint-kiwi-sas-in-hotel-raid.html#IDComment168068790 I saw a nice close up, uncensored shot of that operator looking daggers at the camera in the London Evening Standard this evening. Awesome photo. Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:34:20 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/imint-kiwi-sas-in-hotel-raid.html#IDComment168068790 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/how-not-to-hit-your-target.html#IDComment165760591 You know Morgan - the same thought occurred to me as I watched it as well. They seemed to be just TOO casual about the whole thing. Rule Number 1: Don't believe everything you see on TV... Thu, 23 Jun 2011 11:04:04 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/how-not-to-hit-your-target.html#IDComment165760591 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/army-looks-to-replace-velcro-with-buttons.html#IDComment164749248 Canadian slotted buttons for the win! ;-) Mon, 20 Jun 2011 20:20:12 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/army-looks-to-replace-velcro-with-buttons.html#IDComment164749248 http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2011/06/12/yon-is-wrong/#IDComment162222413 You've never been there??? Then, sorry, but what makes you think therefore that you know more than those who are and have been repeatedly? Your nit-picking of the articles wording or phraseology aside, I don't think you know what you're talking about.... Mon, 13 Jun 2011 10:51:49 +0000 http://www.lineofdeparture.com/2011/06/12/yon-is-wrong/#IDComment162222413 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/sf-snipers-dig-tyr-rigs.html#IDComment158788870 LBE type rigs might not be "fashionable" - but they're still great. And this is one of the best-looking chassis I've ever seen. I think I'm gonna have to get one. :-) Fri, 3 Jun 2011 08:39:21 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/06/sf-snipers-dig-tyr-rigs.html#IDComment158788870 http://kitup.military.com/2011/05/weekend-debrief-52211.html#IDComment155268205 Damn! There goes my selection for the Friday Foto this week. :-( Mon, 23 May 2011 16:06:46 +0000 http://kitup.military.com/2011/05/weekend-debrief-52211.html#IDComment155268205