DerKommissar Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 I remember learning a few things over at the Vostok 2018 forum. Any grogheads following this training? Pics and articles are appreciated! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger73 Posted October 26, 2018 Share Posted October 26, 2018 Some commentary in "Today's News, Tomorrow's History" by @Bootie of FGM 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted October 26, 2018 Author Share Posted October 26, 2018 I wonder if the MG3 will make it to 100 years. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 4:10 PM, DerKommissar said: I remember learning a few things over at the Vostok 2018 forum. Any grogheads following this training? Not really following it, but seems the Danish flag is missing in the map above - DK sends a battalion sized 'kampgruppe' too. About 1300 troops in total. https://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/intops/Pages/Over1000danskesoldatererigangmedåretsstørsteNATO-øvelse.aspx 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 1 hour ago, Bulletpoint said: Not really following it, but seems the Danish flag is missing in the map above - DK sends a battalion sized 'kampgruppe' too. About 1300 troops in total. https://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/intops/Pages/Over1000danskesoldatererigangmedåretsstørsteNATO-øvelse.aspx Yeah, I can't find an all inclusive map. It is surprising how many nations are involved in this gig -- including non-NATO nations like Sweden and Finland. I didn't even know Iceland was in NATO, and the naval part (quite sizable, Canada sent like 4+ ships there). They don't even have a military, do they? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 16 minutes ago, DerKommissar said: I didn't even know Iceland was in NATO, and the naval part (quite sizable, Canada sent like 4+ ships there). They don't even have a military, do they? Not unless you count Björk. But she seems to have kept the Russians away so far. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted October 29, 2018 Author Share Posted October 29, 2018 Hot damn, I'm guessing the Russians weren't happy that she wasn't included in the INF treaty. Anyone playing this in Alaska gives the old boys in the Kremlin headaches. Wonder if these guys are taking part: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iceland_Crisis_Response_Unit 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 4 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: Not really following it, but seems the Danish flag is missing in the map above - DK sends a battalion sized 'kampgruppe' too. About 1300 troops in total. https://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/intops/Pages/Over1000danskesoldatererigangmedåretsstørsteNATO-øvelse.aspx Ah, no. It’s just hidden under the German/British blob. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulletpoint Posted October 29, 2018 Share Posted October 29, 2018 3 hours ago, StieliAlpha said: 7 hours ago, Bulletpoint said: Not really following it, but seems the Danish flag is missing in the map above - DK sends a battalion sized 'kampgruppe' too. About 1300 troops in total. https://www2.forsvaret.dk/nyheder/intops/Pages/Over1000danskesoldatererigangmedåretsstørsteNATO-øvelse.aspx Ah, no. It’s just hidden under the German/British blob. As long as it's not under the Swedish blob 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted November 6, 2018 Author Share Posted November 6, 2018 (edited) Boys and girls of NATO engineers! Edited November 6, 2018 by DerKommissar 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3k Posted November 7, 2018 Share Posted November 7, 2018 Cool vid. Two things of note: 1. That first vehicle had a cool license plate. 2. That first vehicle had some pretty nice shiny silver wheels... Kinda took away from the whole camo netting theme. Thanks for the post! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandokan Posted November 10, 2018 Share Posted November 10, 2018 On the same subject, there is this in the first two thirds of this week Esercito News (Army News). Eh, italian only, for what I can understand. Sorry guys. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Marder= Posted December 12, 2018 Share Posted December 12, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 8:31 PM, DerKommissar said: I wonder if the MG3 will make it to 100 years. I think M2´s and MG3´s will make it even further :-) Its not like there is a replacement for them in sight that is in all aspects viable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
homewrecker Posted December 13, 2018 Share Posted December 13, 2018 9 hours ago, =Marder= said: I think M2´s and MG3´s will make it even further Its not like there is a replacement for them in sight that is in all aspects viable. Wasn't the MG5 (HK121) set to replace the MG3? It is in service. Are there production issues that prevent full replacement? Or are the Germans reluctant to retire the old warhorse? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted December 13, 2018 Author Share Posted December 13, 2018 13 hours ago, homewrecker said: Wasn't the MG5 (HK121) set to replace the MG3? It is in service. Are there production issues that prevent full replacement? Or are the Germans reluctant to retire the old warhorse? I'm guessing they're still in their very early production and adoption. New designs like that will no doubt go through a few revisions before being greenlit to replace a current design. And that's only in the German army -- no doubt the MG3s in other armies, such as the Portuguese, will hit the century and maybe even exceed it. Some info in the air assets that participated: I didn't know COBHAM was a country... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hank24 Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 I think I have read that the MG3 will be kept by the Bundeswehr for certain roles like vehicle mounted MG. And I remember that many people preferred it at the long firing ranges in the Afghan mountains. Phantastic machine, my favorite weapon when I served. A little heavy at 11.5 kg, but the best thing to have when the bad guys show up. Once we removed each second round from the belt and fired on a 30cm (12.2 inch) target at 600 m. No problem to hit with the first shot. Additionally, it is really robust and the exchange mechanisms for barrel and breechblock are very well designed and easy to use. By the way, it is the only machine I ever heard of that the performance was lowered. It fires a little slower compared to ist father, the MG42. The reason mentioned was that no materal can stand that amount of heat and besides that, nobody can carry so much ammo forward. Not sure that 10 to 20% lower firing rate really cures that. Certainly, the M2 HB and MG3 will be in service for many more years to come. One thing that always annoys me a little when playing CM is when the MG is fired in a kneeling position. There is no such position in the instructions (if I remeber properly) and it would produce an awful wandering upwards. Nearly always it is fired lying on the ground, or, during attack from the hip with the strap fixed to the centre and slung around the neck. Left hand then takes both legs of the bipod. Nice, stable firing possible then like the automatic gunners in Alien2. It was in the Bundeswehr regulation and I did it. See Wehmacht usage at 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StieliAlpha Posted December 14, 2018 Share Posted December 14, 2018 On 10/26/2018 at 8:31 PM, DerKommissar said: I wonder if the MG3 will make it to 100 years. My brother says, in his service time, they even used MG (1, probably), where the Swastika’s had been ground out... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sublime Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 +1 my father was had a friend - Bodo - who was an enlisted Bundeswehr. He told my father many of the MGs and also Walther P38s had ground off Swazi marks and there were a few floating around (in the 80s) that had some they missed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
=Marder= Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 12/13/2018 at 4:36 AM, homewrecker said: Wasn't the MG5 (HK121) set to replace the MG3? It is in service. Are there production issues that prevent full replacement? Or are the Germans reluctant to retire the old warhorse? MG5 for inf MG3 still stays as vehicle weapon. Coax and such. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
37mm Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 On 10/29/2018 at 2:06 PM, DerKommissar said: I didn't even know Iceland was in NATO, and the naval part (quite sizable, Canada sent like 4+ ships there). They don't even have a military, do they? You obviously never played any Harpoon back in the day (or that modern update, CMANO), read Red Storm Rising or heard of the brutal Cod Wars? The GIUK gap & Iceland were, in some ways, more strategically important than the Fulda gap during the Cold War. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerKommissar Posted February 25, 2019 Author Share Posted February 25, 2019 On 2/23/2019 at 2:35 PM, 37mm said: You obviously never played any Harpoon back in the day (or that modern update, CMANO), read Red Storm Rising or heard of the brutal Cod Wars? The GIUK gap & Iceland were, in some ways, more strategically important than the Fulda gap during the Cold War. I did recently watch a documentary on the Atlantic, during WW2. Iceland was critical to trans-continental shipping. The same applies today, you're certainly right. Britain even invaded it in 1940, because they wanted to stay neutral. Some locals, practicing for Biathlon. I also have been watching a series covering the Winter War. Considering how critical skis were to Finnish mobility, it's good to see them. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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