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Originally posted by Bill Murray
Thanks for the confirmation and the fuller explanation of the canvas bag as the whole thing rather than just a "carrier" for the kit.
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Yup, that is how my German expert describes it.
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And, yes, those of all military forces must become scroungers first class to keep things going or improve their situation.
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Indeed, not a lot of change it seems in 60 years or more.
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You may have followed the flap stirred up when our SecDef Rumsfeld got his head handed to him relative to the lack of protective armour on some of our HumVees and most of our transport tractors. His lame explanation that "front line" equipment was adequately armoured fell on rather deaf ears considering that today the whole bloody country is the "front line". Interesting too that the young man involved pointed out that they had to scrounge scrap materiels from Kuwaiti breaker's yards to cobble up some sort of better protection for their vehicles. They called it "Hillbilly Armour". Quite fitting I thought but it is a shame that they are forced to do such things.
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We did indeed see Donald get somewhat "ducked" by the articulate US soldier and its almost a case of Cullin hedgerow cutters all over again. I wouldn't have used the term "lame" for his answer exactly, you're too kind.
The western world seems to be fixed on designing its military hardware in committee without lowering themselves to consult the lowly ranking users/operators, same here and it serves nothing well.
R.