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Eddie182

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  1. Eh....the question is, how will the EFA2000 shoot down an F/A22, when the F/A22's radar and IR signature have been reduced, meaning radar-guided and IR-guided missiles won't work against it?

     

    So very very wrong.

     

    Reduced? You mean as in less than previous gen a/c. Well in that at least you are correct. However reduced does NOT mean gone. Both IR and RF signatures are very much still there. And I hate to break it to you but the Raptor is very shootdownable (it is a word, ok :P).

     

    The same applies for Typhoon, both IR and Radar signatures are drastically reduced compared to other a/c flying today. In fact the only a/c that have a smaller radar cross section than Typhoon are F-117, B-2 and Raptor.

     

    As for ARH and IIR missiles not working against raptor, simply 100% untrue. Can't be bothered going to why, this post is already off topic enough anyway.

  2. Arn,

     

    I'm not getting anything coming from the news RSS feed at all. Forum posts feed works fine, but the news one has no updates at all.

     

    Any idea why this is, and can you fix it? I know not many people use the RSS feed, but still, it's nice to have arnies piped direct to my sidebar.

  3. It may be like what guardsman said about issued by regiment. Plus the new pay system is balls any way the 1st day they brought it online it crashed!

     

    Grim

     

     

    Wait until you've been using it for nearly a year. My pay and details still get messed up. And as for leave, ha, it just does't work anymore.

     

    Although I suspect that's more down to the clerks than anthing else.

  4. I just can't believe that. I remember seeing pictures of the F22 in an F/A 18s gun sights. Also, note, that they are against simulated Russian fighters. I bet a real squadron of MFIs could take a squadron of Raptors on.

     

     

    LOL.

     

    WVR fight maybe. Of course the Raptor, or typhoon for that matter would just go high and fast using supercruise and take them out from BVR before the ruskies even knew what was happening.

     

    Oh, and we had the same results both simulated against the ruskies and over at Nellis against the F-15s/F-16s with the typhoon.

     

    Besides it's all acedemic anway, Typhoon and Raptor are not only flying, but in service (AFAIK Raptor is in service, just). Wheras the SU-37 just, isn't.

     

    And Raptor v Typhoon would be interesting, they are both very different a/c. Typhoon would have a slight advantage WVR and Raptor a slight advantage BVR, but they are both so close both performance and technology wise it'd be a damn good fight.

     

    And when Meteor comes into service, Raptor's BVR advantage would be almost gone. Only it's smaller radar cross section would give it a small advantage over Typhoon, but not much.

  5. 5.-Eurofighter-HUD.jpg

     

    The clear part of it.  :)

     

    Well that bit isn't a part on it's own. It's part of the HUD PDU, which includes the glass reflector as well as the control panel, projector and some of the proccessor units. It's a pretty big bit of kit.

     

    We (the RAF) don't deal with parts that small, we just change out the larger system components. The broken bits go off to BAE for repair, getting them there and back again is my job.

  6. A very good photo Eddie, were they out on training exercise?

     

    Thanks, got loads of 'em.

     

    No they were just flying past the tower coming in to land. I'm based at Coningsby and my room window overlooks the airfield :D.

     

    See the things every single day. Then I go to work and play around with all the black boxes that make up the avionics.

  7. Ghola,

     

    Unfort I forgot to bring the camera home with me this weekend, however I''ll be taking the last few bits of my kit I have in storage (webbing included) up to camp on Sunday. I''ll take some pics and post them up on Thursday/Friday (when my internet gets connected in the barrack block).

     

    From the sounds of that setup you''ve got, just one more util pouch would do nicely to fill the gap at the back. TBH, most people only have 5 pouches anyway. The only reason I''ve got as many as I have is through a lot of fiddling and the fact that I''m slightly larger in build (not fat you cheeky sods :P) than most. 2 ammo, and 3 util/water bottle is more than enough really.

  8. Smock drawcords done up tight around your waist and as gadge said, you webbing belt should be plently tight enough to stop mags falling out anyway.

     

    It'd be worth picking up a couple more util pouches and a 2nd double ammo. That way you'll not only have space for a water bottle and more ammo/mags but you'll be able to bungee/strap all the pouches together. This makes the webbing much more stable and solid.

     

    Also, a roll pin belt is a must IMO. So much better than the standard PLCE belt.

     

    If you think they'll be useful I'll put up some pics of my setup to give you some ideas. Failing that there are plently of very good setups around the pic threads already.

  9. *Cough* Anime sucks *cough*

     

    Glad to see something besides pre-pubescent girls and/or boys in girls clothing as desktops. Booyah, coolness is makin' a comeback! Thanks SilentScope!

     

    I must admit I fail to understand all these supposed "adults" or at least "nearly adults" with these very weird cartoon desktops.

     

    Ok, I have to confess I have no idea what anime is, nor do i want to know. But it does seem very, very odd to me.

     

    Still, takes all sorts I suppose.

     

    More normal, humourous/military/fit model desktops please.

  10. I'd lose the dump pouch, we used to stuff spent mags down the front of your smock :)

     

    Or the 'Brecon Pocket' as its known.

     

    Yep brecon pocket is the way forward, saves wasting money on a pointless (IMHO) dump bag. And one less thing hanging off your kit to get snagged on the bondu.

  11. Ah well you missed the great transition from prepping and trianig young soldiers to being the beavers in DPM

     

    Health and safety requirements went right through the roof while i was instructing, it got to the point where it was a youth organisation and the emphasis was moving away form overtly military activity.

     

    I used to get bollovked all the time for teaching em drills that we were not supposed to and treating cadets liek young soliders and not primary children.

     

     

    Likewise, I stopped teaching at my local ATC squadron a year or so ago for that very same reason.

     

    We had a very good sqn, and fortunatly the OC was ex-raf and very keen on all things green. But despite the attitude of all on the sqn wing HQ put a stop to almost anything remotely realistic. Even giving the kids wooden mock up rifles caused us to be told off.

     

    Although all the NCO's on sqn were expected to wear S95 ranks slides when in DPMs. In fact it was S95 slides or no slides at all.

     

     

    El-boomo,

     

    Is that urban assault I see in those pics? I'll most likely have seen you there before, it's mine and the teams main site.

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