B-Patrone.

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As is the subject of a You Tube video the exploding sniper round as used by the German [Soviet also] during the Second World War [WW2]:

Comments:

* My understanding has been that exploding rounds of this small caliber are outlawed by the St. Petersburg Declaration of 1868. The Hague Convention of 1899 outlawed expanding rounds [dum-dum bullets].

* Snipers of the era [Second World War] not even needing an exploding round anyhow. Most personnel their duty as a dedicated sniper meant an individual with extraordinary marksmanship skills. Enemy in almost cases vanquished by a head shot or a round to the center-line vitals of the body. Exploding round not needed for additional lethality.

* This exploding round will not detonate anyhow when striking soft tissue? Use as an anti-personnel round very limited if not almost non-existent in that regard.

* Modern exploding .50 [12.7 mm] Raufoss Mk 211 ammunition versatile when employed against objects such as thin-skinned vehicles, the cockpit or jet engine or a warplane on the round, etc. It is suggested the Raufoss round when fired against personnel might be illegal if the target wearing body armor? And how exactly from a range of a thousand meters does the shooter know the enemy is wearing body armor?

* $15 USD a shot! More of a collectors item than a round you would fire, even if you intend to make an informative and dramatic video!

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Mustine.

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"War! What is it good for?"

Here with a serendipitous discovery a chemotherapy drug [the first?] as a result of an inadvertent contamination of American personnel with mustard agent, the Second World War, Bari, Italy.

"Also during World War II, an incident during the air raid on Bari, Italy, led to the release of mustard gas that affected several hundred soldiers and civilians. Medical examination of the survivors showed a decreased number of lymphocytes. After World War II was over, the Bari incident and the Yale group's studies eventually converged prompting a search for other similar compounds. Due to its use in previous studies, the nitrogen mustard known as 'HN2' became the first chemotherapy drug mustine."

A decrease in the number of lymphocytes that significance of which is unknown to me other than such cells [lymphocytes] described as "killer cells" part and parcel of the human body immune system.

The Bari Air Raid the last "fling" of the Luftwaffe during WW2. One of those American warships in the harbor of Bari when bombed the release of chemical warfare agent mustard prodigious, contamination widespread and A SECRET AT THE TIME AND FOR YEARS AFTER WARDS.

Before Bari NO chemotherapy drugs existed? After Bari the situation changed dramatically, a new way of treating cancers hitherto undiscovered now made apparent? All a result of WAR!

Read further of the Bari Raid, the unfortunate destruction of the allied merchant vessels in harbor and in particular the release of mustard agent from the SS John Harvey.

Unfortunately this is often how modern science works, that observation that the mustard agent contained a property useful in the treatment of cancers. An entire aspect of medicine unknown prior to Bari stimulating research the results of which most profound.

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Six.

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Back in my day decades ago now it was the Big Five.

Five weapon systems allowing the U.S. Army to prevail in what was deemed the Air Land Battle 2000. As in year 2000.

Those five weapon systems prior to the year 2000: * Bradley * Abrams * MLRS * Patriot * Apache.

In the modern context and as reported by the Internet web site Breaking Defense we have a description of the Big Six.

"Army Moves $25B To Big Six, From New Tanks To 6.8mm Rifle"

Click on image to see an enlarged view.

"The Army plans to move at least $25 billion over the next five years from low-priority programs to preparing for major war. That includes developing a wide variety of new weapons, from high-speed aircraft, to partially-robotic armored vehicles, to a long-ranged 6.8 millimeter rifle to replace the venerable M16/M4 family and its controversial 5.56 mm round."

Further that Big Six to include:

"in order of importance — * long-range precision fires, aka missiles; * new armored vehicles; * new aircraft; * upgraded networks [electronic] that can withstand jamming and hacking; * improved anti-aircraft and missile defense; and, lastly, * individual equipment."

"PREPARING FOR A MAJOR WAR"!

"In time of peace prepare for war." - - Marcus Tullius Cicero.

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29B6.

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First there was the Russian Woodpecker, Duga and Steel Yard. Now we have Container! Soviet/Russian anti-ballistic-missile over-the-horizon-radar [OTH]. Container mobile and a much improved version of the Woodpecker.

Thanks to the Russian controlled [?] media outlet Russian Times [RT].

"Spot on: Russia to track future US missiles with upgraded over-the-horizon radar"

"In response to US plans to pull out of the INF Treaty and the active development of its hypersonic technology, Russia is building a network of radar stations best suited to detect missile launches from afar."

As seen at the Global Security Internet web site an idealized radar coverage pattern of Duga? According to the RT article Duga able to detect missile launches from Cape Canaveral but not able to detect missile launches from Vandenberg AFB on the Pacific coast of the United States. Click on image to see an enlarged view.

WE ARE RETURNING TO THE DAYS OF THE WOODPECKER? SEGMENTS OF THE HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO BANDS TO BE INTERFERED WITH BUT EVEN MORE INTENSELY SO? WE HOPE AND PRAY NOT.

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Paris.

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Further extracts with my commentary from original articles as seen at the isegoria.net Internet web site topic the Great War.

The Paris Gun. A fascinating topic. German very long-range artillery of the Great War. Often referred to as railway artillery.

ALSO A WEAPON OF DUBIOUS UTILITY?

To what extent the rounds as fired by the Paris Gun were in violation of the various Hague Convention protocols I cannot say.

"Secrets of the Mystery Gun that Shelled Paris"

"The June, 1930 issue of Modern Mechanix has a well-illustrated piece revealing the secrets of the mystery gun that shelled Paris during the Great War a dozen years earlier"

"Map of central districts of Paris, showing where shells fired [red dot where the round landed] by the Paris Gun landed, June-August 1918, and a line [blue] indicating the direction of the German gun. Note other shells landed outside this area. Based on Miller (1921)"

The Paris gun an ineffective weapon! NO way for the German to do effective spotting and determine accuracy. ONLY about two-thirds of rounds hitting within the city limits? ONLY about one person killed per round fired [half of those killed by a single hit!]. Maybe the German did not even take accuracy into account, just desiring to HIT the city of Paris "somewhere" and nothing more.

Aerial reconnaissance and espionage reports from agents on the ground also would not have helped the aiming process? I think not.

TERROR FOR THE SAKE OF TERROR BUT NOT EVEN THAT TERRIBLY TERRIFYING?

THAT AMOUNT OF TIME, ENERGY, MONEY, MANPOWER BETTER SPENT CONSTITUTING CONVENTIONAL BATTERIES AND BATTALIONS OF BATTLEFIELD ARTILLERY? SO I MIGHT SURMISE.

I would ask the question as to what was the fatality rate for automobile accidents in Paris during the same two month period of time the Paris Gun was active. The answer might surprise many.

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Model 97.

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More lead on the target faster than with an Uzi! Listen up humanoids!

Yet still more extracts with my commentary from original articles as seen at the isegoria.net Internet web site topic the Great War.

"Combat Shotgun"

The European combatants of the Great War [WW1] seem to have totally missed the versatility of the combat shotgun? Not so the American military. U.S. troops during periods of trench warfare using the Model 97 shotgun with effectiveness. Clearing out a section of trench or enemy dugouts during close-quarter-battle an excellent application of the combat shotgun.

At Model 97 pump shotgun in particular having a feature that made for rapidity of fire and able to place on the target faster than with a sub-machine gun!!

"Unlike most modern pump-action shotguns, the Winchester Model 1897 . . . fired each time the [pump] action closed with the trigger depressed (that is, it lacks a trigger disconnector) . . . This characteristic allowed troops to fire the whole magazine with great speed. "

THE COMBAT SHOTGUN UNDERSTAND MOST USEFUL AT CLOSE-RANGE!

"John Schaefer shares some numbers to illuminate just how effective a shotgun can be at short range"

"The table below shows the average results of firing at fifty and seventy-five yards [meters] at a full-length human silhouette with typical standard (non-premium) rounds of #4, #1, 00, and 000 buck from cylinder-bored, rifle-sighted, riot gun. Note: most of the hits at 75 yards were very 'marginal'.”

       Loading                                Average Number of Hits
(Full sized humanoid target)
                                               50 Yards                   75 Yards
27 pellet 4 buck                            10                             3
34 pellet 4 buck                              6                             2
16 pellet 1 buck                              6                             2
20 pellet 1 buck                              7                             4
9 pellet 00 buck                              3                             1
12 pellet 00 buck                            4                             2
8 pellet 000 buck                            1                             0

The "stopping power" of a shotgun at long-range however limited. I have it on good authority that using # 4 shot the penetration of a leather coat at twenty-five yards [meters] not possible. Again  shotgun effective at short range!

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VIFF.

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The Russians have it. The Chinese have it. The English had it. The Americans do not have it?

VIFF = thrust vector in forward flight.

"Thrust vectoring, also thrust vector control or TVC, is the ability of an aircraft, rocket, or other vehicle to manipulate the direction of the thrust from its engine(s) or motor(s) in order to control the attitude or angular velocity of the vehicle."

Modern Russian and Chinese warplanes having TVC and the "one-up" game-changer? TVC allowing for aerial combat maneuvers that cannot be matched. Russian and Chinese combat aviators now possessing an undisputed advantage?

1. "Harriers Could Gain the Upper Hand in a Dogfight by Literally Stopping Midair"

2. "China's New Upgrade Makes Its Fighter Jets Wildly Maneuverable"

 The J-10 fighter plane gets thrust vector control, a technology that allows for wild acrobatic aerial maneuvers.

3.  "Sukhoi SU-57 Russian Super Stealth fighter jets Amazing maneuver"

Thrust vectoring the proverbial game-changer? Russian and Chinese combat pilots will possess an overwhelming advantage in technology for which the opposition will have no answer? Is that what this is?

From a conversation with an acknowledged aviation authority regarding this matter:

"Those capabilities can be countered if an opponent is aware and expecting them. Many Russian planes have long had the thrust vectoring abilities, so this is now not unique in ACM [Air combat maneuvering]. The Western allies have been training with these characteristics in mind, and their tactics and strategies are developed to deal with them. These can include certain maneuvers, different tactics and even strategies. It is an enhanced capability for those new Chinese fighter planes, but it is no longer a game changer."

Forewarned is forearmed. 

Thrust vectoring impressive YES but hardly the "game changer" as many might assume.

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Tank Italia.

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GRU = Soviet military intelligence.

"There may be some people who underestimate Italy as a country of great thinker, but not the GRU. The GRU know that the Italians have very good brains, the brains of great inventors. Few people realize that before the Second World War Italy's technology was at an incredibly high level. The Italians were not especially brilliant in battle, and that obscured the extent of Italian achievement in military technology."

ARMOR ITALIAN STYLE! AS IT WAS IN THE ERA PRIOR TO WW2.

To be honest this You Tube video rather disappointing. Italian armor development from the era of the Great War through the Second World not of the innovative nature as I might have assumed. Italian tank designs based primarily on reverse engineering of already existing foreign models, the Italians incorporating small incremental changes and not a whole lot revolutionary concepts. Italian armor technology in all cases constrained by budget considerations. Italian genius as regards tank design not so terribly outstanding.

See my previous blog entry also the topic of which was Italian tanks as used in combat during the Second World War.

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Media.

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Who knows? The Russian knows! I'm watching you!

Still more from the Russian media outlet Russian Times [RT] and thanks to same.

"Russian military servicemen banned from sharing any info on Internet in government bill"

"The Russian government has drafted a new bill which, if passed by parliament, would ban military servicemen from disclosing on the web any information about themselves, their units and other military staff."

"The bill specifies that members of the military of any rank should not post information on the Internet about themselves or other servicemen, including pictures and videos, as well as geolocation data. The rule applies equally to foreign citizens who serve in the Russian forces. Retired servicemen, however, are exempt from all restrictions imposed by the motion."

THAT ENEMY SMART PHONES AND SOCIAL MEDIA. MALWARE AS INADVERTENTLY DOWNLOADED CAN PROVIDE A HOSTILE POWER WITH A MEANS OF MONITORING A RUSSIAN SERVICE MEMBER SURREPTITIOUSLY.

Malware often downloaded as software embedded within an image of a risque and racy nature!!

See previous applicable blog entries, a whole host of them:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/04/honey.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/02/ban.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/01/fitbit.html

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2017/03/iphone-marines.html

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Kosmos.

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Satellite, Russian style!

And a cause for concern?

Thanks to the tip from Jeff and the article as seen at Zero Hedge.

"US Accused Russia Of Weaponizing Space Due To 'Abnormal Behavior' Of 'Mysterious' Satellite"

"Among the stranger stories from this week is this Fox Business report with the headline: Russian satellite showing ‘very abnormal behavior’ in space"

SATELLITES OF THE KOSMOS SERIES USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH THE SOVIET/RUSSIAN MILITARY INTELLIGENCE SERVICE GRU [now called the RU?].SATELLITES THE MISSION OF WHICH IS INTELLIGENCE GATHERING.

More than anything else, refer to the N2YO amateur radio satellite tracking web site and look at that tracking image! Real time location of this "rogue" Russian satellite, pin-point to position above the earth and again "real time" tracking data. Outstanding.

The type of technology only once reserved to the highest echelons of the military command system now available to the general public and for FREE!

Devoted readers to the blog consider yourself fortunate to be living in the current era.

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Defective.

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Came across this quite by accident. Also consider this yet more instance American military high-technology as defective.

SRAM! Short-Range-Attack-Missile. That replacement for the Hound Dog SEAD missile. SRAM a weapons system with nuclear warhead as carried by American  B-52 bombers.

American Short-Range-Attack-Missiles [SRAM].

"SRAM entered service in 1972 and was carried by a number of aircraft, including the B-52, FB-111A, and the B-1B. In September 1980 a ground fire raised concerns about the safety of the warhead, and in 1990 they were temporarily removed from service while safety checks were carried out. These revealed a number of the missile's rocket motors had developed cracks that could have resulted in them exploding when launched."

CONCERNS RAISED FIRST IN 1980 BUT NOT INVESTIGATED UNTIL 1990?? CONCERNS VALID BUT NOT AS ORIGINALLY PERCEIVED, EVEN MORE ACUTE IN RETROSPECT! WEAPONRY INDEED ARMED WITH ATOMIC WARHEADS!

Read further and as had been relied upon "American military high-technology" found to be defective, more or less useless if not downright dangerous to the user. Technology too having an atomic weapon application:

http://militaryanalysis.blogspot.com/2018/08/tubes.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W47#Reliability_controversy"

https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/rok/hyunmoo.htm 

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