tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post2959174998262139913..comments2024-03-28T00:43:37.279-05:00Comments on Future War Stories: The Motorpool: The Technical Williamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-68711013331122030022022-05-06T04:55:19.982-05:002022-05-06T04:55:19.982-05:00Thank you for sharing such valuable information. W...Thank you for sharing such valuable information. We at Kirby’s Steakhouse is a private dining Texas Restaurant that welcomes guests with food fit for a legend. It’s really help for to know more information about <a href="https://kirbyssteakhouse.com/ " rel="nofollow"> private restaurants Texas and OKC.</a>Kirbysteakhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897337447884757975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-34985238904507560672022-03-14T06:44:16.190-05:002022-03-14T06:44:16.190-05:00Thank you for sharing such valuable information. W...Thank you for sharing such valuable information. We at Kirby’s Steakhouse is a private dining Texas Restaurant that welcomes guests with food fit for a legend. <a href="https://%20kirbyssteakhouse.com%20/%20kirbyssteakhouse/" rel="nofollow">private restaurants Texas and OKC</a>Kirbysteakhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897337447884757975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-18206341866972935992022-02-10T02:42:01.351-06:002022-02-10T02:42:01.351-06:00Thank you for sharing such valuable information. W...Thank you for sharing such valuable information. We at Kirby’s Steakhouse is a private dining Texas Restaurant that welcomes guests with food fit for a legend. <br /><a href="https://kirbyssteakhouse.com/" rel="nofollow">private restaurants Texas and OKC</a><br /><a href="https://kirbyssteakhouse.com/" rel="nofollow">best restaurants for business dinner OKC</a><br />Kirbysteakhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17897337447884757975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-13635318845173562292021-08-16T13:48:17.577-05:002021-08-16T13:48:17.577-05:00Wonderful information. I've could have gotten ...Wonderful information. I've could have gotten lost in the SAS and LRDG for this article...amazing deeds Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-66477031362060640222021-08-15T20:51:39.293-05:002021-08-15T20:51:39.293-05:00Really informative- great blog entry!Really informative- great blog entry!Codstickerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02899018919527308863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-23402693527145264922021-08-15T07:17:28.633-05:002021-08-15T07:17:28.633-05:00In reference to the SAS and LRDG, in the runup to ...In reference to the SAS and LRDG, in the runup to Operation TORCH in 1942, the U.S. Army made note of those units and concluded that a similar unit might be a good thing to have in North Africa.<br /><br />The result was called the Long Range Reconnaissance Patrol Unit (LRRPU), and like the SAS their primary vehicle was the Willys Jeep, equipped with the usual SAS-type "extras" like water and fuel in jerry cans, long-range radios to communicate with their divisional support HQs, and a large amount of ammunition for their standard weapon, the pedestal-mounted .50 Browning heavy machine gun.<br /><br />The LRRPs (or "Lurps" in phonetic MilSpeak) became well-known for their deep-penetration operations (by helicopter and on foot) in Vietnam a quarter-century later, but their origins stretch back to the deserts of North Africa, and the Italian campaign. As did their well-known water container, the "lurp bag", commonly used by civilian campers today.<br /><br />And yes, if you ever wondered where the idea for the 1960s TV series <i>The Rat Patrol</i> came from, well, now you know.<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />eoneonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08580152241525427599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-24657880890947978612021-08-14T00:21:59.033-05:002021-08-14T00:21:59.033-05:00Another good article as always.Another good article as always.Nicholas Mewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02823238401109164712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-88220240802985736932021-08-10T09:38:57.732-05:002021-08-10T09:38:57.732-05:00Excellent work, William!
Some thoughts on the ulti...Excellent work, William!<br />Some thoughts on the ultimate technical: HiLux's max payload is 1t, if you upgrade to F-450 you get 3.56t. This means you can use 37mm guns rather than 23 and 80mm rockets rather than 57.<br />If you switch to western weapons these become 35mm and 70mm.<br />Look up Skyranger and MLHS!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-89732336882595852502021-08-07T08:24:46.117-05:002021-08-07T08:24:46.117-05:00I forgot to add the Spade from REACH...I have corr...I forgot to add the Spade from REACH...I have correct that mistake. Thanks for the heads up! Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17218428427067689631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-84486353567490552452021-08-07T07:09:10.705-05:002021-08-07T07:09:10.705-05:00Interesting article, especially when it pertains t...Interesting article, especially when it pertains to the idea of colonial settlements having to arm their buggies and tractors to defend against raiders and pirates due to the long distances of space travel either interplanetary or interstellar. Early interplanetary and interstellar colonization would certainly justify the original justification of the Technical, though it does raise the question of the future of the Technical beyond this era where starlift capacity is exponentially improved.<br /><br />As the beginning of the article and the Great Toyota War proves, limited resources such as money can prove to be a great motivator. If an independent settlement needed a fast, armored vehicle to defend themselves, why go through the expense of proper AFVs when you got a ready fleet of Toyota ExoLux? Just slap some armor and some kind of crew weapon and have at it!<br /><br />Though, while on that tangent, considering the nature of Halos Insurrectionists, I'm surprised the lore didn't have many mentions of Innie Technicals, if at all. Granted, there's plenty of stories of Innies stealing actual warships and thus a squadron of stolen Warthogs or two aren't out of the question, but it would make for an even more colorful, perhaps even more familiar, side to that conflict.<br /><br />Then again, a Spartan driving a Warhog is far more marketable than an Insurrectionist using the equivalent of an up-armored space tractor against the Covenant and UNSC forces alike.Sabersonichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304850400062201271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-79013205353428790362021-08-07T05:07:16.506-05:002021-08-07T05:07:16.506-05:00You mentioned the Warthog as an example of the MLU...You mentioned the Warthog as an example of the MLUV, but Halo does actually have a good example of a Technical: the truck in the first level of Halo Reach, where Jorge uses the flatbed to turn himself into an impromotu heavy-weapon mount. I think it's a good illustration of the purpose of the technical: a close-enough imitation of dedicated military equipment that's fast and well-armed enough to be a threat.<br /><br />Back in the real world, I think the Technical is interesting as a way to get around the tactics of second- and third-system armies. Both are built around the idea of denying the enemy either their infrastructure or their command in order to make the enemy unable to fight back. Decentralised command structures are common in many resistance or terrorist forces, as this gets around the latter problem, but they still need to have the equipment to fight. The ubiquity of pick-up trucks means that as long as a force has a supply of bought or scavenged weapons and the support of local civilians, they have an effectively endless supply of light military vehicles. I'm sure most people could think of a driver who'd be only too happy to have a gun bolted to his vehicle in order to drive out the invading [bad people]. What is the occupying army meant to do, ban pick-up trucks?ShadowsSunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219293339965699164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-726484495782035142.post-9645670863688536742021-08-07T00:48:45.971-05:002021-08-07T00:48:45.971-05:00I am entirely capable of being wrong here. But my ...I am entirely capable of being wrong here. But my understanding is that Toyota Land Cruiser Series 80, 100. 200, and the new 300 are wagon bodies which would be kinda hard to mount weapons on as the gunner has no place to stand or sit. Pickups and flat beds offer a place to mount and man the weapon. Whether just a Machine gun, anti aircraft gun, cannon, rocket launcher. The Wagon body only offers passenger seating and less than that of improvised benches or bed seating. The SUV realistically would for such a group only be used by vips or maybe radio vehicles. <br />Also kinda let down you didn’t mention Red Faction 2. It wasn’t a great game but so many technicals. Including a rolling war crime in the form of the Martian panel van built off the pickup truck but Clearly in ambulance livery with a machine gun. LCONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04841691624835390231noreply@blogger.com