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Post by nighthawknz on Jun 30, 2019 18:18:43 GMT 12
WATCH || Full house. HMNZS Canterbury is taking 46 New Zealand Army vehicles across the Tasman to Exercise Talisman Sabre and Exercise Hamel. The vehicles have to be strategically packed in for weight distribution, like a giant puzzle. |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jun 30, 2019 23:42:24 GMT 12
Pure ballet, just need the music. I love the way each LAV sinks down after it's parked. I guess Air Transport suspension height is also Sea Transport height.
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Post by ErrolC on Jul 1, 2019 15:17:17 GMT 12
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 1, 2019 17:17:29 GMT 12
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 1, 2019 18:08:36 GMT 12
The perfect time for someone to invade NZ when all the gear is away  |
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 1, 2019 19:24:49 GMT 12
The perfect time for someone to invade NZ when all the gear is away Don't we have Dad's army ....? |
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Post by 30sqnatc on Jul 1, 2019 20:07:03 GMT 12
And no frigates. Perhaps we will be fighting them in the beaches as Churchill predicted a few years ago  |
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Post by Bruce on Jul 1, 2019 21:19:51 GMT 12
We have some bulldozers somewhere we could convert to tanks... its an idea someone had before!
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 1, 2019 23:37:22 GMT 12
We have some bulldozers somewhere we could convert to tanks... its an idea someone had before!  |
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Post by kiwiruna on Jul 2, 2019 9:52:19 GMT 12
They could have given the Cant a tidy up before visiting, look at that rust.
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 2, 2019 17:42:36 GMT 12
They could have given the Cant a tidy up before visiting, look at that rust. Its all done by the dockyard now as they use a special paint (a two pot mix) ... |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 2, 2019 18:50:11 GMT 12
Not that special since it's falling off |
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Post by senob on Jul 2, 2019 20:20:12 GMT 12
They could have given the Cant a tidy up before visiting, look at that rust. Its all done by the dockyard now as they use a special paint (a two pot mix) ... Yep, but isn't it part of the contracting out of maintenance that crews are not allowed to undertake any preventative maintenance, such as chipping and painting etc., onboard anymore? Even the stokers and greenies etc., can't do such in their parts of ship on machinery etc. I know that the RAN has the same contract conditions. |
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 2, 2019 22:11:56 GMT 12
Yep, but isn't it part of the contracting out of maintenance that crews are not allowed to undertake any preventative maintenance, such as chipping and painting etc., onboard anymore? Even the stokers and greenies etc., can't do such in their parts of ship on machinery etc. I know that the RAN has the same contract conditions. That's my understanding ... which leads to the ships not looking tiddly anymore...  |
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Post by mcmaster on Jul 2, 2019 23:23:15 GMT 12
They could have given the Cant a tidy up before visiting, look at that rust. Compared to USS Wasp who’s just been in Sydney, Cant looks immaculate. I guess she has got a good excuse being a considerably older dame a long way from home and she did have some very sexy F35Bs and Ospreys on deck..  |
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 6, 2019 11:09:57 GMT 12
Smoke on the water. (and fire in the sky there is a song in that somewhere) HMNZS Canterbury conducting a gunnery exercise with a .50 Cal Machine Gun during her sail to Australia. This type of regular armament training ensures our personnel maintain operational readiness.  |
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Post by nighthawknz on Jul 8, 2019 23:34:10 GMT 12
Kia ora Aussie! HMNZS Canterbury has arrived in Gladstone, Australia delivering personnel, New Zealand Army vehicles and Royal New Zealand Air Force NH90 helicopters for Exercise Talisman Sabre.  Maintaining the 25mm on Canterbury on voyage to Talisman Sabre |
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Post by mcmaster on Jul 8, 2019 23:51:37 GMT 12
Now just a four hour drive to Shoalwater Bay to shake off the sea legs 😎
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Post by mcmaster on Jul 11, 2019 14:01:40 GMT 12
Its all happening, NZ armour convoy on the move and Raptors have arrived at RAAF Amberley. Notable in the comments of the CO of the F22 unit is that the ex is aimed at high end warfighting with peer or near peer. mmm wonder who THAT is? Here's hoping we never end up in that world but good we train and show the capability to do it.. twitter.com/TalismanSabre |
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Post by TS on Jul 11, 2019 14:13:17 GMT 12
Smoke on the water. (and fire in the sky there is a song in that somewhere) HMNZS Canterbury conducting a gunnery exercise with a .50 Cal Machine Gun during her sail to Australia. This type of regular armament training ensures our personnel maintain operational readiness. We need one of those on the foredeck of HDML Kuparu... or a 20ml Oerlikon will do.... I know its been said before but what a bloody disgraceful state Canterbury's hull is in shame on the Dockyard.....  |
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