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Post by phil on Dec 12, 2011 19:54:27 GMT 12
As said, your chances of getting a real CATM-9L is pretty much zero, but you may be able to get hold of a set of real fins and wings.
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Post by phil on Dec 10, 2011 20:43:56 GMT 12
I'm not registered there, although they seem to have it figured out. If they need any help, get them to PM me here, I've fitted more drop tanks to A4s than I care to remember.
It's a bit odd that they don't even know what the rack is called, or even that they needed to open the doors on it.
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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2011 15:58:01 GMT 12
Well Dave, it was less about teaching you to file as it was instilling in you attention to detail and the ability to follow instructions to produce work to a required standard.
A bit like making bedpacks on recruit course, can't say I've ever needed that skill either! At least the things we made on BENG are useful many years after we made them.
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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2011 6:07:16 GMT 12
That day is still some five years down the track.
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Post by phil on Dec 8, 2011 6:05:29 GMT 12
I too made these on 96/3 BENG course.
I use my vice for model making.
We had our tool boxes Cad plated and the hammer handle nickle plated by the platers in Woody, who were air force back then.
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Post by phil on Dec 7, 2011 19:49:15 GMT 12
tigermoth, no question.
I was lucky enough to get a flight in the Historic flight's tiger moth at Ohakea. Fantastic experience.
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Dec 7, 2011 17:11:20 GMT 12
Post by phil on Dec 7, 2011 17:11:20 GMT 12
We do that once a year or so Dave, but for a charity of course.
I wear a navy uniform every day, but don't feel any loss of identity. I might if I worked at Devonport though, where we blend in a bit much.
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 22:45:24 GMT 12
To answer your question I think that most people who support CMT genuinely don't usually give the RNZAF or Navy any thought and assume the CMT trainees will be running around Waiouru being grunts. I agree that in the current state of the NZDF it would not work, the Government would have to inject massive amounts of funding just to house them, and to train them, and to find them something practical to do. However on the flip side it might well be the best thing there is for society. I spent today in Hamilton and the number of dropkicks and boguns milling around there in Garden Place and other areas of the city centre are on the up. All of them look like they would beefit from a few good runs with a Sgt Major chasing them. I agree, the people who think CMT is a good idea are, in my experience, the same people who can't actually answer questions like 'Do you actually know what the military does?' and who seem to think the army spends it's days doing nothing more than marching around the parade square and the odd bit of PT. Which is why I was surprised that people on this forum, who are usually the ones with a better idea of the realities of what we do, might be in favour of it. And if they are in favour of it, what their reasoning is, given that they are better informed (than the average joe public). |
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 22:38:42 GMT 12
I don't think it would necessarily be a good thing for the military (though it is in some aspects), I think CMT would benefit society. Military training would teach discipline and life skills to those who aren't proficient in those areas. You wouldn't put them into technical trades unless they had something to offer and I'm not suggesting we force them into regular service but only put them into the territorials. I'm talking Infantry, artillery, crewman, etc. It should be about maximum 3 years service but the option to continue should they please. And at the end of their 3 years give them $5000 or so towards their student loans/tertiary education to say thanks. So it would mainly affect the army. Presumably we'd pay them while they were serving, and then give them $5K after three years? Hard to know why anyone would want to join the RF in that case - sign me up, I'd love to have got a $5k cash bonus after three years. Would be better than a medal... But in all seriousness, would you post them as part of existing units, or would there be special CMT companies/batteries/Squadrons etc? Would you then need RF cadres to run them, and if so where would those personnel come from? |
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 22:02:27 GMT 12
It's not surprising considering Auckland has the largest Pacific Island population of any city in the world, and Pacific Islanders are traditionally very god-fearing folk.
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 21:24:02 GMT 12
My question is no different to any other about the directions people think the NZDF should take, like reintroducing an air combat force - a topic that seems to constantly pop up without threat of thread closure. I fail to see any difference between discussion on reintroducing that part of our defence history and reintroducing CMT.
I'm genuinly interested in why people think CMT would be a good idea, and how they envisage it would work?
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 21:16:27 GMT 12
I use Zyrtec with reasonable results. Sometimes I need two.
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Post by phil on Dec 6, 2011 21:13:45 GMT 12
I'm curious why there are some people on this board that think CMT would be a good idea? It would be a terrible idea, for the defence force.
We currently barely have the money to do our job, what would we do with hundreds of people each year, most of whom have no interest, inclination or ability to contribute usefully to the outputs of the NZDF?
Please, tell me how you think this would work or be remotely helpful to the NZDF?
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Post by phil on Dec 5, 2011 16:11:43 GMT 12
The Universal Motor Great (Unimog) Gerat... spell check is not always your friend. |
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Post by phil on Dec 3, 2011 16:57:29 GMT 12
I'm not sure what a Mako helicopter is? We had two A109s at Whenuapai a few weeks back when they were conducting their initial trials with CANT. Mako is what the RNZAF are calling the A109. also using Mako as the call sign....but I didn't hear that over the radio...... (ducks for cover....) I haven't heard anyone refer to it as a 'mako'. We call it the A109 or simply the 109. The Macchis used 'Falcon' as a call sign if I recall, but we never called the aircraft that. |
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Post by phil on Dec 3, 2011 16:14:38 GMT 12
I'm not sure what a Mako helicopter is? We had two A109s at Whenuapai a few weeks back when they were conducting their initial trials with CANT.
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Post by phil on Dec 3, 2011 13:21:04 GMT 12
I thought for a minute there the Navy were handing it over to Richie...
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Post by phil on Dec 3, 2011 12:43:00 GMT 12
They aren't the service issue smock, windproof I mentioned in my earlier posts. I'd suggest they are locally manufactured items.
The pattern on the smocks looks a bit like Italian pattern that was also used by the Germans to manufacture clothing, but it would be odd to use 'enemy' uniform material!
Also there's not a great deal of consistency with the patterns - the smocks look like quite broad areas of colour while the pants look like they have much smaller blotches. Perhaps they were just hand painted?
I'd have to disagree about the comments made about the bren, it was a (relatively) light weight weapon that could provide a good amount of suppressing fire. It was also pretty accurate (being so well made). I've fired them a few times and have been very impressed with them. They can't have been all bad since they remained in service right up to the early '90s, in the form of the L4 LMG chambered for 7.62 NATO.
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Post by phil on Dec 3, 2011 8:01:47 GMT 12
By DPM I'm assuming you simply mean a cammouflage pattern of some sort, rather than actual DPM (which is a specific pattern), which didn't enter service until 1968.
Without seeing the photos, (Can you not scan or photograph them and post them?) the most likely explaination would be the 'smock, cammouflage, windproof' and trousers that were issued in a pattern somewhat similar to the Dennison smock.
These were not sleeveless though, so unless they had been modified in some way I'm not sure. Perhaps they are a locally manufactured item?
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Dec 2, 2011 18:38:28 GMT 12
Post by phil on Dec 2, 2011 18:38:28 GMT 12
I wouldn't consider it a waste of money. Wearing a dark blue uniform in the tropics isn't exactly the best idea. . But the the Navy does wear dark blue uniforms in the tropics, that's what GWD (General Working Dress) is. We also wore our air force No 3SDs in the tropics, which was a bit hot, but we managed. It was hot no matter what we were wearing. If you saw the list of all the different dress types there are across all three services you'd understand that it is a waste of money. At a time when we are losing basic benefits that have always been considered part and parcel of serving in the armed forces, we could save a fortune by rationalising the uniforms. |
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