Looks like they've finally taken check points setups and tactics a bit more seriously. Not sure how much Chinese JABSCO protective barriers will help, but it's a start and too bad it took many hits and deaths for them to experience before they finally realized something drastic needed to be done. I'm still dumbfounded at the Blackhawk hit. The carelessness that went into that entire visit was abysmal considering the personnel involved in that visit.
It's a bit like putting the cart before the horse. There was every incentive to focus on these things six years ago. Also notice how some new tactics may be introduced but are still undermined by a lack of basic soldiering skills and poor opsec/parsec.
The Chinese knock off HESCO barriers work well. They're what everybody who knows what they're doing uses. Case in point the MFO positions are all set up with them. We had the expertise on our own ground but never took advantage of that.
what I meant is more money and more time should be spent on the conscripts, more training courses on how to handle and fire their weapons, better gearing, better helmets and stuff like that, that's where the money comes.
The entirety of the basic training and personal kit needs an overhaul. You will find no argument from me there.
The thunderbolts and paratroopers are sure professional, not as professional as their American or isreali counterparts but if you look at Afghanistan or iraq, unconventional warfare needs time, money and sharing experience.
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I used the word professional in its strictest sense. Meaning that this is their job.
While I understand the it takes time argument it has been six years and we are still seeing the same mistakes being made now. The problem isn't time in my opinion, it's a lack of basic soldiering skills and tactical incompetence.
A properly trained rifleman will have basic skills that are transferable to any environment.
I highly doubt our paratroopers we will be ever deployed against an enemy which uses unconventional warfare or gurilla tactics, assuming they will be deployed against unconventional armies, we been training with the ruskies and exchanging experience, taking some experience of them from their deployment in Syria.
I would say they would be deployed against a conventional army, they are well trained for that since they are professionals or include some.
The Paratroopers are a conscript force too.
Without Airborne artillery, mortars, and support equipment they'll likely get chewed up as they did in the initial air assaults of 1973 beyond the Bar Lev line.
I'm sorry if this reply is long but I have one more thing to say, more money should be also used to fix the Weak NCO spine that we have, not only that I even think conscripts shouldn't be allowed to even take NCO positions, it doesn't make any sense.
That's unlikely to happen given how much the Officer corps dominates the Armed Forces. They will not give up their grasp on power and knowledge unless they're forced to.
Furthermore, one more thing regarding Sinai is that I think we should use planes as the A-10 thunderbolts or the flying tank su-25s since they are used in close support, the su-25 preformed magnificently in Syria.
While excellent platforms, fast jets do have their pros in comparison. Specifically how fast they can get on scene. There's no real need to introduce another platform for CAS.
BTW, anyone notice anything a bit unusual about that video of the F-16 splitting away and doing a barrel roll?
I'll give you a hint: the two pilots saluting vs the plane turning.
Both take hands off controls.
