Comments by "James Neave" (@JamesNeave1978) on "Task & Purpose" channel.

  1.  @BlackPill-pu4vi  "We pretend to work and they pretend to pay us" LaserPig has an excellent summary of all the OSINT metaphorical 'holes' found in Moskva's readiness. Although to summarise 'nobody's going to fight us anyway, so why bother' Thankfully this war is the final nail in the coffin that contains the myth of Russia Stronk. Oh, Perun's videos on Russian military corruption are also a must watch and include information on the Moskva. I think it even had its own video.
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  2. And apparently without BIC biros you'd be screwed. So don't piss off the French? Seriously, what's with all the biros?
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  3. Wait, I thought the Stark had all is CIWS in Standby? For anybody interested, goto "uss stark incident" on Wikipedia are read reference number [1] DOD letter, formal investigation into blah blah blah 23 July 1987. I'm going to start reading it now.
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  4. I wonder if Ukraine would like some. Surely Ukraine would bite your hand off for these?
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  5. They should drop C-RAM into the zaporizhzhia power plant and just make it a demilitarised zone.
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  6. Two years before the Falklands. I don't think we could have afforded to put them all over the fleet even if there were enough to sell to us.
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  7.  @nickwilson8429  Yes, if you walk around with a gun it's a crime, you go to jail. Our violent crime rates are lower than America. Because, and this is really important, violent crime rate is a function of inequality not insufficient guns. People being sensible with their guns? That's a function of social cohesion (government and people as one) There's no reason to carry a gun here because nobody is going to attack me, there is no reason to defend myself.
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  8.  @pahwraith  Depends. Reasonable defense of your life is considered and part of law. But, this just doesn't happen here. People kill themselves with their guns, not other people. Thieves are there for your TV, not your life.
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  9. Also, hot take everybody, guns are not banned in the UK. All firearms are licensed and some are restricted. So, restricted: Pistols. Automatic weapons. Destructive weapons (high ex, canons, missiles, weapons of mass destruction) Magazine size Everything else is licensed, tough need an FAC for each firearm. FAC requires you to apply to something and the police. You must provide a valid reason for owning said firearm. Valid reasons: Hunting Pest control Competition and recreational shooting Weapons of historic significance and value That's it. Apply for FAC. Install secure storage. Get interviewed. Storage inspected. Receive FAC Buy gun. Shoot gun. Your local gun club helps you do all that. That's it, now you own a gun 🤷🏻‍♂️ There's some rule about owning semi automatic in 22. If you do anything stupid, like walk around with your gun, leave it unattended and insecure, you go to jail forever and ever amen.
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  10.  @nickwilson8429  Oh no, right now it's a Covid thing, the police are our in force. Which is a good thing, the bloody Tories have ditched thousands of police over the last decade. Now we don't have enough to patrol in an emergency like covid so the even the ARUs are out. The ones that respond to incidents near the credit card factory do it because, will, it's a credit card factory
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  11.  @hatework4282  Yeah, that's why they're allowed to be deployed on your soil isn't it? That and it makes them sound like wooden post enthusiasts and weekend warriors! 8/
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  12.  @jrhandley  Yeah but it's supposed to be made up My Fellow Americans isn't it? It's supposed to be made of you're neighbors. They're not supposed to be an untrustworthy breed apart.
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  13.  @jrhandley  Ask, yes, but we're British dear boy... https://youtu.be/FkF_XpA5P48
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  14.  @jrhandley  You know I was able to shoot a few times when I was young with my dad in the navy. The good old days when they have 8 year olds a battle rifle to play with. So I've shot the L1A1 SLR (inch pattern FAL, my shoulder stung a bit in the morning) and the L85A1 (the bad one of the SA80 family) which was like during an air rifle, no kick at all. Then everything was restricted. People think that means banned but if it's bolt action it's still legal but your need an FAC, FireArms Certificate. So once I've moved house I'm going to take up competition shooting with an SMLE. I can even get the Pakistani copy that they chambered for 762! Looking forward to that. But they're tools to us, like a hammer or a car. In no way do we consider them as weapons for attack outer defense.
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  15.  @jrhandley  In the cloak room of course. Next to our S.M.L.E. No.4.
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  16.  @Taskandpurpose  Hey, you guys know that we've always equipped our tanks with BVs (boiling vessel, for tea and heating MR.E Meals) right? You've added BVs to your M1s.
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  17. Also I live in Portsmouth. Portsmouth is an island itself, we'll just blow the bridges
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  18.  @jrhandley  We've been here for 80 years!
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  19.  @jrhandley  Well of course we have tea. That goes without saying. If you look at the history books, the British isles is where you big out to, not from. My family bugged out to the UK in 1940 something. Which makes me very ashamed of all the 'no more freedom of movement there's too many Polish here now'
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  20. It's not even a joke, one idiot tried to kill a hospital ship with a train. I'd be in a tank. In Canada.
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  21.  @rokuth  Unless you're in the Navy or the Air Force. For... reasons? 🤷‍♂️
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  22. Make it for the Mark 19 and have 100 x 40mm grenades in the backpack... 🤣👍
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  23. It's loads of ammo, but, what happens when you run out? It looks like a real bitch to reload.
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  24. Here's what the British Army had: Disruptive Pattern Material https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disruptive_Pattern_Material https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a6/DPM_Combat_95_Camouflage_Material_MOD_45149982.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/eb/British_forces_practice_CBRN_procedures_in_a_US_Army_facility_150226-A-BD610-004.jpg Replaced by: Multi-Terrain Pattern https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multi-Terrain_Pattern https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/de/British_Armed_Forces_Multi_Terrain_Pattern_camouflage.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/40_Commando_irrigation_ditch.jpg
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  25. Hey America. You wanna know why VHS won the format war? It's because only VHS was long enough to record a full length American Football match. That's it.
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  26.  @mondaysinsanity8193  Well, they can shoot at you by accident!
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  27.  @Taskandpurpose  Of to the side, have you ever been shot at in anger?
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  28.  @Tounushi  https://youtu.be/OPdDdC4go6c?t=22
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  29. What I don't get is it's so easy to build affordable Frigates. Just look at the Type 31. Build it big, empty and overpowered (engine wise) Give it good sensors. Done, cheap. If you then need to upgun it, it's easy, lots of spare space, freeboard and power.
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  30. You forgot "and fill them with farmers" after Cheap and A Lot!
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  31. Big difference between this and the current houthi situation is Reagan had the US financially back the shopping insurance companies, keeping the insurance costs down. Biden needs to do the same, otherwise ships still won't use the Suez canal.
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  32. What began as a war over the transference of mind from flesh to machine...
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  33. 7:42 Ah, that's exactly the idea i had. Just cover the roof in low pressure mortar tubes filled with smart munitions and drones.
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  34. And a decent anti drone active protection suite.
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  35. Also if you look at per GDP percentage values, it's not that much different to other NATO nations. America's just a lot bigger. If you look at, say, the UK and the EU, the numbers start to look somewhat similar.
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  36. Do you think they'll arms it with the 40 CTAS? Ooh, maybe a scaled up version, 50CTAS? That would be so damn cool https://www.cta-international.com/the-40-ctas/
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  37. And no, Russia would get absolutely wrecked in a fight with NATO
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  38. Dunno about everybody Got us the NLAW here in the UK
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  39. So, how does it knows which tank you aimed at? If there's a column? Same IR Sig, which is those 6 did you point at?
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  40. Would it be good to counter cheap drones attacking the roof I wonder? Forget bolting it to the sides, right now a $500 drone with an RPG warhead strapped to it will kill an Abrams!
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  41.  @cj64343  I cannot, for the life of me, remember why I asked this question! 😂 Thanks anyway!
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  42. "Newsflash, America invents Stug"
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  43. It's called the SCAR. What more do you want? Also, it's by FN so you know it's good. Ladies and Gentlemen, the Belgians. Known for their chocolate, cuckoo and penchant for making the best deadly murder sticks
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  44. Wasn't the reason they ditched stuff like the XM25 was that it contravened the Geneva convention? Or that other one? No exploding or expanding bullets?
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  45. Is it more reliable that an M2? What about accuracy? Both immediately after servicing and then after a few thousand rounds in in awful muddy conditions?
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  46. Not as terrible as you may think. If you've seen the movie Zulu, you've seen the British armies most powerful 19th century infantry rifle, the breach loading Martini Henry. The first breach loader used by the British Empire Still in regular use by rear guard units in WW1. A million produced over 20 years. Still in use by the Taliban in Afghanistan. About 4 kg or 10 lbs. Chambered in .577/450 Martini–Henry with black powder. Wars Anglo-Zulu War Mahdist War First Boer War Second Boer War World War I 480gr bullet going 1350 ft/s (2,630 J)
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  47. Well, the digital fire control AND the fact that it is British! ,☕🧐👍🇬🇧 🤣😏😉😉😉
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  48. But, if M982 requires the computer, they don't have that computer AND Canada is sending their M982 rounds, well, what's going on? Do Canadian 777s have a different computer which they're happy to hand over?
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  49.  @ForOne814  I don't know that. And, frankly, neither do you. I mean, the story I read was by somebody there and connected And it does fit the events. And it does match the strategies Ukraine has used to great effect. Ultimately, they have taken back large portions of the city. Their elevated artillery positions were in the perfect spot, easy targets behind the Russian front lines and well out of range of Russian artillery several hundred yards closer to sea level. Not to mention the fact that this strategy of artillery behind the lines and raining death on the enemies supply lines and exit routes was described in this very video as what commanders want from their indirect batteries. Time will tell?
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  50. Well, if you can build a tractor to be remote disabled over the internet there bloody well should be a function on this that causes it to explode when you send the correct command over the internet. Also, if the computer doesn't receive regular pings, created using public asynchronous key encryption (to prevent spoofing) it automatically self destructs Also destruct on: 1) Opening the case without first sending a message to disable self destruct 2) Not receiving regular disable commands while the case is open 3) In any way touching the self destruct bomb 4) Failed user authentication when booting the computer And so on
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