Saturday, 2 January 2021

New old style fortifications

I think we’d all cringe at the historical errors in this article. However the subject matter itself is intriguing.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/amp35084150/vauban-fortification-star-forts-french-army-north-africa/


5 comments:

  1. Most intriguing and interesting, thanks for drawing our attention to this...

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    1. It’s amazing what pops up in my news feed.

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  2. Very interesting. Also maybe interesting is that bolt action rifles are still in use and machine guns, based on the MG 42, are actually being reintroduced in NATO armies.

    Tony S

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    1. I guess they still can kill you. Are they going back to larger calibre rounds as well?

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  3. Yes, back to 7.62mm.

    Tony S

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