We are NATO doutrine, be it in Portugal, Norway, Turkey or Afghanistan.
M113 its a problem here, we want to get rid of it, it will go replaced by wheeled Pandur/Uro ST5. We went to Lithuania with Pandur and defined the need to install a 30mm turret with ATGM on top, BUT that could not decrease...
During my time I experinced an light (mostly foot) Infantry unit, and a very heavy Tank unit. In my opinion every time an army goes all-light or all-heavy it will be beated hard by the other extreme.
The secreat is the mixture of forces to deal with all the possibilities of the changing...
Ex Portuguese Army 2nd Sergent, branch equivalent to yours Eletrical & Mec Engineers.
I served in the 4th Cavalry Reg Santa Margarida M60A3TTS, presently Leo2A6NL and 1st Garrison Reg Angra do Heroismo in Azores (1st Infantry Battalion)
Regards
Its T69IIMP, it has two groups of headlights instead of one (caracteristic)
Its used by several Infantry Divisions, only a part was transferred to the FC
I Love this old movie. We lost that batle and our King was killed, we were then rulled by the Spanish until the restauratian of the Independence. As one guy said latter "be patient instead of being bold" this is a defenition of the Portuguese history. Sometimes we are so patient that when we...
That Pandur2 photo was taken in Santa Margarida (Portugal), we didnt bought it becouse wen firing with the turret turned 90ª left/right the recoil/shake was unsustainable