French Armed Forces

[SipahSalar]

Well Blue baseball caps actually but still …

It's called a Patrol cap, not baseball cap. lol

 

[Aepsilons]

Many European countries support this idea(so do i). Even though our leaders are skeptical about this German idea, but then again you Know as a island country and former superpower, we still tend to be selfish with our sovereignty/independence a little bit too much i must admit. lol So i'm not sure we will agree to be part of this great project , which is unfortunate.

Well, there should be unanimity considering Germany's as well as Britain's goals are inexplicably linked. The foes are similar, the goals are even more similar.

Tho I must say Germany should adopt a policy that enables the country to wage war again, as well --- to increase the size of her military force.

lol So i'm not sure we will agree to be part of this great project , which is unfortunate.

Ah the perennial British spirit of rivalry. LOL!!!

 

[Taygibay]

What will this class be called?

It's right there in the post, Kerl : FTI / Frégates de Taille Intermédiaire …
which should translate to Medium Size Frigates but really mean between frigate size and smaller units.
It's all getting very confusing these last few years with ships being tagged / called destroyers although
they're nowhere near the size of those this term used to designate …

bin froh Sie zu sehen .

@Gabriel92 Tu ne trouves pas l'espace intérieur trop restreint sur les nouveaux matos?
Moi, merde, habitué au VAB, il me manquerait de la place même en tenant compte de Félin.

Wait! Another French member?

Halloweene like myself had registered long before being noticed, Nihonjin my friend.
He chats less than most but his infos are more precise. Especially concerning a given Fr plane maker.
Saves time to read him contrary to that lost reading certain others you could say.

@H Salut mec, as-tu apprécié le très rare patch Rafale résultat du Bold Quest 2015? L'OTAN est assez
fidèle des armes vues sur ses patch mais ça fait plaisir de la part des Américains qui gèrent cet exercice.

Yes seems we have more cooperation with France than with Germany i have always wondered why.

Because of the rather long cousin status since the Celts between you and us, Mike …
( the Goths are later invading hordes ) and that thing with the Vikings on both sides of
the Channel resulting in England and those lands of ours you rented for so long and that
small colonial competition and …

It's safe to say we've known each other long enough to be chums. You're our favorite barbarians, LOL.
Heck, think of it, we've been co-designing stuff for a long time, say since our magnificent armored
cavalry* forced you to invent 5th Gen bows? 600 years of military design cooperation mate! Cheers!
Ah! Agincourt! That was some serious live fire exercise! They don't test weapons like that anymore!

Well, at least we have the Typhoon we built together which has been a success worldwide so far and is the best 4++ generation fighter jet out there(sorry with your Rafale @Gabriel92)

Shift your useless generation things around a tad and you need not be sorry :
Typhoon is the best 4++ and Rafale the best 5- gen ( five minus ) ... with one operational 5th gen above it : Raptor ).
There see? Fixed that fer ya, guv'nor!

Quick hello to all, I was very busy lately and will be back next week.
Great day to all of you good people, Tay.


* No, no, I'm not just saying that as an ex Portés Roues!

It's called a Patrol cap, not baseball cap. lol

Check the ones on the image I provided, my friend. I think they're baseball caps like probably
provided directly for and to the UN sanctioned troops.

Probably made in the US and part of their contribution to the mission as equipment value in dollars!

I have no problem with the patrol cap, I own a heavy gauge dark grey one myself.

Good day to you mate, Tay.

 

[halloweene]

@H Salut mec, as-tu apprécié le très rare patch Rafale résultat du Bold Quest 2015? L'OTAN est assez
fidèle des armes vues sur ses patch mais ça fait plaisir de la part des Américains qui gèrent cet exercice.

Source: French Armed Forces | Page 30

yes, had it straight from Fred FB account

 

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Rafale

SNLE "le téméraire"

how many rafales will enter French service

 

[mike2000 is back]

Shift your useless generation things around a tad and you need not be sorry :
Typhoon is the best 4++ and Rafale the best 5- gen ( five minus ) ... with one operational 5th gen above it : Raptor ).
There see? Fixed that fer ya, guv'nor!

Ne te moque pas de moi tay, c'est pas gentil. En tout cas, merci quand même pour l'infos.


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Pas mal n'est-ce pas?

 

[Gabriel92]

how many rafales will enter French service

Actually,180 Rafale have been ordered,the total order would be 225 or 286 rafale,it depends. But it would be most likely 225 rafale.
@Taygibay

 

[halloweene]

Actually,180 Rafale have been ordered,the total order would be 225 or 286 rafale,it depends. But it would be most likely 225 rafale.
@Taygibay

Well actually it is not a very good week for Typhoons 'againg that drillilng pb + nearly lost a fuel tank in germany. AESA was also delayed. All in all, what every fighter plane probs encounter.

 

[Taygibay]

Actually,180 Rafale have been ordered,the total order would be 225 or 286 rafale,it depends. But it would be most likely 225 rafale.
@Taygibay

My analysis is roughly that 180 will be the maximum if the advanced research being done at present comes up
with serious results. Say DEDIRA finds solutions that require a new/modified airframe, for instance.
Then, post-"MLU" Rafales would be markedly different and the original production halted at 180 to open the
new standard deliveries in its place. Another angle is the possible concurrency to be derived from the UCAV
cooperation with the UK that may bring an optionally piloted aircraft which would muddle things up.

If the Rafale Bis option is activated, 180 will be the final tally for Rafale 1.0.
It begs to wonder about … What if the M2000 was kept as both secondary and trainer? La PAF sur 2000!!!
For now, my view is unlikely. DEDIRA is nearly ready while INCAS and Tragedac won't be for the F3R 2018
and what's more DEDIRA apparently flies so that major structural work is unlikely to be necessary ( inlets? ).

225 is the real ultra-max. Sadly, we won't go back to 286-294-300 counts. Check my old friend Jon Lake's last
piece about envisioned numbers for the RAF ( 125 to 150 Fighter ACs ) by the end of the decade and you'll be …
huh … mildly reassured that France is doing … huh … let's settle for not so bad.*

Et on croise tout encore une fois, comme dirait Prof XXX.

Good evening all, Tay.

*IMHoO not enough.

 

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[Transhumanist]

Apparently we don't do squat with France. Not too many pics:

French troops in Norway.

 

[Transhumanist]

Welcome friends... now go home.

Et fransk Lynx helikopter ombord på helikopterdekket til fregatten KNM Fridtjof Nansen, som er flaggfartøy i SNMG1 (Standing NATO Maritime Group 1).

A French Lynx helicopter onboard HNoMS Fridtjof Nansen.

 

[halloweene]

3 soldirs from CPA10 badly injured in Mali by mine under their vehicle.

 

[Taygibay]

A thought for them and those that served there ( Mali &/or CPA 10 ).
Smaller units feel such hits quite hard but they'll carry on.

Tay.

 

[Jäger]

French Air Force A400M