Zipuli Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 In case you happen to read Finnish gaming magazines (most of you do, right?), there was this curious screenshot in this month's issue of Pelit. Could it be a bone has been thrown? Hmm.. =) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 Can't find a thing there...Its all in finnish you know ;-) http://www.pelit.fi/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 23, 2016 Share Posted April 23, 2016 2 hours ago, Zipuli said: In case you happen to read Finnish gaming magazines (most of you do, right?), there was this curious screenshot in this month's issue of Pelit. Could it be a bone has been thrown? Hmm.. =) Link please. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssidiver Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 On 22/04/2016 at 9:56 AM, Marko said: Lucky the US Airborne troops don't follow the Russian VDV policy of air dropping BMD's with dismounts in the vehicles. LoL That maybe because the US had already tried it jeeps; I remember seeing a training vid that was probably from the early sixties. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 Oh I love how the new map contours are color coded , really helps to bring out the height in SB 4 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpow66m Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 dont read Finnish,what are you all looking at and where? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) Any chance we can bring this back to here: It being the internet and all, I appreciate its a forlorn hope, but thought it worth asking. Edited April 24, 2016 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpow66m Posted April 24, 2016 Share Posted April 24, 2016 (edited) On 4/23/2016 at 9:02 AM, Marko said: Link please. Edited April 24, 2016 by mpow66m 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipuli Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 On 23.4.2016 at 4:02 PM, Marko said: Link please. It's in the paper magazine =) 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grenny Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 3 minutes ago, Zipuli said: It's in the paper magazine =) then upload a photo :-P 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibsonm Posted April 26, 2016 Share Posted April 26, 2016 (edited) 4 hours ago, Zipuli said: It's in the paper magazine =) Ah Finnish sense of humour strikes again. then upload a photo :-P Perhaps its a DVD stuck on the front cover? Edited April 26, 2016 by Gibsonm 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrapper_511 Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 On 4/22/2016 at 4:56 PM, Marko said: Lucky the US Airborne troops don't follow the Russian VDV policy of air dropping BMD's with dismounts in the vehicles. LoL I had no idea the VDV did that! Hudson: "Express elevator to hell, going down!" 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 5 hours ago, Scrapper_511 said: I had no idea the VDV did that! Hudson: "Express elevator to hell, going down!" Did not believe me eyes when I first saw them do it either. But when you think about it if your dropping in to a hot LZ you may be better off. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssidiver Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 1 hour ago, Marko said: Did not believe me eyes when I first saw them do it either. But when you think about it if your dropping in to a hot LZ you may be better off. Apparently not, the US did discontinue the jeep and crew idea, they tried. Without getting too technical, you just can't drive away a vehicle that has been dropped. Someone has to disconnect everything. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 11 hours ago, ssidiver said: Apparently not, the US did discontinue the jeep and crew idea, they tried. Without getting too technical, you just can't drive away a vehicle that has been dropped. Someone has to disconnect everything. Did some reserch on the subject. Seemingly the whole crew is not in the BMD just the driver and gunner. The rest parachute and find there ride via a radio signal couldn't find out how long it takes then to make the vehicle ready to proceed to the objective after the drop. seemingly the VDV regard the process as relatively safe . 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Ssnake Posted April 27, 2016 Members Share Posted April 27, 2016 ..."relatively" safe being the operative word. It's still the Russians, after all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mpow66m Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 The VDV consider kicking each other in the twig and berries repeatedly as safe. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zaphod Posted April 27, 2016 Share Posted April 27, 2016 hahaha Twig and berries hahahaa 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Members Ssnake Posted April 28, 2016 Members Share Posted April 28, 2016 ...minions... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssidiver Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 (edited) 9 hours ago, Marko said: Did some reserch on the subject. Seemingly the whole crew is not in the BMD just the driver and gunner. The rest parachute and find there ride via a radio signal couldn't find out how long it takes then to make the vehicle ready to proceed to the objective after the drop. seemingly the VDV regard the process as relatively safe . I have no idea of how the Russians drop vehicles, but from my observations: You can easily need four large parachutes on a vehicle, these need to be detached (hopefully in good enough condition to be repacked). Then there is cushioning material between the platform and the vehicle, this needs to be dragged out. ( I once saw two air dispatchers unsuccessfully try to drive a dozer, for at least twenty minutes, off a platform that still had some cushioning material left) And of course all the strapping that holds the vehicle to the platform, and the parachutes to the platform, most of that is just cut. But it's a combination of a lot of little stuff and some very strong stuff.' Then there are parts of the vehicle tapped down and in some cases detached. There was a detailed manual for each vehicle type certified to be dropped, I believe. So I guess maybe half an hour to retrieve the vehicle, if your lucky Edited April 28, 2016 by ssidiver 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 1 hour ago, ssidiver said: I have no idea of how the Russians drop vehicles, but from my observations: You can easily need four large parachutes on a vehicle, these need to be detached (hopefully in good enough condition to be repacked). Then there is cushioning material between the platform and the vehicle, this needs to be dragged out. ( I once saw two air dispatchers unsuccessfully try to drive a dozer, for at least twenty minutes, off a platform that still had some cushioning material left) And of course all the strapping that holds the vehicle to the platform, and the parachutes to the platform, most of that is just cut. But it's a combination of a lot of little stuff and some very strong stuff.' Then there are parts of the vehicle tapped down and in some cases detached. There was a detailed manual for each vehicle type certified to be dropped, I believe. So I guess maybe half an hour to retrieve the vehicle, if your lucky They use two methods 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssidiver Posted September 25, 2019 Share Posted September 25, 2019 Old thread, but I came across a reasonable pic of how much protective material is need for a lighter vehicle to be airdropped. There are more sturdy platforms for heaver vehicles and they use much more honeycomb. https://www.airforce-technology.com/news/australia-air-drop-mobility-guardian/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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