Albany Rifles

The M60A2

M60A2

The Ohio Class of Trident nuclear subs

Ohio class submarine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Rifleman

The M15 rifle: a heavy barreled version of the M-14 intended to be a BAR replacement.

The CG 20 glider in it's original form: intended to be a heavy glider, later engines were added and it became the C123.

The F7 Sea Dart: the only fighter seaplane.

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RustyBattleship

They may not have been engaged in a battle. Nor were the Polaris and Poseidon subs. But they WERE commissioned, manned, deployed and armed. As part of the Cold War arms and fleet you can't really say they were never used.

If they never fired a weapon in anger, you would have to classify ALL submarines built since 1955 with the sole exception of the British sub that sank an Argentine Cruiser (ex-USS Phoenix) during the Falklands war.

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glyn

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The F7 Sea Dart: the only fighter seaplane.

No. The Saunders-Roe SR A-1 was the first jet seaplane fighter.

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Feanor

The XM8?

Albany Rifles

A good friend of mine was on 685 and 688 class attacks. He always said the motto of the Boomers was "We serve with pride, who slink and hide." He did not have a high opinion of the Ohios because, as he put it, they didn't have a "real job". That's him, not me!

And I would argue with you about the attack boats.

What about all of the attack boats which have launched Tomahawks?

I also believe an Egyptian and an Israeli submarine fiored toropedoes somewhere during their unpleasentness. I amnot sure on that...just something which tickles the back fo my memory.

ChrisF202

The cavalry saber that was personally designed by George Patton in the early 1900s. It was called the perfect saber ever made ... but it was never used in combat!

M1913 Patton Sword History

Silent Hunter

Have the Tu-160s done anything in Chechnya?

RustyBattleship

Sabers have no real use in combat situations anymore. In Teddy Roosevelts book about the Spanish American War, he complained bitterly about his saber constantly getting hung up in the brush and never used it as a weapon.

The last time cavalrymen wished they had sabers was the charge of the Australian Light Horse at Beersheba. You can't fire an enfield or even a Webley accurately while at full charge so they used their bayonets like sabers.

At least in those days they used bayonets with 14 to 16-inch long blades which gave them some sword-like use.

But during the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and the Operation Freedom liberation of Afghanistan many Afghan cavalrymen did use their sabers. Against T-54 tanks. They could charge fast enough that the tanks could only get off one round apiece. Then the horsemen would be among them slashing at ground crews and any stupid tank crewmen trying to get out of his open hatch.

Feanor

Nope. Technically it only officially entered the VVS in 2005. Before that due to all the chaos and mismanagement, the aircraft were basically ''being tested''. The only actions they saw outside the testing grounds, were being sent out on long range patrols. They were spotted and intercepted by F-16s of Denmark and Norway respectively, when they were spotted near their coastline.

cape_royds

In WWII the Canadian Ram tank never saw action as a tank, although nearly two thousand of them were made. The chassis however was used for the Sexton self-propelled gun and an early APC, the "Kangaroo."

Edited to add: not all Sextons and not all Kangaroos were based on the Ram, however.

Exarecr

Any equipment belonging to the Armies of either France,Germany,Italy,Spain or any other who will not fulfill their obligations to help those doing the combat in the south of Afghanistan(CANADA,US, BRITS ,and DUTCH).Honour and past sacrifices is what the brotherhood of arms uses as its barometer for member-ship and those I mentioned who refuse to fight won't be joining any time soon. Being combat pretty with boots as shiny and clean as their unused combat vehicles, while yelping about the daily dangers of patrolling empty wastelands should make you all proud.

Danowest

EF200

better known as the Eurofighter Typhoon

Pioneer

While we are talking Strategic Air Command’s bombers
What about the Boeing B-47 Stratojet?

I do not think it dropped ordinance in anger?


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Pioneer

Pioneer

Still talking Strategic Air Command aircraft
The Convair B-58 Hustler

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