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| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:34am On Nov 19, 2014 |
mzilakazi:on a second thought,i think that i'll have to agree with you,however,withdrawal when used in context of resistance from a more powerful foe,equals retreat,and retreat means conceding gained grounds{except its a tactical maneover of course},germany nearly won. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 9:41am On Nov 19, 2014 |
EVarn:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Withdrawal_(military) A withdrawal is a type of military operation, generally meaning retreating forces back while maintaining contact with the enemy. A withdrawal may be undertaken as part of a general retreat, to consolidate forces, to occupy ground that is more easily defended, or to lead the enemy into an ambush. It is considered a relatively risky operation, requiring discipline to keep from turning into a disorganized rout or at the very least doing severe damage to the military's morale. The term retreat is mostly miss used. The correct term is rout http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rout A rout is a chaotic and disorderly retreat or withdrawal of troops from a battlefield, resulting in the victory of the opposing party, or following defeat, a collapse of discipline, or poor morale. A routed army often disintegrates into of "every man for himself" or sauve qui peut as the survivors flee for safety. A rout often results in much higher casualties for the retreating force than an orderly withdrawal. On many occasions, more soldiers are killed in the rout than in the actual battle. Normally, though not always, routs either end a battle or provide the moment the winner needs to win decisively a battle (or even campaign). |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 9:49am On Nov 19, 2014 |
EVarn:Germany threw divisstions at 1 SA infantry brigade and dropped so many shells there only 1 tree survide. They inflect well past 70% cassulties on the SA forces and only got a nearly won. Many SA solders simply ran out of ammo and either withdrew or got captuerd. But the fact is the SA brigade held the woods untill relvied even after suvering losses well beyond that of what a fighting force is expected to survive. People have this bad misconcepstion on withdrwaing. There is nothing wrong with withdrawing. Routing is a problem. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 9:55am On Nov 19, 2014 |
andrewza:in your own words you said "a withdrawal may be a general retreat".let me lecture you: . . there are two types of withdrawal; (a)the tactical withdrawal- this is when troops withdraw force from a place in order to reinforce,restrategize or frustrate the opponent into making a field blunder. . . (b)retreat- this is when troops are facing superior opponents and are in risk of being routed. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 10:07am On Nov 19, 2014 |
bidexiii:Come and visit our war museum that's where you will see them. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by EVarn(m): 10:12am On Nov 19, 2014 |
andrewza:we are saying the same thing love,in your words,you said"they{germany} inflected over 70% casualties on SA force"...."many soldiers ran out of ammo and simply withdrew or were captured"- which means germany nearly{perhaps already} won!....you also said : "people have bad misconception about withdrawing,there is nothing wrong with withdrawing"-well,tell that to your fellow saffers who dont know the difference between tactical maneover and "fleeing" |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 10:18am On Nov 19, 2014 |
EVarn:And in the case of France the SA forces did both. Though the brige has a whole only did one. Hence SA did not retreat. Sure a few solders here and there did. But when germany invaded France in WW2 there where cases where germany forces all so retreted. In fact the french CHA2B tanks out gunned and armoured the german tanks and could did force germans forces to retreat. But the battloins, brigads, divstion and Army groups has a whole never retreated. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 10:25am On Nov 19, 2014 |
EVarn:Because many times the Nigerians are routed or forced to withdraw from a major stragic objective. And Nigeria is fighting BH sa fought Germany. I all so tend to keeping my mocking on this very thread, but even here I await the fully story. I mean I could start mocking at how Nigeria lost another attack chopper in a fatal crash. But instead I will say NAF is run by morons for waisting money on buying one of the best transport choppers in a VIP transport role. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 10:37am On Nov 19, 2014 |
Facts about how SA defeated Germany in Nambia. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/South-West_Africa_Campaign |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 10:45am On Nov 19, 2014 |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by patches689: 10:56am On Nov 19, 2014 |
EVarn:Not in high mobility warfare where the focus is on the disruption of the enemy center of gravity and not on attrition or te holding of territory Some interesting reading http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_of_gravity_(military) |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by patches689: 10:58am On Nov 19, 2014 |
andrewza:Caen counter attack is an example of the Germans retreating rommel only managed to stop it with his last battery of artillery acting as AT guns |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 12:45pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
patches689: Nope, TWO different reliable sources.... 1. Indian army 2. America based website, Army guide website .
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| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 12:46pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
I quote the same source as agaugust which proves that G6 can fire up to 67 km. http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product1207.html |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 12:51pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:That's a lie, the official Indian army says maximum range is 30 km. http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Equipment/Artillery/354-155mm-Bofors-Fh-77b.html |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:03pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
patches689:I set a trap for you and you have fallen inside it ![]() Less dense air begins immediately you go up from sea level, at every metre or feet you go up, even at 100 metres air is less dense, so the effect of less dense air should also affect artillery guns on a city just 500m above sea level, it does not only happen at mountain height. Prove to me that at 500m in many African cities, the less dense air effect does not help increase artillery range Also prove to me that the definition of high altitude meaning of the Indian army analysis is only 2.6km high mountain, the army captain did NOT mention any particulat height, and the most of Africa off the coast is about 500m to 8km high including ordinary cities and Kilimanjaro mountain ranges. At high altitude, there is less dense air because there is far less oxygen to breathe, so how do they soldiers survive at that level of high altitude where the air gets less dense, so at the great altitude where the density of air reduces so much, human beings cannot survive for long as the soldiers will have much less oxygen to breathe and they will die. So how does an army deploy to that great altitude and the soldiers stay there in position to fight without enough oxygen for survival ? "Altitude and weather systems : As you go higher, the air's pressure decreases from around 1,000 millibars at sea level to 500 millibars at around 18,000 feet. Effects of lower density on humans : If you go high enough, either by climbing a mountain or going up in an airplane that does not have a pressurized cabin, you will begin feeling the effects of lower air pressure and density. As air pressure decreases oxygen continues to account for about 21% of the gasses in the air as it does at sea level. But, there is less oxygen because there is less of all of the air's gasses. For instance, by the time you go to 12,000 feet or 3.6km the air's pressure is about 40% lower than at sea level. This means that with each breath you are getting about 40% less oxygen than at the lower altitude. http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/weather/wdensity.htm @Patches, your artillery gunners will die of shortage of oxygen by the time you get to where the altitude air is so less dense that your shell range will increase by extra 40%, that is almost half of the original range is added like magic ! Fool ![]() . |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:08pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:Your second "source" is quoting the stats for the FH77 B05 L52 The FH-77 B05 L52 enables a range of 40 plus km to be achieved with standard base bleed projectiles. It is fitted with an integrated navigation, positioning and aligning system and onboard ballistic computation. That same "source" clearly states that the maximum range, for the FH77B using advanced HEER base bleed is 30km. http://www.army-guide.com/eng/product4673.html So are you simply incompetant or were you trying to mislead the forum again? |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by andrewza: 1:10pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:Why are you argueing? It is a well known fact the higher you go the farther you can shoot due to air densty. The efects at 500m are far less than at 2000m above sea level. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:12pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
patches689:I know you will say that, and I am just working you up from low altitude cold to high altitude, now chew on this : [size=14pt] Okay, so all army equipment used by the soldiers at high altitude lands, that is all artillery shells, RPG, missiles, and rifle bullets will travel with extra range increase of 40% ? So, a surface to surface missile with 30km range, fired at sea level on low altitude grounds, will h.it target at 42km because @Patches new law of Physics has increased it's range at high altitude by extra 40% automatically ? @Patches, during the fight on the Himalayas mountains, all rifles like AK-47, etc fired while deployed on your high altitude will have it's bullet travel extra range and increase from 400m to about 560m ? Right ? Now show us a source to prove that, because we cannot see any military source that talks about these magical extra 40% increase in weapons range that will make Nigerian army Grenade launcher range to increase from 2.2km to over 3km !!!! Wow !!! Please show us a source to prove this because ONLY PATCHES is saying it, prove it now ! .[/size] |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:12pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:That is a cool story I see I have now educated you about air density. You can thank me later. Max range of the Bofors in standard operating conditions is 30km... according to your own source. And again, since the G5 and G6 outrange you at standard altitude, they will outrange you at high altitude |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 1:13pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:@Agau, your understanding of science is up to scratch. On the mountains there are trees and plants which give away oxygen and it does not mean that at high altitudes there is no oxygen at all even though we know that it is less. Hence, the birds can survive while they are still in the sky. Beside, a raised surface such as mountains will always have oxygen upon which it will rest. Hence, it is not a hollow where oxygen molecules will keep on descending. The soil on it own has oxygen. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:17pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:The laws of physics dictate that less dense air = longer trajectories due to higher terminal velocity achieved due to lower drag and resistance Look at the two graphs Do you notice something? Whats next, you want me to prove gravity? And I didnt say it increased by 40% for everything, your source said that high altitude increased range by 40% Again, just because you dont understand something doesnt mean I have invented a new law of physics, it means that you havent been properly educated in basic physics.
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| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 1:21pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Patchesagain:That's a free education from South Africans. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:23pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
mzilakazi:Waste of time, I too have posted sources that say air is less dense at altitude, but I also posted the balancing other side that says cold air is heavier and reduces the speed/range of objects travelling through it, golf balls travels slower and lesser distance on cold days when the air is heavier. My physics is very good and backed up with sources. Your South African physics is internet copy and paste of theories of physics, you don't know the applied physics for practical effects and I am your teacher here, get it ? . ![]() |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:24pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
mzilakazi:Problem is that SANDF has on 38km range shell. CASE CLOSED ![]() .
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| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:26pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:Augustus Your "cold air is denser" is irrelevant Cold air at altitude is denser than warm air at altitude But cold air at altitude is still less dense than cold air at low altitude The air temperature is largely irrelevant within the confines of what is being discussed. And let me remind you, you know nothing about physics, you thought air at high altitude was more dense than air at low altitude because it was cold This is why South African Universities are the best in Africa This is why Nigerian Universities barely make the top 20 |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:27pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
mzilakazi:That source you quoted is NOT Indian army official information, it is a private website. The Indian army video is final authority and army guide website supports it, 42km or 41km if you wish. CASE CLOSED . |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:27pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:It lists our range with base bleed It doesnt say we dont have VLAP And since you claim Nigeria has Base-Bleed without proof, we say we have VLAP, and we dont need any proof. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:30pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:No, its 30km in standard operating conditions. And Nigeria does not have Base-Bleed, so its actually 27km 10 km short of the G5 and G6 We out-range you in standard conditions, and we will out-range you at high altitude Unless of course, the laws of physics do not apply to the SANDF |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by agaugust: 1:31pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
Patchesagain:The effects will be balanced out. Theoretic Physics the altitude air is lighter because of less oxygen, but with the mountain snow it becomes colder and heavier, but it has a plus and minus effect.....that is now practical, called Applied Physics. South African education did not tell you the difference between pure physics and applied physics, that is why your country imported Nigerian science teachers to save your backward brains from embarrassment in the international community ![]() . |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by mzilakazi(m): 1:32pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:The army guide also support SA G6 range and it is final. Remember that our G6 rhinos have been upgraded to G6-52 which have a longer barrel, thus an extended range with the same ammunition. |
| Re: Who Has The Strongest Military In Africa? by Patchesagain: 1:33pm On Nov 19, 2014 |
agaugust:Uhhh... no Air at altitude is factually less dense than air at low altitude This is why your universities barely make the top 20 in Africa This is why superior South African minds have economically colonized your country
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