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To: Blueflag

Exactly. Majority muslim countries do not have a good track record in:

1.) Maintaining military equipment

2.) Training effectively in individual and unit tactics.


4 posted on 01/31/2018 5:21:40 AM PST by rlmorel (Leftists: American Liberty is the egg that requires breaking to make their Utopian omelette.)
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To: rlmorel

I joined my tank company right after the first Gulf War. One of the stories that many of the guys told dealt with a training simulator, called a UCOFT.

In the US Army, we use this simulator around the clock...it is not uncommon to get a 3:00 a.m. time slot.

Well, the guys in my unit arrived in Saudi Arabia, and somebody go the idea to train on the Saudi UCOFTs (US made, previously sold to the Saudis). And they discover the Saudi UCOFTs are brand spanking new...still had shipping films over some of the lenses new! The Saudis had simply bought them, as part of their purchase of M1 tanks...but had never considered actually training with them.


6 posted on 01/31/2018 5:35:46 AM PST by lacrew
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