DarkLight 0 Posted April 4, 2002 Hehe, while reading this i came up with a question. Is the Belgian army any good? I didn't see them in this post so i was pretty surprised, are they not posted here because they're "ok", or are they not posted here cuz nobody knows a damn thing about 'em? Some information would be welcome Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DarkLight 0 Posted April 4, 2002 PS: Those pics are extremely funny! Especially the one with that Italian guy holding the launcher the wrong way! Some more would always be welcome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DarkLight @ April 04 2002,13:58)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Hehe, while reading this i came up with a question. Is the Belgian army any good? I didn't see them in this post so i was pretty surprised, are they not posted here because they're "ok", or are they not posted here cuz nobody knows a damn thing about 'em? Some information would be welcome  <span id='postcolor'> Well, in our excersise in Norway they performed quite well - I think that they came in forth or fifth. You can see some pictures from that excersise here: Another Thread I also met Belgian soldiers in Kosovo and they seemed ok. They were a bit too fond of paperwork - they had paperwork for everyting. If you wanted to eat in their mess hall - fill out form XXXXXX. - Can we borrow your toilet? - Sure fill out form YYYYY.. - Can you move that truck so that we can pass? - Sure fill out form ZZZZZZZ and so on. And their commanders were impossible to reach. Otherwise they were quite ok. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DeathShrimp 0 Posted April 4, 2002 For me it's either Indonesia or New Zealand Indonesia has a dodgy airforce, rusted up old navy and an army who spend their weekends shooting and beating up Indonesian citizens who don't do what they say...one of their ex Generals (Wiranto), after letting loose the militia in East Timor, retired and released his own love song album *shudder* New Zealand's only problem is it's airforce - which doesn't exist any more, seeing as they got rid of their A-4 Skyhawks and P-3 Orions (1/2 of them were based in Australia anyway ). Apart from that (I don't know much about their navy, but I think they're cutting it back somewhat), they've got some kickass soldiers (eg. the NZ SAS). Australia's army itself is getting a bit bodgy...we're still deciding if we're getting anything at all to replace our Leopard 1 tanks, although some new Tiger's will help fix that... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ex-RoNiN 0 Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (DodgeME @ April 04 2002,13:29)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Must be Italians l think. They were kicked by the Greeks while they were more and had much better weapons. This costed Germany a lot. They could win Matla though!!<span id='postcolor'> Agree with NZ. No Air Force, laughable Navy, esp. for an island. Even pirates could invade them now Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted April 4, 2002 denoir , how were the frenchies ? i must admit that we have the best military cooks of the world ....... but for the rest ......... maybe the engineers ....... i read earlier in this thread that we don't often hear about the GIGN , it's because they work only on the french territory and the biggest part of the time in "minor" interventions the gign is one of the best intervention team in the world , one of the first and one of the most efficient Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Paratrooper 0 Posted April 4, 2002 Japan because they can't declare war. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted April 4, 2002 Jap Soldier: Bonzai!!!!!! Jap Soldier 2: Damnit Yoko Joko, We aren't allowed to leave the island! Jap Soldier: Shit! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ran @ April 04 2002,15:10)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">denoir , how were the frenchies ? i must admit that we have the best military cooks of the world ....... but for the rest ......... maybe the engineers .......<span id='postcolor'> The French performed pretty ok on the excersise. They were lousy at protecting the airport which we siezed from them I can't remember what place they finally got in the competition, but I think it was ok. In Kosovo the French excelled at fooling around with the local girls.. but that is no surprise They had some excellent APC drivers and they along with the Germans were the best engineers. A very interesting thing is how the relation between the officers and the enlisted men are for different countries. The American soldiers and officers were always respectful to each other and were almost like equals. They ate the same thing, they would sleep under similar conditions and so on. The exact opposite were the British. The officers had their own mess hall, much better food and had a lot of more formal education then the enlisted men. They also looked down on the enlisted men, and the enlisted men really hated the officers... The nicest soldiers that I met were the Russian ones. They were always very friendly and respected the locals. I still have some contact with a few Russian chopper pilots that I met down there - they were really the nicest guys you could ever meet. The most rude and uncivilized were actually the Danish soldiers who really didn't respect anybody, were openly racists and so on.... bad expirence. Now I know that Danish people are in general not like that, but their soldiers in Kosovo certainly were. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cloney 0 Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">A very interesting thing is how the relation between the officers and the enlisted men are for different countries. The American soldiers and officers were always respectful to each other and were almost like equals. They ate the same thing, they would sleep under similar conditions and so on. <span id='postcolor'> We have perfected the Armed Forces Utopia that is the US Army, because we are after all, "An Army of One"... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Iepers 0 Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ChickenHawk @ April 04 2002,02:25)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">Wost as getting their ass kicked by anyone and everyone and never winning a war etc.<span id='postcolor'> That would be France Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgeME 0 Posted April 4, 2002 Believe me you don't want Japan as your enemy. Anyway we do not speak for countries with not many weapons but with counties that have a decent army BUT are crap fighters French must die l for a C in the fAcking French test. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Satchel 0 Posted April 4, 2002 We had several international exercises on a Divisional basis with some par taking troops from the Netherlands, Great Britain and US. The first time i saw a soldier of the Netherland Army, my jaw almost dropped down, because quite some of them wore piggy tails...and they weren´t women, but guys . Apart from that we often sat together with them after an 8 hour schedule was due. Not so much to say about the british, as they were located not directly in the operation central, but a bit further away operating either relais or (RIFU-MUX) directional radio vehicles. The U.S. soldiers were the easiest folks around, they took everything slow and let the day be a day. As we had an simulated ABC alert, some of them were walking around without protection mask and poncho outside, on their way to the exersice range´s cantina. We almost laughed ourself to death under the masks as we saw their sergeant jogging after his crewmembers to get them back. Another highlight was the Nijmegen 4x50Km march 1997, there dozens of military formations from all over the world amongst civillians are marching on 4 days. On the third day we passed an U.S. unit that was virtually falling apart- a female officer leading the formation was screaming at a giant walking in the first row to push and motivate him. That guy  looked like he could crush anything, but he seemed to have serious problems on the march as many others from his formation. You couldn´t recognise a normal military marching order or form anymore, i couldn´t describe it with anything less than a "mob" . To top that all there was a very smelly vapor surrounding them as we passed, i first thought someone out of our formation had puked, farted or something. But it wasn´t us, and what was smelling there was alcohol mixed with other unidentified vapors, those americans must have party really hard the night before. Crazy, if you think about that each march starts at 4 a.m. in summer, and when you get back you are busy caring for your feet, eating and drinking much water, to be fit the next day. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Albert Schweitzer 10 Posted April 4, 2002 BTW ITALY A friend of mine was a soldier at the German 'Gerbirgsjaeger' in Mittenwald. They regularily did international competitions with many other nations. Since they are considered as 'mountain-soldiers' they have competitions which have to do with Skiing (telemark) and stuff. The italians were disqualified, cause they did not use the original equipment (ski) but brought their own. And it wasnt hard to find out that they cheated cause all they did was to write 'Italian army' on top of what once said something like K2, Rossingol or Olin Mark! Must have been slightly embarrasing. But I guess they were even happy to return home earlier Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RedStorm 0 Posted April 4, 2002 No one mentioned the Dutch army, and I was quite surpirised 'bout that . Dutch army rules, as you can see . They own all other countries lol Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SpaceAlex 0 Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (Wobble @ April 04 2002,05:28)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"></span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote </td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE"> another candidate would be the US Marines with their lack of skill of anything but tree hugging<span id='postcolor'> BWHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ROFLOL!!! what the hell are they doing anyway.. Operation Tree Conception<span id='postcolor'> Operation Bear. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRyan 0 Posted April 4, 2002 bwhahahahaha the funniest thing ever see Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JRyan 0 Posted April 4, 2002 About the Canadian Forces... That doesn't matter if we're not the largest one, because we've the best well trained soldiers, best equipment and the best bacon on the battlefield of all around the world! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ChickenHawk 0 Posted April 4, 2002 The French actually did quite well in the Gulf war though. Dont mess wid the Foreign Legion. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted April 4, 2002 not only the legion during the gulf war , but also the armored elements of the "daguet" division during the rush on Al Salman Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
PitViper 0 Posted April 4, 2002 any U.N contingent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (JRyan @ April 04 2002,22:11)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">bwhahahahaha the funniest thing ever see <span id='postcolor'> Yes, it was very fun to watch. Much less fun when they forced us to do it too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACEJim 0 Posted April 4, 2002 </span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (ChickenHawk @ April 04 2002,21:37)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">The French actually did quite well in the Gulf war though. Dont mess wid the Foreign Legion. <span id='postcolor'> The Legion are the best French troops because they aren't french!!! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ran 0 Posted April 4, 2002 in fact , more than 50% of the fighting personnal of the legion is composed by french soldiers Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACEJim 0 Posted April 4, 2002 Okay... kinda kills my joke tho... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
