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heuhen
Post subject: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 21st, 2012, 11:32 pm
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Norway has just become one step more dangerous for possible enemies. Norwegian Armed Forces have purchased FGM-148 Javelin. From now on this and the Archer artillery cannon is my favorites. It cost about a million Norwegian krone for each shot.

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 22nd, 2012, 6:31 am
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Man, I wish we had those when I was in the army. It makes the TOW seem positively primitive.

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 22nd, 2012, 12:03 pm
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Penetration compared to the earlier models of TOW is insane too. That said £30k per shot is rather expensive when for the sorts of warfare that we're going to be engaged with for the foreseeable future a TOW with a DP of Fragmentation warhead would do just as well...

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 22nd, 2012, 12:10 pm
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That said £30k per shot is rather expensive
What :shock: Bloody Hell! Do we ask for it back after firing? I can see now why the arms merchant is looking so smug :(


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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 23rd, 2012, 4:38 am
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And is it any wonder that we're off to fight in so many countries these days?

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 23rd, 2012, 8:55 pm
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A few questions. 1. How many warshots did Norway purchase? 2. How many CLU's did Norway purchase?

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 25th, 2012, 6:48 am
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Norway's military, from what I've heard, punches a good bit above its weight, and hopefully the Javvy will indeed add to that. IIRC Norway developed a (now-defunct) unit back in the 1980's called HV-016 that, among other cool things, was designed to take out Spetsnaz units. However, in the realm of dangerous warrior hordes in that general corner of the world, I'm still partial to Finland:
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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 25th, 2012, 9:26 am
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Ah, notice that Finland is not geographically, nor linquistically part of scandinavia and culturally only influenced by them... :roll:

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 25th, 2012, 9:57 am
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Gollevainen wrote:
Ah, notice that Finland is not geographically, nor linquistically part of scandinavia and culturally only influenced by them... :roll:
Edited to reflect your address of my misconception. ;)

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Post subject: Re: FGM-148 JAVELINPosted: January 25th, 2012, 12:44 pm
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Our special unit in the home guard "HV-016" was laid down by the government just months before Utøya massacres and explosions in Oslo!



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(So I've begun to wonder: How is it that the Norwegian government can destroy the Norwegian security. It is said that the HV-016 could have been out on Utøya in under 30 min. faster than the police needed. because in the local area lived 2-3 HV-016 soldiers!)


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