Mark Winstead

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence I would certainly like to do an early review.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence Do you mean like TOW, MILAN, JAVELIN, etc ATGM? Packing density too low and just a gimmick? 🤔

Can you name a more effective or efficient method of putting .5 kg of HE into a trench, fighting position, bunker, or window on the reverse slope or around the corner of a street?.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence Do you feel the MBT no longer has an intimate support to close combat (infantry) role? If so, what system or systems replace the MBT?

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence You do really, really good work. Don't let thieves drive you away.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@Foxy2Para Congratulations!!

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@JeremyClarkson Both are excellent movies...tho I enjoy Local Hero the best.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence The same way British Armoured Divisions coped in WW2? Having served in 5 different Bradley IFV mech infantry battalions throughout my career as an Infantry officer...an IFV is essentially just another tank with some different capabilities from an MBT.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence As full-tracked SPH are out of vogue, I imagine most don't realize the limitations wheeled SPH have in getting to off-road firing positions. Roadside drainage ditches and muddy fields do impose tactical restrictions.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@ReassessHistory The "capital tank" or MBT can be an elusive term....just as classing tanks by size/weight. There is an argument today that Bradleys/CV90s are more of an MBT than Abrams/Leo2/etc.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@ronkainen7k15 The requirement was never to make a "light tank" or a "medium". The only weight requirement I was aware of (and I work in that space) was more deployable than Abrams....and the platform was developed around the 105mm. I do feel, however, the air drop requirement played too much.

[Bite-Sized Nostalgia @landofthe80s]

"4", also known as "Foreigner 4", the fourth studio album by Foreigner was released today in 1981. The album feat the hit singles including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Juke Box Hero". #80s

[Modern War Institute Editor @MWI_editor]

If we strip land forces down to nothing and reimagine them as military services purpose-built for the realities of modern warfare, what might it look like? https://t.co/7K55kGuCZr

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@1776Carolina3 Sounds subconsciously intentional. Just saying. 🤣😎

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@history_dame I made a model of the Globe Theater in junior high for English class. Never knew theatrical cannon fire was the cause of the fire!

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thekaylahaas Problem is....very little appetite to make hard decisions on competing capabilities loaded on the individual Soldier, all of which entail a time, weight, space burden.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence SDR 98 was the last I remember that was well put together and provided meaningful detail.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@harbison_r @realDonaldTrump @elonmusk The IDF has a Search and Rescue Brigade in their Home Command. That would be a very useful capability in both the RA, USAR, and ARNG.

[Mark Winstead @MarkWinstead87]

@thinkdefence I know exactly where and when that photo was taken. 😂😎

[Voltigeur @rac112apilas]

🧵Anti-Tank Warfare in the French Army (1979-1989)

Today I will be discussing the the French Anti-Tank doctrine during the late Cold War.