Military FAQ Thread

[shiv]

Can anyone tell me how I can rename the thread I created.
TIA.

Please post this question in the newbie thread.

[NRao]

To make thimb nail pics:

1) Down load the picture you want to make a thumb nail out of to your hard drive (File -> Save as)
2) Go to the following web site: http://makeathumbnail.com/
3) In the box for "Choose the file to upload" browse to the file you just saved, select it. The URL should appear in the box
4) Click on "Make a thimbnail"
5) On the page that appears you will get a URL that contains the thumbnail, copy that URL
6) Back on BR, use the originals URL for the URL tag and then the IMG tag for the Thumbnail
7) Click Submit

And you are done.

[ramana]

Some articles from back issues of Armada Intl 2003/2004 circa:

Guided Mortar bombs

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Warheads at a turning point

PGMs

Punch from the air

Mortar Ammo Improvements

Try a 120mm tank gun for size

Armada Intl back issues

[ramana]

Free Library link to Mil and Aviation Journals

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Science+a ... al+science

[ramana]

ShyamD and others who frequent the Intel thread>...

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Institute ... r/1-p51780

[Inder Sharma]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wa ... E2%80%9389

In the above link, under the Indo-Pak 65 war entry, Pakis have been listed as victors. can somebody help permanently change that bit of mis-post.

[LakshO]

Since it is the 100th year of beginning of First World War, I want to read more about it. Any suggestions on good books that give a broad overview of the events and progress of the War? Would be nice if the book(s) had maps of various theaters so that I can understand the events better. I am not looking for books that discuss a single siege/front or even strategies of the belligerents.

Thanks for the reply.

[LakshO]

While researching about WW1 on the web, I came across the following titles exclusively on WW1 http://europeanhistory.about.com/od/worldwar1/tp/tpww1.htm

The first title listed looks promising, just what I was looking for The First World War by John Keegan. This seems to be well recd & looks affordable.

[Saral]

Literary perspective from German pov: http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/ ... 20text.pdf

[Rudradev]

Is Ravi Rikhye's "Concise World Armies" still.available for sale at orbat dot com? I tried the purchase link but doesn't seem to be working. Also, is it still being updated (if not, when was the most recent update?)

Thanks.

[Manish_Sharma]

^Its available on Home Shop 18 for Rs. 7749/-
http://www.homeshop18.com/concise-world-armies-2006/author:ravi-rikhye/isbn:9780977607204/books/technology-engineering/product:27104240/cid:11394/

[NRao]

List of air craft testing facilities in India? Is there one?

[ramana]

NRao the 2013 MOD report kind of summarizes the list. The pdf is linked in the other thread....

[ramana]

Since it is the 100th year of beginning of First World War, I want to read more about it. Any suggestions on good books that give a broad overview of the events and progress of the War? Would be nice if the book(s) had maps of various theaters so that I can understand the events better. I am not looking for books that discuss a single siege/front or even strategies of the belligerents.

Thanks for the reply.

May I suggest Frank Furedi's "First World War- Still no end in sight"?

It provides a very good overview and how the present world evolved from WWI.


Basically the modernism and liberalism ushered in by the Industrial Revolution faced a crisis of confidence & led to crash and burn of existing world order.

[ranjan.rao]

Thanks Manish

[VishalJ]

Can we have a thread where we can post link to some fine documentaries on socio-political/terrorism/world affairs?

[ramana]

Sure start open in Strat Forum with a broad title.

Sorry for being late in responding.

ramana

[kurup]

When clicking a thread , is there any setting to automatically go to the first unread post ??

[ArjunPandit]

Is there anyway we can report the post and make our reasons public,dont want to do it on the same thread, as it runs the risk of derailing the thread and further cause argument on the same thread, thereby defeating the purpose

[shiv]

Brutal demonstration of assymetric warfare. I noticed no chaff too but like someone said pilots didnt know they under crosshair - maws could have helped but do we have maws on indian helicopters?

The kurdish fighter counting sounded just like hindi. I did not know there were language similarities with kurdish. Is it Persian influence in both hindi and kurdish ? Or sanskrit ?

Sir all those languages are related to Sanskrit. A lot of these discussions have taken place in the "Out of India" thread in the Strat forum - although it will be difficult to locate the answer in the midst of all the noise there.

The language of the Zoroastrians was probably Sanskrit despite the bullshit made up by linguists about "Avestan". My reasons for saying this are too long for this thread and reply. The Zoroastian holy book was the "lost" Bhargava Atharva Veda. sanskrit went west with the Zoroastrians and even Darius' "Behistun inscription" in Iran reads like Sanskrit. The 1800 BC Mitanni texts found in Syria are pure Sanskrit.

Our history has been cooked up by racists - let me point you to a recent article I have written:
https://swarajyamag.com/culture/aryans- ... y-scholars

That said I am sorry to note that young people spend 2 years studying for IAS entrance and end up studying the discredited "Aryan Invasion theory" as essential knowledge of History to pass the IAS exam. This needs to change

[darshhan]

How do you put someone on ignore list?

[darshhan]

How do you put someone on ignore list?

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[nachiket]

How do you put someone on ignore list?

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This question should be in the Forum feedback thread.

But anyway, go to your User Control Panel->Friends and Foes . Add the user to your "Foes" list and their posts will be hidden.

[darshhan]

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This question should be in the Forum feedback thread.

But anyway, go to your User Control Panel->Friends and Foes . Add the user to your "Foes" list and their posts will be hidden.

Nachiket Thanks.

[ashishvikas]

Team,

Can you please tell me how to place pictured in any thread ? OR this option is available for few ppl only ?

[nachiket]

Team,

Can you please tell me how to place pictured in any thread ? OR this option is available for few ppl only ?

If you mean add a picture to your post, first upload it to an image hosting website and then embed the url in your post inside the IMG tags like this:

[img]image-url[/img]

Or if it is already online and you have a url for the image, use that inside the IMG tags.

[ramana]

Link to Dileep's Spy stories Archive:

https://sites.google.com/site/brfspystories/home

[ramana]

Dileep, The first pdf 'Needle in a Haystack' is incomplete.

The ending and epilogue are not included.

[abhijitm]

Hi,

Want to understand if it is possible to join Indian Military (Army/Navy/AF) if you have prescription glasses? And what is the tolerance level of eye number?

I am looking for combat/non combat officer roles.

Highly appreciate your response. Thanks in advance.