Singaporean Amphibous capability
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Wow... this proves something... I can see the long barrelOriginally posted by rancour5:well if u click on the almond..u get to see a pic of an mbt on top of an almond.
definitly not amx13 cos got 6 road wheels wif long barrel..so muz for their security clerance.. -
For the rest who are interest in Comet it is call the M2 -
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How to blow up the causeway ? new or old is not the easy. learn from the Iraq how hard it is. And even blow, how to make use of it.Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:wow? singapore tanks have no amphibious capabilitiy i think
still need to go thru the old "causeway"
and if causeway blown up?
den don't go lor
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3068327/site/newsweek/
Also why you alway think bridge only, have told you can be rafting operations, people here also show you so much picture of rafts.
Also why you alway look at causeway which is the widest of the channel ! Even tiger and elephant don't choose causeway to swim over lah ! -
The floating bridge is (as your URL pointed to) is a ribbon bridge which floats etc.Originally posted by |-|05|:hmm.......doesnt look like the 1 i saw the brits used.....which was floating....well at least when they started it.....hehe
but then that was in old ww2 black and white films
and yes i havent been to NS
edit:found something...
http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/rb.htm
The bailey bridge is a modular stiff SOB which has to be constructed by hand. -
Baer is correct, that is a ribbon bridge ( a floating bridge).Originally posted by baer:The floating bridge is (as your URL pointed to) is a ribbon bridge which floats etc.
The bailey bridge is a modular stiff SOB which has to be constructed by hand.
A bailey bridge is not a floating bridge, but more of a modular fixed bridge. -
sorry lah got the name mixed up....
forgive me....at least i've learnt something -
Agreed. This thread have to be closed.Originally posted by tspg:When we serve our nation, we have the privilege of recieving classified information regarding the capabilities of our armed forces. Good soldiers dun go around bragging about what they know.
If you want to find out more, you will know when you serve.
Despite the time that some of you young turks have spent readings about the Janes and pioneer and the games you played at NCC, you know nuts about deployment and operations.
You are just asking toopid qns and thinking you are very smart. Let me tell you this - you know nothing and just SHUT-UP.
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Snowflag, all these equipment have been declassified for over 10 years so chilli it.Originally posted by SnowFlag:Agreed. This thread have to be closed.
'It is a corvette when you ask the Treasury for money, a frigate when it is launched, a destroyer when it enters service, a cruiser when it goes to war, but only a corvette if it gets sunk'. -
Although OpSec is important, but we should not unduly attract too much attention to those phishers who might be looking for something more than red herring.If you feel that a piece of info is classified, PM the guy or the Mod.Do not blare it out here like an airhorn.Originally posted by SnowFlag:Agreed. This thread have to be closed. -
Read closely my post above. Do I blare it out like an airhorn?Originally posted by LazerLordz:Do not blare it out here like an airhorn. -
aiyo sg engineers nv use bailey and mgb liao lor... so outdated
all change to automated lfb....
btw i m an ex engineer...
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Sorry about that, the airhorn is used to refer to those who create unnecessary hoohah over something in public domain.I'm not referring to you as an airhorn.Relax bro..Originally posted by SnowFlag:Read closely my post above. Do I blare it out like an airhorn?
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Originally posted by storywolf:
One engineer ex is to calcuate the amount of TNT to blow up a bridge in amour manouver area. It was a simple pile and beam contruction (simplest to calculate) and all we needed to do was knock down 1 span which is 15m by 5m.
How to blow up the causeway ? new or old is not the easy. learn from the Iraq how hard it is. And even blow, how to make use of it.
The final number we calculated was somthing like 150 kg of TNT to cut 1 span and drop one set of piles. The answer was 'insufficient'. It was more like (deleted as info is CLASSIFIED).
Now imagine the causeway which is solid and shaped like trapazoid for stability. I estimate it is nearly 25 meters in span, and to cut at least 10-12m (to make bridging a bit more complicated) will take a bit more than the usual 'right stuff'.
Mind you, ina ny case, any breach will be just a delay. Obstacles are only to hinder not completly stop advancing forces. -
Hi Baer,Originally posted by baer:One engineer ex is to calcuate the amount of TNT to blow up a bridge in amour manouver area. It was a simple pile and beam contruction (simplest to calculate) and all we needed to do was knock down 1 span which is 15m by 5m.
The final number we calculated was somthing like 150 kg of TNT to cut 1 span and drop one set of piles. The answer was 'insufficient'. It was more like (deleted as info is CLASSIFIED).
Now imagine the causeway which is solid and shaped like trapazoid for stability. I estimate it is nearly 25 meters in span, and to cut at least 10-12m (to make bridging a bit more complicated) will take a bit more than the usual 'right stuff'.
Mind you, ina ny case, any breach will be just a delay. Obstacles are only to hinder not completly stop advancing forces.
Yep you are totally correct. -
Yet the Brits managed to blast a wide gap in the causeway to delay the advancing Japanese army. Must have been a hell lot of explosives.
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Cbt Engr will never need to blow up the causeway. In reality, we will probably have to bridge the gap created by the enemy on the causeway for subsequent advance northwards.Originally posted by baer:One engineer ex is to calcuate the amount of TNT to blow up a bridge in amour manouver area. It was a simple pile and beam contruction (simplest to calculate) and all we needed to do was knock down 1 span which is 15m by 5m.
The final number we calculated was somthing like 150 kg of TNT to cut 1 span and drop one set of piles. The answer was 'insufficient'. It was more like (deleted as info is CLASSIFIED).
Now imagine the causeway which is solid and shaped like trapazoid for stability. I estimate it is nearly 25 meters in span, and to cut at least 10-12m (to make bridging a bit more complicated) will take a bit more than the usual 'right stuff'.
Mind you, ina ny case, any breach will be just a delay. Obstacles are only to hinder not completly stop advancing forces. -
Recall seeing a pic of the so-called gap, was only 10-15 ft wide (then the causeway was a mere two lane structure). Anyone has any literature on the fights other than Kranji landings, Lt Adnan last stand and final surrender, seems to be a dearth of literature.Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:Yet the Brits managed to blast a wide gap in the causeway to delay the advancing Japanese army. Must have been a hell lot of explosives. -
With a few C-4 u can do anything
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SibeiSuayKia, that hollywood, that what movies and TVs wants you to believe. Not really so in real-life.Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:With a few C-4 u can do anything -
Yep, considering the more primative of explosive, think at least 3 truck load was needed .Originally posted by Obersturmfuhrer:Yet the Brits managed to blast a wide gap in the causeway to delay the advancing Japanese army. Must have been a hell lot of explosives. -
You from Combat engineer too ?Originally posted by baer:One engineer ex is to calcuate the amount of TNT to blow up a bridge in amour manouver area. It was a simple pile and beam contruction (simplest to calculate) and all we needed to do was knock down 1 span which is 15m by 5m.
The final number we calculated was somthing like 150 kg of TNT to cut 1 span and drop one set of piles. The answer was 'insufficient'. It was more like (deleted as info is CLASSIFIED).
Now imagine the causeway which is solid and shaped like trapazoid for stability. I estimate it is nearly 25 meters in span, and to cut at least 10-12m (to make bridging a bit more complicated) will take a bit more than the usual 'right stuff'.
Mind you, ina ny case, any breach will be just a delay. Obstacles are only to hinder not completly stop advancing forces. -
C-4 considered high explosive, you need low explosive like ANFO or Amanol to shove that much of dirt.Originally posted by SibeiSuayKia:With a few C-4 u can do anything
Not engineer, Inf pioneer, worst of both worlds, still foot solider still do "coolee kang" (we build triple con by the 100m, minimum order 400m) build BCP (use 4,000+ sandbags, 200 zinc sheets, 84 x 2.4m pickets, 6 nos x 45cm2 x 6m timber beams) and still have to dig individual shell scrapes etc. and carry AT mines by backpack. -
Its changed to FLB not lfb...Originally posted by nww16:aiyo sg engineers nv use bailey and mgb liao lor... so outdated
all change to automated lfb....
btw i m an ex engineer...
anyway FLB is not automated like Leguan, its only mechanical where a special crane is used to carry the bridge parts, constructions still lies heavily on the operators and crew (all specs!) -
this Ex sounds familiar, lke the one i did in Engineer PS course... i also got the same calculations but its more too...Originally posted by baer:One engineer ex is to calcuate the amount of TNT to blow up a bridge in amour manouver area. It was a simple pile and beam contruction (simplest to calculate) and all we needed to do was knock down 1 span which is 15m by 5m.
The final number we calculated was somthing like 150 kg of TNT to cut 1 span and drop one set of piles. The answer was 'insufficient'. It was more like (deleted as info is CLASSIFIED).
Now imagine the causeway which is solid and shaped like trapazoid for stability. I estimate it is nearly 25 meters in span, and to cut at least 10-12m (to make bridging a bit more complicated) will take a bit more than the usual 'right stuff'.
Mind you, ina ny case, any breach will be just a delay. Obstacles are only to hinder not completly stop advancing forces. -
'It is a corvette when you ask the Treasury for money, a frigate when it is launched, a destroyer when it enters service, a cruiser when it goes to war, but only a corvette if it gets sunk'.
LOL. I like that quote.Not engineer, Inf pioneer, worst of both worlds, still foot solider still do "coolee kang" (we build triple con by the 100m, minimum order 400m) build BCP (use 4,000+ sandbags, 200 zinc sheets, 84 x 2.4m pickets, 6 nos x 45cm2 x 6m timber beams) and still have to dig individual shell scrapes etc. and carry AT mines by backpack.
Inf pnr ? Build BCP ? My pnrs never built any ... sounds damn bad though
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The only amphibous capability i know of is the assault boat + CH. And our IAB !!! We could set up a really really long IAB across the causeway, then order a bn of soldiers to run across. Then count how many make it across w/o falling. 
Yes, this is irrevalent, but so is half of this thread.