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[Raider4]

Aye, they do look mighty vulnerable.

[Westmarcher]

Aye, they do look mighty vulnerable.

Indeed. I know I should be but I'm not very impressed (yet). Expensive way to remain as vulnerable as ever when boarding a ship.

Anyway, the good news is the Chally upgrade with 120mm Rheinmetall smoothbore gun now appears to be a reality ...

[Techno II]

Indeed. I know I should be but I'm not very impressed (yet). Expensive way to remain as vulnerable as ever when boarding a ship.

But.....When they're used for real, Davy...there's probably some super top secret cloaking device to render them invisible.
Robbie Rocketpants......Eat your heart out.

Cheers - Phil

[flamingpig0]

All it needs is a guy with an SMG and your down

Or someone with a high pressure hose

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Or someone with a high pressure hose

That to. Course you could just hang nets...

[fsn]

Ummm ... he seems to have his hands occupied. How long between landing non board a ship to actually being an effective soldier? You know, with a gun?

[Techno II]

What ARE those two mini 'suitcases' he's (they're) holding ?.....The controls ? 

Cheers - Phil.

[fsn]

Looks like it.

Is that Will Ferrell?

[fred.]

The jet pack / gloves is super cool - I suspect the video is really to demo / show off the tech. It's not how it would be used in a tactical situation.

Most of the anti-boarding measures mentioned would be just as effective against men trying to board more traditionally. I suspect the rocket man would launch much closer to the vessel to be boarded, and really just pop-up over the side. Generally if the ship you are attempting to board is going to put up significant resistance, you will not attempt to board, and you can fall back on the threat posed by the warship that launched the boarders.

The rocket pack would allow you to jump straight to the bridge, or other higher parts of the ship, rather than having to go to the deck, then climb up bits of the ship.

[fred.]

What ARE those two mini 'suitcases' he's (they're) holding ?.....The controls ?  :-

Cheers - Phil.

I think the directional thrusters

[Techno II]

That does make sense, Forbes....

But...as Nobby says....what's he going to do on 'touch down' ?

Give the defenders a good left/right hook with the thrusters.....Fair enough, that'd put one man out of action.

"Stitch this, you naughty person."

Cheers - Phil. 

[flamingpig0]

How long before people start calling it Elton kit?

[Raider4]

Luncatic! I'd have stopped well before the first bit fell of, in case the bloody thing exploded.

[Techno II]

 

Completely, and utterly barmy.

Totally agree with your comment, Martyn. (I assume it's not some clever 'camera trickery' or CGI ?)

Cheers - Phil

[John Cook]

Indeed so.  Hard to see what the point was.  No modern GPMG is designed to be used like that.  That is why they have changeable barrels. 

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Where's a WW1 Vickers when you need it!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vickers_machine_gun

[Techno II]

Indeed so.  Hard to see what the point was. 

To show what  a complete frigging idiot he was, John ?

I know I've been guilty of doing some seriously 'daft things', in the past......But that.....

Cheers - Phil

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

You do occasionally fire with no gaps but only in an emergency. I can only think of Gloster Crossing in 51 on the Imjin River.

[Glorfindel]

I don't know if this has been added before but, just in case:

Part of an excellent series covering many different topics including quite a few on the Napoleonic Wars.

The 'home page' on Youtube is here:

https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/epichistorytv

Very well produced and great to watch on the 'big telly' when I can get a look in !


Phil

PS., Apologies if this has already been added to the list.

[Raider4]

Indeed so.  Hard to see what the point was.

It's Youtube. There are millions of videos you can say that about