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Battle for Ukraine: Direct-Fire, NATO Poland’s Krab

Poland’s Krab is a self-propelled artillery gun, normally an indirect-fire weapon, but can be used as a direct-fire weapon (like a main-battle-tank).  The following images and videos were made during Exercise Dynamic Front, March 2023, in NATO-Denmark.

Puerto Rico Army National Guard image by Staff Sergeant Agustín Montañez, 26MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant Gavin K. Ching, 26MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Theresa Gualdarama, 26MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard video (by Sergeant  Gavin K. Ching) of Krab direct firing on the Oksbøl range, Denmark,  26MAR2023:

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Theresa Gualdarama, 26MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Theresa Gualdarama, 26MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard video (by Sergeant  Gavin K. Ching) of Krab crawling through the mud on the Oksbøl range, Denmark,  24MAR2023:

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Theresa Gualdarama, 24MAR2023.

Hawaii Army National Guard photo by Sergeant First Class Theresa Gualdarama, 24MAR2023.

NATO Vehicle I-D, 2022: POLAND’S KRAB (HALF BRITISH, HALF KOREAN?)

Vehicle I-D: Canada’s British Empire M113, not your Uncle Sam’s M113

Canada began using the original M113A1 (Diesel powered version) in the late 1960s, it is not to be confused with the earlier M113 Command & Recon Lynx, which was a shortened, lightweight version of the gasoline powered M113.

A derelict M113C&R Lynx is used for vehicle recovery training, in Valcartier, Québec, 20OCT2021. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Hugo Montpetit.

The original M113 was developed by the United States based FMC, then continued under United Defense, then taken over by the British empire’s BAE Systems.  The BAE upgraded M113s are known as Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL), or also as Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle (TLAV).  And to confuse you even more, each ‘fit-out’ (version) of the MTVL/TLAV has its own special acronym.

An MTVL during NATO wargame Trident Juncture, in Portugal, 02NOV2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Jordan Legree.

Very quick Canadian Forces video of MTVL ‘Medic Track’ off-load from cargo ship in Setubal, Portugal, for NATO wargame, 07OCT2015:

MTVL on Garrison Wainwright, Alberta, 30APR2015. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Nédia Coutinho.

MTVL in Wainwright, Alberta, 03JUN2016. Canadian Forces photo by Master Corporal Jonathan Barrette.

A major visual difference between a new NATO-Canadian M113 and the old NATO-U.S. M113 can be seen in the types of tracks and drive sprockets used, and the fact that they have six roadwheels as opposed to the U.S. M113s with five roadwheels!

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Fitter (MTVF):

Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan, 06JUN2007. Canadian Forces photo by Sergeant Craig Fiander.

This M113 MTV-Fitter helped move a World War Two Flakpanzer on Canadian Forces Base Borden, 24OCT2016. Canadian Forces photo by Ordinary Seaman Justin Spinello.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Engineer (MTVE):

Photo via International Movies Services Limited.

NATO-Denmark uses Canadian/BAE style drive sprockets and Band-Tracks on their five road-wheeled M113s:

BAE ‘Band-Tracks’ on a Danish M113 during a NATO wargame on Hohenfels, Germany, 03NOV2014. U.S. Army photo by Private First Class Shardesia Washington.

A Danish M113 crewman shows-off the Canadian style track system to a U.S. recovery vehicle crewman, 27MAY2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Carol A. Lehman.

Denmark M113 during NATO wargame in Latvia, 27SEP2015. U.S. Army photo by Staff Sergeant Brooks Fletcher.

Mobile Tactical Vehicle Recovery (MTVR):

20APR2018.

MTVR on Wainwright Training Area, Alberta, 23SEP2020. Canadian Forces photo by Corporal Djalma Vuong-De Ramos.

Tank Recovery, in a city park:

Canadian Forces photo by Justin Spinello.

HOW TO MOVE YOUR 1:1 SCALE WHIRLWIND FLAKPANZER, IN CANADA!

Vehicle I-D: Canadian C2 MEXAS ARMOR (I mean, ARMOUR?) AFGHANISTAN

LAST DAYS OF THE DIGGER’S (Australian) M113

IDAHO SHOWS YOU HOW TO ENGINE SWAP A 1:1 SCALE M113

British Empire Take Over, October 2022: THE NEW U.S. ELECTRIC WARRIOR, FROM THE BRITISH EMPIRE, WITH LOVE!

World War 3: U.S. occupation of Afghanistan; 19 June – 22 June. Dozens killed in hotel attack! Increased attacks on women & children! Increased attacks on Afghan forces! U.S. troops killed! So much for the U.S. occupation stabilizing Afghanistan!

22 June 2012

Afghan Mujahideen attack the Spozhmai Hotel in Kabul city, at least 12 people killed (six cops and six civilians).

Kabul police say the attack began late night, 21 June 2012.  They claim they rescued 20 hostages, but there are dozens more inside: “It would be very easy for police to kill them, but we are afraid because there are civilians, including women and children, trapped inside. We are waiting for daylight.”-General Mohammad Zahir, Kabul police

Mujahideen claim they attacked two hotels, killing at least 25 people including 14 “high profile” elitist Afghans.

21 June 2012

ISAF admits a U.S./NATO helicopter went down in eastern Afghanistan, calling it an emergency landing.  However, reports out of Khost Province say a U.S. helicopter crashed and burst into flames.

Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, says Mujahideen attacks on Afghan troops have increased: “Every day we have at least 20 to 25 casualties, every day at least 20 to 25 of our youths are making the sacrifice for this country and are being killed!”

A United Nations article says that official documentation of women and children, who suffer from violence, show an increase in violence.  However, there is no baseline because official documentation of such violence was started only a few years ago.

The UN article does say that the ongoing war (should read U.S. occupation) is actually making things worse for women and children.

The UN article was published last week.  Today, 21 June 2012, the Afghan government reports several violent domestic crimes in the past few days.  They include the violent rape of an 8 year old, the rape of a 7 year old, and the torturing of a 6 month old and the mother, apparently all in the same province.

20 June 2012 

A suicide bomber kills at least 21 people. Major Martyn Crighton, of NATO, said the attack was against a U.S./NATO checkpoint in the city of Khost.  The U.S. embassy confirmed that three of those killed were U.S. personnel.

It was the third day in a row that U.S. forces were targeted.  According to iCasualties.org, 208 U.S. led occupation personnel have been killed so far this year, 152 being U.S. personnel.

While the city of Khost was attacked, another explosion hit eastern Khost Province. A suicide bomber attacked a U.S./NATO convoy.  Local hospital officials say at least 18 people were killed and 36 wounded.

At least eight people were killed, four wounded, in Logar Province, after a suicide bomber riding a motorcycle blew up. Local officials believe the bomber was attempting to join the attack on the U.S./NATO convoy in Khost Province.

In Kunar Province, local officials claim a U.S./NATO airstrike killed at least 21 people.

In Faryab Province, local officials say they stopped four suicide bombers from carrying out their attacks.

International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) claim they captured yet another “leader”, this time in Paktiya Province.  ISAF also claims to have captured a “leader” from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, in Badakhshan Province.  A “facilitator” was arrested in Kandahar Province.

19 June 2012

ISAF reports a U.S. led occupation troop was killed in southern Afghanistan: “Initial reports indicate that seven insurgents launched an attack on a NATO installation and initially were successful in breaching the outer security perimeter.”

Provincal officials from Kandahar say Mujahideen attacked a U.S. base in Kandahar, wounding at least 10 U.S. personnel.  Mujahideen claim they killed or wounded 40 U.S. personnel, and that 17 Mujahideen were wounded in the attack.

Also in Kandahar Province, a Afghan military checkpoint was attacked by men wearing Afghan police uniforms.  At least seven people were killed.

In Kunar Province, a U.S. assassination drone crashed while providing air support to Afghan and U.S. forces on the ground.

In Helmand Province at least 8 people were killed, five wounded, when they drove over a mine.

In Bamiyan Province, 46 school girls were poisoned.

ISAF says more “leaders” captured in Helmand and Paktia provinces.

President Karzai fires the boss of the Academy of Science, and the boss of Social Affairs and Human Science Department, after they tried to publish a book that was racially slanted against non-Pashtuns.  One ethnic group was actually labeled as being thieves and liars, and a threat to Islam.  Pashtuns are the dominant ethnic group of Afghanistan.

Scotland moving fast towards independence from England, independence from NATO, could join Nordic Alliance, yet still be led by the Queen? The Royal Nordic Alliance is a revival of the Hanseatic League, and they’ve got big plans!

“The Scottish Government will of course publish a white paper in advance of the referendum, detailing independence, including the new relationship of equality with England, such as the Queen remaining as our head of state, and this will be the positive platform for Scotland’s future that people will be asked to approve.”-Scottish government statement

In an article found in the Scotsman, Scottish officials are working fast on legislation that would not only free them from the English tyranny but create their own military force.

Plans could also include leaving NATO in favor of a military partnership with the recently created Nordic Alliance. The Nordic Alliance is currently made up of Norway, Sweden and Denmark.

Despite what some bloggers say about Scotland not being Nordic, a check of Scottish history proves a direct connection with Nordic peoples (and lets not forget the even older pan-European Celtic peoples).

However, it’s now clear that while Scotland wants independence from England, it does still want to be part of the Monarchy. I don’t base that on just the official Scottish government statement, but the fact is that the current members of the Nordic Alliance are monarchies, with direct ties to the Queen of England.

So much for Scottish Independence.  In fact, this whole “independence” movement in Scotland could just be part of bigger plans to create a grand Royal Nordic Alliance, with the Queen of England in charge.

According to the HeraldScotland it’s all about money and control. Their article calls it a Scottish-Nordic financial institution that will eventually include Scotland, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and possibly  Iceland, Greenland and the Faroe Islands.  These regions were all part of the Hanseatic League in the Middle Ages.

This new Nordic Alliance is part of an anti-government, pro-privatization (pro-business, modern day feudalism) movement:  “…the public sector is failing to engage with this [business, private] sector when it comes to procurement. There is also a serious funding gap, both the difficulty of obtaining ‘micro’ credit from banks and the total absence of any ‘microinvestment mechanism’.”-Anne-Grethe Eckman, Nordic Enterprise Trust

Supporters of the Nordic Alliance movement claim they are doing this for the good of small/micro businesses. They point to the fact that governments seem only interested in helping big businesses. That sounds good, but the major problem I have is the connection of the Nordic Alliance to the monarchies of northern Europe, like the Queen of England. History shows that the little guy always suffers by the hands of Royalty.

I also wonder if this Nordic Alliance movement is also part of a conspiracy to take down the European Union and replace it with a more corporate/private sector centered system.  (research Club of Rome, Trilateral Commission and Bilderberg)

Global Class War: Denmark taxes Fat, yet majority of Danes are Skinny, Jack Sprat’s wife the victim of elite nutritionists

Yet more proof that the Danish government’s tax on fat is about making money, not being healthy.  According to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, only 10% of Danes are obese!

On a recent BBC World Have Your Say program, a Danish politician said that the purpose of a democratic representative government is to “find balance” in imposing social policies on the general public. Say what? I always thought a democratic representative government was supposed to do what the majority of the voting public wants!  Oh well, I’m still waiting for it to happen here in the United States.

Basically the Danish politician was admitting that Denmark is being run by a minority of do gooders that’re pushing their own agenda upon the majority of Danes.

Consider this: There is scientific evidence that it’s a high carbohydrate/sugar diet that actually makes you fat.  Now realize that the majority of Danes eat a high fat diet and only 10% are obese!!!  That’s 5% below the average for all of Europe.

There’s also plenty of evidence that shows skinny people are just as prone to conditions (like diabetes) as fat people.  In fact there’s growing evidence that most poor health conditions, in adults, are more influenced by genetics than what you eat.  Remember the old nursery rhyme about Jack Sprat?  There’s truth in it.

Global Class war: Denmark & Hungary impose taxes on Fat and Potato Chips

Under the guise of forcing people to eat “healthy”, the governments of Denmark and Hungary have imposed the world’s first taxes targeting specific foods.  Of course those foods are the most affordable for the growing number of people with less and less income.

Hungary has imposed a potato chip snack tax. Snack chips (called crisps, in Europe) will be taxed at about U.S.$1 per kilogram (2.2 pounds), which could add 10 to 20 cents per bag of chips.  The tax includes other items like sugary drinks, snack cakes, salty snacks, and even food flavorings!

Denmark has imposed a U.S.$3 per kilogram (2.2 pounds) tax on the saturated fat content of food.  The main targets of the fat tax are milk, butter and cheese.

Here’s the problem with the logic of the governments’ reasons for taxing food that is fast becoming the only food people can afford: Putting a tax on food does not make people eat healthy!  The taxes imposed by Denmark and Hungary are not enough to force people to buy much more expensive health food. In the case of Denmark, they’re taxing the main staples of European diets; milk,butter and cheese! Rather, I think those governments are trying to capitalize on the fact that more and more people will be buying the “less healthy” food, because they can’t afford anything else!

Read why the Danish fat tax is only about money (clue: the Danes are not fat)!

No more open borders in Europe, no thanks to the U.S. & European wars in the Middle East & North Africa

Denmark announced that starting July 5, no more open borders.  They blame drug trafficking and illegal immigrants.

Since the U.S. led invasion of Afghanistan drug trafficking has skyrocketed across Central Asia and into Europe.  Many of the drugs come from U.S. occupied Afghanistan.

The NATO attacks on Libya have greatly increased what European governments are calling illegal immigration (most of whom are actually war refugees, no thanks to the European/U.S./NATO war on Libya).

Denmark is not the first EU member to close its borders.  France and Italy closed their borders with each other, for the same reasons as Denmark.  In the case of France and Italy, French officials discovered that Italy was giving refugees (I mean illegal immigrants), mainly from Tunis and Libya, EU visas then putting them on trains bound for France.

Other EU members are complaining about the violation of the European Union’s “open borders” policy, but Denmark claims their border closure will not affect commerce.

What arrogance! Israel demands that Denmark allow Israeli forces to patrol Danish airports

The Israeli government has stopped all flights from Denmark, because Danish officials refuse to allow Israeli security forces to patrol Denmark’s airports and aircraft.

A new airlines was created to fly from Copenhagen to Tel Aviv.  Israel says they now consider the airline, and Danish airports ‘Israeli Security Zones’.

Denmark offered to let unarmed Israeli security agents to work alongside Danish agents, but Israeli officials refused, demanding that Israeli security agents must work alone and armed.

Danish officials said that would violate their human rights policies.  The new Copenhagen-Tel Aviv flights were supposed to begin July 4.