Patrick Fox
@RealCynicalFox
USAF Vet. University College London Alumnus. @UCL Foreign Policy / Military Analyst. All opinions expressed are my own.
Romanian contributions to the Axis campaign against the USSR were significant. Romania deployed well over 300,000 personnel to support the Wehrmacht in 1941; primarily in the Romanian 3rd & 4th Armies.
Romanian troops supported by German Stug III assault guns in the Caucasus in 1942
First thing that comes to mind on this is drone defense.
The crews from the 1st ABCT, 1st Armored Division showcase their lethality during live-fire testing of the M134 Minigun, mounted on an M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams tank, July 2025. In this example, the M134 Minigun is mounted on the loader's skate rail in place of the M240 GPMG.
This really does need to be an actual job, raking in a minimum of mid six figures.
There is a frequent complaint in some quarters that WWII (and its leadup) is overused when it comes to making historic corollaries or taking general lessons from history. There is some truth to this, however there's also a reason for it. WWII's length, breadth, and most…
The crews from the 1st ABCT, 1st Armored Division showcase their lethality during live-fire testing of the M134 Minigun, mounted on an M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams tank, July 2025. In this example, the M134 Minigun is mounted on the loader's skate rail in place of the M240 GPMG.
The crews from the 1st ABCT, 1st Armored Division showcase their lethality during live-fire testing of the M134 Minigun, mounted on an M1A2 SEPv2 Abrams tank, July 2025. In this example, the M134 Minigun is mounted on the loader's skate rail in place of the M240 GPMG.
Time to close with and destroy Monday. A little motivation: youtu.be/JDVT-8tUfiE
Name an underrated spy movie. We’ll start:
Name an underrated spy movie. We’ll start:
If anyone was going to incorporate a concealable blade into a cross....
Spanish crucifix-dagger, c. 1650.
It's worth remembering how the Greatest Generation won their war: youtube.com/shorts/qb5VXNb…
The Bofors 40mm L/60 wasn’t just a gun - it was THE anti-aircraft gun of WWII. Mounted on everything from battleships to PT boats, over 60,000 of these guns were produced in the U.S. alone. During the brutal kamikaze campaign of late 1944 and early 1945, this weapon system was…
In my case the swear jar is also pretty full…
Pretty much.
The fate of the men of the Korea Battalion is one I've always found particularly grim. After the Korean ceasefire, they were redeployed to Indochina to assist French Union troops fighting the Viet Minh. They formed the core of Groupement mobile 100 and were effectively…
Members of the French UN Battalion in Korea advancing through the fog. 1950s
I'll keep repeating myself on this: Gun armed SHORAD is the key to neutralizing the drone threat.
Ukrainian forces released a video showing Rheinmetall's Skynex anti-aircraft artillery system successfully intercepting Russian Shaheds.
Grant, and not just because he won his war or I personally agree with the side he fought for - though he did & I do. Grant understood war in its strategic aspects far better than Lee ever did, though Lee likely had the edge as a tactician. For example, in both invasions of the…
Objectively speaking, who do you think was the better general: Robert E Lee or Ulysses S Grant?
🚨 Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has officially awarded 🇨🇳 Huawei a €12.3 million ($14.3 million) contract to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in the country used by both law enforcement and intelligence services. Huawei had already been contracted to provide…
🚨 Spain’s Ministry of the Interior has officially awarded 🇨🇳 Huawei a €12.3 million ($14.3 million) contract to manage and store judicially authorized wiretaps in the country used by both law enforcement and intelligence services. Huawei had already been contracted to provide…
One of Adm. Fisher’s more famous quotes goes like this: “Humanizing war!? You might as well talk about humanizing Hell! The essence of war is violence! Moderation in war is imbecility! ... I am not for war, I am for peace. That is why I am for a supreme Navy. The supremacy of…
10 July 1920, British Admiral & First Sea Lord Jacky Fisher, died, aged 79. His 1904 - 1910 reforms ensured dominance of Royal Navy in #WW1. Took as motto "Fear God & Dread Nought", saying “Dread Nought comes 80 times in King James #Bible” & was name given to his new battleships.