Why does Australia need all this hardware? What are they up to?
To invade and pacify the kiwi's
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xUYbI64QHI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8Q36-9UUQE
>>30049773
Australia is a strategic US/NATO location.
>>30049773
anzac is one of the strongest us allies in the pacific, along with korea and japan.
a chinese conflict could actually happen so it's rather important that the us allies remain militarized
I can understand ships and airplanes but tanks? Nobody is going to invade Australia.
>>30049773
Australia is far away from her allies so she needs to be able to stand on her own for a bit. The threat of Japanese invasion in WWII resulted in a bunch of marines getting stationed there and it didn't go so well, with riots and murders.
Because of the goddammit Chinese communist bastards
>>30049802
Plus there's that super secret cia nsa listening post aimed at china.
>>30049827
>but tanks
But they do have to fuck up the shitters right up north of them occasionally.
>NEED
>>30049773
settling old business with the emu
>>30049827
It's all to stop those fucken boat people. Fucking "refugees" my arse.
>>30049773
They're closest neighbor is the world largest muslin nation of questionable political stability.
>>30049845
And the super OTH radar network that's been monitoring Asia for a decade or two.
>>30049773
>need
There's that word again
>>30049773
Remove emu
>>30049827
How else are you going to deal with the emus and dingos that manage to get through the great dingo wall?
>>30049773
Getting ready for the coming war.
Their navy is going to be almost as strong as the UK navy soon.
>>30049773
>What are they up to?
Walk away.
Subject change.
LET'S GO!!!
Gotta have neat stuff to help out the US when they invade places.
>>30049773
gommies and indonesia.
If the indos go tits up because of some sectarian bullshit everyone in the SEA region cops shit.
>>30049773
Because they're an American vassal.
FUCK
>>30049773
TO FUCKING DEFEND OUR MIGHTY BANANA AND DAILY SAUSSAGE SIZZLE!
GOT A FUCKN' PROBLEM PRICK? TAKE IT UP DA FUCKING ASS LIKE TRACY GRIMWHORE LIKES HOONS.
WE GONNA GIVE DAT SHIP SUM GOOD SUSPENSION
>>30050483
OFF
>>30050487
WE'RE
>>30049773
Emu war ii
>>30049844
This. I wish my country (Malaysia) to strengthen our military ties again. Aussie and Kiwi are our bros. They helped us kill traitorous commie chinks during the Emergency and also btfo Indons during the Konfrontasi.
>>30050490
FULL
>>30050500
We're still pretty tight mate.
>>30049773
shitposting
>>30049785
>All those MASSIVELY butthurt NZ posters
Australia has nice hardware but their military isn't that big considering how much territory they need to defend.
>>30050624
Yeah, they need more troops to watch the desert
>>30050624
Its fairly strong for 23mil though, plus the fact you cant just roll tanks into it and has quite extensive radar and satellite assets. All the eastern hemisphere and about half the southern hemispheres sat-data comes through Australia so its pretty hard to be sneaky about mounting anything military.
>>30049773
They're going to make a second push against the Emus.
>>30049773
>Need
SHALL
>>30050659
>implying that involves australia
>>30050451
loved that show thank you
>>30050644
Gotta make sure the japs don't invade from the desert
>>30050439
Not while they still have a nuclear ban
>>30049773
Border security, can't let anyone escape.
>>30049773
Advanced Militarized Shitposting
>defend country from china
>millions of chinks already in the country
Revenge.
>>30050500
Fuck malaysia
>>30050802
>build wall to secure border from mexicans
>millions of mexicans already in the country
>>30050839
THAILAND NUMBA ONE
>>30050862
i know it's stupid right
>>30050872
No.1 in Coup.
Fucking Indos gonna invade all of our nothing and die from our hostile fauna and extreme gorilla shitposting tactics.
>Australia Licked USA's Ass Succesfully
>>30050500
I spent 6 months in malaysia at Butterworth, and i trained Malaysian cadets at RMC. You are a bunch of lazy fucks that racially oppress the only ethnic group in your shithole that i liked being the chinese malays.
>>30049773
spiders & emu
>>30050802
Implying Chinese living in Australia want Australia to be anything like real China. They'd probably enlist in minutes.
>>30050674
STOP INFRINGING ME
Indonesia mostly.
Which only makes you wonder why did they buy M1 Abrams instead of Leopards 2 since the logistical train using any gas-turbine powered tank is enormous and the kind of warfare they would likely carry on in case of conflict is island-hopping. Which should've discouraged them from buying Abrams.
I mean the Marines used M4A2 during WW2 because they were diesel-powered and as such they used the same fuel as warships did, which simplified logistics significantly. They literally didn't cared about quite a lot of weight that engine added because logistical base they've had was already overloaded.
>>30051208
Abrams is meant primarily for defensive use, hence why it's never been sent overseas. If we went to war with Indonesia, we'd either have US logistics support, or it'd be a swift Israel-style attack, mainly by air and sea; we don't have the numbers to try and beat them on the ground.
>>30051137
have their been enough chinese rooted into australia that you shitcunts have asian australians sounding like paul hogan?
Kind of like black people in england with the posh accent.
>>30049844
Much more than just that.
>>30050500
Malaysia is like 25% literal Chinese and 50% closet Chinese.
>>30051137
Uhhh... No.
They are almost all just storing money in Australia. Nothing more.
Ethnic stats show the AAF is still like 85% white.
>>30051208
>M1 Abrams instead of Leopards 2
The military wanted a 2nd rate tank that had crappy export grade armour, drank like the irish and has to stay in the kiddies end when it comes to water. Then... someone figured out that, oh it can't actually fit on our landing craft, most of the trucks we had couldn't carry it and we stuck most of them in the NT where its either insanely hot half of the year or completely flooded for the other half.
Pretty typical for most military spending in a lot of cases
>>30049827
Key to tanks use can be seen in the Armour package chosen. The current setup offers very little protection against apfsds rounds (no du or similar). But very good protection against heat rounds (rpg and atgm).
They are to ensure aussies can contribute useful armour support for them selves in the urban guerilla and counter insurgency style fights.
After all the purchase of these was probably decided not long after iraq.
>>30049773
Geopolitics
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-0UHyh5Qu8
They have small numbers enlisted, but you know what would help with that? Rearm the fucking citizens! USA! USA! USA!
THEY'LL ALWAYS NEED MEN LIKE US,
THOSE WHO ARE WILLING TO DO
WHAT OTHERS CANNOT
>>30049773
They're probably just fucking trying to hold their own against the wildlife.
>>30051137
>>30051235
The second generation and beyond are pretty much fully intergrated.
I am sitting next to a Chinese bloke at work right now. If you spoke to him on the phone you wouldnt know.
Most Chinese immigrants or descendants (permanent residents though not the students that only come over for a few years) that I come across are pretty fully intergrated.
They left the gloroius people republic for a the borgeoius hell hole for a reason comrade.
>>30049773
Just make Ausfailia and Kiwiland the next two US States.
>>30052546
>>30052546
Great watch. Calling Australia an island trigger my autism though.
>>30052546
Not a bad summery really
>China, China, China
No. Indonesia.
>>30051208
>>30051221
>>30051275
There were several reasons why we went with M1 Abrams, some political, some practical.
IMHO we should have gone with Leo 2's, but apparently Germany didn't want to sell them to us because of our involvement with Iraq. Or wasn't going to give us a good deal because of that. (Not 100% sure, but that sounds like something that Heretic Merkel would do.)
But the practical reasons were much more convincing. Firstly, we can train our crews in Australia and if (when) the US gets into another shit fight, we can just send our crews to crew US tanks and get them some combat experience. We don't have to send crew, tanks and support... just the guys and let the yanks worry about the rest of it. Much cheaper for us, and lets us contribute more.
Secondly, it shortens our supply train in multiple scenarios. If we DO send tanks overseas, 99% of the time Americans will be there and we can use american supply chain/parts rather than worrying about trying to get our own unique bits there. If Aus gets invaded the Americans (hopefully) shouldn't be to far away with a shitload of spare parts for their tanks (and ours) which ties in to the ANZUS thing.
>>30051221
>Abrams is meant primarily for defensive use
>>30049773
>need
>>30049773
>Why does Australia need all this hardware? What are they up to?
Don't underestimate the Emu menace.
>>30055138
But it's an island continent
>>30057283
>Painted in Australian native camo
>Continually used in native training environments
>Never deployed overseas
>Not for operations in Australia
>>30051065
Yeah when you have then rocking up to CQB training with a mortar base plate you know there is a fundamental issue.
That and they like sexing each other.
>>30051275
>The military wanted a 2nd rate tank
If that were the case Australia would have bought Leopard 2A4's while Germany was selling them cheap.
>>30049773
We have a lot of land, a lot of resources, a strategically very useful location and a fucking massive and difficult to defend border.
Australia's main aim in defence is utilising small numbers of highly advanced units to defend the sea to the north, east and west of us.
If invading Australian doctrine is to switch to guerilla tactics and I believe there are actual contingencies for arming the population in the event of invasion.
>>30051275
>crappy export grade armour
The US only uses DU because DoE has massive amounts of it laying around, making it virtually free. Other metals can work just as well.
>>30051235
my ex was a Chinese girl who was born here. She could speak Cantonese and Mandarin perfectly yet she still spoke with an Aussie accent.
You can slightly differentiate an Asian-Australian accent from the normal Australian accent by a slightly more open nasal tone kinda like if you talk while letting a tiny amount of the air through your nasal passage.
She was gorgeous too, with tits and an ass that did not belong on an Asian.
>mfw
>>30058032
It's still export armor. We got a gimped tank that will never match the protection of the US equivalent.
Should have gone with someone else.
>>30058159
You chose that armor, which is better than what you would have gotten on the 2A4's Germany was selling. You could have had the DU armor if you wanted.
And you have a different armor package than the Arab countries got.
>>30058159
What else was there?
The British offered Challenger II at over twice the price of Abrams. This was rejected due to the absurd cost.
The Germans offered Leopard 2A4, 2A5 and 2A6 from stocks. This was rejected due to quality concerns and the fact they wanted new tanks.
The Swiss offered the Panzer 87, an upgraded Leopard 2, but it was not in production.
The Americans offered the AIM Abrams, a solid tank in production and at low cost.
>>30051235
ye mate, thats me. Can speak chinese but have an aussie accent when i speak english.
>>30058247
A GOOD
>>30058229
>You could have had the DU armor if you wanted
DU armor is banned from US export, we got a monkey model Abrams.
>>30058405
>DU armor is banned from US export
This is false.
>>30049773
Emu War Two: Electric Boogaloo
A story about Australian revenge and Indonesian genocide.
>>30058686
Please point to a single export of an Abrams that has DU armor.
>>30058720
It's not an export ban, it's that apart from USA and Russia lots of nations have lefty conniption fits over DU
>>30049773
Someone has to keep us safe from Muslims and other immigrants
How else are we going to defend ourselves arm the Niggers?
>>30058405
We have extra composites. It's the "Aus" armour package
>>30052922
As a stingray i approve of this sentiment
>>30060124
Too soon
>>30049773
Whatever the US asks them to be up to. They literally have never turned us down
>>30060143
We went to war more than you did last century lol
>>30049773
>Trillion Dollar Jobs Program
>>30049827
have you seen australia's local wildlife?
they need tanks.
>>30049773
have you fucking seen their wildlife?
>>30060804
Afraid of getting... cuddled?
>>30057985
>I believe there are actual contingencies for arming the population in the event of invasion.
Why not just do that now? Instead of the current plan of disarming them.
Fucking cucks. I hope you get invaded.
