The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
It seems some French soldiers involved with a United Nations peacekeeping mission in an unnamed country were tasked with loading a GCT AUF2 155mm. self-propelled howitzer onto a flatbed trailer.
Um . . . yeah. What was that about “the best laid schemes o’ mice and men gang aft a-gley“?
Peter
Commont-on dit en francais "oops"?
Merdre.
And "French soldiers" and "in an unnamed country" really doesn't narrow it down much ….
@Borepatch: 'Merde' is a bit more . . . er . . . vigorous than 'Oops'.
Just sayin'.
A tired old joke just got a revival.
"French SPG for sale. Only dropped once."
I was going to comment on the lack of nous displayed, then remembered some of the 'good ideas' I had in my youth. Ambulance unintentionally airborne over a motor cross track started out as one of them.
Birmingham AL, almost had the same thing happen to a ladder truck a few days ago. The flatbed truck was no strong enough and it blow the tires of the flatbed and sheared a pin and left a million+ dollar ladder listing badly.
The UN concept of camouflage is absolutely hilarious.
Note that vehicle is not coming from the factory or repair – it says UN on the side in big letters.
Are the rest of their fighting doctrines equally asinine?
Yep. I like the "don't shoot at me" paint scheme. It may be fine when people either can't or won't shoot at you but if/when someone decides to break the rules….
With that paint scheme, the pigeon guano won't show up. So there is an up side.
Reminds me of passing a M1070HET loaded with an Abrams alongside I-70 at Ft Riley, KS. About eight tires on the left side were shredded. At least it was upright.
zut alors!!!
"You had ONE job…."
That'll buff right out.
Probably more like MERDE!
Probably in Mali as they're moving some of their stuff out, and leaving.
That's nice work boys.
Time for some wine and cheese.
Speaking of French terms:
la trine = bomb shelter