11:41 am on 7 October 2020 Share this Jonathan Mitchell, Reporter@jonomitchellnzjonathan.mitchell@rnz.co.nz Twenty light armoured vehicles remain unused and waiting for a buyer – nearly a decade after the Defence Force decided they were surplus to requirements. NZ Defence Force Light Armoured Vehicles. Photo: RNZ / Peter Fowler The previous Labour government bought 105 LAVs from General Dynamics Land SystemsContinue reading “Twenty unused light armoured vehicles remain in NZDF storage”
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HMNZS Mako, P3551
HMNZS Mako, P3551 now named ? Built: Madden & Lewis, Sausalito, California. Type: Harbour /Seaward Defence Motor Launch Pennant No.: Q1183/P3551 Name means: shark Displacement: 47 tons std, 54 tons full load Length: 72 ft./22 m Beam: 5.8 ft./ 4.8 m Draft: 5.3 ft./ 1.6 m Propulsion: 2-shaft Gray diesels, bhp 330 Speed: = 10Continue reading “HMNZS Mako, P3551”
HMNZS Resolution (A14)/USNS TENACIOUS (T-AGOS-17)
HMNZS Resolution (A14)/USNS TENACIOUS (T-AGOS-17) The ocean surveillance ship USNS TENACIOUS (T-AGOS-17), foreground, and USNS CONTENDER (T-AGOS-2) lie tied up at Bishop’s Point. HMNZS Resolution (A14) was a hydrographic ship of the Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN). Originally the United States Naval Ship USNS Tenacious (T-AGOS-17), the Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship was used by theContinue reading “HMNZS Resolution (A14)/USNS TENACIOUS (T-AGOS-17)”
Basil sends some photos taken from the wrong/right angle
Photos at the right angle funny, funny photos “Always do right. This will gratify some people, and astonish the rest.” –Mark Twain
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