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by **Get Real!** » Wed Nov 11, 2009 11:45 pm

iceman wrote:
Get Real! wrote:
As always, their only advantage is great numbers… going back in history it reminds me of their 1570/1 attack of Famagusta when they lost 80,000 men to Bragaddin, and in the siege of Malta of 1565 where some 35,000 men aboard 110 odd ships were crashed by some 6,000 knights and soldiers stationed there!

Great numbers always, but as thick as bricks…

yowww Don Quixote
You got your numbers mixed up again...80000 was the total number of the army brought over by the Ottomans back in 1570...NOT their loses..

This doesn't mention casualties but it's a start...

According to Venetian chroniclers (numbers should always be looked at with some skepticism), about 6,000 garrison troops stood against some 100,000 Turks with 1,500 cannons, backed by about 150 ships enforcing a naval blockade to stave off reinforcements and victuals.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco_Antonio_Bragadin

by **AmericanGC** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 5:01 am

Great pictures of the Guard. This is not 74, today's Guard is more than capable of defending the RoC. As for the TAF as I have posted before I served in the US military and was stationed in Turkey and trained with the TAF in NATO operations. My take which was shared by many other NATO officers is the TAF would not preform well in combat. They have proven they can't even handle the Kurdish rebels, the TAF get OWNED every time they go head to head. Their special forces is a joke. We couldn't believe they were special forces they were below the average infantry soldier out of basic training. Their leadership sucks, some TAF officers are trained in US academies but not enough. I trained with the Greek Navy and underwater dem team, they were right in line with US Navy Seal standards. I heard from Greek officers the Cyprus special forces were at Greek standards as well. The CNG would stunt the TAF on Cyprus, by the time Greek forces are fully engaged the Turks will have to pull out of Cyprus.

by **Paphitis** » Sat Nov 14, 2009 6:11 am

Gregory wrote:
Gabira wrote:Did all "Cypriot" National Guardsman smoke cigarettes at such critical moments ?

Maybe that's why the Turkish Army got the better of them

Bloody smokers, they are the real cause of the Cyprus Problem !

Thats the 23 year old Ioannis Papayiannis who was executed shortly after this picture was taken. Are you seriously ridiculing this individual?

This individual is someone's Uncle, and to have him ridiculed like this really does drive a knife a bit close to the bone.

Gabira is just an animal....

by **Get Real!** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 4:49 pm

Unkie GR says…

1. Increase defense spending from 3% to 10%.

2. All females to serve an obligatory 12 month military clerical/admin NG service. All males freed from clerical/admin duties.

3. Personnel mobile Mistral S2As should go to the infantry not the air force!

4. Purchase an additional 24 HINDs.

5. MBTs should be increased to 500.

6. A short-range missile program should be established.

by **paliometoxo** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:43 pm

AmericanGC wrote:Great pictures of the Guard. This is not 74, today's Guard is more than capable of defending the RoC. As for the TAF as I have posted before I served in the US military and was stationed in Turkey and trained with the TAF in NATO operations. My take which was shared by many other NATO officers is the TAF would not preform well in combat. They have proven they can't even handle the Kurdish rebels, the TAF get OWNED every time they go head to head. Their special forces is a joke. We couldn't believe they were special forces they were below the average infantry soldier out of basic training. Their leadership sucks, some TAF officers are trained in US academies but not enough. I trained with the Greek Navy and underwater dem team, they were right in line with US Navy Seal standards. I heard from Greek officers the Cyprus special forces were at Greek standards as well. The CNG would stunt the TAF on Cyprus, by the time Greek forces are fully engaged the Turks will have to pull out of Cyprus.

but what makes the turks stronger is their numbers they maybe useless and even israel could put them in their place the amount of numbers they have would make it a disaster for both sides if war was to happen

by **kurupetos** » Sun Jan 24, 2010 5:53 pm

Get Real! wrote:Unkie GR says…

1. Increase defense spending from 3% to 10%.

2. All females to serve an obligatory 12 month military clerical/admin NG service. All males freed from clerical/admin duties.

3. Personnel mobile Mistral S2As should go to the infantry not the air force!

4. Purchase an additional 24 HINDs.

5. MBTs should be increased to 500.

6. A short-range missile program should be established.

The aging anti-ship missiles have to be replaced (or at least supplemented by modern tech) as well.