Finnish OOB 9.0 corrections

[dmnt]

I'll continue the notes for current (9.1) OOB here:

Finland has tested the F-18 MLU2 capabilities by firing three different types of JDAM glide bombs.

MLU2 was started in 2012 and by June 2015 half of the fleet has been upgraded. Now JDAM has been tested so maybe it's time to add the JDAM and JSOW-C to the arsenal. In 2016 the JASSM is to be in operational use.

1/2015: JDAMs in operational use
?/2015: JSOW-C (not fired yet?)
?/2016: JASSM

Sources:
"From the start of next year (2015) JDAM bombs will enter operational use with their over 10 km range.

- Additionally we will take into use JSOW glide bombs which range over 100 km. During 2016 the Air Force is meant to start phasing in JASSM missile operations. They range over 370 km, Heikkinen says."
http://www.iltasanomat.fi/kotimaa/ar...755225749.html

"Air Forces performed air-to-surface test firings in Rovajärvi firing range June 8th to 12th. The test firings were fired from Hornet (F-18) multipurpose jets using the JDAM bombs that were included in the new MLU2 life cycle upgrade."
FDF magazine Ruotuväki

AGM65D was apparently never purchased for Finnish Air Forces and BL755 CBU I haven't heard of. AGM65 Maverick was an option at one point but AFAIK it subsided as JDAM and friends entered the stage.

Sipri lists AIM-120C AMRAAM (2005), JDAM (2011) and AGM-158A JASSMASM (2013) in purchases (excluding Stinger here) from the US to Finland in 2005-2014. Before MLU2 the Finnish F-18 had limited air-to-surface capability and no designated weapoins for that.

http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade...e_register.php

[FASTBOAT TOUGH]

I know I'm very late to your first post here, but, concerning UNIT 17 T-72M1S I don't believe Don is worried about the doctrine of any OOB, as much as the tanks ability and design factors to allow it to carry troops. Why if the the unit is capable of the carry would anyone want to take that away? What if you had a pinned unit at risk (Especially a core unit.) and you had no other unit available except a near by T-72M1S, I would think those troops would gladly risk extraction by tank vs. the alternative of not doing so. I've done it many times myself.

Regards,
Pat