Military Despatches Vol 28 October 2019 Head-to-Head Modern assault rifles Down and dirty Hand to hand combat in the World War I trenches Oops, we misplaced a nuke Ten times the USA lost a nuclear weapon Forged in Battle The M4 Sherman tank For the military enthusiast CONTENTS October 2019 Click on any video below to view Page 14 How much do you know about movie theme songs? Take our quiz and find out. Hipe’s Wouter de The old South African Goede interviews former Defence Force used 28’s gang boss David a mixture of English, Williams. Afrikaans, slang and techno-speak that few Greek Special Forces outside the military could hope to under- 30 stand. Some of the terms Features Stick out your tongue were humorous, some 6 Anyone that did National Ser- were clever, while others vice in the old SADF will sure- were downright crude. Ten times the US lost a nuke ly remember their medical ex- It would be natural to assume amination. that security around nuclear Part of Hipe’s “On the weapons would be very tight. 34 couch” series, this is an So how exactly did the United Rank Structure interview with one of States manage to lose or acci- This month we look at the author Herman Charles dentally drop at least 32 of them? Greek military Bosman’s most famous 14 26 42 characters, Oom Schalk This may hurt... A matter of survival Special Forces - Greece A taxi driver was shot Lourens. Hipe spent time in According to SA law we can use Part three of the article on hunt- While many South Africans Hanover Park, an area force to defend ourselves and ing skills dead in an ongoing fought in World War II, not all plagued with gang anyone else, as long as the force war between rival taxi of them fought on the side of is not excessive. Ryan Murphy organisations. violence, to view first- the Allies. hand how Project looks at a possible solution. Quiz Ceasefire is dealing with 19 28 33 the situation. Straight Shooting Down and dirty Elite Forces insignia Hipe TV brings you videos ranging from actuality to humour and every- Modern firearms used by the When involved in hand-to- This month’s quiz is simple. We thing in between. Interviews, mini-documentaries and much more. world’s counter-terrorist units. hand fighting in the trenches of show you 15 insignia, you tell This month we look at the Steyr World War I, troops needed an which regiment or unit they are. Check out Hipe TV and remember to like, comment, share and subscribe. GB, Browning HP, and Glock 17. extra edge. 00 3 CONTENTS Page 74 Editor’s PUBLISHER Sitrep Hipe Media EDITOR Matt Tennyson DEPUTY EDITOR an you believe that in Now that song is a classic. How John Verster three months time it’s can anyone not know that song? PHOTO EDITOR Christmas again. So Yet maybe two out of ten of October in military history C Regine Lord where exactly did 2019 go? them will be able to give you the They say that confession is title of the song. And you’ll be CONTRIBUTORS Head-to-Head Forged in Battle Book Review good for the soul. Well I have a lucky if one of them knows the Raymond Fletcher, Ryan Mur- confession to make. I spend way artist. phy, Matt O’Brien, Matt Tenny- 44 60 73 too much of my time watching Then again you have to re- son, Rev. Ralph Thornley. YouTube videos. member that the song was a hit Strongest military forces M4 Sherman Against All Odds I may, for example, be sitting for The Eurythmics back in 1983. Military Despatches is pub- This month we take a look at Iconic tank of World War II. The rescue of the passenger in front of my computer working In my mind that was only a few lished on-line every month. assault rifles of the ten strongest ship Oceanos. when I spot a five minute video years ago. But actually it was 36 The articles used in Military military forces in the world. on YouTube about the Siege of years ago. At least two decades Battlefield Despatches are copyrighted Front Cover Stalingrad. Surely I can spare a before any of these teens were and may not be used without Famous Figures 66 few minutes to quickly watch it. even born. prior permission from the edi- Operation Musketoon This month’s front cover is not The problem with YouTube is Then you start to think about tor. 56 a real photograph but a screen In September 1942 a group of that it sucks you in. While you’re other thinks that happened some The views stated in this mag- Josef ‘Sepp’ Dietrich grab from the PC game ARMA watching the video there is a list time ago. Yet they to us it felt like 10 British commandos and two azine do not necessary reflect Politician, Word War I Vet, SS 3, which we reviewed in the of other recommended videos. it wasn’t all that long ago. Take Norwegians carried out a raid the views of Hipe!, the editor, Commander in World War II, second edition of the magazine. You spot another video that you Operation Savannah for instance. on a power plant in Norway. the staff, or Hipe Media. Adolf Hitler’s chauffeur and “just have to watch”. The next Can you believe that it was 44 bodyguard. While respected thing you know, you’ve lost three years ago? And can you believe Hipe! and admired by many, others hours of your life. that national service ended 26 Gaming P.O. Box 31216, Tokai, 7966 had a different opinion. One of the YouTube channels years ago. South Africa. 70 that I came across, and that I’ve And here I am wondering been watching, is called “Teens where 2019 went. Hell, where email Blitzkrieg II Anthology React”. did the last 40 years ago. [email protected] Blitzkrieg is back again. This What they do is take a group Until next month then. time even better. of teens, aged 13 to 18, then play Back Issues them a song from the 70s, 80s or To view any back issues of Movie Review 90s. The teens then have to iden- Military Despatches, go to 72 tify the song, as well as the artist. www.militarydespatches.co.za They may, for example, play or click here. Flags of our Fathers them a song such as ‘Sweet Powerful World War II movie Dreams Are Made Of This’. Matt directed by Clint Eastwood. 4 5 Top Ten Top Ten in mid-air while flying over Ten times the US lost or accidentally the town of Goldsboro. In the process it dropped its nuclear dropped a nuclear device payload onto the unsuspecting Most of us have an awareness of the destruction and devastation a nuclear weapon can inflict. town of civilians. It would be natural to assume that security around nuclear weapons would be very tight. So how The pilot in command, Walter exactly did the United States manage to lose or accidentally drop at least 32 of them? Scott Tulloch, ordered the crew to eject at 2,700 metres. Five et’s be honest, at some 32 incidents where nuclear young liaison officer remarks, crewmen successfully ejected stage all of us have lost weapons have either been lost “I don’t know what’s scarier, or bailed out of the aircraft and or misplaced something. or dropped by accident. And losing nuclear weapons, or that landed safely, another ejected L but did not survive the landing, It could be your glasses, car these are just the ones that they it happens so often there’s actu- keys, or even your wallet. But are willing to admit to. ally a term for it.” and two died in the crash. how exactly do you go about Other countries, such as Rus- Here then are ten “Broken Ar- The first bomb that descend- losing a nuclear weapon? sia, China, India and Pakistan, row” incidents were the United ed by parachute was found in- On 6 August 1945 the world have not been so forthcoming. States has lost or accidentally BRITISH COLUMBIA CRASH: A Convair B-36 from the same tact and standing upright as a saw just how devastating a nu- The United States even has a dropped nukes. Bomber Wing as the one that jettisoned a Mark 4 nuclear result of its parachute being clear weapon could be when the code word for incidents where bomb. caught in a tree. The second United States dropped an atom- a nuke is lost or dropped by ac- 10. British Columbia crash bomb plunged into a muddy field at around 310 m/s and dis- ic bomb on the Japanese city of cident. It’s called “Broken Ar- On 14 February 1950, a Con- fornia and then San Francisco, over the Inside Passage. integrated without detonation Hiroshima. row”. vair B-36, Air Force Serial it would continue its non-stop The USAF later stated that of its conventional explosives. Three days later, on 9 August Broken Arrow refers to an Number 44-92075 assigned to flight to Fort Worth, Texas. The the fake practice core on board At the time everyone was as- 1945, the US dropped anoth- accidental event that involves the 7th Bomb Wing at Carswell flight plan did not include any the aircraft was inserted into the sured that there was never any er atomic bomb on the city of nuclear weapons, warheads or Air Force Base (AFB), crashed penetration of Canadian air- weapon before it was dropped.