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Breda M31
The Italian Breda M31 used the 13.2x99mm Hotchkiss Long cartridge. The 13.2x96mm Hotchkiss Short round is similar except it has a 4mm-shorter neck to prevent it from being confused with the .50 Browning round. It can still feed in a machinegun chambered for 13.2mm Hotchkiss Long, like .38 Special can load in a .357 Magnum revolver. The 13.2mm Hotchkiss Long was invented in 1923 by FN Herstal for use in the Browning machinegun and was widely used in the M1929 Hotchkiss (AKA French 13.2mm MCA M30 and Polish wz/30). The 13.2x96mm Hotchkiss Short was developed in 1935. Hotspur23 (talk) 12:16, 28 May 2019 (UTC)

Notice
There is currently a discussion at Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. The thread is King of troy and WP:SEEALSO. Jayjg (talk) 14:05, 24 June 2019 (UTC)
 * It seems he came back as .--Le Petit Chat (talk) 09:06, 4 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. I've blocked that IP, and several others they have used. Please feel free to let me know if and when you see them again. Jayjg (talk) 13:34, 4 July 2019 (UTC)

"Users"-vandal in Bangkok, Thailand
Hello. You may already know it, but in case you don't the vandal in Bangkok is operating on Special:Contributions/2403:6200:88A0:0:0:0:0:0/48 (a highly dynamic range owned by 3BB Broadband, Bangkok), so a regular check there will catch all edits they make through that ISP, no matter which of the millions of IPv6 IPs in that range they're on. Cheers, - Tom &#124; Thomas.W talk 14:21, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Actually, I have added all the targeted pages into my watchlist so I am able to see his vandalisms quite easily (Users in the edit summary and large numbers of bytes added by an IP). I am kind of a bot, since I am often checking my watchlist. :)--Le Petit Chat (talk) 16:59, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia talk:Long-term abuse/Thai gun hoaxster--Le Petit Chat (talk) 16:42, 7 August 2019 (UTC)

Your vote on 1948
I wanted to address you about your in the 1948 article naming discussion. You voted agaisnt "1948 Arab-Iseaeli War" because there was no Israel during the civil war phase. I'd like to point out that World War I, as well as World War II were not always "world wars", but still the invasion of Poland as well as the battle of Tannenberg are part of these world wars. The Indo-Pakistani war of 1947-1948 began with the Pakistani invasion of Kashmir, although India didn't participate in the war yet. We try to reach a consensus here. I respect your opinion and if you still oppose this option after my explanation so be it. Still I think it makes a lot sense and it is one of the most common titles for the whole war and in my opinion the most recognizable and neutral.

In addition to that I want to explain my rationale against "1948 Palestine War". I know this title from a book by Ephraim Karsh, a respected Israeli historian. I oppose it not because it is POV. Many Israeli archaeologists use the term "Palestine" to describe the land so it is not pro-Palestinian to use that. With that said, it is not the common title outside of the scholarly sources and many pro-Israeli disregard it because it is the title used by pro-Palestinians (just like Israel's War of Independence is disregarded by pro-Palestinians despite it being literally Israel's war of Independence). Therefore I advise against it, because the topic is too sensitive. Please if you reply, ping me.--Bolter21 (talk to me) 16:20, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks for your message. About World War I, the war was a world war from 1914 since European countries had large colonial empires and Japan had joined the war.
 * About the 1948 Arab-Israeli War name, I agree to use it for the main article but the title 1948 Arab–Israeli war (civil war phase) is senseless. I prefer the Israel's War of Independence name which is more correct historically (at the end, Israel was created as an independent state). I understand that naming the ex-British Mandatory land Palestine is seen by Israeli as an insult but Wikipedia can display offensive material for good reason. I think accuracy is a good reason.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 16:49, 8 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I modified my vote accordingly.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 16:55, 8 July 2019 (UTC)

Re:Sources
Le Petit Chat, I greatly apologize about giving wrong sources in wrong article.These sources was intended for Chinese Type 63-1 mortars.I will delete the sources link and replace with the proper one immediately.Thanks,for figuring out the mistake.--AzfarShams (talk) 12:10, 10 September 2019 (UTC)
 * thanks for the response. I feared you deliberatly inserted "falsified" references but hopefully I was wrong.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 12:35, 10 September 2019 (UTC)

My mistakes with categories

 * Category:Rifles of the Chaco War has been nominated for discussion

Category:Rifles of the Chaco War, which you created, has been nominated for possible deletion, merging, or renaming. A discussion is taking place to decide whether this proposal complies with the categorization guidelines. If you would like to participate in the discussion, you are invited to add your comments at the category's entry on the categories for discussion page. Thank you. DexDor(talk) 11:57, 20 July 2019 (UTC)
 * I did not know about this previous discussion. Feel free to delete this category, as well as Category:Weapons of the Chaco War and Category:Vehicles of the Chaco War if you think these are also Overcategorization.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 12:01, 20 July 2019 (UTC)


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Your GA nomination of Véhicule Blindé Léger
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Destroyer Carbine Infobox
I've updated the copy of the Weapon Infobox that was being used in the Destroyer Carbine article, hopefully this version is what we need? The template I used was Template:Infobox_weapon this time, so I hope I've got it right! Thanks again!

Kartano (talk) 13:43, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Thanks. It seems to be good. I had added an infobox to this page but I don't know much about this weapon.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 13:52, 22 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Not a problem! I don't know a great deal about it either, I should have taken the time to go through my reference books in my library to see if I could add more detail.  Kartano (talk) 17:52, 5 December 2019 (UTC)

Two-inch mortar
Is the problem the text added here?©Geni (talk) 17:04, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, it is. This text was a full copyvio, but the copyrighted material was slightly attenuated by more recent edits (including mine). --Le Petit Chat (talk) 20:19, 2 December 2019 (UTC)
 * ok I've changed the section back to a clean version.©Geni (talk) 21:45, 2 December 2019 (UTC)

Reverts on Stridsvagn 103
When reverting without giving a reason in an edit-comment or on the talk-/ discussion-page, it is simply impossible to make improvements to get the edits approved as I have no idea what you object to. Would you mind telling me what needs to be fixed? BP OMowe (talk) 00:59, 13 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I commented the edit with "In 1980, the Swedish army requested all tanks in the inventory to be scrapped and replaced with Stridsvagn 2000." The Strv 2000 was a project proposed in 1984 and rejected in 1987/1990.. One of the added sentences was incorrect. And no source was provided.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 12:25, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Actually, they are both correct, as Stridsvagn 2000 in the request should be read as "whatever tank we'll get that will be used around year 2000", some 20 years ahead in the future. The project was initiated to find the answer to which tank that would be. Naming foreseen needs is a rather common practice in the Swedish military as they constantly have to deal with making plans that lay five to twenty years into the future. Not being aware of this certainly makes the sentences confusing, but I am hesitant to put in a lengthy explanation in the text. Would you have some suggestion as to how to rewrite it? BP OMowe (talk) 21:50, 13 December 2019 (UTC)

Another problem I have is to find sources in English. Seems the domestic affairs of Sweden was regarded to have a limited audience ;-) BP OMowe (talk) 22:19, 13 December 2019 (UTC)


 * No problem to cite Swedish sources (people can use Google Translate or an equivalent).


 * 1. The wording "the Swedish army requested" seems incorrect since no order was placed. I would rather write "the Swedish army considered scrapping all the tanks..."
 * 2. I found a source that stated that the Strv 2000 program began in 1984. Is it 1980 or 1984?
 * 3. The nature of the Strv 2000 tank should be described.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 22:34, 13 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Right, this might be a bit lengthy, but please bear with me, ok? Be aware that I' not using the exact translations


 * 1. Riksdagen (Swedish parliament) forms counsel's offices (utskott) for the various areas of governing, be it defence, social benefits, health care, monetary and finance and so forth. The defence counsel's office in turn appoints Försvarsberedningen (defence committee) with most political parties represented. Their task is to form a consensus around the evaluation the world situation, how it affects the Swedish security (both political and military aspects) and both what measures needs to be taken and what investments should be done. The results are then returned to försvarsutskottet who will make a draft of budget proposals. These drafts are sent to the effected governmental authorities and organs for input regarding the specific consequences for each proposal should that one be accepted. Here the armed forces also can point out areas that will need special attention. The reply in done by Överbefälhavaren, who under him had the Chiefs and the semi-independent Generalinspectors of respective branch (army, air force and marine). Försvarsberedningen weighs in the replies, and then make the recommendations to the government, who in turn writes the final proposal to be voted about in the riksdag. The accepted proposal (Försvarsbeslut) then becomes the plan for the development of the armed forces over the coming four to six years. It also, for the duration of the försvarsbeslut, governs the annual budgets and regulation letters which tells what the armed forces are to achieve, and how they may spend the allocated budget among other things. The army can not independently decide to close down some regiments to free money to make purchases so in 1980 the army requested (through the chain of events described above) to have the tanks replaced, and in 1982 the parliament said the army had to drive their old tanks since the money was needed elsewhere.


 * 2. In 1980, the army concluded the current tank-fleet was unsuitable for service for the duration of 1980 to 2000, and thus an (unspecified) replacement was needed. This unspecified tank was called Stridsvagn 2000 as it is easier to refer to such a name in materiel plans than saying "the tank that will need replace the current ones for service past the year 2000". In 1984, the defence budget allocated funds to have Försvarets materielverk start the project to actually find the replacement, and the project was named Stridsvagn 2000. The project considered a number of alternatives, both foreign and domestic. The latter was developed by the joint venture between Bofors and Hägglunds, and the project picked out the best suited domestic concepts to be compared with what could be bought from abroad.


 * 3. It should, but do not know how to sum up all the above in three sentences or less.

Where did you find the quote "Strv 2000 was a project proposed in 1984 and rejected in 1987/1990" btw? Also, perhaps we should copy this discussion to the strv 103 page and continue there? It might be useful for other editors since it begin to contain lots of information, and perhaps we'd get some more input in how to rewrite the problematic parts. BP OMowe (talk) 02:23, 14 December 2019 (UTC)

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Hey man whats your problem?You can search Google for the top speed of F-15J
F Bengal Informer (talk) 14:57, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Mach 2.83 is not equal to 3000 km
Ok Bengal Informer (talk) 15:13, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Mach number
Mach 1 = 1234.8km Mach 2.83= 3494 km Mach 2.42=3000 km Understand? Bengal Informer (talk) 15:15, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * The ratio between the mach number and the speed depends on the altitude. And you replaced sourced content with your personnal calculations.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 15:23, 4 February 2020 (UTC)


 * Also, see WP:MACH-NUMBER for a similar explanation. Thanks for reverting all these edits Le Petit Chat! -Fnlayson (talk) 15:42, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Mach number
Wiki also says Mach 1 = 1234.8 kmph .Then how can it be possible that Mach 2.83 equal to 3000 kmph? Bengal Informer (talk) 15:27, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

Mistakes
And ok if I had any mistakes,plaese assume it to me Bengal Informer (talk) 15:28, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

My talks
I can be wrong,thats not the problem .But Google can not be wrong .They says that the top speed of MIG-25 is 3494 kmph .Then where did you get this (MIG-25 top speed=3494 lmph) information? Bengal Informer (talk) 15:31, 4 February 2020 (UTC)
 * Ok, I understand why you tried to change all these speeds. We cannot be sure that Google is right. Jane's All the World's Aircraft would be a better reference. In conclusion, please keep all these figures as they are except if you have a book but thanks for you help. And if you change them anyway, please provide your source WP:CITE. Good continuation!--Le Petit Chat (talk) 15:43, 4 February 2020 (UTC)

The use of "MRAP" to replace "vehicles."
I have noticed that you have recently been replacing the word "vehicles" with the word "MRAP" on numerous articles. I came across this when I was editing Improvised Explosive Devices and then the next day having seen your minor edit, replacing "vehicles" with "MRAP." I just wanted to know why this was being done. Thanks! LucasA04 (talk) 22:02, 21 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Hello. I have renamed the page Cougar (vehicle) into Cougar (MRAP), since there are a least three other vehicles named Cougar (Mercury Cougar, Ford Cougar and AVGP Cougar). I have edited most of the articles that linked to Cougar (vehicle).--Le Petit Chat (talk) 22:06, 21 April 2020 (UTC)

Thai gun hoaxster
Any idea if this is a new iteration? Thanks, Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 20:09, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * I don't think so. I have never seen the Thai hoaxster writing sentences (except "Wikipedia is gay" on one occasion). But the paragraph that this new user added is completely out of scope, dealing with the German Mauser 98k.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 20:19, 30 June 2020 (UTC)
 * Yeah, that's why I was suspicious; an edit was flagged as being completely copied from that article, along with the history. I wasn't sure if I should just revert all the edits of attribute, thanks for clearing this up. Moneytrees🌴Talk🌲Help out at CCI! 20:23, 30 June 2020 (UTC)

164/138mm gun confusion
Hey Le Petit Chat, I saw the two articles where you removed that photo - do you have a source for the correct caliber? The Commons pages should be corrected so no one makes the same mistake I did. Parsecboy (talk) 17:29, 28 January 2021 (UTC)
 * Hello. My sources are the two that are presented in the French page fr:Canonnières fluviales françaises (1915). You can refer to that ref (in French) and that one (in French too, go to A "ARDENTE" - Chaloupe-canonnière fluviale type A page 2. I have requested renaming the Commons files.--Le Petit Chat (talk) 19:00, 28 January 2021 (UTC)

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Just felt like saying thank you for creating M-160 mortar. I remember as a kid noticing that it was missing but not really knowing what to do about it. RadioactiveBoulevardier (talk) 00:15, 7 June 2023 (UTC)


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