Yaivenov, Its crazy how they thought up the old systems back then to be able cutting edge tech into reality. I agree about the sextant,, I actually bought one from Harbor frieght a month or so ago. I am trying to find a better one and have seen some Navy sextants on GL every now and then.
Wile, I agree with todays technology being available to the other side, I would just save the weight and that why I used my Magelan. It work just about everywhere I went and only gave me problems when we got near Baghdad. ( This was during the offensive, OIF1 with the 101st ) It seem newer systems are getting more and more technical with broader capabilities, I wrote a post on another forum about a then new jammer we use to carry and actually helped with its intial software. My last tour in 06 I was a Advisor to the Iraqi Army and we worked alot with various Task Force groups, ODAs and Alphabet ORGs. They put a " Prophet " in my truck and we had to take the tech geek out with us so he could do his thing. It is amazing what that thing can do and the newer versions since then. But I said I would not discuss such things in depth, so I wont. You can look up GEN I and II systems up on the net for a lil info on them.