tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post5930645142153824364..comments2024-03-28T05:04:12.280-05:00Comments on Bayou Renaissance Man: In Memoriam: Group Captain Peter Petter-BowyerPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-28662772875078979272017-09-24T14:44:04.908-05:002017-09-24T14:44:04.908-05:00Just last night I had a dream about Peter. He beca...Just last night I had a dream about Peter. He became my business partner, together with two other men, Bill Brown, and Bev Portman, at the time we all moved to South Africa. Yes, indeed, Peter was an interesting man, with much wisdom. I first met Peter when we were involved in research and development. It all seems a lifetime away.Norman Nieuwenhuizennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-14632952489357686352015-08-23T13:17:44.648-05:002015-08-23T13:17:44.648-05:00In 2011, I read Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's ...In 2011, I read Group Captain Petter-Bowyer's excellent book and was impressed by his factual account of the Rhodesian civil war and his many accomplishments as a pilot, a leader, and as a developer of weapons systems. <br /><br /> I told him so in an email, to which he very kindly replied. We discussed how the lessons learned in his war and mine (Vietnam) could be applied to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He sent me a copy of a white paper on the subject that he and several other Rhodesian veterans had written in 2003. <br /><br />The paper was submitted to military leaders in the UK and USA, with an offer to share the experiences of the authors in the hope of saving Allied and civilian lives. Their offer was ignored, sadly, since the Rhodesians were very successful in developing armored vehicles that could survive land mines, IEDs, and RPGs; all of which were used to kill and injure Allied troops and civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan.<br /><br />Recently, I read a report about the low survivability of the USA's Bradley IFV when encountering mines, IEDs, and RPGs. The report stated that use of the Bradley had largely been abandoned in the current wars and it had been replaced by vehicles designed using concepts from the Rhodesians. So, it took a while and PB probably didn't even get a footnote of credit, but at least lives are now being saved. I'm sure he would find satisfaction in that.Boppahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07689734683435956491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-42246181858211016372014-07-27T23:18:09.901-05:002014-07-27T23:18:09.901-05:00@John: Maxwell Volume 4 is due out in September, ...@John: Maxwell Volume 4 is due out in September, all being well. Laredo War 2 will hopefully be out in December - and Steve Maxwell will meet up with the Laredo resistance in that one. Interesting times ensue.<br /><br />:-)Peterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10595089829300831372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-71060695315028982712014-07-27T22:43:48.217-05:002014-07-27T22:43:48.217-05:00I just got it for my Kindle. Peter, any word on t...I just got it for my Kindle. Peter, any word on the sequel to War to the Knife??John Cunninghamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07512292512993140028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-679423066822419122014-07-25T10:18:41.087-05:002014-07-25T10:18:41.087-05:00My uncle, Roger Bowers, flew with the Rhodesians. ...My uncle, Roger Bowers, flew with the Rhodesians. He's got some great stories and I really hope he gets around to writing his memoirs.<br /><br />BrassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6244999628674918029.post-65470724731743851302014-07-24T07:33:28.275-05:002014-07-24T07:33:28.275-05:00Adding it to the read list, thanks!Adding it to the read list, thanks!Old NFOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16404197287935017147noreply@blogger.com