# enfield (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 2 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover enfield. Page: Feed: --- ## [the final Arisakas still in military use](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/08/17/the-final-arisakas-still-in-military-use/) _2026-08-17 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ The NST, a college-age military training system in Thailand, is the last organized official use of WWII Japanese Arisaka rifles today in 2026. (A member of Thailand’s NST (Territorial Defense Students) with a Type 83 (WWII Japanese Arisaka 38) rifle during 2021, this one with the bolt removed.) (This Type 83 / Arisaka 38 was \[…\] ## [last days of the MAB 38](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/07/24/last-days-of-the-mab-38/) _2026-07-24 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ On 25 June 2026, BrigGen. Massimo Boschetto announced that the Italian navy was offering for auction most or all of its remaining MAB 38 submachine guns. These are the last of this long-serving firearm in any official Italian use, ending a remarkable 88 year run. (Italian navy sailors with MAB 38 submachine guns and a \[…\] ## [happy Independence Day / defueling Prinz Eugen / USS Colorado postwar proposal](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/07/03/happy-independence-day-defueling-prinz-eugen-uss-colorado-postwar-proposal/) _2026-07-03 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ I would like to wish readers here in the United States a happy Independence Day, our nation’s 250th year. Over the years I have tried to find Independence Day-related things still on topic for the 4th of July but am short of new ideas. Instead, below are two things related to writings years ago when \[…\] ## [Enfield Inspector Approves Two New Town Green Belt Sites but deletes other smaller Green Belt Releases](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/06/17/enfield-inspector-approves-two-new-town-green-belt-sites-but-deletes-other-smaller-green-belt-releases/) _2026-06-17 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Enfield Dispatch ## [My Entry for the Beautiful Data Centres Contest](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/my-entry-for-the-beautiful-data-centres-contest/) _2026-06-11 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ AJ Government to launch data centre design contest ## [Pennycook blocks Torbay Local Plan Submission for only meeting 45% of Housing Need](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/pennycook-blocks-torbay-local-plan-submission-for-only-meeting-45-of-housing-need/) _2026-06-11 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Intervention Letter In November, the Council published a draft local plan for Regulation 18 consultation with a housing requirement that met just 42% of the area’s Local Housing Need (LHN), leaving a shortfall of 10,980 homes over the plan period. There appears to be limited up-to-date evidence available to justify the Council’s approach. I am Continue reading Pennycook blocks Torbay Local Plan… ## [Reform Leadr of Calderdale Threatens to Take Allocated Former Green Belt Sites out of Local Plan](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/06/10/reform-leadr-of-calderdale-threatens-to-take-allocated-former-green-belt-sites-out-of-local-plan/) _2026-06-10 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Yorkshire Live Sections of Calderdale s housing strategy for development through the coming decade may be reversed, the council s leader has suggested. Calderdale Council Leader, Councillor Dan Sutherland, indicates that the figures have shifted and his administration intends to modify the authority s Local Plan, which designates land where new residential and commercial developments could be… ## [Did Oxford make an Elementary Error in Not putting its Local Plan to Full Council?](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/06/04/did-oxford-make-an-elementary-error-in-not-putting-its-local-plan-to-full-council/) _2026-06-04 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Local Government Lawyer I thought it was well known that under Local Authorities (Functions and Responsibilities) (England) Regulations 2000 decisions on local plans were reserved to full council. Reg 8 of the SEA regs simply states that you cant submit until the SEA consultation is concluded in line with the regs. Im wondering of the Continue reading Did Oxford make an Elementary Error in Not… ## [WWII US Navy SAMs which continued after 1945](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/05/31/wwii-us-navy-sams-which-continued-after-1945/) _2026-05-31 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ Long ago I wrote on how the converted WWII battleship USS Mississippi (BB-41 / AG-128) was used to develop postwar naval missiles. Over the years I also covered how the French navy used captured German SAM technology and the integration of postwar weapons onto WWII US Navy hulls. This will generally exclude project “Bumblebee”, the \[…\] ## [Can Enfield Block a New Town?](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/05/29/can-enfield-block-a-new-town/) _2026-05-29 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Guardian Enfield council in north London has withdrawn from the government’s new towns programme, in a significant blow to Labour’s flagship housebuilding scheme. The move by the new minority Conservative-led administration could present one of the first tests of Rachel Reeves’s planning changes, designed to curb the use of judicial reviews against new infrastructure. The project to build Continue… ## [8.1% APY Plus Free Stock (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/0A36VVyCBrTJ) _2026-05-29 · **Sponsored**_ Claim 8.1% APY and up to $1,030 in SK hynix and Nvidia stock. ## [why it is difficult to reimport WWII American guns back into the USA today](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/04/18/why-it-is-difficult-to-reimport-wwii-american-guns-back-into-the-usa-today/) _2026-04-18 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ I have a feeling some readers might find this the most boring thing I have covered. For those interested in this niche topic, I hope it is of value. One of the weirdest idiosyncrasies of American law is that now in the 2020s, it is easier – far easier in fact – for a private \[…\] ## [Grey Belt Site in Middle of Nowhere](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/04/17/grey-belt-site-in-middle-of-nowhere/) _2026-04-17 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Interesting recovered appeal in Thurrock Grey Belt but not adjoining a village, refused for not meeting golden rule on sustainable transport An hourly service insufficient. Subsidy for hourly service not viable in long term and scale not related in scale or kind so does not meet CIL regs. Certainly the Grey Belt definition could be Continue reading Grey Belt Site in Middle of Nowhere ## [No need to Zone for Any Hyperscale Datacentres in UK](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/04/16/no-need-to-zone-for-any-hyperscale-datacentres-in-uk/) _2026-04-16 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Imagine the government set a target of building 26 million houses by 2030. Crazy right, Unachievable right? Well for datacentres that is precisely the government plan. IT Pro, “There are upwards of 50 gigawatts (GW) of data centers wanting to connect to the grid by 2030,” says Dan Roberts, executive director at Frontier Economics’ energy Continue reading No need to Zone for Any Hyperscale… ## [The Tragic Loss of the London Dual Aspect Rule @SteveReedMP](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/the-tragic-loss-of-the-london-dual-aspect-rule-stevereedmp/) _2026-04-02 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ Under pressure from the government the Mayor of London has dropped the Maximise dual aspect dwelling rule from the London Design guide The rule was introduced to reduce overheating. However since the single staircase rule was dropped it has become almost impossible to implement as this effectivelymandates double stacked corridors. The rule whilst it existed Continue reading The Tragic Loss of the… ## [Three Leading Counsels Opinions on one Grey Belt Site – what a spectacular waste of money](https://andrewlainton.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/three-leading-counsels-opinions-on-one-grey-belt-site-what-a-spectacular-waste-of-money/) _2026-04-01 · andrew lainton · Decisions, Decisions, Decisions_ LAND SOUTH OF SHENLEY HILL, RADLETT; GREEN BELT; GREY BELT; REVIEW by Josef Cannon KC I have seen and read two Opinions, one from Rupert Warren KC and Ashley Bowes, and the other from Lord Banner KC. Both Opinions address the question of whether the land is to be considered Grey Belt. Before addressing each, Continue reading Three Leading Counsels Opinions on one Grey Belt Site what a spectacular… ## [Walter u-boat technology after WWII](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/03/21/walter-u-boat-technology-after-wwii/) _2026-03-21 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ The hydrogen peroxide-based Walter drive system for submarines was one of WWII Germany’s more exotic technologies. In three nations after WWII, it was attempted to capitalize on this. (HMS Meteorite, the former German U-1407, three years after WWII’s end.) (S-99, the lone Soviet “Whale”, the ultimate advancement of the WWII German AIP technology.) hydrogen peroxide \[…\] ## [selected WWII arms captured or seized by Israel](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/02/28/selected-wwii-arms-captured-or-seized-by-israel/) _2026-02-28 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ This is a look at certain WWII weapons either captured on the battlefield by Israel, or seized by Israeli police. It is not exhaustive, as Israel has either used, or had used against it, pretty much every WWII weapon of the European theatre. Some things like German 98k rifles and MG-34 machine guns, or the \[…\] ## [WWII German weapons of the Alfhem affair](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/02/04/wwii-german-weapons-of-the-alfhem-affair/) _2026-02-04 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ This was an unusual incident during the Cold War era; an east bloc shipment of ex-German WWII weapons to a Latin American nation. (A ship full of problems.) (Guatemalan army officer with a WWII German le.IG 18 during the 1950s.) (Militiamen of Guatemala’s Patrullas de Autodefensa Civil march with WWII German 98k rifles during 1996.) \[…\] ## [unusual method of mothballing a WWII warship](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2026/01/15/unusual-method-of-mothballing-a-wwii-warship/) _2026-01-15 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ During the early 1970s the US Navy tried out a unique experimental new method of preserving warships in reserve, aboard the decommissioned USS Betelgeuse (AK-260). (photo from May 1972 issue of The Naval Reservist magazine) WWII and service before the experiment USS Betelgeuse did not start off as a commissioned WWII warship but rather as \[…\] ## [Merry Christmas 2025](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2025/12/22/merry-christmas-2025/) _2025-12-22 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ I wish a Merry Christmas to all wwiiafterwwii readers, a few days early. Below is a Christmas card of the British XII Army of 1945, the first peacetime Christmas which Great Britain had since 1938. The 1945 card shows Burma (today, Myanmar) accurately-scaled and overlaid sideways on a map of Europe with pre-WWII borders. In \[…\] ## [Transcript-Driven Stock Discovery (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/5Q2RZxZQbrqh) _2025-12-22 · **Sponsored**_ Ranked, evidence-backed watchlists from indexed executive transcripts for 1–2 quarter horizons ## [WWII armor in Cambodia 1953 – 1975](https://wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/wwii-armor-in-cambodia-1953-1975/) _2025-12-13 · jwh1975 · wwiiafterwwii_ This is a look at Cambodia’s use of WWII tanks and armored vehicles before the coming of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. (A WWII M24 Chaffee tank of FANK, the Cambodian army, in battle at Koki Thom on 8 May 1970.) (Associated Press photo) (The bitter end: up-gunned WWII M3A1 Whites during the last-ditch defense \[…\]