If you're the dictator of a shithole how do you prevent the hollowing out/paper tigerization of your military over time? All of these had strong capable militaries until one day they didn't and got their cheeks busted and wig split
>>64753097Rome was an absolute shit show of constant revolt both Republic and Empire, settled and expansionist
>>64753111explain Macedonian Renaissance
>>64753111To be fair, that was most of history prior to the 20th century.
>>64753120No one cares about gayreeks larp empire, and they backstabbed and civil warred against themselves non stopWhat am I supposed to explain?
>>64750675South Africa was something approaching a democracy for the White population.
/rg/ Revolver general IIpreviously on /rg/ >>64648104
>>64750184Kino
>>64747453>cartridge conversionThose are brass frames, a cartridge conversion even with cowboy loads will destroy the frame
>>64749864If only they didn't put the picatinny rail on there it would be perfect
>>64750556Whats wrong with it?
>>64753087It’s multiple things. The cylinder binds up randomly when shooting it either in DA or SA, the crane-to-frame fitment is atrocious and the front latch doesn’t lock into the frame securely at all, so the whole cylinder/crane assembly wobbles side-to-side very excessively (I’m not talking about endshake or rotational movement, those are fine) to the point where it shaves lead occasionally and accuracy sucks (it’s not me, I tested on a rest), and there’s a dragline on the face of the cylinder where it’s been making contact with the forcing cone even though I checked it multiple times over with feeler gauges and it’s within spec.I’ve done everything everyone says to do to fix these problems, my ejector star is spotless, the cylinder axis, ball-bearings, etc. are spotless (I did find a 2mm sliver of metal in there though), I’ve taken the crane apart and back together again 50 times to try and make sure the front latch spring isn’t bent or something, and no matter what I do it will not stop giving the same issues and I cannot get it to latch any more securely or rotate freely under fire.I almost wonder if there’s a casting flaw in the frame’s front latch notch, or if the front latch is straight up the wrong one, because it doesn’t seem to want to stick out as far as ones I’ve seen on other SRHs and SRH Alaskans in stores, but I don’t know. I gave up chasing problems and am letting Ruger deal with it.I’m not gonna sell it when it gets back and this isn’t gonna be the last Ruger I ever buy, I love my Blackhawks. It’s just frustrating to be the one guy who gets a lemon.
Hey /k/, favor to ask. I have to run a quick errand, mind keeping an eye on this Horton Ho 229 for me? I'll be back in 30, 40 minutes tops. While I'm gone, don't you mess with my Horton ok? OK. Thanks.
>>64749026>>64748489How'd you guys mess this up? Fuckfuckfuck, Anon is going to be back any minute.They didn't have any hortens at the store, but I found this. Just act cool and maybe he won't notice.
>>64747909ah hell nah my nigga just nutted from simply looking at some bitched :skullemoji:
>>64749026fucking kek
>>64749026can't have shit in the hood
>>64747845>Lt. Jimmy Patterson looking at the poorly guarded Horton
6,500,000,000€largest sale in israel's history
>>64751683Doesn't matter. A drugged up bum with a knife already had bullet holes, but still cuts you up.
>>64748947Israel depends on germany for submarines and last nuclear resort options so that won't happen between russia and germany israel will side with germany.That said Israel is probably the only big manufacturer that sells this type of stuff without the ability to turn these off, their reputation is bad enough that a single case of that happening would destroy their arms industry and they depend on exports to keep economies of scale going there.
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>>64749291I agree, Germany should have nukes. And regularly verify their operational status in Waffentestgebiet Ost.
>>64750638>so a future fully domestic analogue can be built on from thisYeah that's what I was thinking of, Germany is a bit behind in terms of long range AD so producing foreign systems under license would be a good way to build up expertise
All things precision shooting, no experience necessary. Discuss rifles, barrels, action, glass, loads, groups, competitions, and anything else related to the pursuit of tighter groups and longer shots.
>>64752753Levels, plumb bob, tall target test.
>>64751401> left hand twist barrel - it would unscrew from the breech eventually
>>64752753>mount rifle in vise>check level with a bubble level>put on scope>hang a string with a weight on somewhere in front of the rifle so you can see it on the scope>rotate scope until the reticle aligns with the stringOr alternatively just buy a scope leveling bubble kit from Aliexpress for $5
>>64752980couldnt you just also put the bubble level on the elevation turret after the gun is leveled?
>>64753049You could but your assuming the turret is level and square and the retical is level and square to the turret
Tanks are not obsolete they just haven't been updated.Abrams introduced- 45 years agoThe first ironclad to the first dreadnought was about 45 years in comparison.Roughly 45 years between the wright brothers plane and the introduction of combat jet aircraft.>fights in an area of eastern europe over the course of 5 years that was covered sometimes in a day in ww2>tanks are obsolete
>>64751799Isn't the Booker just an IRL version of the Paladin?
>>64752785You are really, really, really overestimating flying IED robustness. Most strikes require 2-3 drones for a kill and due to signal issues youre gonna have like 6 max in an area. You cant beat an enemy like the US that can field way more than a trickle with fpvs.
rise of the reds is shit. shockwave shit.
>>64752837No. How did you get to that comparison anyway? The Paladin is like that 1 Super Abrams CATTB called the Thumper than anything.
>>64751799>Tanks are not obsolete they just haven't been updated.https://youtu.be/7OJxjrQ21zg?si=8U3o-u-LwBT2AfRd&t=57
This is an unnamed rifle developed in China between 1997 and 2009. It was never issued to the military on a large scale.Development BackgroundWhen the QBZ-95 was first issued to the military, it was met with a degree of controversy. Due to issues with the initial production run and concerns from high-level officials regarding the bullpup design, an order was issued to develop a conventional-stock rifle chambered in 5.8x42mm.It was under these circumstances that this firearm was conceived. Its design philosophy was clearly influenced by the (Soviet) Russian AN-94, including the signature feature of a high-rate-of-fire, two-round burst.
An interview with Duo Yingxian in the November issue of Ordnance Knowledge《兵器知识》11月刊对朵英贤的采访Duo Yingxian: Chinese Automatic Weapons Expert, Professor at Beijing Institute of Technology, and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. Born in 1932, Duo graduated in 1956 from the Beijing Institute of Technology, specializing in Automatic Weapons Design. He served as the technical lead for the Chinese Type 67 general-purpose machine gun and the Type 95 (QBZ-95) rifle family. He was elected as an Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1999. His published works include Chinese Automatic Weapons, Longitudinal Vibration in Engineering, and New Compendium of Automatic Weapons.朵英贤 中国自动武器专家,北京理工大学教授,中国工程院院士。 1932年生,1956年毕业于北京工业学院自动武器设计专业,中国67式两用机枪及95式枪族技术负责人。1999年当选为中国工程院院士。著有《中国自动武器》、《工程中的纵向振动》、《自动武器新编》等书。
'Originally, the 2004 "95-1" project was supposed to focus on improving the Type 95 itself. However, the military’s primary focus wasn't the 95 itself; they wanted to modify it based on the Russian AN-94 (fielded in 1994). Due to major disagreements, the ordnance system selected a different Chief Designer to lead the 95-1. The task force immediately studied the AN-94 proposal, but in 2005, the Russian AN-94 was decommissioned due to severe reliability issues. China subsequently stopped that research and shifted focus to "ammunition unification" (merging two rounds into one). In 2005, the ordnance system issued a directive for the 208 Institute, 255 Factory, 204 Institute, 791 Factory, and 671 Factory to jointly tackle this unification. I had hoped to implement ergonomic improvements to the rifle during the later stages of the 95-1 development, but I didn't expect it to be delayed by the universal round.''本来,95改在2004年以改进95式步枪为主题,但军方的主攻方向不是95式本身,而是想以俄罗斯1994年装备的AN94式步枪为基础来改造95式步枪,因分歧太大,兵器系统另选总师主持95改步枪。课题组启动后立即研究AN94方案,但2005年俄AN94式步枪因可靠性严重不足全部撤装,中国也就停止研究,转而投入两弹合一,2005年兵器系统下文,208所、255厂、204所、791厂、671厂联合攻关两弹合一,我本来指望,在95改进行的后期对枪械进行一次人机功效改进,没想到它因通用弹而延缓。'
Sources:https://huoqibaike.club/wiki/5.8口径未知名称仿制AN-94步枪https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hUF3fWc3BU
IIRC 50 cent was shot nine times but survived because it was pissant caliber like .25 ACP
>all these tiny pocket gunsWhy are you guys buying pants or shorts with tiny faggot pockets? I exclusively pocket carry and usually with a Beretta 80X.>>64742217>no j-framesIt’s like you didn’t even try
>>64752336What pocket are you stuffing your gun in?
>>64752341Probably dresses like this. Or wears cargo shorts and new balances.
>>64752161Fair, I won’t say they don’t. But in that case the smallest NAA still works fine for shooting something in the head at nearly point blank. Or a heritage rough rider is cheaper, better to shoot, and it’s not like you need the concealability in that scenario. If you think they’re neat that’s great. It’s most of the reason I have mine. But “practical reasons” disappear pretty quick outside of the smallest ones. They at least can say they’re the smallest.
>>64746698>Everyone knows it was a wounder 9Maybe you and your "homies" do, Jamal, but not all of us are well versed in hood lore.
Imagine the POTUS sent Delta Forces after you.Do you think you would do better than Maduro?
>>64752649>>64752661>>64752762>everyone hates youBut who actually hates us? Besides irrelevant insane third-world shitholes. Anyone who's opinion is worth anything either likes US or doesn't really care. >sinking shipWhat... are you talking about? Even if that was true where would you go lol.
>>64752808Will the SEALs write a book about it?
>>64752762Whore, you brought the government down because you are mafia owned shills that will jump and yell like clowns as long as a washed up literal con man with multiple actual investigations and a life of grift starts screaming about "LE kUrRuPtIoN". And pays and busses half of you there of course.Like actual actual fucking con men, of which recordings exist where they talk about mass buying votes and bootlicking puccian shills, lead and finance your "protests" and you act like you are the saviours of democracy.You are literally J6 wannabe faggots, like that bald psycho cunt with the retarder hat, but without the actual guts of the crazy hoe that got shot.And the best thing ? Your leaders literally did everything they said would happen with this budget 4 years ago. Where were you then ? Sucking dick at the local troon meeting ?Go back to ribbit where you can huff each others farts.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64752573Nigga I live in a fucking trailer, what do you think dumbass?
>>64753042Is it even a question if you already know the answer?
I am about to import 80,500 of these indian hesbee 22 short single shot handguns. They are currently in transit being shipped from India.They have sat in storage as they were built in 1959 as gunlaws became more restricted in India. If you were in my shoes, how do I make this business venture successful. I purchased each pistol at 2160 rupees (around 24$) and they cost me ($1500 for import and $5000 in shipping) so i am in for abit under $2mil. Do you think people will actually buy these or should I put my house for sale ASAP?
>>64742593Brand them as the SAAR Redeemer.
>>64742593if you make a combo pack where each gun is a slightly reduced price but comes with a pirate holster id buy 3. Definitely agree with anons you shouldnt mark these above 70$ though at the VERY most.
>>64752071that or just translate liberator into hindi since these are glorified "take your opponents gun" machines
>>64752732>>64742593Taarak
>>64752870Be sure to inscribe "MADE IN BHARAT" on the slide as well
>Working powered exoskeletons have been real for nearly 20 years>Working laser turrets have been real for nearly 20 years>Working railguns have been real for nearly 20 years>Working plasma cannons have been real for over 30 years>Autonomous robots that understand simple commands have been around for over ten years>People act like drones are the most advanced weapon around when we've been using them since WWIIWhat gives? Why is everyone still pretending that we're living the 20th century? People are so tired of waiting for these weapons that they're building the things themselves in their garages.
>>64746751>No one wants to be the first to open that Pandora's box, where everyone without advanced eye protection just gets blinded
>>64748796Yes.
>>64747934Is a megawatt weapon going to be able to stop multiple hypersonic maneuvering reentry vehicles, of which half are just decoys?
>>64752618Probably. Hypersonics are under a lot of aerodynamic stress so just a little heat imbalance can throw the entire thing into a tumble.
Why is this thread still up, but the sub-diffraction ISR thread isn't? /k/ has worst jannies by far.
Why is French firearm design so strange?
>>64746595Oh god, you're having a stroke, I'm sorry.
>>64723278Nothing says "we're not serious about going to war" like a battle rifle in the 70's.
>>64752422https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_wars_involving_France#French_Fifth_Republic_(1958%E2%80%93present)
>>64752422So the entire western world wasn't serious about war? Sounds like a load of commie gobbledygook >B-but the m16M14 was still in service in the 70s, just not as a mainstream issued weapon
>>64741541Thumbnail looks like there's a shepherd dog with you in the chopperEnlarged, the dog vanishes :-(
Why cant Pussia into SEAD?
>>64751719>Why cant Pussia into SEAD?Not enough cute but slightly concerned looking Weasels
>>64751719Soviets lost the tech race. More and more they depended on espionage and dumb luck while US computer tech allowed more and more complex designs. By the time Russia had the means to try SEAD the US already had tech to counter Russia's methods. For example, Russia started fielding RWR in the 80s but the FIM-92 came out in the 80s and that was a passive heat seeker, no radar to detect. A lot of soviet planes got hit before they realized someone was shooting at them.
>>64751719Because the first thing a smart Russian does is get the fuck out of Russia.
>>64752851>Soviets lost the tech race.The Soviets lost the tech race in the 60s from what I've read. Their computer industry was essentially non-existent.
>>64753074I won't deny that. The F-86 Saber's radar gunsight says it all. However, that tech didn't really apply to Russian SEAD efforts until effective MANPADs made Soviet life Hell in Afghanistan.
When the Geran/Shahed drones first appeared, I figured Russia would use them smartly in a classic SEAD/DEAD role: send waves of them to force Ukrainian IADS to light up radars and reveal positions, then follow up with VKS aircraft, with anti-radiation missiles to systematically dismantle those defenses. Russia instead has chosen the most brain-dead and wasteful approach, by treating the Geran/Shaheds s as nothing more than slow, low-cost cruise missiles hurled directly at static infrastructure targets, while leaving the overwhelming majority of Ukraine's air defenses intact and free to keep operating. They're banking entirely on brute-force volume and saturation to get a few through, completely abandoning any effort at SEAD/DEAD. But the thing is that they're not even achieving any kind of saturation effect since, the launches are scattered haphazardly across random cities, regions, and targets all over Ukraine that changes every night (some they they go after energy infrastructure, some other go after some depots, some others they try to hit some cities...), instead of making up their minds and concentrate them single high-value area, frontline sector, or even one major city at a time, and keep hitting them until achieving disruption or collapse. This is also precisely why so few targets are actually hit despite hundreds being launched every night, and so many of them are intercepted.By contrast, even in the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, the LUCAS drones (the American Shahed clones) were properly integrated into a coordinated SEAD/DEAD package.
>>64752409>or electricNice when there's no electricity>gas Some older homes have natural gas water heaters here
>>64749431>then follow up with VKS aircraft>VKS aircraftThere's your problem.
>>64749431>Russia instead has chosen the most brain-dead and wasteful approach, by treating the Geran/Shaheds s as nothing more than slow, low-cost cruise missiles hurled directly at static infrastructure targets, while leaving the overwhelming majority of Ukraine's air defenses intact and free to keep operating.no shit anon thats why the majority of them ARENT armed they are not designed to make strategic hits but to DEPLETE their stockpile
>>64752409this is/was pretty common in euro commie block, we called them "junkers", from the name of the company who made a model of those
>>64751334It's so funny that you can just spot a vatnik a mile away if you've been following the discussion on here for quite some time.Now off you go, back to your outside thinking room as long as it hasnt vanished overnight.I find it funny that Putin's impotent screeching is not being received as humiliating by Russians. Tankers ceeded Iran recked, Maduro recked, zelensky in kupiansk, pokrovsk getting rekt. How much Ls can he take before Russians realize how weak he actually is.Also what the fuck is this captcha. No wonder only retards left posting.
Russia has for the first time deployed new strike drones, the 'Geran-5' and 'Geran-4'.>Russian forces first used the new strike drone 'Geran-5' during attacks on Ukraine in early 2026, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry. The drone is a large jet-powered UAV with a classic aerodynamic design, differing from earlier models.>The 'Geran-5' has a length of about 6 meters and a wingspan of about 5.5 meters. It is equipped with a Chinese-made turbojet engine, capable of carrying a warhead weighing about 90 kg and hitting targets at a distance of up to 1,000–1,050 km. Its navigation system includes a 12-channel 'Comet' satellite system, a microcomputer-based tracker, and 3G/4G modems.>According to Ukrainian intelligence, the design of the 'Geran-5' contains elements similar to the Iranian drone Karrar. There are discussions about the possibility of launching this UAV from aircraft, such as the Su-25, and its potential equipping with 'air-to-air' missiles.>As for the 'Geran-4', it is known that it is an intermediate jet version between the early 'Geran' models and the new 'five'. According to preliminary data, this drone may have a warhead weighing about 50 kg, a speed of 350–500 km/h, a range of up to 950 km, and can also be launched from the Su-25.>Thus, the 'Geran-5' is a new jet-powered long-range strike UAV, comparable in its characteristics to a cruise missile, while the 'Geran-4' is considered its less powerful predecessor
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>>64750333>I don't even know if pic related would solve itit wouldn't solve it because those catapults cost millions and can be bombed too
>>64748720I love how they're are going to keep adding more and more shit to it untill the reinvent the cruise missile.
>>64748840>/chug/ is essentially dead, you should go back.I got there sometimes and literally every thread is the same three guys posing pictures of anime girls as nauseam until it archives
>>64752346>I got there sometimes and literally every thread is the same three guys posing pictures of anime girls as nauseam until it archivesAlso gains and videos of Russians rising flags all over ukraine.
