What is a ballistically good ammo for an 18” 5.56 gun? It’s a 1:8 twist so don’t worry about bullet weight too much, just effectiveness
>>61656167Fuck ya mudda
>>61656119What for? It depends on what you are using it for and the range you plan on shooting. It doesn’t matter much anyway, as long ad the ammo runs fine.
>>61656119Hornady critical duty and hornady tap are both good
>>61656119>"BLACK" ammunition>It's gold coloredGoodbye forever, /k/
>>6165611977 gr lets you shoot further accurately.at normal ranges anything will deliver hurt.
How much uniforms did the military produce per year? By uniforms, i mean combat fatigues. From my understanding, they spent billions, but the amount of uniforms is pretty vague. However, there is always some kind of surplus that resulted in them getting stored or whatever.
>>61655164>Congress tried to pass a bill that makes it illegal for non vets to wear uniformsI don't really think it's that big of a deal as long they would have allowed exceptions for collectors, reenactors, filmmaking, Halloween costumes and people who wear unmarked surplus cammies. You gotta think no other profession was impersonated to the same degree as service members were during the GWOT, so it makes that a law was made because it did become a legit problem. If you're not doing one of the aforementioned activities, there is no legitimate reason to wear a uniform with name, rank, medals, and unit patches. Again the problem wasn't people in old BDUs going hunting. It was people buying Marine Dress Blues and pretending to be Sgt Major of Marine Corps at Waffle House for 5% off their meal. I honestly don't think things would be that different if the law were passed assuming Congress didn't fuck it up.
>>61656056What if they don't have the resources to even get the patches/names off, retard? Are you going to arrest some poverish guy because he was wearing some BDUs/ACUs he got from good will that still has the patches and names? Overall, what Congress tried to do was stupid and violated the first amendment because you may never know if they are committing stolen valor unless they actually try to defraud the VA and gain some fame. Some people like to Larp and some people don't really have the resources to take off everything. Even the stolen valor law that Congress revised got taken down by the supreme court in 2012, because it doesn't do anything aside from harming people who does not even try to get benefits from the VA.
>>61656273>What if they don't have the resources to even get the patches/names off, retard? Are you going to arrest some poverish guy because he was wearing some BDUs/ACUs he got from good will that still has the patches and names?If you can't figure that out, you shouldn't be free to walk the streets. Literally take a knife and cut them off.
>>61653091No, it just makes the most nothing going on welfare queens seethe and scream.>>61649120Military often make the standard for the uniform then farm them out to textile and clothing manufacturers. During the M81 Woodland BDU days, they used Gentec, which was prison labor. So lots of these makers will often sell uniforms or the government will overstock purchase their orders since it is quite literally a wear item.
>>61656296Yea, but I wonder how much they make oer year
>The Fujian, China's newest aircraft carrier, returned to port last week after its first voyage, an 8-day sea trial to prepare the giant ship for handover to the country's navy.>Its debut marks a new milestone in a military modernization effort the likes of which has not been seen anywhere since World War II.>Building and operating a ship as big and complex as the 80,000-metric ton Fujian is one of the most difficult tasks a navy can perform. It is a national enterprise that involves not just building the ship and its onboard systems but also developing a fleet of aircraft to operate from it. And aircraft carriers do not sail alone, but rather go to sea with a fleet of escort vessels and replenishment ships.>So vast is the endeavor of deploying an aircraft carrier that only the U.S. is capable of doing it at scale. France, the U.K. and India each operate one or two much smaller carriers and they import the ships' onboard aircraft.>Aircraft carriers are potent emblems of national power, and just by building them, China is demonstrating that it has not only the strength but also the national resolve to do difficult and expensive things. Like the showy feathers of a peacock, an aircraft carrier is an investment in displaying national potency.>Another interpretation is that China wants to reduce its dependence on U.S. protection of the arteries of world trade. The notion here is that those channels which the U.S. Navy keeps open, it can also close. China likely no longer wishes to be dependent on American goodwill.>A third theory is that China is building a fleet to match that of the U.S. so that it can eventually force the U.S. Navy out of Asia. China would prefer not to fight a war with America to achieve this ambition but having enough naval power to win a major conflict might itself persuade Washington that its position is untenable.https://asia.nikkei.com/Opinion/Chinese-aircraft-carrier-s-voyage-hints-at-plan-for-post-U.S.-navy
Ah yes the proud Chinese naval tradition. I’m actually curious though, I’ve been reading about how the modern English language is basically built around sailing, like all Anglo countries share phrases that originate from boats.
>>61656390Because the tradition of sailing sailboats and steam boats have direct correlation with modern diesel, gas turbine, nuclear powered ships. And operating large guns is the same as operating VLS cells and launching cruise missiles from them.
>>61656352>>US can't build hypersonic mis-ACK!
>>61656404Yeah there’s a very meaty cultural study to be had there but the more I research the deeper it goes. >all hands>learn the ropes>three sheets to the windIt might even go as deep as a thumbs-up. Or even the concept of “depth” as a metaphor for complicated ideas
>>61656410Literally just a ballistic missile which cannot even engage moving targets lmao!
Competitive editionWhat do you guys shoot? What's popular in your country?
>>61642717S T A Y H Y D R A T E D
Got mah glawk todayUsed 19X with a spare threaded barrel, pretty cheap too
>>61607599>>61607614>>61607624nice range Franken Anon
Evropa no!!
Good morning. Range day today
Surely there must be some interest in this board for things made before planes and machine guns. Ive seen some sword threads floating around from time to time.Primer questionsAny period/culture your like or are autistic about?Have you been to any museum recently and seen or photographed any cool stuff?Do you own or collect anything or is in the process of building a kit for reenacting/living history/Larping?
>>61651182feel free to post as much as you like, its not like your taking the space from other anons considering that 95% of the thread has been just me trying to keep my thread afloat
Finally got around to taking a new family photo. And of course I forgot the mace...>>61644900To add, the bit that ended up against the rules were the locking gauntlets (which would be locked closed and thus make it near impossible for the king to drop his weapon). The rules change/clarification/ruling came in when the harness was "functionally" done, but before it had been decorated, thus the (relatively speaking) severely plain appearance. The other 1520 armour was the one made as its replacement.>>61647657Alas, at that point in his life it appears he was in decidedly poor health. Severely overweight, likely suffering from gout, with a festering leg wound that refused to heal since '36, and if the pus-filled boils hadn't quite shown up yet they soon would. He didn't live to see February of '47.
Dead Italian soldier holding photo of his child, North Africa campaign.
>>61656459While they were putting on their masks Sgt York led 20 good men armed with sawed off M97s into their trench and left them with cruel and unusual maiming wounds that caused them to drown in their own sauerkraut
>>61656459If they used heavier than air gas, it's likely that the gas just displaced the air in the trench and they suffocated.Gas mask filters can filter out toxic agents, but they can't provide you with breathable oxygen.
>>61656459They probably just put the masks on too late and breathed some gas, it happened a lot
Tan Son Nhut, Vietnam, 1968. A twelve year old Vietnamese ARVN Airborne trooper who had been "adopted" by the Airborne Division, holding a M-79 grenade launcher. The picture was taken during a sweep of an Airborne Task Force Unit through the devastated area surrounding the French National Cemetery on Plantation Road after a day long battle there.
>>61656451>I told you you can't learn Japanese
Gun drone
>>61654046Just shoot single shoots and aim better. There is no need to fight recoil when you can ignore it.
>>61656026>Just shoot single shootsA revolver would combine both options.Probably really easy to vent a revolver like >>61654111 and >>61654062 too.
>>61652888>mykola you must choose between this highly agile drone with enough explosive power to take out armor or this drone you will have a hard time aiming>.....
>>61656400>see a dozen ziggers dispersed outside the casualty radius of a 40mm>have to choose hitting 1-3 before recalling droneversus>have 30rds to hit more>can harass ziggers from on high while UAF lads assaultObviously what they're doing at the moment is primitive, but its worth exploring.
>>61654858Judging by the drone advancements in the last couple of years probably by mid 2030s, just without the blades. Guns would be cheaper than choppy chops.
>M14 you can carry 280 rds in loaded mags at 10 kg>AK-47 you can carry 360 rds in loaded mags at 10 kg>AK-74 you can carry 540 rds in loaded mags at 10 kg>AR-15 you can carry 600 rds in loaded mags at 10 kgThis is without taking into account the weight of the rifle which skews the balance even more in the favor of the ARAn AR-15 in 5.56 is an incredible rifle for the average infantryman.The army should have kept the M4, perhaps upgrading it with a normal M-Lok handguard, an intelligent barrel profile like pic related, and maybe a stronger bolt to take the new higher pressure ammo. Going back to battle rifles is peak retardation.
>>61655707>faggot plate carriers deemed deadweight>every major military switches to smocks made of materials equivalent to NIJ IIA armor to stop fragments.
>>61654477So many faggots talk so much shit but have never even ran a mile with plates + rifle + 7 mags and a pistol It's not like it impossible but it's not as easy as many think. Many of the shit talkers on the internet are not in the physical shape to actually be saying anything about moving weight over distance
Literally all they needed to do was make the URGI standard. Perfect upgrade. It amazes me how retarded the concept of moving to a heavier rifle with less ammo capacity to defeat body armour that isn't fielded by anybody outside of the US military is.>>61647965Based G3fag, but you're also wrong.
>>61647965Based Aryan HKChad.
>>61647944You'd be at an advantage over any of the other options with the .308/7.62x51, because you can increase distance and have more power to actually kill what you want dead at range, or even though a barrier.If you're such a bad shot sure, just carry 20"kg" of .308 and you have as much as if it were 5.56
>mogs
>>6165504570% german hull
>>61655464Explain
>>61655215>Add blowout panels to your design>Only protect 1/3 of your ammo storageI honestly don't get it.
>>61655121It's not a paintjob.
>>61655301>meanwhile leopards are still on the frontlines taking their hits like a champMore like "waiting on some maintenance depot in poland for parts"
>Literally wont make a difference in 99% of situations >/k/ will still still spend hours of their lives arguing over which is better
>>61655382fuck off ash
>>61655260one is pure soul forged and milled in cold weather of mother russia other is soulless jamming piece of shit created by a crony capitalistic soulless fag merely for profit and stashing deadbodies of children >>61656270is that ak a prop ? looks like a plastic playtoy
>>61655260>AKs don't as accurate>ARs don't as barrier penetration>both are compromises, get a .308 pussy
AR15 in 5.56 only for the reason that in any scenario it will be in the US most likely and AR15 has maximum parts availability/ ammo / magazines Only reason someone would bother using something else is just LARP
>>61656461
What do we think if it's upgrades looks?
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why are the su57 and f14 wide asf between exhausts?
>>61655587She's the best, I only got to see her fly a few times when I was in the chairforce up close on the flightline, but man. Eagle is the best airframe for it's time by far.>>61655577>tripsdubschecked, also holy shit this looks like a girl I know from NY who does cosplay
My jet bro anons, do you think the NGAD, or some future jet fighter, will have two PW-100 engines side-by-side, for a staggering 86,000 lbs of thrust in afterburner? And give it 2D vectoring like the F-22 and it would be the most bonkers fighter ever. I need to see this in my lifetime.
>>61655548>>61655580>>61655586Lifting body and ground effect more than likely played into the design as much as where to locate the mechanicals and systems for the swing wing.I'm sure a lot of wind tunnel testing went into refining the overall design as well.
>>61655021>>61655157I get that they were designed separately for their respective branches but the F-15 and F-14 would have been great if they swapped places. >>61655586There's a lot more aircraft whose fuselages provide lift than you might think. Given the amount of supersonic and other high performance aircraft that (intentionally) feature this, it doesn't seem to be a problem since it would be an aerodynamic surface anyway, possibly even moreso. >>61655762It'll be dual XA100s or XA101s, if not a brand new engine design entirely. over 90k or possibly even 100k ft/lb of thrust. >2D thrust vectoringProbably not a priority, but based on the concept designs coming out of Lockheed Martin it seems like they could easily do it without compromising stealth.
>>61654892So my penis can get inside that hot tail
New cover when? EditionOld >>61513432MFAL comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5V9qYxITW0Resource on what these spec terminology meanhttps://www.nite-walker.com/post/2019/11/21/specs-for-dummies-101https://apollogearco.com/blogs/news/night-vision-specs-explainedhttps://gloomgroup.com/blogs/night-vision-info/night-vision-specifications-understanding-what-they-meanYou shouldn't be chasing for spec values but they do exist and if you wanted to know what "better spec" values are there's a way to know which unit is desirable over another.Most retailers won't post this info as they build NVDs to order, first come first serve, and depending on their grading scale of high, mid, low tier it may differ from retailers. If a retailer offer a “ready to ship” fully built units they will list the spec values. Hand select is an option from retailers that will try to match to your spec requirements.Some reputable retailers:https://www.jrhenterprises.com/Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>61655937>not giving Mr. Basque his due
>>61656190>>not giving Mr. Basque his dueWhat?
>>61656213The Sneed Whisperer? You're out of the loop. He's having LS make an updated M6 with a crane port and some other improvements.
>>61656320Oh shit right, I'll include the M6 situationHope they don't get sanctioned
What kind of nods should I be looking for if I'm not interested in shooting with them? They're mainly to detect crack heads and wild animals while hiking.Surely I can buy cheap $150 chink shit and get away with it right?
Can someone redpill me on the realities of nuclear capabilities of the USA, Russia, and other countries?Types of delivery systems, probable range and yield, realistic destructive potential estimates, most probable targets, reliability, etc. Also the possibility of survivability/recovery after a strike and the means of maximizing personal chances of survival.
>>61656054go 5 minutes without mentioning zoomers or trannies you brain-fried motherfucker. DEFCON is not a nuclear war simulator
>>61656063>DEFCON is not a nuclear war simulatorclose enough for government work
>>61654187Nuclear weapons are an example of what is sometimes referred to as a "Schelling fence"; the short version is that there are certain "natural" boundaries that make precommitments between opposing sides easier to coordinate.Think of it like this: you and another rancher are trying to divide a large section of land between the two of you, but it's very hard to figure out where the halfway point is. However, there's a convenient stream that bisects it (more or less), so you make that the barrier because it is a clear-cut, easy line. And the result is, it's easy for BOTH sides to defend. If either rancher encroaches beyond it, it's very obvious, and so both sides are incentivized to stick to it, because if you instead have to choose a less clear, more arbitrary boundary, it will be much harder to say when the line has been crossed."Don't ever use a nuclear weapon" is a useful Schelling fence, because if you say "only use a nuke against military targets", for example, then it very quickly becomes a slippery slope of debating what is and isn't a military target, and that increases the risk that nuke use escalates to global thermonuclear war. The safest thing for everyone is if no one uses nukes for ANYTHING, lest they get normalized over time and eventually nuking each others cities enters the Overton Window.
>>61653971>source: trust me bro
>>61653641>range = irrelevant, everyone has enough range to hit wherever they want in enemy countryNot true. A slow icbm can be shot down. A nuke dropped on top of your head by a stealth bomber cannot.Usa clearly has massive advantages in choice how to deliver.
>17 units of armored vehicles were used by the occupiers at the same time in the Novomykhailivka area, and Tavrian paratroopers immediately destroyed 11 units.https://files.catbox.moe/w4gm97.mp4
>>61650691Well, that remains to be seen. The PLA is largely unproven, they tend to lie about pretty much everything, so it could be that, it could be another SMO right in Siberia.
>>61634399Female anthro male human?
>>61656316Can't you read, dumbfuck, he said f doesn't stand for female
>>61629780For me it was black girls
>>61656316NTA, but I think he confirmed it here:>>61636226
