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>>62153728Oh no! Are people discussing a weapon on a board specifically for discussing their thoughts and opinions about weapons?! SAGE SAGE SAGE! THIS BOARD SHOULD ONLY TALK ABOUT POLITICS!
>>62153728Oh Look, a Nigger makes Nigger observations. Nobody cares, Nigger.
>>62152206How is it that the rest of the world not only got better LMG than us, but also got better BAR than us?
>>62152990>plainly readsYou just put that tgere!
>>62153728>Wasnt as good as it should of been and wasn't as bad as it could've been.Like ur mom.
Imagine thinking the left was better than the right.
>>62154038>There were about 5x more MG34/42s than 1919s in a rifle company, 1 per 20 guys vs 1 per 96.What's a Weapons Company? What's a doctrinal difference? Are you being deliberately misleading?
>>62154058>all the graph proves is that German weapon production was focused on the eastern frontHow does it do that?It's merely a casualty reportIt proves nothing about doctrine and strategy, unless you're a follower of the Wimp Lo art of warThe US military lost most casualties in the past 22 years to Iraqi insurgents. Does this mean the US military is mostly designed to kill insurgents?
>>62154044It's a Medium Machine Gun. Like the MG42
>>62154038>There were about 5x more MG34/42s than 1919s in a rifle company, 1 per 20 guys vs 1 per 96.Yes, but it's not an either/or thing, because the US had both BARs as well as M1917s, M1914s and M2s. A Garand is more firepower than a Kar 98 and a BAR is more firepower than either. So it's not 10 M1919s vs 64 MG42s, it's 45 BARs, 12 M1914s, 8 M1917s and 6 M2s vs 64 MG42s.While we're on that, the Germans were using MG34/42s for their LMG, MMG and HMGs just on different mounts, while the US fielded true HMGs (water cooled and .50 cal) so they could do true SMFG and anti-materiel with their MGs. The US also fielded more mortars per battalion (15 vs 10 by Normandy), had snipers at the platoon level instead of battalion (at best) and more of them, etc.
>>62154137>water cooledWhat was the US water cooled HMG?
Found this tank buried in the middle of nowhereAnyone know what it could be?
>>62152357fuck, it's late''really close to limburg near hasselt, some random ass forest i was driving though''i need to take medsanyways will be updating tomorrow around 17:00 western euro time
>>62150981pussy.you won't be able to melt steel with MAPP gas. you expand the metal with heat to free it up. it's something like 1 thou per 100 degrees F or there abouts. take it to a dull red and you should be able to work the hinge loose with a prybar.if anything melts it would be a bronze bushing on the pin if it has one. it probably doesn't though.
>>62152369gib coords. i live in Flanders and want to see
>>62152023>>62152210You will never convince me that language isn't made up because I can understand 95% of it every single time.
>>62152369geen probleem, neem je tijd het we weten hier allemaal dat het wat langer duurt met limburgershet belang van limburg is de rest van de mensheid geduld bijbrengen
>Video reportedly from a Russian command post in Bakhmut. It shows operators watching a UAV feed and Discord.Thoughts about using Discord for C2?: https://x.com/RALee85/status/1816978111759790510?t=clOnZCTbRBWYHCIta7MPng&s=19
if it works who cares
When will Ukrainians start raiding their discord servers?
>>62154017>UAV feed and Discord>Discordso the russians are just discord troonsTTDZD
>>62154027American authorities have warrantless access to all discord servers
Why are they so retarded?
Looks like they're moving on the 'sovereign barrels' promise, starting with 105mm and 155mm blanks. https://gov.uk/government/news/uk-government-and-defence-industry-stepping-up-support-for-ukraine
>>62150418>something happens for reasons completely unrelated to Trump>wow truly 4d chess!literally the other side of the TDS coin
I work in a sector that has a decent part to play in a lot of defence and manufacturing and I work on the contracts and logistics.The amount of money and manpower that has flooded in over the past 7 or so months is absolutely fucking insane.
>>62148907IDK how they can call that crude steel production, its arc furnaces using recycled metal or imported pig iron as shown in your diagram. Recycling <> production. Downstream also <> production.
>>62153361Conversion of iron to steel could be considered genuine production I guess. UK imported 25,000 tonnes of iron feedstock in 2022. So technically production (with blending) up to perhaps 100,000 tonnes in future?
>>62133586nazi nato is reactivating these bad boys
Boeing is actively studying whether it can turn the F-15EX Eagle II into a platform similar to an EA-18G Growler, the Navy's electronic warfare jet, according to company rep Rob Novotny. The study remains in the "nascent" stage. But Boeing is already eyeing opportunities for NATO members, with Poland evaluating the F-15EX. And Boeing considers F-15 operators in the Indo-Pacific region as another candidate for such a Wild Weasel version of the F-15EX. "The Growler line has ended. […] Modern aerial combat requires command of the electromagnetic spectrum, and this platform would lead the way into the next decade or two," Novotny said.
>>62147997that's what you do when you have neither shells nor rockets
>>62153610>>62153729>>62153741Jesus christ shut the fuck up malayfag
>>62153754it's an indog trying to falseflag
>>62153790Another pack of Malay lies.https://desuarchive.org/_/search/text/Despite%20the%20fact%20that%20Malaysia%20is%20a%20larger%20and%20more%20strategically%20important%20country%20/country/my%20/
>>62147997That's nice, but the chinks have already copied that idea with the J-16D
this is just mean
>>62150247Fuck off scum
>>62153706Mobik was all happy he got the unique AK variant
>>62150247Get fucking lost, stinky commie incel.
>>62154151I thought the traditional insult is nigger commie jew lover.I am beginning to think that storing ammo inside the fighting compartment is a bad idea
>>62150247Dunno what you're whinging about.Wouldn't even call the former a quip.
Weekend /arg/ OLD: >>62147047
>>62154095Build it out if you want.
LMFAO HOLY SHIT KEKFORMER FRONT LINE UKRANIAN VET GOES ON ABOUT LPVOS BEING SHIT IN THE FIELD
>>62154113BASED WE NEEEEEEED TO BACK TO JUST IRONS AND JUST USE VIS LASERS NIGHT VISION IS OVER RATED
>>62154113HOL' UP, SO YOU'RE SAYINGDEAD IN THE STR- I MEAN, BATTLEFIELD?
>>62154095swap geissele and dogshit defense and it's an alright list. You can buy a fully assembled rifle but it'll just show up and sit there in your closet since shtf is always 2 weeks away and you're a consumer target market for people who never shoot. You'll miss out on the fun, knowledge, and sometimes savings of building shit out part by part
Is he /ourguy/?
>>62145871I feel like Umbrella should have invested in A-10s instead of Tyrants.
>>62154072I thought it was “not Belarus”?
>>62145871>the Tyrant's feel when he is challenged to a knife fight
>>62146531>holehardedly
>>62145464>USP in a leather shoulder holster>M9 Bayonet>N’Sync haircut without being gay, cut as fuck, turns into a turbo Dadcore scruffy type later with a jawline that makes John Wick look like a femboyMy fiance is obsessed with him, and it’s hardly fair lmao.
Who's cooler? >Fighter pilotsVs.>Gunship pilots/gunners
>>62148067I read from /k/ that Apache pilots are just cope rejects who failed fighter pilot school
>>62153162That sounds more like you read it on r*ddit kind of thing because that doesn't make any sense at all. You're dealing with entirely separate branches all together along with very different types of aircraft. I'm sure in the Airforce if you prove to be kind of shit, they probably wont put you in an F-22 but rather something like a C-130 or a Globemaster. They're not gonna tell you to change branches all together where the Army then happily receives all of the Airforce's rejects.
>>62151472Low tier loyaltyWith hundreds of gurkhas ready to bail his assOnly flew "safe" combat missions, not the ones where he has a real chance of getting shot at much less shot downAdmirable but he was more badass when he was with a recon team where he's actually out in front
>>62153251What the hell are you even talking about?
>>62153251low tier royalty? Wasn't Harry a prince?
yet another stick vs drone episode
>>62149978Swing away Merrell, swing away!
>>62149978
I never expected this song to have been about WW3.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1Csif5l_6c
>>62151301Y'see ... we've reached an age where it is very reasonable to assume that your own death is being recorded on video. Therefore, people will (more and more) try to make an attempt at the end so they don't become a laughingstock Internets meme. Better to go out epic.
>>62151301if you have enough time to pick up a stick and are able to fight or flight effectively why not shoot the drone?
How big of an army would you realistically need to take a planet, let alone police a galactic polity?
Just one guy
Reminder that the very first scene of the first star wars movie is stormtroopers taking on the wrong end of a fatal funnel and winning. A dozen rebel guns with cover all pointed at a single doorway only one man can pass through at a time, at the end of a hall, and they not only win they take less casualties doing so just two troopers downed vs 6 or so rebels while the rest flee deeper into the ship and surrender a minute later.
>>62154093The Rebels were demoralised ship's crew and the stormtroopers' armour probably helped a lot
>>62135663/k/ - fairytales and kid's toys
>>62154103Not demoralized till after that initial engagement nor would that have any effect on your ability to shoot down an empty hallway. The "ship's crew" were also wearing official rebel soldier uniforms as we see later on the Yavin base and you'd think the guys assigned to guard one of the most important VIPs in the alliance would be among the most elite.
>Chinese PLA continues to conduct exercises involving the transfer of troops and military equipment over long distances using both ferries and civilian Ro-Ro vessels.What are the tactical advantages of using civilian vessels for transporting troops and military equipment?: https://x.com/clashreport/status/1817092813919518795?t=BpvX2ai3_VicjzVn0JKWkw&s=19
>>62154144Tactical advantages? It's pretty normal for expiditiary forces to have a fleet of civilian cargo vessels they can use on hand.All logistics is warfare. All warfare is logistics.
>>62154144>What are the tactical advantages of using civilian vessels for transporting troops and military equipment?Having a seafaring traffic jam akin to Russia's logistics clusterfuck near the beginning of the 2022 part of the Russian invasion.
>loading boats onto a ferry is now worthy of a heavily edited propaganda videoIt's Chinese and weren't any fatalities though so maybe they are learning.
>>62154144There is large fleet of such ships with very high capacity. Comparing to dedicated build military landing ships. You can move MUCH with civilians ships.
>>62154144do artillery-launched sea mines exist? what range do they have?
