>uke can strike russnik from London They should allow you to pilot drones if you donate enough money
>>65151832IRL Manhacks
yeah great idea>random russian donates a bunch of money>immediately suicides it back into the launch point
>>65151838This, letting anyone fly is the dumbest shit ever, it won't be random Russians it'll be Russian drone pilots with government funding.
Why don't they give those drones arms with large spinning saw blades?
>>65149219more rivets than an interwar tank
>>65150776>rivetsEven worse, just hardware store bolts.
>>65149219Nobody else seems to understand the reference but i do
>>65149219No. Give it eight legs. For cross country purposes. Yeah.
>>65151725It can also multitask how many ballsacks it can kick too
What era had the coolest naval combat?
1797 Battle of Cape St. Vincent solidified Admiral (then Commodore) Horatio Nelson as the radical commander the Royal Navy needed. If he had died there, or been killed for defying Admiral Jervis's orders. The World would be a very different place. The Napoleonic Wars without Royal Navy supremacy would have a different outcome, which would've affected 19th century trade balance, colonialization, the rise of Prussia and Germany, etc.....I'd argue that WW1 would not have happened without Nelson's victories.
>>65149819>Age of Sail fanthe Royal Navy and serious naval historians credit Admiral Anson with instituting the reforms which created the RN's "300 years" of reputation, as Cunningham put ithttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Anson,_1st_Baron_Anson#First_Lord_of_the_Admiralty>Among his reforms was the removal of corrupt defence contractors, improved medical care, submitting a revision of the Articles of War to Parliament so tightening discipline throughout the Navy, uniforms for commissioned officers, the transfer of the Marines from Army to Navy authority and a system for rating ships according to their number of guns.Just by this paragraph alone you should see how immensely influential he was.Pepys also deserves mention for instituting formal officer training for the RN.At the end of the day, education, training and testing seems to be one of the most powerful forces for change in military history.
>>65146701Absolute truth spoken>>65149363Neither, it was her fifth salvo
>>65149085>Where the Chinese, Koreans, and Japanese just tossed army generals into the waterNigga most premodern admirals were just army generals commanding a sea battle. Dedicated naval officers only cropped up in the 1600s in Europe and parts of the Middle East, largely to fill a need for permanent navy commanders to police colonial possessions & trade routes abroad.
>>65150873>>65150873>Dedicated naval officers only cropped up in the 1600sOn that point, a lot of people only know of Samuel Pepys for his candid diary keeping, but he was instrumental in establishing the compulsory exams and sea-time requirements for young men to become naval officers, rather than simply being of noble birth and having social conncections to acquire a commission (which sometimes resulted in competent sea commanders, but unreliably). I think, correct me if I'm wrong, the desire for practical seamanship was a result of the English experience during the Anglo-Dutch wars, where the Dutch had an apprenticeship-and-experience system for their officers, and ran rings around the English at times, though the Dutch would not institute technical exams until the mid 18th century, which may partly account for their falling behind the British at that time.>>65149837After writing all that, I realise you gave Pepys credit as well.
How do picrel compare to the original full size Wranglers? I have one of the originals and it is my favorite .22lr plinker. Are the little birds heads ones just as good? Is it worth picking one up?Also, revolver general I guess.
>>65150159Avoid the 45-70 unless you're a handloader. Most of the of the ammo sucks out of pistol-length barrels.
>>65150227Unless he plans to hunt with it or use it for metallic silhouette, I figure he's mainly getting it for just the fun of an extra big iron.
>>65150556I bought a .45-70 BFR years ago (before I started handloading) simply for fun. I sold it after a couple months because the .454 Super Redhawk I already owned was much more fun, and was cheaper to shoot. I love bigass revolvers. That is the only one I've ever sold.I do think the BFR is a great gun, it's actually very good quality for the money. My only gripe with them mechanically is that the standard black plastic grips look and feel cheap. I've got no problem with the BFR, just get one in something other than .45-70.
>>65141257>>65141161Ok I will, but only as an accessory from one of those 3 options, which one would be the most optimal before I pull the final backflip?
>>65139255bro out here Stansfield maxxing
This is footage of a Russian USV being blown up by a Ukrainian FPV off the coast of Odesa.The FPV clearly struck the USV charge.
>>65150809I do wonder whether this USV was using a starlink activated by a Ukrainian dupe/traitor or some Russian/Chinese satphone
>>65151627Russia has a small fleet of telecom's satellites at their disposal, but allegedly connection is shoddy at best/isn't capable of dealing with the speeds that UAVs and USVs need to attain to be effective
>>65150091Basic human dignity is considered classy now, GRIM!
>>65151657When nobody else has standards, maintaining your own makes you a class act.
>>65150253Cargo cult.
Mexico is planning the rapid acquisition of new multirole jets and the F16 Block 70/72 is now the front runner. Mexico has long had a plan to replace it's fleet of aging F5 fighters by the mid 2030s but the timeframe has now been moved up. Under the new plan a minimum of 8 units are required to be in active service no later than 2028. Mexico has not published a firm number of total airframes desired but it is estimated to be between 16 and 48 units.A Brazilian manufactured variant of the Gripen E/F was the frontrunner for the F5 replacement until recently. With Ukraine poised to acquire up to 150 Gripens, a Mexican tender would face delays and also be a secondary priority for the Sweden based Saab. A potential veto of the American designed engine powering the Gripen also looms although Saab has proposed a Gripen variant powered by an uprated EJ2000 engine in place of the GE-Volvo unit. Mexico had planned to send Ukraine it's fleet of 50 Soviet designed helicopters at the onset of the current war, but only 3 airframes were sent before pro-neutrality politicians in Mexico blocked further deliveries. Under that arrangement, Mexico would have received heavily discounted Blackhawks to replace the Mi17 airframes sent to Ukraine. The current US administration has also been offering Mexico preferential deals on military equipment if Mexico plans to use them to fight drug traffickers. It now appears Mexico is poised to capitalize on both incentives to acquire the F16 and Blackhawk.There is a separate Mexican Navy program to acquire long range twin engine superiority and strike fighters. This program has been long stalled with the F/A-18, Su-30, Rafale and unspecified Asian offerings on the table though this program lacks required funding with priorities going towards new surface vessels.>The Peruvian F16 sale shamed Mexico into finally upgrading their air force.
>>65149272>current term I am ready for God Emperor Rubio to follow him
>>65151287I am already prepared to refer to air strikes as Rubio's Grill
>>65146871i thought the catalog thumbnail was a jet diving underwater. then i opened the thread and saw the full image.it was kind of badass in that childish sort of way.
>>65151651I thought the emblem on the tail of the F16 was Squidward, but angry.
>>65149264>chinese stuff is askshully bad beacuse blah blah blahDo you not know how to read? I explicitly said my reasoning for the J-10 would be solely because it would be funny.
Is having to use go and no-go gauges on your AK out of reallistic fear it will kaboom not direct evidence AKs suck balls? Or is it just slavic manufacturing that sucks massive balls and the odds of an out of spec chamber is far more than 0 than it should be? Also why has an american company never been able to make an AK that lasts for more than a few thousand rounds without shitting the bed?
>>65151398no. but a set of gauges from midway twenty years ago was like 20 bucks so i figured why not
>>65151411>he doesn't knowLolLmao
>>65150787headspacing is important, anon. I build on parts kits that dont have a barrel or have a shot out one so headspacing is important for intial barrel placement and drilling. as for go-no go gauges i just use the poor's trick of live round then live round with two layers of painters tape
>>65150787>realistic fearFor factory AKs, no.For your own kit builds, yes. You could argue to use them for any kit build but it would depend on the builder if you trust them or not.Its less "out of spec parts" and more "out of spec assembly".American mass manufacturers of AKs hire the cheapest labor possible to assemble AKs so that's a big part why they frequently suck.
>>65150787Isn't that normal though? I recall M2s had to be regularly headspaced (armorer level, not by me), and I dont think anybody is claiming they're bad guns.
>A video, along with the plans, has recently surfaced showcasing “Project Canard,” an open-source, 3D-printed guided rocket system that recalculates its trajectory mid-air using a $5 sensor and some piano wire>The entire launcher and interceptor frame are printed in standard PLA and run off an off-the-shelf ESP32 microcontroller.... The system even creates its own local Wi-Fi network, allowing the operator to monitor live telemetry and arm the “MANPADS” (Man-Portable Air-Defense System) prototype from a laptop. It uses a distributed camera node network to triangulate targets and update flight paths in real-timehttps://thefreethoughtproject.com/solutions/decentralizing-defense-a-96-guided-rocket-just-put-precision-warfare-into-the-hands-of-the-people
>>65114137Not anymore, like two weeks ago FAA came out with a new program where local police officers can write you a ticket for violating airspace
>>65114526>local police officers can write you a ticket for violating airspaceArguably, this means treating airspace as having road-rules, which is kind of a good thing, ironically including from a freedom perspective; in the sense that regulations prevent bans and much reduces the severity of breaches.Kind of a bootlicker argument admittedly but I think it's not entirely wrong.
>>64985132>3d print shitty rc plane>make it missile shaped>put raspberry pi in it>OMG I LITALLY MADE A MANPAD
>>65114526>Local cops can write you a FAA ticket for a spicy bottle rocket without a federal marshalling order but the feds are powerless to use them in deportation operationsDo whatever the fuck you want
>>64985304>>65010446But muh social credit and surveillance Now I'm going to go upload my Palantir-Flock Internet ID to get California-approved stls for my printer. Thank goodness it didn't affect my credit score.
Persian armor for female soldiers.
One year ago today India and Pakistan fought one of the biggest air wars in years. After a year what's the general take away from the skirmish and the kit involved?https://www.key.aero/article/full-article-understanding-rafale-kills
>>65149332>can't fly without hiding behind civilian aircraftsIs this really how they're coping in India?
>>65139075It's very similar to how stone age tribesmen fight. Mostly standing in big crowds throwing spears and arrows from a distance. This makes sense for them since the low population numbers mean serious casualties can be catastrophic for the tribe, and it's mostly about chasing the other guys off, or because of some petty dispute.India and Pakistan simply never evolved past that.>>65139081
>>65138960Wasn't an f35 spotted and struck in March by Iran ?
ArriveLose 6 RafalesLeave
>>65151534Nah they lost more like 20
Good evening gents I hope you all had a wonderful Sunday. Are you a black powder enjoyer? If so, what's your favorite smoke puffer? If not, why?
>>65098137went to shoot again. Different hammer spring, nipples definitely clean and dry and see-through, full 25 grain charges. I squeezed all caps oval.>1st shot always goes bang>subsequent ones not so much...>2 of them went shhh and then left a cake of partially burnt material on the nipple!!!!caps dont visibly move from recoil but Im sure they must. I finished by loading, capping and shooting 4 or 5 shots one at a time and each went bang. What can I trie, gluing caps on nipples? :D At least Im so far happy with accuracy: at 25 m it shoots right where sights point and I can stay inside the black of air pistol target. And I suck with pistols.
>>65128186>you miss that?NTA, but even solid bullets will bump up to fit the bore within reason, assuming that they're made of more or less pure lead and not some bullshit alloy. F.W. Mann (of Mann Accuracy Device fame) wrote all about this well over a century ago. When discussing the behavior of a lead bullet at the moment of powder ignition, he used the analogy of chewing gum to describe what was happening and then demonstrated the effect through various experiments. What the Minie ball does better is not simply expanding (because again, any lead bullet will do that), but making loading easier down a heavily fouled barrel by virtue of only the skirt making contact and dragging on it.>>65138588If you're crimping your caps to make them fit, they don't fit. Change your caps or change your nipples.
>>65133501Unless you are in love with the design, why?They are inherently inaccurate due to having the rear sight on the hammer, which in single action mode is fine, but I. Double action mode is pretty inaccurate.
>>65141143I heard it's even worse since the hammer doesn't actually raise high enough so that it can be properly lined up with the front sight. I mostly want to get a double action just for the sake of having one, and I don't think anyone's making any new Adams.
Hi, can anyone recommend any good books on black powder weapons? Either from the American Civil War or in Europe? I would like to know their history and evolution,
POST ALL THINGS IRANIAN MILITARY(any time, any empire)The greatest military minds have consistently taken over Persia and Iran.Alexander beat them.Miltiades, Themistocles, and Pausanius beat them.Khalid ibn al-Walid beat them.Ghengis Kahn beath them.Timur beat them.Lucullus and Trajan beat them.Heraclius beat them.Selim I beat them.Nikolai Baratov beat them.Lionel Dunsterville beat them.Edward Quinan beat them.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65131471Uh oh you posted the Shah's flag, that's not good!
It is also worth saying that Iran has attacked the US regular navy from at least 6 different counties.The quds have a long military history of their own, and are a significant part of Iran's military history. The UAE is very angry right now that America protected Israel but not the emirates who had western military bases, and the US still can't secure the gulf mostly because the Quds have a hidden missile program for ten years in the whole region, no longer a secret.
>>65059447Did they stop attacking ships?
>>65131502>at least 6 different countriesUndisputed: Iran, Iraq, Yemen, Iraq, Lebanon.Arguable/Disputed: Gaza, SyriaCurious what you meant with the 6 number since there is only 5 that definitely had launches during the 40 day war.>no longer a secretI'm pretty sure this was widely known among people who were paying attention. So it was definitely known to militaries.>>65133307>shoot a couple dozen munitions around the strait>win(?)Is Mojtaba the real politik progidy his father wasn't?
>>65129418Can't rape the willing anon
The Shahed has RETVRNED to its rightful inventors.
>>65143042>Ja hallo ich would like to make a model flugzeug>1000 each month, ich am very enthusiast>for flying und fun>Ja in eastern east of former Deutschland, please deliver to Lemberg
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>>65079922sheathes with the extra handle are so fucking cool man
>>65148918POV: You're about to grab some REAL, real titties.
>>65148918Looks like a spaceship to me. Like a cool fighter ship whose wings shift position when it leaves atmo to burn void. Like a small, compact sort of ship, maybe a big fighter or some kind of small, fast ship with a sufficient cargo bay for smuggling.
Good morning and happy SundayWho is /k/ryptid hunting this weekend ? lets go through some the list Bigfoot and & Skunk Ape Bayou RougarouDog Men Skin Walkers Watchmen Moth Man Grey Aliens Chupacabra>Everything Else Cryptid accounts: (I'm choosing What Lurks Beneath Channel) Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65142821He knows a guy.
>>65147040That would be fucking awesome.>>65146469 Be large piscivore reptile in a Scottish loch.Twolegs Skybro walks over water to chat.'Wants me to snag extra fish so Wulfbro can feed someone.Anything you ask, Highness.passing time'On the surface biting fly-eaters when boat gets closebanging and stingingBoatnik ranting about cryptids and the power of 30.06ignore stingingswim closebite bangstickComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65130108Washbear nest. They're like raccoons but instead of tipping over your bins they clean the place up. If you litter you wont leave the island.
>>65142821From the loch obviously.>>65144843Interesting, I'll have to try that. I go out in skinwalker, chupacabra, human trafficking country.
>12 gauge is enough for DogmanIs the Buffalo Bore boomer right? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GGvloSt3gAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTNB88L0g_o
lol
>>65149044wrong but keep showing the world how low your IQ can go
>>65148778They'll all take a giant shit all over Patel when he'll become the fall guy for a lot of this administration's wrongdoings.
>>65149044leftists are the biggest violators of civil rights in the world you dumbass angsty teen trannylover
>>65150229post gas price
>>65150229>>65150480Either both the same guy, or Trump ass gas robs you of the ability to capitalise and punctuate.
