>heavy? just lift some weights bro
>>64687185So weird to see the US going the way of heavy rifles with less ammo capacity when everything I’ve seen from Ukrainian and Russian sources says that lighter rifles with a shit ton of ammo is what you want for close combat in a drone saturated environment. From what I gather appeared to pure war all your long range combat is mostly done by artillery and drones in the 21st-century. Long range engagements between infantry units are very rare. The Azov international guys say that assaulters are carrying upwards of 17 mags per guy. A Ukrainian recon guy I talk to said it’s not uncommon that guys will expend about 400 rounds during a hot mission. That’s about 13 mags of 5.56 and 20 mags of 7.62/6.8mm. Somebody who knows the weight of that shit do the math but it’s obvious which one weighs more.> but what about owning camel jockeys in the desert?I’m sure it’s a great rifle for shooting at desert dwelling sheep herders who don’t even know how to properly aim an AK but is it really the best rifle for pier-to-pier infantry land war when actual professionals doing the hard-core fighting say otherwise?
A 12lb AR would have a thermal one it and carry more ammo. Smash/smart scope+specialized ammo would do everything NGSW does.
Remove the optics and the suppressor.
>>64687185A guy on one of the precision shooting youtubes was saying that "pushups are free" regarding lumping an AR-10 out for mountain elk. Twelve pounds of rifle gets real heavy after some miles.
>>64688113And that might be fine for a guy hunting in the woods with about 30 pounds worth of gear, but the modern soldier is carrying close to 100 pounds of gear. I wonder if that same guy has tried hunting elk in full combat kit with a three days pack worth of supplies while huffing an AR-15 and still thinks that push-ups are free.
Post wheelgats. Just bought this 3rd change hand ejector dated to roughly 1912
>>64671406Plot twist: THIS is actually OP, too
>>64679093https://youtu.be/UOrSHb_TSH4IDK, but 6" seems to be a sweet spot for factory loads. You could have a pretty good time developing loads that suit the gun you want/have.
>>64685199>will max loads with mid-slow burning pistol powder cause more wear and forcing cone erosion than a full case of magnum powder?So, I'm not super up on the international ballistics of revolver cartridges, but if they are anything like bolt guns, your main enemy is chamber pressure, which basically equivalents to heat.That being said, my GUESS would be that a slower burning powder would reduce max pressure and therefore heat at the forcing cone and distribute it more evenly along the length of the barrel. On the other hand, a life of studying physics and engineering has taught me that things make sense until you realize there is something you haven't considered. The unknown unknown, as we call it, so I would be interested to hear a more experienced, or lacking that, educated answer.
>>64688198>international ballisticsKMFS
>>64688198You’ve got it pretty much exactly backwards. H110 is considered a slow powder for pistols. it’s extremely powerful for what it does though and works great in magnum revolver loads. But it’s still burning as it passes the forcing cone which can cause erosion. If your really worried about erosion on the forcing cone you load fast burning powder with heavier projectiles loaded to slower velocities. Lighter projectiles are gonna require more powder and end up with more gas escaping past the forcing cone…. Heavy and slow is about the best you can do… but honestly unless you have a very old or poorly made revolver, or your running constant nuclear hot loads then your not all that likely to run into forcing cone erosion..
>WWII American vets>get drafted>go overseas for 3 years straight, no body armor, any shot is basically fatal >fighting conventional warfare against organized armies backed by economies engaged in total war>leave behind a wife and 6 kids, can only communicate via snail mail >experiences almost 20x the average combat action as modern day vets>war ends, immediately return to work with no special passes>work until 75 years old, get $6 a month from VA for minor chronic onset shellshockVs>enter military voluntarily >get to pick your job, and get a big bonus >maybe you might - possibly- get deployed overseas for 9 months>a mortar lands 60km from FOB mall>get back home>ETSComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64688253How can a man be patriot if his country doesn't spoon feed him every month so he can play games and chill 24/7?If you aren't on welfare and are a patriot. You are a fucking retard.
>>64686650WW2 vets were in my experience very civil and nice people compared to e.g maga milennials, they also had manners, more intelligence and a concience and dignity completely lacking in the bullshit roided 2A civil war head full of kremlin piss youtube brigade. They won their nations respect, millenials won their nations contempt
>>64688290>If you aren't on welfare and are a patriot. You are a fucking retard.>>64688432>millenials won their nations contempt
>it was the year 3522
>>64687294>Stone age grug>hear leader roar and know that all grugs need fight now or rest of tribe will forever sleep>have to pick up rock or stick which means must drop berries into mud now, might not find after>leave small grugs and female grug behind in cave, can only make talk by screaming back at them louder than leader grugs roar, but they no understand>by the time I have good rock and join fight many grugs are forever sleep and red, or about to forever sleep and screaming while red leaks out>I kill 3 grugs with rock, bash red out until they no move or yell, but 1 grug pretended to be sleep, he poke me with stick, red come out and I fall into mud>leader grug see this and stomp my head until dark start coming, take my rock and female grug back in cave, kill my small grugs>I go now to forever sleepVs>Common soldier during the 100 years war>told by my liege lord I can take a vacation from backbreaking farm work and travel the countryside>bring my trusty billhook, am very experienced and confident in it's use >know that my dozen or so family I leave behind will be taken well care of because I have taught them well, and they also have 1 less mouth to feed with me being gone>most of the time spent away is marching, burning down and looting some undefended villages, paying a visit to the wenches following the army, and once or twice I stand in line while my lieges knights and men-at-arms win battles and then tell me and my friends to mop up afterwardsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
What are the strategic implications of Russia deploying (literal) cavalry wave attacks against Ukrainian positions and drones in the last month of 2025? Has the eyebrow been raised?
>>64683652other mobiks
>>64688374>PIDOR JOCKEY!
>>64688268>Captain Obvious.Thanks except it wasn't obvious for 95% of the population.
>>64688374What's going on here? Humiliation ritual?
>>64688419I don't know or care who you refer to when you say "population"It was obvious to everyone in my country.It was obvious to everyone in /k/. No, /pol/ tourists don't count.
How Was Your Christmas EditionOld: >>64674136Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhT8aI9-X5I
>>64688256Gangle's cool. She ran that Spudsys like a navy seal
>>64688330Replace the brace and free your soul
>>64688310Post pics of how you're holding the gun. Your support palm should be directly on the side of the gun with your thumb over it there should be no gaps anywhere.
>>64688256Kinger is the MVP, Jax is queer and a griefer
>>64688377I figured it out with ChatGPT
why is the entirety of latin america armed with galils,tavors,barak missiles...
>>64687860>Peru did buy Belarussian MIGsWait, whut?
>>64687862In the 1990s, when the Carter embargo was still in place. It's what prompted the Americans to lift it.It's one thing to lose sales to France or Israel, but it's another to have Russian arms make inroads in the region.
>>64687846>EuroTends to have some American parts which we have the power to veto sales>RussiaUnless you're Venezuela or Cuba and have already gotten on our shitlist it's political suicide>ChinaThere are a few nations either buying or strongly considering chinkshit but it seems like unless they're getting some kind of belt and road deal with the kit they're not adopting Chinese stuff
>>64687860Or Mexicos Mi-17s, Russia really liked to pay off debts or pay for food in exchange for military hardware. Also the reason Worst Korea has T-80s
>>64687846>EuroToo expensive, too complicated, too many strings attached, too specific for Euro conditions>RussianNot useful in smaller numbers, mediocre in every way, no customer support>ChinaUnproven, chink quality issues, more strings attached than Europe somehow
Today the Somaliland coast guard showed off its entire coast guard to celebrate Israeli Recognition I'm sharing every boat showed off. Seems to be 1 warship, a few patrol boats and 2 other boats
>>64688424
>>64688424>>64688426Nice to see you again. What even is the current state of the frontline in the east these days?
>>64688426
>>64688430Pretty meh, we've kicked them back to the 2008 border so we don't border Puntland as much but its best for rn Some assholes online claim Adwal has fallen but that dispute was fixed in a day
>>64688433
>Ukraine lost 87% of its Abrams tanks in under two years. Australia's 49 replacement tanks arrive as the 68-ton breakthrough weapon has been forced into a different role>It is now used not as a spearpoint but a "shielded hammer" — only surviving in a symphony of sensors, jammers, and screens.Tanks are now truly obsolete:https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/12/19/australia-completes-delivery-of-49-abrams-tanks-now-they-must-survive-the-drones/
>>64682208Probably because it would limit gun depression increasing exposure to ATGMs and MBTs.Drones aren't the only threat, just the only threat that records every kill.
>>64679297Yes.
>>64686595Can you explain why each tank shot results in exactly two small white clouds appearing at 20m intervals in front of the respective tank?
>>64687019Sabot casing most likely.
>>64686673because that's the kind of war monke wants to fight, Ukraine is doing fine spawn camping the frontline and hitting industrial targets, eventually the whole thing will collapse like a house of cards. Kursk was already what you describe, much better because it was a deep push into Russia but it didn't do much good as a PR thing because western media is perma demoralized Russia===USSR and they don't budge easily from their frozen patterns of thought.
The M113 is immortal. It will keep getting upgraded and will serve on Mars.
>>64686582I hate this vehicle like you wouldnt believe
>>64686743nothing quite like the sound of a two-stroke V6 beating itself to death
Except it's not an M113 but an AIFV. Nice try though.
>>64687157It's an evolution of the M113 and shares parts in common so it's part of the family.
>>6468670830mm is the smallest actually functional caliber for antidrone flak rounds.
what if we vibe-coded the next NGAD?
>>64687737You'd cut the cost for a few hundred engineers and then need a few hundred engineers to fix all the dumb shit the AI halocinated into the design.
>>64687737It probably just downloaded an f35 model from grabcad. Trying to vibe code a workable CAD model would take ages.
>>64687769It takes a lot more work to fix shit code than to write it decently in the first place, so replace the second 'few hundred' with 'few thousand'
>that name
Would a sleeve gun actually be viable in real life?
What’s the best gun for hunting polar bears?
>>64686980That could be quite small for a musket ball depending on the size of said cherry?
>>64686994Standarised cherries according to the EFSA
>>64678349They're more or less the same in all practical distances you'll be shooting. I just prefer wider bullets to a slightly flatter trajectory.
>>64682879>>64682886>>64683013>>64683037The stock issues could have been solved by utilizing a polymer stock instead of the laminated wooden ones. But of course, count on the Canadian govt to fuck up even the simplest thing.
>>64682064>>64682326>>64682400Very good posts my fellow humans, if you let the bear in he will be your friend for the rest of your life.
Discuss cheap solutions to the drone problem.Not welcome:>dronefags>laser fags>missile fags>unknown technology fags
>>64688293>>64688320a similar European system with a dual use 25mm remote turret.
>>64688246Can these systems detect a drone flying below tree level?
>>64688335NTA but yes, new systems being developed use sound sensors (microphones) to detect drones at closer ranges as well as video recognition.
>>64688335It should. Even directional radar still has a pretty wide field of view.
>>64688320>And you're right, $200k is peanuts.I'll put it this way, that's only the equivalent of the recruitment bonus for 5 mobiks, and as Russia has proven again and again that they believe mobiks are literally worthless. Compared to the potentially $10+ million vehicle it's mounted on or the dollar value placed on a serviceman in Western militaries, it's AB-SO-FUCKING-LUTELY nothing.
Thoughts about Baofeng radios?
>>64688076If you want to be realistic, the receiving antenna won't be ground level either. In fact, the ground won't be perfectly level, and you're likely to have one person or the other at a higher or lower elevation. You can also have scatter off planes. The ultimate argument, when simplified, is that altitude is going to make a significantly larger difference to talking distance and radio performance than running an amplifier on a handheld or buying a new antenna for it. If you wanted to change the argument to account for propagation and dxing, we can have a legitimate argument where effective radiated power makes a substantial difference in your ability to make contact with a station 6,000 miles away. Running an amplifier requires a dedicated power source, so for handhelds, just switch to a mobile unit if you really need that 50w of power. But I'm telling you, I can perform similarly with much less power just by pushing my antenna another few feet higher.
>>64688362Sorry it doesn't quire compare to a screenshot of a picture of a spectrum analyzer. I'll try to do better.
This is why hams can't recruit. 80 year old men spending all sunday debating on how high their antennas go.
>>64688387This is every hobby. This isn't gatekeeping though, nothing is keeping you from getting a radio and turning it on.
>>64688398Yeah but how high is an antenna supposed to go? Gatekeeping is good. This is just making mountains out of molehills.
The 6th one. Talk about Russian submarines, the nuclear military, all that shit. Someone probably has a link to the first 5.
>>64625001>Talk about Russian submarines27.12.2025Tanks — 11464 (+5)Armored fighting vehicle — 23823 (+19)Artillery systems — 35542 (+33)MLRS — 1579Anti-aircraft warfare — 1264Planes — 434Helicopters — 347UAV — 95539 (+205)Cruise missiles — 4107Ships (boats) — 28Submarines — 2Cars and cisterns — 71612 (+158)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64673679Define "unusable." No, no, define it like a Soviet. Ore is fine.Also>Digging sites to store toxic waste>Using nukesComic villain-tier
Bump
>>64685608Bhopal was partly caused, or at least severely worsened, by the jeets taking a coffee break while they were figuring out what was wrong.>The decision was made to address the problem after a 12:15 a.m. tea break, and in the meantime, employees were instructed to continue looking for leaks. The problem was discussed by MIC area employees during the break.[24]>When the tea break concluded at 12:40 a.m., the reaction in tank E610 escalated to a critical state at an alarming speed within five minutesTank E610 would release 40 tons of methyl isocyanate, killing thousands of villagers.
>>64688402https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster
