Let's say the US military decided to adopt a bullpup rifle. Do you think they could improve it to a point that it could surpass the AR15 platform? I get the impression that it's just a few innovations away from achieving that status. If they could make the triggers match the AR platform it would be difficult argue that it isn't superior.>inb4 slow reloads, etc.
>>64674148it's mostly a training and contracts issue since military triggers are already dogshit and better triggers exist already
>>64662938There are two reasons to pup: 1) shorter OAL, 2) weight balance closer to firing hand.There is no cost or weight savings. There are no accuracy, safety or reliability benefits. Ironically having weight forward resists muzzle climb and gives a little more rotational inertia to steady the sights. The manual of arms difference isn't a big deal.Overall it seemed like a good idea, but is pointless.
>>64674593The whole point (generally) is to add a longer barrel which allows for higher muzzle velocity and flatter trajectory. Other than that, completely agree.
>>64674824You can add a longer barrel to a conventional rifle as well.
>>64674252Lol.You can also just kill everyone until there's no one left to defeat.>>64674593>Army asks for something that can make full use of 5.56 in a CQB package for 40 years>be presented solution>get the ick>I know, let's shove an overpressure battle rifle round into a 12" barrel>this is clearly the thinking man's solution to this problem
How will the USS Donald defend itself in a naval conflict against China’s VLS/UAV/UMV spam? Seems like a bigger hull is not beneficial in modern naval operations.
>>64672550That's what the laser cannons, the railgun, the 5-inchers, and the 30mms are for. We know from reported ammo usage that 5" was actually used a lot against Houthi drones, and apparently worked just fine. Likewise, a 32MJ railgun isn't enough for long-range combat (hence why the USN kept trying to push for 64MJ, which they failed to make reliable enough for production), but it can be used as AAA within ~10NM.The main defense, of course, is that these ships will likely be used with the same CONOPS as DDG(X) and CG(X) before it: to hang back at long range and use their radars to look for air and space targets worth throwing Standards at (or for cuing other assets, up to and including GBIs, to engage). Thus, only the longest-ranged ASBMs would have a shot at them as long as the CCP doesn't sneak a "fishing boat" up close during peacetime and pull a sneak attack with drones.
>>64673481I think this is the first time I've ever laughed at a slop video. Well done, you're okay for a brown.
>>64672550By nuking Nanjing as a warning.
>>64673421>quad-packed SM-2 and 3 equivalents and 9 packed ESSM equivalents.what fantasy is this, the chinese haven't even quadpacked ESSM equivalents in their fat fuck vls cell
>>64673374Ok but what's the point of building a battleship when armor plating is useless anyway and a well-placed missile can sink any ship without the cannons being able to do anything about it?That's a shitty idea no matter how you look at it, they would have been better off building a mobile missile platform, it's just as useless but at least it's scary
>>64672356>The US builds*
>>64673806now that's dazzle camo
>>64673795Chinks are scared. With that amount of firepower, a single Trump BBG can annihilate an entire chink carrier battle group.
>>64672356>> The US buildsThey publish an AI video to stroke the ego of the current president*
>>64667293its 50% bigger
Is this enough for deterrence, or just rookie numbers for 800km border?https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2025/12/19/2003849170
>>64659509trusting russia to behave rationally hasn't been a winning strategy lately, so don't worry, good for the local economy to build weapons, right? It's going great for Russia from what I hear. Real boost to gdp
>>64661567>Poland on the other hand, probably would and could invade Russia if they get an excuse. No EU nation is gonna invade anyone because we're not 19th century-brained retards like monke
>>64666615reminded me of this classic gif, lol
>>64668148At the risk of triggering your antisemitic phobia, the fact that the European jewish population was less that 10 million before WWII kinda makes their 6M losses a little more salient
>>64674984Isn't there a hentai edit of that edit?
>The Special 2TL Type (特2TL型, Toku 2TL gata) was a class of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They were converted from Type 2TL tankers. It is also called the Yamashio Maru (山汐丸) class in some western sources.>Only the name ship was completed during the war and she was sunk by American aircraft before she could be used.>In 1944, the Japanese Army, which had already converted two passenger liners into combined assault ship and aircraft carriers, decided to acquire its own escort carriers to provide aerial anti-submarine cover for troop convoys. It therefore chartered two partly built Type 2TL Tankers, Yamashio Maru and Chigusa Maru, for conversion to auxiliary escort carriers.[1]>The conversion was extremely simple, with a 107-metre (351 ft 1 in)-long flush flight deck added. There was no hangar, the ship's eight Ki-76s being stored on deck. Defensive armament consisted of sixteen 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, with a depth charge projector forward.[2]>Yamashio Maru commissioned on 27 January 1945 and was sunk at Yokohama harbor by US aircraft on 17 February.[2][3] Plans were drawn up for conversion to a coal-burning freighter,[1] but she was never used as a carrier. Her sister ships, Chigusa Maru and Zuiun Maru, were incomplete when Japan surrendered and served after the war as tankers:[2]>Chigusa Maru was sunk in 1945. The ship was repaired as tanker in 1945 and scrapped in Sasebo in June 1963. Zuiun Maru was scrapped in Oskata on 15 June 1964.The IJA also previously built the Type A and Type C Aircraft Carriers, the latter seems to be the first amphibious assault ship made since its aircraft complement included autogyro rotorcraft
>IJA had their own carriers and landing ships>IJN had their own tanks>both had small arms being built in the same factory that was incompatible with each other.>not to mention them trying to assasinate each other
>>64674232And not one Ricenhower to tard-wrangle them.
>inter-service rivalry so bad the army tries to build its own navy jokes aside I'm really interested in these amphibious assault ships, they seem to be an early evolution of light utility/amphibious assault support role carriers
>>64673898>420 planned>38 builtThis idea is good, it seems the IJA had a pretty good foresight for the problem of logistics if they made a provision for the construction of these submarine transports, given the growing difficulty of supplying offshore bases at the time. Probably a lesson learned from Guadalcanal.
What was the source of the rivalry tho? How did it get so bad?
I got tired of scrubbing, scrubbing and scrubbing these titanium suppressor baffles and I don't have any fancy tumblers or parts cleaners. I'm trying the vinegar hydrogen peroxide dip for the first time and wondering what you guys think about this. Does it work or is it a waste of time?/nogunz need not participate
>>64673006Sounds like a really fucking stupid idea and I don't even own a suppressor.A real Chad operator wants to be loud and announce his ominous presence
>>64673675Nigger behavior
>>64674612Is she a bat?
>>64674746Now that I think about it she likes her meat raw and has paper white skin, she's probably a vampire.
>>64674739I'm not a larperator.
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Heading to work in a bit and will enjoy unpacking my presents late at night. Will have "Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence" running as it's christmas tradition to me, if you havent seen it yet; i highly recommendhttps://youtu.be/boQBUziIat4Merry /k/ristmas to all anons,special thanks to the organizers and total grinch extermination!
>>64673166Thanks again dude, the rest of your gift will be arriving later as well.
>>64674054One-way ticket on Polish railways for grinches.
>>64674523tfw you were overly generous this year and your target hasn't responded to any of your posts so you assume he is a grinch
>>64672240MR. BONES WHY DOES IT GROWL
No politics, no industrial feasibility or cancellation talk allowed.What is the logical military use case for a huge expensive "battleship" with 3x more displacement than a Ticonderoga and only a few more VLS cells? What advantage could it hold over Flight III Burkes, DDG(X), VPM SSNs, or an SSGN Columbia variant?>1. The core use case would be a large fast cruiser able to escort carriers at prolonged high speeds around the Pacific, in situations where conventional escorts and their oilers couldn't keep up, or would slow the carrier down with UNREP making for risky ASBM attack windows.This is reliant on it being nuclear powered, which isn't confirmed and makes it more expensive and industrially intensive. Perhaps the Navy has done the math and found that cruising around at an unbroken 35 knots is useful to increase the PLA's sea search volume or complicate ASBM kill chains. But it doesn't have that many VLS cells so it must rely on novel weapons as an escort to avoid magazine depletion. >continued
>>64672493A few large vessels with large radars that can coordinate with the fleet is good.
>>64674319There was nothing wrong with the Zumwalt gun. The ammo for it became too expensive to procure because the ships were canceled, not the other way around. In 2015, a buy of 150 rounds cost about $500,000 per shot including the propellant. In the same year, a buy of 7500 rounds of M982 Excalibur cost $300,000 per shot with substantially less range and mass.>>64674393There's still the AGS, although naval gunfire is and has always been a meme.>>64674521It's too bad this piece of shit has the exact same radar as a new Burke.
>>64672493This is a fucking retarded idea that has even less of a niche than the Kirovs.Modern naval engagements are determined in decisive battles so this would likely sink just as fast as any frigate, or theyre slowly picking off enemies one by one like in Ukraine in which case this is still stupid because it's only capable of being in one place, and if it gets damaged itll spend the whole war getting repaired
>>64672493>No politicsBut you realize that the whole concept is politics, right? It's not going to be built. That's why it's so funny. This is the American T-14 Armata, but worse.
>>64673483>I don't think they designers would claim it can do this if they knew it can't.That didn't stop Edward Teller in the 80s and
What was this thing supposed to do that couldn't just be done by some kind of shoulder-fired missile?
>>64674195>36 tons and worse protectionBarely lighter, and worse off in the role the booker was meant to perform i.e. working directly with infantry
>>64674448>better anti-fortification>better anti-light armor>farther gun range>further operational range Its just a better solution, and complaining about armor won't work, Army already said armor doesn't matter when people pointed out how the M10 had subpar protection
>>64674484>better anti fortification, light armordubious. 105 has a lot of good options for these>farther gun rangeFair, it's a mortar after all>protection is mootThe complaints about protection were about drones and atgms, which is why it was providioned for an APS whenever the army stopped dragging their feet on it. They just never installed any and likely never will, now. It's largely protected from anything smaller than an mbt gun wise which is important for it's role. The AMPV also has only 2 crew, because you know, it's a mortar carrier not direct fire support
>>64674164No, it might have caused increased wear on bridges in the vicinity of the base where the first few examples were assigned. Fortunately, the Army has its very own Corps of Engineers that could have inspected the bridges and reinforced them if necessary.>>64674166It was never a tank, and it was lighter than the Ajax, which performs the same role except worse in every possible way.
>>64674245Speaking of the Abrams, why not make a lightened version of it with the specs of the base X1, but all the outdated heavy electronics ripped out and replaced with fiber optics? What would that come out to in weight?
Trump class BBG vs Type 055 Renhai class cruiser. 1v1 ship combat Who wins?
>>64674031well they couldn't really call it the USS Diddler now could they?
>>64674941Zumwalt is 12,000 tons and mogs the Type 55 in every way.
>>64674031USS *REDACTED*
>>64674957except for the "getting built" part
>>64674957> in every way.Like actively being built?Yes. You should use this moment to reflect and be angry that the US Congress is full of short sighted retards.
post photographs of counter-insurgency aircraftpiston engine, turboprop, or jet powered
>>64671393IIRC it was their aging fleet of Fw 190's used in that role, very rarely, and in a way that achieved absolutely nothing.
>>64672261>aging fleet of Fw 190's>agingok but what do you meanthe Fw 190 (earliest versions) were brand new in 1941-42, and the war was over in 1945also by 1944 the F and G dedicated ground attack variants were in service
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>>64664109I love the Puccy
how fucked are silencer wait times going to be next week?
idk but wait times were basically measured in single digit days once people got whiff of the free ones in janurary. I shoulda snapped up more silencers quick. Shit was cash.
>>64674174Longer than it will be for the Supreme Court to rule the registry is an unlawful registration of weapons.
>>64674519Won't happen. There will be a series of lawgical hoops that make a registration not an infringement or they just decide to not take the case and it dies in court. I have more faith in other things happening then the jettisoning of the NFA registry.
dubu spotted
Could the Secret Service fight off a raid of Tier 1 operators?
does the secret service get to prepare?
No. Secret Service standards are surprisingly low. There's a video with a fat Secret Service woman struggling with her handgun after the attempted Trump assassination.Secret Service does have a SWAT team that follows the president but from what I've heard they can be hit or miss on experience. There could be some former SOF guys on that team or they could just be Secret Service guys that applied to be there. There was a former SF guy that talked about being on that team, he said it was mind numbing boredom.
>>64674627There's various tiers of secret service. I'm sure the President gets all the ex-delta super cool guise ecks dee types. You'd have to forgive Joe for not giving the guy who tried a coup the best security the country could afford.
>>64674973>I'm sure the President gets all the ex-deltaWhy would they hire ex-Delta when he can have current Delta to protect him? VIP protection is part of their job.
>>64674978You have to rotate your operators or else they stop producing things like gun-themed coffee and dip.
Jake Paul posted a photo of himself on his private jet surrounded by money and guns.One of the guns appears to have a silencer. Aren't there very strict rules for transporting those? Aren't you supposed to inform the ATF if you cross state lines with an NFA item?
>>64674377Are you implying that either he's flying over state lines, or that he isn't telling the authorities?
>>64674377That's probably not even a real plane, but a set. Even if he's that rich, owns aircraft, etc etc it would be a massive pain in the ass and liability to setup a shoot like that on a real aircraft.
>>64674468I could overpower him and sexually gratify myself with his flesh. He is not my better. Simple as.
>>64674377Who the fuck is jake paul?
>>64674468they die just the same. Nobody's bulletproof
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>>64674908one of my old rifles is in there its ok me and christmasbin are good friends he wouldnt do me dirtyhes not scroogebin
>>64674555checked but did you consider you may be on the naughty list?
>>64674901You might need to get the grip plug for it to be comfortable depending on your hand size, but otherwise you'll love it or hate it
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>>64674961Post your gun.
