Do you guys think actual dogfighting will ever come back? What technology/weapon developments would be necessary for this to happen?
>>64755789The F-22 has worse kinematics than the F-15, that is why the F-15EX exists and why it won't leave service until there is something that can fly higher and faster while dropping JDAMs, JSOWs and SBDs.
>>64755891I briefed the LTC to take his flight to the farthest most southern point of the airspace and be prepared to attack the coastline that we would defend. We would place ourselves on “Five” (five minute alert) and scramble when we saw him takeoff giving him the advantage of being ready when we arrived. I told him to be sure to look at the F-106 ramp on takeoff to verify that we there on “Five” and this would be important during the debrief. We briefed two engagements followed by join up for 1v1 basic fighter maneuvers (BFM), him versus me and the wingmen against each other.The fun began as they lifted off and saw us on the edge of the ramp, “communicating”, with a raised finger over two rising moons! We had a hard time getting our crew chiefs to stop laughing so we could launch. A gate (full afterburner) climb to 41,000 feet put us in the airspace in 6 minutes when I called “fight’s on”! I felt sorry for my wingman because he would not get a shot on this first engagement. One minute later I called “Fox 3, KILL, two F-16s north bound at 18,000 feet. Nock- it off, nock-it off, fights over, return to your safe area,” was immediately passed to the Viper pilots. The LTC was so confused that the ground control intercept (GCI) controller had to tell him he had been shot by a “NUC” (Genie nuclear tipped rocket) and that him and his wingman were DEAD so return to your point! I told GCI to inform him that we had one more Genie but that we wouldn’t use it on the next engagement.Score: Darts 2, Vipers 0
>>64755900I put my wingman in four mile trail as we began the next engagement from 41,000 feet at 1.2 MACH racing down to their altitude of 18,000 feet, dumb a - - he didn’t even change his altitude to make it harder on us. Since they had face heaters (firing heat seekers in our face), we cooled our jets by retarding the engines to idle power to cool them off and denying the face shot while maintaining supersonic on our downhill slide. They took the bait, the leader rolled out behind me, the wingman behind mine. We had them right where we wanted them! Not even an F-16 can sustain a climb followed by a 9 G turn and roll out 2 miles behind a supersonic target and chase them down so the missile will make the kill. The leader found himself in front of my wingman who easily “Doe popped” him with two missiles while outrunning the F-16 wingman.Score: Darts 1, Vipers 0After a fuel check we split for 1v1 BFM. Starting from line abreast each fighter turns 45 degrees away from the other to gain spacing. At the fight’s on call the fighters turn toward each other passing canopy to canopy with no advantage. The knife fight begins in earnest as they turn to gain six o’clock on the other for a guns kill. Hands are helpful in explaining what happens next. Obviously the Viper can out turn a Dart and the LTC was behind me closing for guns! My next maneuver required exact timing or it would turn out all bad. As he closed for the shot I presented him with the infamous “F-106 Barn Door”. This is a frightening experience for anyone who has never seen the Dart act in such an unbelievable aerodynamic manner. Never attempt this maneuver at home as it should only be done by a highly trained and experienced Dart driver!
With him captured solidly at my six, in a hard four G turn, closing for the kill, fangs out and dripping, I held the G while applying full opposite rudder. The Dart responds beautifully with an opposite direction roll through the vertical to a full nose down dive where I apply full afterburner and dash for the deck. From the Viper’s cockpit it looked just like someone opened a barn door in his face, nowhere to go and no idea what to do. Suddenly the Dart disappears. His only option was to call nock-it off because he lost sight having never squeezed the trigger. Meanwhile our wingman had to nock-it off because the LT was low on fuel.Score: Darts 0, Vipers 0I sent the Vipers home and my wingman and I played for a while. My debriefing was short and sweet. The Fighter pilots had to fly again to get some real training. It went something like this: Know your enemy. Never underestimate your enemy. Never enter a gun fight with a knife. Never engage an enemy when you don’t have a clue. Lose sight lose the fight. Pecker checkers should be well endowed. When the Genie pops up, you’re goanna die! Nothing was ever said about the moons, I believe we “communicated” effectively!Final Score: Darts 3, Vipers 0 America remained safe from attack!!S. Michael Townsend, LTC, USAF Ret. “Viper 1, Pierre, Bucko, Genie, FMO, Rafsob”Honestly? Getting owned by 2 falcons while carrying AIM-9L's in an F-16 is more humiliating than the genie kill.
>>64754198>Do you guys think actual dogfighting will ever come back?Yes, inevitably.BVR combat is only possible in a world where at least one side doesn't employ stealth aircraft. In a conflict where stealth aircraft are the norm, detection ranges will shrink dramatically, bringing back chance WVR encounters.This, in turn, will lead to a 1:1 exchange ratio regardless of pilot training and aircraft sophistication, simply as a result of IR missiles and the random chance of who spots who first.This exchange ratio will then be deemed unacceptable, especially by Western nations with their high costs. The solution to this problem will be anti-rocket rockets, which leaves dogfights with guns as the only remaining means for an airplane to shoot down another airplane.All these developments will already unfold in the coming generation of aircraft (F47, FAXX, GCAP, FCAS, the Chinese stuff, etc), which means it will be a mistake to not design them for high g and post stall maneuverability.
> see pic related with my kids> expect whimsical adventure movie about sky pirates with plane autism> it’s a meditation on surivor’s guilt and ptsd from the perspective of a WW1 pilotThat shit had no business hitting so hard. Felt gutted all day. Absolute S tier film. Ghibli’s best imo
>>64755328Fury is a good film except for the tanks.
>>64749583>Absolute S tier film.Every Ghibli film is either A or S tier.
>>64749583Porco Rosso might not be the objectively best Ghibli movie, but it sure is my fucking favorite, but then again I'm a sucker for that kind of romanticism.Off the top of my head:>John Wick and John Wick 2The first movie was kino, then the gimmick got old, but as far as gunplay goes it's just fun.>T-34It's an atrocious propaganda movie that's so bad you can have so much fun if you watch it ironically. And there are War Thunder-tier tank battles.>EquilibriumGun-fu: the movie, starring Christian Bale.>Ghost in the ShellWeapons, philosophy, boobs, and a mecha. It has everything.
>>64749583the first few bars of Toki Ni Wa are unforgettablehave you read the lyrics?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpxXeNakyfY>That shit had no business hitting so hard. Felt gutted all day. Absolute S tier filmindeed>Ghibli’s best imoI still rate Princess Mononoke at the tippy topbut yeah, it's pretty good>>64752819terribly underratedI had lots of fun figuring out the mole before the revealand the final scene set to La Mer is cinematic geniusComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64749660>That's enemy territory!>Yeah, but everyone here is very friendly
>20 years ago>People constantly felate the F22, claiming its the plane version of jesus.>Constantly disparage the F35 saying its a an expensive boondongle that can't fight and is shit and is worse in every way to the f22 and they should have just made more f22s instead of axing the program>Today>People lament that the f22 is underutilized as it never gets any engagements>Still question the value of F35 despite its multiple successes in infiltrating enemy held airspace and leading ground attack missions in heavily defended adversary airspace.Its time you admit that F35 is the superior aircraft.
>>64754947>chair force can't accept that the Army and Navy are the real military and the Air Force has no need for any capability beyond the minimum necessary to establish air superiority and begin dropping JDAMs
>>64755080The F-35 is the cheapest fighter aircraft in production.
>>64755804We're not fighting sand niggers anymore.
>>64755811Which is why it's the Navy and not the Army that should be getting the Air Force's excess funding. I don't see what that has to do with the Air Force splurging on the F-22 and F-47 when there was never a need for either.
>>64754260The F-22 and any air superiority fighter is a waste of money for the US because they are so far ahead of everyone else that their multi-roles are the worlds best air superiority fighters.Making a fighter that can't drop bombs hasn't been a good idea for 60 years.
Writefag here, I’m looking for real “out there” firearms that are advanced looking but not too impractical for my sci-fi setting.
Drone killer
Kel-Tek specializes in spaceguns OP, you could arm a whole separist faction from their website
>>64754660>cowboy-esque setting within a divided galaxyNo one cares about your Firefly fanfic.
>>64754777The ayylmao is old hat. The dragon is the new hot thang.
>>64754501Pretty much anything experimental from the Cold War era is gonna be your ticket
https://www.aeronewsjournal.com/2025/12/uk-open-to-germany-joining-gcap-future.html?m=1Frenchbros...c'est fini
>>64754443I'm glad they shit on France.
>>64733254This post is correct. If the US wants Greenland, it will get it and the next time the US elects a Democrat, nothing will change but Europe will suck up to it all over again.
>>64734298No shit. The F35 is better than anything Italy could make for a century.
>>64733969The F35 will still be the best plane on the planet.
>>64738138Greenland is American because America has a natural right to the Arctic Circle.
what are some memory holed wars?Did you know the US invaded the Dominican Republic in 1965 with around 22,500 troops, 100 M48 Pattons, over 1000 combat air sorties. There was heavy fighting where around 60 Marines and 82nd Airborne troops died with 400 wounded.
>>64750983>>64751115>doesn't post anything
>>64746984Its a source of forgotten children for (((elites)))
>>64748381Swedish armored vehicles are so cool.
>>64751089Essentially the unofficial sequel to Shake Hands with the Devil but from a differwnt author with an external point of view.
>>64751354For me, it's the Everon-Malden incident.
>84 years old>still the greatest machine gun ever madeWhat went so right?
>>64754842K
>>64752557That's not a PK.
>>64754842"Afghan War" refers to the war in which Russians lost to the same Afghan War with WW1 rifles, 12 years before the US sets its foot in.
>>64752557>still the greatest machine gun ever madeIt might be the sexiest, but that doesn't make it the greatest.
>>64755863>repeating Afghan War instead of typing AfghansMy bad. Look at what these Afghans also did in 2024 btwhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crocus_City_Hall_attack
Old thread: >>64739370>Simulate schizophrenic auditory hallucinations with the sound player plugin!https://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player
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>>64755556>we got Soplica from the airportI can't tell from the Wikipedia page; is it proper traditional vodka or just a neutral grain spirit?
>>64755606>Some of the Palestinian operations were bankrolled by wealthy Irishmen living in AmericaI can't tell what you're saying and if you consider it to be a good or a bad thing.
>>64755845Ashigaru-san is the cutest zouhyouI don't know why, but I have a weakness for girls with that kind of appearance
Time to take the last image again for the 3rd board in a week
Cool good find op
>>64753156Yet another unoriginal firearm development from china with no follow up we need to know about.
>>64754506This is old. They were considering if the then new Type 95 was the right choice after all (not everyone was onboard the bullpup train), and that swanky hyperburst Abakan rifle looked interesting, so they copy it and try it.Most likely they found the exact same things the Russians did, the hyperburst isn't actually that amazing, and it makes for an overcomplicated, and VERY expensive rifle, which is very maintenance heavy. Bad service rifle, you don't want a gun which is both too difficult for a grunt to take care of, and which they then need to baby a lot. They made the right choice in sticking with the Type 95.>>64755514As I understand, the AN94 did see very small scale adoption. I remember hearing of Russian soldiers saying that they had on odd occasion seen their spec ops types show up with those on shooting ranges, and into the 2010s even, and if I'm not mistaken, at least one example turned up in Ukraine some time after the invasion started.>>64755669I think this kind of stuff is interesting. Not as interesting as the AN94 itself, as it's just a derivative of that, but that they decided to try it.
>>64753156how come it doesn't that the peanut muzzle device?
>>64753156I think the An-94 and hypershot guns are cool. And I'm tired of acting like they're not. Sure, it's filling a role that doesn't need filled and can be easily replaced by a select fire burst weapon, but I just think it's neat.
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>>64755582Well fuck you buddy
>>64755636>not wanting all NR/R/P nominclature scrapped>not wanting all firearms to have the same regulations baka
The cz958 is such an ugly bubba'd piece of shit can't believe they were forced to butcher the guns like that.
>>64755550What about prohibited you hun grabbing fsggot?
>>64754898I’ve used my 10/22 like a straight pull so you’re capping my guy
Dominos gave us a pizza box that's just a little bit more than a 2moa circle at 300 yards. >Order dominos pizza >throw away pizza>Get out AR>Go Shooting
>>64722802>Has no idea how moa works>Owns no weapons>Buys shit pizza because poorfag
>>64725993>pizza makes you fatLmao, seething shitskin>>64726039>not being a fat sack of lard makes you a twinkLmao stupid obese faggot
>>64740376>nigger olivesEwwwwww, go green or go home
>>64723652I bring my Target bags to the range. It's a perfectly reasonable target, and each bag gives you two bullseyes.
>>64754784Kill yourself greenigger, black olives best olives
6,500,000,000€largest sale in israel's history
>>64750206Don't embarrass yourself.
>>64746852If only germany would start producing nukes and missiles with enough range to hit both moscow and washington. Every problem solved. MAD against two hostile nations.
>>64749443Negotiating the supply lines, setting up companies and offices and production lines, hiring process, background checks, security, property and location assessment, dealing with the beaurocracy, stakeholder meetings, securing funding and since this is germany just writing their lastenheft and pflichtenheft will take more than a year alone before you even write a line of code or touch a rocket engine. After all that is done you will fight Gundel and Norbert in a year long legal battle due to noise harassment near their retirement home.
>>64754692>with enough range to hit both moscow and washingtonAnd China
>>64754756dc and beijing are basically the same distance from germany
can you even call yourself a /k/ommando?
>>64754957You can make your own port cleaner from a copper pipe brush and 12" PVC pipe, but it is necessary. I haven't cleaned the suppressor itself yet at all. I'm using a BRT hub adapter and a CAT MOB for my suppressor stack. I clean the barrel ports/threads every 300 or so rounds but you could go 600+ easy. Other than that it's just like cleaning any other suppressed MP5. Being an SD adds maybe five minutes to cleaning the whole gun.
>>64754957Not him, but the B&T Print X is stupid easy to clean.>every 1.5k to 2k rounds, plug end, fill with cleaning fluid, plug other end, wait overnight>shake, empty, rinse with water, blow air through and then wait until dry>oil the threadsThat's literally it. You can get a 3d printed port cleaner for like $20 too.
>>64743117don't care. looks cool.
>>64754940how do you like that lower? I bought an Ax aluminum lower but wound up going back to the plastic.
>>64755814Purely on there for the super safety. It is a good lower, but fuck the price.
Why wouldn't something like pic related work fine as a "do everything" gun for a person living in the densely forested hills of Appalachia, where the power and ballistic advantage of a rifle simply isn't necessary?>plinking will be good fun with the naturally subsonic .45>definitely suitable for home defense>easy enough to fit in a backpack, or take the can off and carry it on your person>get some .45 Super for killing deer or hogs, or mess around with round ball loadings for taking small game or for pest controlYes, it's true that rifles can be had for dirt cheap these days. And it's also true that there is no real reason to limit yourself to just one gun, especially a handgun. But in an autistic min-max fantasy where you literally can only own one gun and it has to be able to be carried 24/7/365, does a suppressed .45 automatic make sense? The only real downside I see here is that this is not the best option for summertime concealed carry in hot climates.
>>64742365I exclusively use ball or hardcast lead in pistol calibers. Pistols do not create enough energy to cause catastrophic tissue damage from fragmentation or raw energy transfer like rifles. Pistols suck for killing, because they are only lethal by either hitting CNS or heart, or by causing bleedout. CNS and heart are both inside bone/muscle armor. Ball/hardcast lead maximizes penetration, meaning it is more likely to reach CNS or heart. Bleed rate is primarily determined by the number of holes blood can leak out from. Ball/hardcast lead is most likely to completely penetrate and create both entry and exit wounds. This means there are 2 holes for blood to leak out of instead of just 1. Hollow points are meme bullets designed to reduce liability for police who have to worry about their department getting sued if they shoot someone they shouldn't, so they have special bullets that don't penetrate properly to reduce the chances of shooting a bystander on the other side of their target. The best pistol bullet is hardcast lead with a broad, sharp-edged meplat that can shatter bone and shear through tissue. Ball is the second best, as the round nose is more susceptible to deflection off of bone. Hollow points are the worst as the have the least pentrative ability.
>>64755543I use hollow points in 357 mag. 357 is potent enough that you can expand a bullet and still get an exit wound if you use 158s. There is no downside to using hollow points in sufficiently powerful handguns.
>>64755623>there is no downsideexcept the inherent high cost of hollow points, or when the hollow point fails to expand, or breaks apart.this is why the 45 wins.
>>64755633What hollow point that isn't a frangible breaks apart in 357 mag? The only ones I have seen that do that are 110 grain bullets or all lead hollow points designed for 38 special. That's why I run 158s, or more specifically 154 grain HSTs. They pretty much always expand and even if they don't you are only a tenth of an inch smaller than a 45, but have significantly better barrier penetration. In the age of 3rd world's and leftists trying to run people over in their cars, that's pretty important.
>>64755464Lol you're delusional.
The T-34 is the best tank of World War II. What about airplanes? According to /k/
>>64739430The only surviving one sat in the Smithsonian for almost 10 years with the explosives to separate the tail still inside.
>>64753203Saying the Swordfish contributed more than the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service would be a comparison of the two, as it is comparing the contributions of each.
If I were to pick the best I'd say 109. Just overall solid. But if I were to pick my favorite it would be the Shiden.
>>64751928And it was a minor modification (new engine) by a different company, really not a new design, even the F4F -> F6F had more changes despite being just an incremental improvement.
>>64753160ditto for Tigersboth Shermaboos and Wehraboos are unable to grok this, constantly waving their Panzertruppen readiness reports at each other while missing the forest for the trees: the entire fucking supply chain from Ruhr to Normandy was being bombarded by Allied airpoweron the Ostfront where the Red Air Force was busy inflating Luftwaffe scores, Tiger tanks achieved a healthy average 80% readiness
