Word on the street is that the US bagged another 2 shadow fleet tankers today. With one of the tankers being captured using these little guys. Have we begun breaching into the Tom Clancy timeline, or have we always been in the timeline without us knowing?Also, a general thread on these little guys and what can be done to improve on their airframes and tactical usage.
>>64729244>nooooooooo you have to use exactly the same slang I do or else my safe space collapsesweak
>>64741858On the political influence route, it's kind of funny seeing some of the countries where clearly the Russians never found the same level of footing, or made no effort to maintain it over the years. Like in Australia and the UK it's been completely bipartisan to support Ukraine because of course it is, and I think it's about the only thing that people would give the current UK PM credit for not fucking up on either end of politics.
>>64729245I mean they could benefit from a belly pylon for a minigun or rocket pod. That way, they can still be armed and carry infantry at the same time.
>Own a 5.7 hangun>Someone with a 9mm calls my 5.7 a glorified 22 magnum, and tells me it's useless>Own 9mm handgun>Someone with a 45 ACP calls my 9mm a glorified .22 lr>Own a 45 ACP handgun>Someone with a 10mm says my 45 is a glorified 9mm>Own a 10mm handgun >Someone with a 357 magnum says my 10mm is a glorified 357 sig>Own a 357 magnum >Someone with a 44. Magnum says my 357 magnum is a glorified 10mm>Own a 44 magnum>Someone with a 9mm says it's too impractical and heavyWhy are gun fags like this?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64745751>45-70 mares legSurely you know?
>>64742022>>Own a 5.7 hangunOh, forgot to mention the SW M&P is now in 5.7FN and comes with a threaded bbl. Oh, and I want one.
>all the 5.7 haters seething cuz its STANAG now>>64731847 #There isnt much load dev on 5.7 because its a bitch to load for.>tiny cases>high pressures>special coatingAll that and neck seperation and pocket failure for reloaders. You can get 3-7 reloads on avera
you think if this unc was shot by nine .45s or 10s or .40s instead of 9mm he'd still be out there getting rich or die trying?i dont think so cuz
>>64747610.40 is a tried and true proven basketball american stopper. Decades of use by law enforcement against them, then they switch to 9mmleter and have to magdump 17 rounds and the guy is still moving
Scopes and reddots are for boomers with glaucoma.
>>64745558L1A1 sights barely qualify as aperture, the hole is yuge.
>>64745592I don't even use sights. I just point it at shit and blast away untill I start getting hits.
>>64745596Can you dig it?
>>64745210correct. I am actually making a video about this topic right now.
>>64745210Red dots, more like reddits amirite
What is the most autistic /k/ type of thing you do regularly?For me, I like eating food from the can pretending I'm eating a C Ration from WWII.I'm also kind of uncomfortable when I'm not wearing my OD M65 pants (the button in liner is God tier).This is a friendly thread: no euro or american bashing, no twitter, and we'll most definitely NOT be talking about politics. Thank you.
Sometimes I like to take my shit box car out for a drive at night in an area where there's no one else around, radio and vents off, and pretend I'm in a WWII bomber on a night run to bomb Hamburg
Whenever I go to some thrift store or antique or just old stuff shop I always have my nose tuned into surplus gear. Doesn't matter the place, if it's got old shit Ima be looking for surplus shit every time, even if I'm looking for something else entirely.
>>64734289based highfleet enjoyer
>>64742186This you?
>>64741949NTA but are the steel mags french made? I collect odd magazined, always interesting to find out about ones I never knew existed.
why didn't the vector catch on?
>>64747561How about something that’ll actually penetrate walls and kill the guy on the other side? Doorkicking is suicide against non-Muslim opponents.
>>64747223SMGs all fell out in terms of general law enforcement to SBRs, so that eliminated the vast majority of demand. >inb4 but muh token example of an agency using a vectorAs a civilian, they are awkward to shoot because the entire platform is designed around full giggle, not semi. My brother has one and it's basically a novelty that's gotten used once in about a decade.
>>64747561If they are wearing even light ballistic vests (which increasingly almost everyone has besides random goat fuckers and even they might) then you might be fucked.
>>64747366Why didn't the LAMG catch on?
>>64747223Full auto is so heavily regulated here in the US that it simply had no customers. Without full auto, it's just a PCC that is heavier, bulkier, and with a shorter barrel than other PCC in the market.>>64747561>SMGs are based and I am tired of pretending they're not.Real SMGs are, but the semi-auto PCCs we have to settle for are not.>>64747587>My brother has oneFor his birthday, get him an FRT.
Considering now tankers have become a valid target for boarding and maybe sinking.Do you have under war laws to mark it if you put missiles on it or can you just hide it until the enemy is in range if they try something?
>>64746745If the weapons were openly displayed, sure, it's legal. It does however have serious ramifications regarding docking and transit rights. Turkey for instance would be able to take the stance that armed merchant vessels cannot transit the Bosporous and if one tried to force passage could sink it without ramifications. It would also cause any insurer to charge exorbitant rates (if one could be found), assuming any of these vessels are even carrying insurance. People have been openly arming merchantmen since the dawn of seafaring. It's doing it secretly that's considered illegal under Maritime law because that's shit that pirates do.
>>64746745Yes it is legal. But it must be in the open, not hidden, and your ship follow the laws of the sea. If they're hidden, or you are doing hinky shit like running under a false flag then you can be sunk on sight by literally any other ship that wants a piece of you. Or captured, and the ship, its cargo, and its crew sold off as legal booty.
>>64746868>rules doesn't matter as-isThis isn't true. What's happening is the US and GB are deciding to actually enforce the laws of the sea instead of letting most violations just slide.
>>64746671>>64746745>>64746878Right now the US is interdicting smugglers. Usual procedure is >heave-to, prepare to be boarded>time to check your cargo and source/destination>oh hey, you're smuggling>AND under a false flag, you say>Time to arrest some people, impound the ship, and tow/escort it to a portor >your documents are in order, you're free to goUnless there's very good cause, sinking an unarmed smuggler is still murder. A smuggler concealing weapons on the ship with the intent of shooting their way out of commerce/blockade stops along with false-flagging makes it go from smuggling to presumptive piracy. Either way, if smuggler shoots at vessels inspecting them they're fair game for anyone with a gun who cares to engage from that moment on. The ship's going on a "fuck these guys in particular" list that quite a lot of people have a very keen interest in cutting down to zero entries.>laws of warYeah, if the opponent is following them. You do have to openly display the weapons. Unrestricted sub warfare and commerce raiding was a big deal. No-one wants to go back to that if we don't have to. The Russians have spent several years playing fuck-fuck games and relying on the usual "no-one can really be arsed if the ship isn't headed to their own country" situation, and managed to drag other nations back into doing regular commerce patrols because of it.
>>64746671>under warDid you mean to say underwater?
what's the point in hiring mercs who aren't at all familiar with your language, culture, or geography/climate?
>>64745619I need a couch photoshopped right now.
>>64745720I feel sorry for this nog... he looks scared as fuck. Imagine going to Russia for work cause you live in some African shithole and you get forced into going to fight in Ukraine and this happens by your own side. This is assuming he got duped into serving and didn't just sign up, but a lot of these third worlders do get swept up that way. Either way, maybe I am just getting soft in my old age but I feel sorry for the lil coon.
>>64745627Looks like americans to me
>>64745607They're loyal to the guy signing their checks, not to the locals.This is hardly a new phenomena, the Swiss Guard of the Vatican trace their lineage to mercenaries of the Old Swiss Confederacy who were hired out for identical reasons.
>>64747566Less than 1,418 days in MS Paint
>>64747333NTA but saiga shotguns arent exactly practical.
>>64747283Thinking about it, yeah. If I got the PS90 I'd have to SBR it. Not really too bad now that the $200 fee is gone but id still need to buy a new barrel and get a gunsmith to install is, assuming it isn't too hard to do myself. >>64747333desu I think bullpups are meme guns anyways. I already have 7 ARs, a shotgun, and like 20 handguns. This is just for fun now>>64747340It was an AKM. A Saiga 12 would be cool. Vepr better
>>64747365Damn my reading comprehension sucks. I don't know why I thought I read it was a shotgun.
Has anyone here shot a 9mm AUG kit and can you give me your unbiased review?
>>64705959This setup looks so comfy. Is there a more perfect optic for that tungsten color?
The Original Extended Mag EditionOld: >>64740675Music: https://youtu.be/C906lbkcYug
>>64747513That rifle looks schizophrenic
>>64747530A rifle reflects its builders mental state.
>>64747513you fucked up in more than a couple places that is awful.
>>64747513I get what you were going for but yeah aesthetically it's a mess.
>>64747513>elcanThat’s a strange way to spell LPVO
It's that time of year /K/ommandos! Were we reminisce the years that have past and look forward to the new one that is now unfolding! And that includes thinking up of goals for ourselves to achieve this year! You have been thinking of how to become a better /K/ommando right anon?Anyway, I haven't seen one of these threads in a few years, so lets get one going. How do you rank against your fellow /k/omrades?Bonus points if you can add stories about your achievements. Also maybe its time to update the board? Add a few more,
>>64745441What..... what do the red and green mean?
>>64745359Does full /k/it mean a historically accurate surplus recreation of a certain country’s loadout or just a kit made from surplus in general?
>>64747278Honestly, both. This was made when /k/ was even more poorfaggy, and mismatched milsurp will fit with a rugged aesthetic so I would say go for it.
>>64745359140, started this year, expecting to get a higher number by next year.
>>64745359
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.
>>64731902Gen 3 glock 19 with a threaded barrel and a suppressor mogs everything
>>64742291>they are made by the enemyMinnesota? Because Israel only makes the 1911s and Baby Eagles.
>>64731902Suppressed pistols are pointless. Too big to store, too small to be effective. You can't holster them so you need a lanyard and at that point you might at well have a stock.
>>64733457>45 super is typically going to be supersonicFor me? It's 300gr 45 super subsonics>>64738702>guns of the same size and eraOnly applies to 1892s and rugersEverything else you can load 44 hotter because the cylinder walls are thicker e.g. SAAs and N frames. 41 Magnum still holds its own for this reason. You can load higher pressures in a model 57 than in a model 29 so you can match the energy with a smaller cartridge with higher sectional density.
how the FUCK did the passenger survive the explosion?no sound since the source just had a music track playing
>>64746830Motrin, water and clean socks
>>64746833Yes, he finally got over being russian.
>>64746833
>>64745643and that makes it less heckin comfy loli tranime feet, you zog tranny?
>>64745638Isn't that thing on the front a jammer?
Improvised explosives for use in asymmetric guerrilla warfare against a vastly superior force.... are they based or cringe? Effective or not?
Oh, look. It's Paul Wysopal
Late Christmas EditionPost what you want about anything. No rules.Previous thread: >>64597464
>>64747057Who the hell is buying these anyways? It’s not like M48s are particularly rare or expensive.
>>64747212been while since ive seen this post. Been asleep the past few threads?
>>64745488to a certain degree I agree with you anon, nuggets are fun to shoot but most importantly having cheap ammo would be great. I remember in Trump 1 not stacking ammo, in particular 9mm because I thought for some reason it would always be dirt cheap. I was dead wrong. Ill never make that mistake again, but thats what youth is for eh? >>64745694thats a very interesting point anon. Now that you mention it my Polish M44 does have a pretty solid trigger. I need to get my hands on a finnish nugget in person to compare the difference. I will say I do like how immaculate my polack nugget is, everything is machined and finished nicely, shame ive got a rough russian bolt in it tho
>>64707840I imagine getting an sks is gonna be more expensive. Got mine from classic firearms when they got Chinese ones in
I love WW1-era guns so much bros
How hard would it be for a handgonner to hit a man sized target at 60m?
>>64743971they were shooting undersized round balls back then and not flush-fit diameter (often rifled) slugs. They did this to compensate for the barrel of the piece becoming progressively tighter due to black powder fouling. if you load your smoothbore flintlock with patched round balls (not a well documented historical practice in smoothbores) and have good sights (instead of just a front bead) you can get comparable accuracy in a flintlock smoothie.
>>64747055iow if you didn’t wad it up with something like paper or tow your musket ball back then was perfectly capable of rolling right out the muzzle if you turned the gun pointing down. Because the ball was undersized. Because loading fast (esp repeat shots) and being accurate enough was more important than squeezing out every last drop of accuracy
>>64729780>Karl's Chosen TranniesNow that's soldiern
>>64729780There's 41% on the drumbFor trannies that volunteers to come
>>64746980That's really cool man. I bet it's a hell of a lot of fun too.
