why didn't the vector catch on?
>>64754920>we actually beat equal and opposite reactions bro!
>>64754933You are drooling on yourself
>>64754889the thompson didn't work the way the designer thought it did either. it's the curse of .45 caliber sub machineguns apparently.
>>64747223I know a guy who has one, he loves it but he also says it's a piece of shit that keeps breaking all the fucking time.Not sure if this is representative but he said his AR9 is way more reliable (but he still prefers the vector).
>>64753470>muh melty G36 meme
When the Geran/Shahed drones first appeared, I figured Russia would use them smartly in a classic SEAD/DEAD role: send waves of them to force Ukrainian IADS to light up radars and reveal positions, then follow up with VKS aircraft, with anti-radiation missiles to systematically dismantle those defenses. Russia instead has chosen the most brain-dead and wasteful approach, by treating the Geran/Shaheds s as nothing more than slow, low-cost cruise missiles hurled directly at static infrastructure targets, while leaving the overwhelming majority of Ukraine's air defenses intact and free to keep operating. They're banking entirely on brute-force volume and saturation to get a few through, completely abandoning any effort at SEAD/DEAD. But the thing is that they're not even achieving any kind of saturation effect since, the launches are scattered haphazardly across random cities, regions, and targets all over Ukraine that changes every night (some they they go after energy infrastructure, some other go after some depots, some others they try to hit some cities...), instead of making up their minds and concentrate them single high-value area, frontline sector, or even one major city at a time, and keep hitting them until achieving disruption or collapse. This is also precisely why so few targets are actually hit despite hundreds being launched every night, and so many of them are intercepted.By contrast, even in the recent U.S. operation in Venezuela, the LUCAS drones (the American Shahed clones) were properly integrated into a coordinated SEAD/DEAD package.
>>64751324>whether that'll actually win them anything remains to be seen.it's like the old saying, the 4th consecutive winter's the charm
https://x.com/fortifiedtaras/status/2011306666646781969
>>64754589I smell anglo-saxon shenanigans
>>64749431Russia is trying to not escalate, they don't want things like Transnistria being invaded or Poland starting an ATACMS factory or Moscow truck bombs. But things will probably escalate anyway since they are chipping territory. The useful part of such long stalemated efforts is your intelligence feedback about what strikes work, how much, what doesn't. i.e. to disable power should you strike transformers, or distribution towers, or poled water crossings or power stations or fuel or employees/admin? Does it work as well as disabling water? Big questions, kind of interesting. Anyone can learn this information at the same time. Don't know attack cost back end but useful.
>>64754963>russia is not trying to escalate>chucks and ICBM at a citylol, lmao even
How would you defeat this?
>>64754818I wonder if there's actually a way to permanently end the repaer threat without some stupid mcguffin like the crucible, the organics could not have beaten them conventionally
>>64754817Have you ever heard of kinetic weapons? If you speed up a small enough particle to high enough speeds, the impact (say, into the ground) will be indistinguishable from direct artillery fire (e.g. conventional explosives).
>>64754899I guess you could use something like a civilization that developed all its weapons and ftl stuff without using element zero as a basis before being introduced to Citadel space late in the cycle so they are using exotic stuff that can actually seriously damage them, but that would still be really convenient and one hell of a stretch. The Reapers must have encountered and overcome pretty much everything you could think of since they were created.Best thing I can think of is baiting them near a mass relay and destroying it to kill them with the explosion. But I doubt they would be stupid enough to ALL come (if you can bait them in the first place) so you would need to repeat the feat and each "victory" erases an entire system.
>>64754899Idk if it wouldve been perfect but a conventional victory has some room for exploration. Yeah the reapers are set up to be overwhelmingly superior but there's one in favor for organics.It's the first time that the Reapers were not able to catastrophically decapitate the top-down organization of organic civilization and leave them unable to organize major resistance. We could've seen a Fabian strategy where organic fleets mass at one system at a time to pick off overextended Reaper forces. After a while, losses start accumulating (even if its overall minor) and because they can only make one Reaper per cycle, they start to ironically become fearful and make mistakes. At least that's my take.
>>64754818would have asked Drew Karpyshyn for the whole dark energy story outline before he left the company post Mass Effect 2 that was being set up in the recruit Tali mission instead of scrapping the whole thing and pulling some Macguffin out of Casey Hudson's ass at the last second
>see grown masc man with one of those not-a-purse things>immediately assume that that is where his piece isIs this a common thought process or am I being paranoid? Is this a valid form for CC?
>>64748142no, purse carry is not valid
>mascIs this a new Discord psyop?
>>64752076He was a fag instead my mother is disappointed
Slings are a brown man's choice. White man, you must retvrn to tradition >>64749938 >>64751268.>>64748961>Backpacks are easy target, specially inside busesNiggercattle representatives that refuse to take off their backpacks on crowded public transit deserve to feel the gypsy hand.
>>64754953retvrn to zubaz and fanny packpeak performance
Could this realistically work?
>>64754647Ah right, I vaguely remember that series, was kinda neat. IIRC the setting was before they figured out the alien thermonuclear engines that all the planes in the main series onwards used, but they still had overtechnology armor and shit that made them much tougher then anything IRL.
>>64754240This launch wouldn't be possible underwater with aircrafts we will have anytime soon. But there have been subs that will launch planes after surfacing on a long deck. You need a much shorter runway to take off than to land. "coming back" isn't a problem. The idea for something like this would be launch from sub within radar distance from the shore, then return to an aircraft carrier.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xZ53bDfm_Ss
>>64754438>>64754495>>64754499
>>64754231yeah probably
my employer is sending me to the ghetto next few weeks. I have a few boxes of match ammo at my disposal and nothing else. how viable would it be in a self defense situation?
>>64754900They're bullets anon, whoever you end up blasting isn't going to enjoy it
There's no real need to rehash why mechs don't work but what is the ideal jungle support vehicle then?
>>64754746>but what is the ideal jungle support vehicle thenHelicoptersBut I know you're asking about ground vehicles, and the answer is that this is one of two environments where legged vehicles are theoretically superior to wheeled or tracked options (the other environment being especially steep mountainous terrain, which also includes rock walls ie for amphibious landings). These vehicles would most likely not be bipedal - four or more legs simply makes the most sense for stability, mobility, and flexibility. In especially dense jungle you could theoretically have a vehicle with many prehensile limbs, like an octopus or perhaps an octopus with 20 thin tentacles spread across all aspects of its body, allowing it to move vertically and horizontally through tree canopies, both allowing for ambush tactics and avoiding ground impediments. But that's way beyond current technology, and probably too niche to ever happen even in the distant future.>inb4 tards come out of the woodwork to say tracked vehicles are all you need for any rough terrainNo, they fucking are not. Dense jungle is completely impassable for all modern ground vehicles. Deep Amazon settlements are often accessible only by river or air. Let's take a bulldozer as an example, as it will be better at traversing jungle than any tracked military vehicle. Would that bulldozer be able to get through pic related? Yeah, it would, albeit slowly if you're not using defoliants. But how about multiplying that picture times 100? How long would it take the dozer to push through? That would be about half a mile, and if the terrain isn't flat, it will be even worse. And if you do try to push through, maintenance will be harsh, especially in hot humid jungle. You'd be advancing at a russian's pace, which is several times slower than a snail's pace.The only feasible option for armored vehicles in such an environment, is something with legs.
What’s your favorite gun? Mine is my Nighthawk Custom Predator in 10mm.
Tough to pick a favorite, but one of these. Probably the sp101.
>>64746689Eat a salad, fat fuck
>>64746538glock 19
Right now it's this one.
>>64754666
Each had at least 100+ killshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_flying_aces#Table
>>64754533They weren't. Germany's pilots weren't better, but when you're outnumbered in the sky there's more opportunities for aces since it's hard to get 5 kills when there's barely any Luftwafffe in the sky to shoot down.
you cant beat the aryan superhuman.
This entire thread is made in dedication to the absolute degradation of Beck, Churchill, Stalin, and FDR. Everyone posting in this thread is insulting the aforementioned historical figures as well as qos, hashem, ba'alpeor, baphomet, YHWH, vishnu, brahma, indra, ghanesh, shiva and allah and declares themselves an eternal enemy of these entities and the legacies of those historical figures. Responding to this post has a 20 % chance of nullifying 1% of the aforementioned animosity and insult.
>>64754533They were seal clubbing Soviet conscripts with 10 hours of flight time. Guys who could barely take-off and land, let alone dogfight kek.It's like the Waffen-SS heroes were being fed on the ring with some actual, black, Heavyweight professional boxer. He could have moved them by the hundreds. But not so much other professionals.German "aces" were MUCH more cautious about facing western pilots with proper - months long - training. Hartmann outright refused to fly the jets (he would have to fight in the West) as he insisted that he was "more useful" on the Easter front rofl.
>>64754931*He could have moved them by the hundreds.Oh god, how fucking sick I am getting of English spelling. I am gradually, but truly, beginning to hate.
What gun would you use to take down a serial killer elephant?
>>64754062God I fucking wish main battle elephants were tactically viable. Please let it happen someday via bullshit LE FUUTUURRR tech. Imagine all the other kinds of animals we could extend weaponisation to. It would be the sickest and most kino shit ever.
>>64753287Something in 6.5x55 or above.
>>64754128Imagine how many jeets an orca could kill if we gave it an exoskeleton so it could operate on land.
>>64754896Type of shit you'd see in a wacky 2000s sci-fi FPS or RTS, the marines would have a fuckin field day with amphibious tanks. I like the way you think, anon.
>>64753287It hasn't killed any humans, he's just doing elephant things
Imagine the POTUS sent Delta Forces after you.Do you think you would do better than Maduro?
>>64752649but enough about Venezuela
I'm a law-abiding American citizen, the government would never target me.
>>64752573Man, when he gets arrested for the pedo shit, it would be CATNIP to me if they made them cellmates, for funsies.
>>64754826They love it. My supporters eat the best crow folks. Nobody eats eats crow like my beautiful worshippers.
>>64752573Quite easily. I just have to threaten every little bit of tasty information about Epstein automatically gets released to journalists all over tbe world the very moment I die or get abducted. And it doesn't matter whether I have those tasty files or not, all I have to do is pretend I have them
>tl;dr: the US allegedly used sonic weapon to fuck maduro's guards during the operation the whole post feel like BS propaganda to make the US seems untouchable can this be real right ?
>>64749382Even cops have had this shit for decades.
>>64749382Sonic weapons have been a thing for like 30 years, they just kind of suck.
>>64749382>>>/x/Don't forget to dilate on your way out
>>64749397in what universe do concussive explosives make you vomit blood
>>64754930there could be more grenades flyingthey would be already hit by somethingthey could be just vomiting due to their head spinning like crazy from sudden shockthe brownie is simply not a good narrator, just like asking an ancient african to describe how thunder hapens and what causes it
Writefag here, I’m looking for real “out there” firearms that are advanced looking but not too impractical for my sci-fi setting.
>>64754777Maxim 9 and Whitney Wolverine both are worth considering for pistols. Latter is something I wish someone would clone honestly, the atomic age jetson gun smooth look still does something for me.
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>>64754660>2300'swhy would they be using centuries old guns?
>>64754907because they work and are probably cheaper to make on poor planets who need something to deal with pirates and shit, not necessarily a military force.
>>64754907I've got bad news, anon. Firearms have peaked. We're mostly going to be using ARs and browning tilt barrels until the heat death of the universe. Firearms development from now on is solely for the benefit of contrarians who refuse to use the boring and effective standard, and for dumbass executives who think that the entire civilized world wants a gun that is 3x the cost of an AR15 or Glock for 5% better performance.
Post gear. Discuss gear. Late night edition. Level IV+ and 4Chan Gold required.Old: >>64732103
>>64754640Gotta say what is for lil homie
https://www.cryeprecision.com/Jumpable-Plate-Carrier?quantity=1&color=Coyote&page=1was thinking of getting this plate carrier with this chest rig https://haleystrategic.com/x-chest-rigonly problem is i don't see anywhere to clip the chest rig onto the PC, would my best bet be just strapping stuff onto the PC with velcro or finding a new PC?
>>64754862dunno anything about JPC (except that it's popular) and can only talk about stuff I've used as I'm not the most experienced gearqueer. I don't see any reason why you couldn't attach that rig to the JPC if you get some extra quick-clips or g-hooks or whatever. I'd assume crye has a different cumberbund option that has velcro on the front, or you could get a chest rig that has molle on the back?I have a haley micro chest rig. stitching and quality is good (expensive gucci nylon so it better be). It's comfy, and attaches in lieu of a placard onto my DM MEPC if I want it to.but I don't like using it on the plate carrier. It only has one pocket on the front of the mag storage area and some extra pistol mag slots and even still it sits so far out with that it's like you're pregnant. If i go prone anything in the pocket gets smooshed anyway.I much prefer a placard that's just for holding mags, and all the things that would've gone in the pocket go on my belt or somewhere else.Also, the inserts that go into the chest rig for holding mags are way less secure in my experience than my dedicated placards.The haley rig you linked is the bigger version of mine, and looking through the pics I assume it uses the same velcro pocket that takes inserts as other rigs.I ran with my chest rig as a placard on my mepc for a while but eventually caved and bought DM's dedicated mag placards (any brand would do tho) and I'm much happier with those. I lost the fanny pack/pockets from the chest rig but the mag placards feel much more secure and they're like half the profile or less of fanny pack hanging off the plate carrier.But also I only larp with this shit so if you actually use it for work or somethign maybe you'd like having the extra storage on your chest?The big advantage to using something like that haley chest rig as a placard is if you keep the X/H straps then you can use it without the PC too if you want.
>>64754862nvm I didn't look close enough.looks like it has a built-in placard, so you'd be able to try both I spose.
>>64754905>>64754910thanks for your input, i know alot of plate carriers have the little ring things that you latch switchclips onto but it looks like you'd have to put them on horizontally instead of vertically and that was really throwing me off, i don't know how anything like a g clip would hold on and not slip off during normal use/due to gravity
I just ordered a .308 CZ600 range for 1100 yurobucks (they usually go for 1300), did I fuck up
>>64753700>the dominance of humans lead to extinction of cave lionsSorry, I implied this and was not clear.>>64753267>would hunt Megaloceros>While most abundant in Eurasia,fossil evidence confirms its presence in North America, though it was a distinct species within the same giant deer lineage, not a direct ancestor of modern North American elk.In NA, also. Plus we had Megathierium, the giant ground sloth. And Priodontes maximus, the largest living armadillo. About like a 6 foot round ball, with bones that have revealed clear human predation in Central America. Surelu a .308 would have been good enough for all these, perhaps excepting the cave bear (short faced brown bear) and the cave lion. .338winmag for those guys, if not .378 Weatherby.
>all this cartridge nonsense>when 30-06 just werks
>>64754726lol 30-06 is obsolete shit doubt you even use it
>>64754791i use it for durr and elk mostly
>>64754791I do for hogz, it's just a magnum version of 308
