Does he deserve his shit reputation for the Battles of the Isonzo? After all what else could he realistically have done? He had a very narrow mountainous front with no room for any sweeping manoeuvres or flanking. And he won most of the battles.
>>64741344Attacked the Isonzo 13th time.
>>64745829So much this. The first 12 attacks were merely shaping operations.
all I know is the Italians were the worst army in both world wars
>>64741372>harsh disciplinary regimeWasnt he using the fucking decimation? Like what the fuck man.
>>64747834It was used once, against troops who mutinied and started firing on fellow Italians. They were honestly lucky they weren't all hung.
https://www.aeronewsjournal.com/2025/12/uk-open-to-germany-joining-gcap-future.html?m=1Frenchbros...c'est fini
>>64747168Calm down retard, even I wouldn't say that shit and I'm generally considered the local japshill >>64745688
>>64745688No you misunderstand jet engines, my statement is saying compressors sets the pressure ratio. But the hot section must be able to withstand it. It is build a compressor that it is to build the hot section that withstands with pressure temperature. So there is no way at all that the engine could be a derivative/based off of the XF9. They would not at all use the ratios from the XF9, the ratios will be dictated by the tolerances of the hot section. You fundamentally do not understand engines.>Therefore their internal digitally designed variable cycle engine OBVIOUSLY isn't the basis for the GCAP engine. Utterly superfluous, that doesn't mean anything at all. To confound that with it must be a derivative of the XF9 is a retarded leap of logic.>The XF9 size (diameter) is very similar to the XFP30 ground based test engines for GCAPDo we have the size/weight dimensions of the XFP30? I've not seen them.All you've got is a misunderstanding of engines and very loosely related statements that provide no proof.>>64745801>Your claim that it can't be based on the XF9 unless IHI leads the hot section is a bit of a logical fallacyYou've not explained how so. Because the tolerances in the HPT and combustor will determine what the compressor is able to feed them as they are the most stressed part of the aircraft. >IHI has already perfected the aerodynamic profile and sizing of a core that produces the 15-ton thrust class GCAP needs (the XF9), it would be a waste of billions for RR to design a brand-new core of the same size.It isn't, and they most certainly haven't perfected anything. Their engines are a worse version of the F119 which came out in early 1990s. And we've not got confirmation on the size. RR will design a new core, because that's what has been contracted out to them, which will mean the compressor can not be identical to the XF9.>Rolls-Royce's in the hot section means they are taking IHI's physical designThat's an insane assumption.
>china taking steps inside the 6th gen territory with multiple working prototypes>the west can't output even one (1) cardboard mockup
>>64747702*5th
>>64747695In modern "agile" engine development, you don't redesign the entire compressor just because you increased the turbine's heat tolerance. You adjust the stages or the blading angle. The IHI XF9-1 was already designed for a 1,800°C Turbine Inlet Temperature (TIT) which is world-class. It was built to be pushed. RR leading the hot section means they are likely taking that 1,800°C "skeleton" and using their superior Ceramic Matrix Composites (CMCs) to push it to 2,000°C+. If the IHI compressor already provides the necessary mass flow and core pressure, RR's higher-tolerance hot section simply allows that same compressor to operate at a higher efficiency. You don't throw away a perfectly good aerodynamic design; you "tune" it.>Do we have the size/weight dimensions of the XFP30? I've not seen them.Official consortium updates from late 2025 confirm the XFP30 is a "slim-line" high-power engine. RR and IHI have explicitly stated they are moving forward with a centerline engine. In aerospace, "centerline" means the core architecture is fixed. Since IHI had a physical, running 15-ton core (XF9) and RR had a "digital" concept (XG240), the industrial logic to use the physical XF9 core as the centerline is overwhelming for a 2035 deadline.Also, trying to throw shade on the XF9 that it's a "worse version of the F119" is just proving the overall argument further, the F119 was the "skeleton" for the F135. The XF9 is the "skeleton" for the GCAP engine.If you honestly think they're using another engine besides the XF9 as the basis for the GCAP engine, what engine are they using? It literally can't be a clean-sheet design based on the timeline for the program.
>>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?
>>64705959are my eyes fucking with me or is there a slight curve to the top of the gun
>>64747365Ah, you're a regular 007>0 training hours>0 field experience>7 ARs
How hard would it be for a handgonner to hit a man sized target at 60m?
>>64746980That's really cool man. I bet it's a hell of a lot of fun too.
>>64744091No, fucker, you need miniés or a sabot to be hella accurate without rifling.My cheapo cva wolf isnt the most accurate at 50 yards shooting 50 cal balls, even with wads n patches. It improves exponentially with sabots or miniés.All with 70 grains of bp
>>64747690>miniés>no rifling If that worked, they would have done that. Do you think of smoothbores as identical to a shotgun firing a foster slug?
>>64746980With so much shitposting these days, I forgot what it's like that we actually have people who know what the fuck they're talking about occasionally on this board.
>>64738122Wasn't Russel the one organizing the matches?
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
>>64747609Based and yes effective against feds daycare centers as Ol Timmy showed us. >what the fuck lil timmy gon do?*blows you into a million pieces*
Fed posting thread?They were fairly effective when used by the insurgents in the GWOT, probably got them more kills Coalition forces than they got fighting them toe to toe.
>>64747609Fun fact, Timmy meant to detonate the truck in the underground parking garage beneath the Murrah building, but the dumbass forgot to measure the height of the Uhaul and couldn't get it in, so he settled for parking in front instead.
Hey /k/, favor to ask. I have to run a quick errand, mind keeping an eye on this Horton Ho 229 for me? I'll be back in 30, 40 minutes tops. While I'm gone, don't you mess with my Horton ok? OK. Thanks.
>>64747845I’m sorry Anon, I have already fucked it. I’ll clean up the cum but your jet is mega preggers. The resulting autistic-jet children ain’t my problem
Scopes and reddots are for boomers with glaucoma.
>>64747728off model gen 1 MBUIS.
>>64745611This is like 90% of /k/
>>64745210Do they have to unscrew those apertures if they have to do drills or something? Also the Sig 90 or whatever it's called's sights are retarded. it has a 100 m night sight and 200, 300 and 400 meter apertures. so assuming the wiki stats are right if you just set it to 300 m you would be at worst like 6.5 inches high, if that under 300 meters. Also they're shooting at pretty big targets. if you can use the 400m sight as a 300m 6 o'clock hold, balistics calculator says a 400m zero is 28cm which is like 11 inches high at 300 yards so that would be the middle of the target, I'd assume. I'd assume the swiss just set their rifles to 300 m like the M16s
>>64745263>>reddots>are not accuracyDo you have an astigmatism or some shit? red dots are more accurate than irons if you don't have retard eyes. the main benefit of irons, other than the battery thing, is that it's common for irons to come with some form of quick windage and elevation/range adjusting with some way to return to zero, whereas red dots usually don't have a return to zero feature because most shooting competitions either disallow optics or if they allow optics people usually will go for an lvpo or otherwise magnified optic.I have one rifle with just irons and 2 rifles with irons and red dots and I shoot righter groups with the red dots than with the irons on the same rifle
>>64745237>>64745558>>64745579imo the only advantage open sights have is that if you shoot 6 o clock hold you aren't blocking the target with the top of the rear sight
What tactics can a prospective Tanker captain use when the U.S. of United States is threatening to board and steal the ship and all the oil?Do they at least have like .50 cals they can mount really quick and send up suppressing fire against the helicopters or the rappelling troops? Is the bridge sealable so they can't get in without explosives? Do they have like a small arms weapons locker with shotguns and other close quarter weapons? What if they like do zig zags back and forth to avoid the troops having a good surface to repel into and then they pull like crazy Ivans?
You can drive in certaij places to avoid danger, and certain method of driving csn force a missile to take a longer route to you and maybe lose the fuel needed to reach their target, same for jets and Helis.Thats assuming you are able to preedict were theyll come from that is
>>64746974We are just so united you have to say it twice! Like really, really united!
>>64743716>crazy IvansWhat is a crazy Ivan?
>>64747831Stop what you're doing and go play this game's campaigns
Make it expensive as possible for them to ferry your ship by damage your propulsion and have damaged and leak hull.
What you all think of these? Anyone play with one? Thinking it might be my next “night stand” gun. Any opinions on the new frame mounted de-cocker? Any better models to consider?
>>64743356>>64743456As far as the centurion, I like the slightly smaller size. Previous night stand gun was a m&p2.0 9 compact 4”. Was a fine gun, but kinda wanna 92 again.
For nightstand why not get a full size? M9A4 is better for this use case. 92FS is awesome, but no rail for a light makes it less ideal in this role.
>>64743907Just like the smaller size, plus if I decide to carry it someday, or decide to bring it on a trip, I imagin the slightly shorter slide would be more convenient. I believe the difference is only an inch in barrel length, so I doubt the full size has any advantage other than being slightly heavier, with less felt recoil.
>>64745332the smaller slide doesn't matter at all in any form of holster, the grip is what sticks out of your pants and is what determines how "concealable" a gun is.The differences between a centurion and normal gun are almost negligible. You can feel the handling difference if you start doing some gun kata shit around your room but at the range theres literally no difference.I'd suggest just getting a full size OR a compact but beretta doesn't make any more compacts at all that arent Langdon Tactical branded and sold by LTT.
>>64743907>For nightstand why not get a full size?I always assumed nightstand guns were understood to be full size guns.
>3D Printed GunsWhat are the best filaments you guys are using for frames and gun parts? Is it still PLA + or are the different carbon/glass infused filaments better?What are you guys printing?
>>64745330>Put a hole in the enemy four inches wide, three inches deep>Harmless through a single wall>Can be safely caught at 100 yards.
>>64747179Just like those old Thunderzapp bullets!
>>64743866Cheap ass Enders are just as good as Bambu stuff with the caveat that you can print stuff quite a bit faster on Bambu machines
>>64743866>>64743818I upgraded from an Ender 3 to a P1S. I've printed guns and gun parts on both. If you're broke, the Ender is totally fine if you spend a bit of time dialing it in. Leveling is a pain in the ass sometimes, but you can upgrade to an auto-leveling system if you want.For what it's worth, the P1S is awesome. I wouldn't have bought it if I were buying new just based on some of the Chinkery that goes on with the Bambu ecosystem but I ended up with it as repayment for a loan. Its crazy how fast it prints compared to a stock Ender 3, and lots of little QOL stuff makes the experience that much smoother. I don't really care for their slicer program, but it's fine. Print quality has been fantastic with two different nozzle sizes and the enclosure is nice to keep the smell and noise down. AMS unit comes in handy, but I generally just use PLA+ for everything (I mostly use it for /tg/ projects)My first printer was an Anet A8 and that thing was an absolute fire hazard.
>>64747392>>64747733Thanks anons I appreciate your feedback.Context: current printer is a Sovol SV06 Plus, had it since they were released in...2023? A couple of years. I've calibrated it per the Ellis guide, built an enclosure for it, 2nd hotend assembly that I use with my hardened nozzles if I ever print something that needs them.Printing with it can be so frustrating. It's fine for most prints but i don't like pushing it above 50mm/sec. It's not Klipperized but I'm considering it if only for input shaping. I'm tech savvy so it's not a big deal to do this, just haven't done it yet.From what I've read about the P1S makes me really consider it. The telemetry is concerning but if it's really obstructive I can figure out a networking solution to keep it online but unable to touch my server.Budget idk around $5-600 and even better if I can get it on Amazon: my work gives out $75 gift cards as performance incentives so I hoard them.
The T-34 is the best tank of World War II. What about airplanes? According to /k/
>>64740849>best in knife-fighting>REEE why you bling gun to knife fight, shamefur disprayget nuked
>>64742285this guy fucks
Sherman was actually most effective, Tiger 2 is actually the best made (can't tell me know, I have seen one in person and they are just miles ahead in quality)
>>64739437Thats funny, Mines always being a dashing 109 piolet in the Condor Legion, killing commies and banging hot spanish women
>>64738946Hellcat/FW 190. Former with drop tanks made the Mustang redundant. Latter's ideal serviceability.
All things precision shooting, no experience necessary. Discuss rifles, barrels, action, glass, loads, groups, competitions, and anything else related to the pursuit of tighter groups and longer shots.
>>64744429im now eternally seething over missing out on mile high's cheap AXSRs. I'm in the market for one or a MRAD and now it's all 12k or get the copium 4500 MRAD.
>>64746732There is an AIAE mkII le trade in on there right now for 3k. Not really the same but that's still pretty cheap
>>64746732>>64746851What are TRGs going for now
>>64746585Sharps?
>>64745632Honestly can't recommend it enough. It rejuvenated my interest in shooting. I'd recommend looking at kibler, they have a handful of offerings and all of them are top notch.
why didn't the vector catch on?
>>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.
>>64747223it's gigantic yet still shoots 45 acp. At that point you can use a 11.5 inch PSA and do much better.
>>64747366arrived just when everyone was buying minimis
>>64747223Vector is not a real gun. It was a prototype testbed for nothing burger problem. And they decide to mass produce it because everyone think it look cool.
>Working powered exoskeletons have been real for nearly 20 years>Working laser turrets have been real for nearly 20 years>Working railguns have been real for nearly 20 years>Working plasma cannons have been real for over 30 years>Autonomous robots that understand simple commands have been around for over ten years>People act like drones are the most advanced weapon around when we've been using them since WWIIWhat gives? Why is everyone still pretending that we're living the 20th century? People are so tired of waiting for these weapons that they're building the things themselves in their garages.
they had repeating firearms in the 1700s but soldiers still went with muzzeloaders until the 1860s. just because it exists doesn't mean it's practical to field in an infantry level. rifles high-pressure cartridges and optics will ballistic calculators built-in are as good we're gonna get until the 2050s almost. Tactics have to change, logistics, procurement, etc etc.
>>64747637You cannot back up your claims because you have no evidence.
>>64747704>puh puh puhleaaaaaaaaazeeeeeeeeee anonsama my feeble brain cannot perform the task of googling something I beg of thee to spoonfeed me
>>64747706Who are you quoting?
>>64747707He was quoting me, but he failed to cite his sources.
Are the marines losing their magic? Seems less and less appealing to join the marines compared to every other branch nowadays. Was it ever good?
you only join the marines during a long drawn out conventional war. particularly in vietnam, it was either deal with draftees or join the marines. i dunno how hard it was to join the air force but something tells me, very hard.i recall in afghanistan marines were constantly hitting IEDs on convoys because their retarded SOPs told them to drive as fast as possible to lower your chances of hitting them.
>>64747602>i dunno how hard it was to join the air force but something tells me, very hardOnly if you're borderline retarded.
>>64747552As tech is dominating the battlefield the navy and army are basically doing the job of the marines now. Even the air force is doing their job too
All the stupid violent young men are signing up for ICE.
