Realistically speaking what are the mechs even contributing to this military force that you couldn't get by just swapping out the APCs for IFVs instead?
>>64675661Wolf's Dragoons seem pretty well off.
>>64614592>a "c-bill" value for actual in universe monetary valueYeah, imagine having one generalized currency most people in the known world use for international trade and as the standard with which value is appraised by.Imagine that being the common currency for acquiring some of the best military hardware money can buy.Crazy idea, innit?
>>64629579https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azEvfD4C6ow
>>64636219They can limp.They're slow as shit and an easier target, but still somewhat mobile.If you lose both legs however you're fucked and have to get dragged off by a bigger mech.
>>64655788>Does having full-time wheels stop it being a mech?I think as long as it CAN traverse terrain by walking it still counts.Might not even be a bad way to do it, have it lock the breaks on, insert heavy steel bars, and turn the wheels into foot treads.
Would you join the military right now if you had nothing going on? I'm at a crossroads as I've been laid off now for 8 months.
>>64676264Not gonna happen. I got this.
Most of the military guys I met were cool but you fuckers are the true welfare queens and DEI hires.>former government contractor
>>64676419It was either the military or probably end up homeless, a loser or dead. Glad I got a second chance.
>>64674495>replying to the jewish pedoThat faggot has been shitting up the board for years. I hope the 'arty 'oxes him soon.
If I was fresh out of highschool yeah, the pay cut would be horrendous now even factoring in the benefits.I fucking hate my job and am trying to get into law enforcement instead.
webm's too
>>64635341Idea was that they'd fire up massive fragmenting rounds to make up for how much of a pain in the ass it is to hit something moving fast in the sky.That and it was expected that you'd get hit by formations rather than small lone craft.
>>64654705Man I wish I looked that cool.I should get some tigerstripe pants.
>>64675220>speed_limits_enforced_by_aircraft.webm
>>64676077This is actually an infamous penal battalion for repeat offenders caught on their third offense.See, in Toronto, if you get caught speeding, the first time you just get a ticket, but if you get caught again, they force you to go to the game, and this is where you end up if you're on your 3rd+ offense.
>>64635365dual purpose naval guns are just neat. I think the last time one was used against aircraft was during the Falklands War when the British used their 4.5" guns (some WW2 ass hand loaded ones on the oldest frigates but mostly the faster firing and more modern "R2D2" autoloaded version). They have a bunch of claimed air kills including 1 claimed exocet shootdown. I want to habib it but British kill claims in the war are pretty dubious. Not in terms of inflating kill numbers (the numbers are well verified) but in terms of what shot things down. The main issue is any time an air raid would happen they British would be putting up everything but the kitchen sink: long range SAMS, 3 different types of point defense SAMS, 4.5 guns, 40/20mm bofors and marines on deck with MANPADS, machine guns and rifles. In that situation its hard to tell what mount got the kill and the British seem to credit the kill to whatever was funniest see also a Scimitar (adorable mini scout tank) allegedly killing a skyhawk with its 20mm cannon or a civilian employee of the NAAFI shop (think PX) aboard a ship shooting down an aircraft with an FN MAG.
Tell me /k/ what makes a good soldier?
Cotton, molasses, and record deals
>>64673601Are you from the Americas sir?
When duty calls me I must goTo stand and face another foeBut part of me will always strayOver the hills and far away
>>64663111Is that the doctor from alien 3?
>>64660047Boromir
Post cool swords or swords you like, talawar of Mughal leader Aurugnzeb
>>64673015>in Early Modern High German variously spelled dusack, dusäck, dussack, dysack, tesak, tuseckn, thuseckn, disackn, dusägge, dusegge, duseggRepent and do penance, for calling upon someone to kill himself is a grave sin.
>>64656236Did you do the Kerker Tourture Tour aswell? Its the Most fun I Had in a Museum in forever.
>>64656291>>64656263>>64656259>>64656253>>64656252>>64656247>>64656241>>64656238>>64656236Neat pics. I'm a little jealous since every time I've visited the Nürnberg castle the museum has been closed.
how effective are handgun optics vs irons within defensive shooting rangeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5hqc5eLkqY
>>64657733>What the fuck did he think was going to happen if shot the cop?>Why wait until the cops show up to pull this stunt?I don't know how these retards function with room temperature iq
>>64676346Depends on the setup, some companies just put cams in for recording, others have really rudimentary motion detection systems, and some have someone actually watching.Can't say too much on which companies have what, but usually you get what you pay for and they tend to be pretty up front with what you get.
>>64658178yeah it's terrible here sandeep, better stay the fuck out
>>64658178>must be exhausting to live in the US, where every junkie tard in the streets is strapped.We have that here in Canada too.
>>64658178They spend all their money on drugs. If they had a gun they would sell it for drugs. They carry shitty knifes
Why were the huge Qing Dynasty armies so ineffective in the Opium Wars? They have to be the most one-sided wars in history.
>>64676056Ming dynasty also fractured command chain with rotating officers.You may wonder how they won its previous wars with the problems of fractured command chain.In the Ming dynasty, command chain was also fractured, but during wartime, a governor or general was given exceptional power by the Emperor, given a special sword and allowed authority over ALL officers and troops in certain provinces.During the campaigns against pirates, against Jurchens and against Portuguese and against the Dutch, individual officers were granted temporary command of all units in the province.Zheng Zhilong commanded the entire Ming military in Fujian against the Dutch at Liaoluo bay in 1633.
>>64676060The Qing dynasty refused to grant exceptional command to any official or governor of any ethnicity.The Qing emperors themselves used to micromanage campaigns, like Kangxi personally leading armies against the Dzungars, and Qianlong ordering specific Banner officers to lead campaigns in Burma with a specified number of troops assigned to them for the campaign.The British never faced the entire Qing army on the coast, they skipped over entire idle garrisons to attack only garrisons in strategic positions, which were not reinforced by the other garrisons due to the totally fractured command chain.Also, communication between cities in China took weeks since there was no telegraph. Messages about battles didn't reach Beijing until weeks after they happened in the First Opium war, and the emperor which tried to micromanage the war from Beijing (never personally going down to oversee the war in the southeast), sent orders which became outdated by the time they arrived.
The Han Green Standard Army general Yue Zhongqi (the conqueror of Tibet for the Qing) also rejected a suggestion for him to rebel against the Qing, because of the fractured command chain.Yue Zhongqi was a descendant of the war hero Yue Fei during the Song dynasty. the troops under his command weren't "his". He was rotated and he was assigned to them temporarily and had zero assurances they and the officers under him were personally loyal to him.If Yue Zhongqi tried to lead his troops to rebel against the Qing, all the officers under him might just refuse to obey and report him for rebellion.By contrast, the three feudatories like Shang Kexi had their own private armies, with command chain and staff separate from the regular Qing Eight Banners Shang Kexi appointed his own officers who were personally loyal to him.The Qing were finally forced to allow private armies again during the Taiping rebellion, with the Huai Army, Xiang Army and other provincial armies commanded by Li Hongzhang, Zeng Guofan and Zuo Zongtang who chose their own officers and raised their own troops.If the Qing didn't allow this, the Taiping would have continued.
>>64667521>>64675957Manchus suffered the most deaths in the Opium wars and Boxer rebellion.100,000 Manchus died in the Boxer rebellion, and the entire Manchu garrisons of Zhenjiang and Zhapu were killed in the first opium war.Manchu banner armies were devastated outside of Beijing in the second opium war.
>>64676037>The real reason for lopsided Qing losses, is because the Qing DELIBERATELY weakened and fractured command of the military to prevent rebellions by military officers.Coup-proofing really is the bane of any competent military.
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?
>>64675559>IRS will have a fat cut. So will his manager.Jake Paul did like De La Hoya and Mayweather. He owns his own boxing promotion, MVP. The Paul v Joshua event was promoted by his own company.He gets paid to fight and his company got paid by Netflix for the streaming rights. Who gives a shit about the IRS cut at that point?
>>64675859Damn George Floyd was truly royalty
>>64676584WAITSO YOU WAS SAYIN... ?
>>64674502I consider you better than Jake Paul, too!
You're all sick people.I hope you all get cancer. Fuck youse all.I put a curse upon you all.Fuck yamudda
Turkey has started construction of 300m long aircraft carrier.What role will this vessel serve, given that Mediterranean and Black Sea are not ideal environments for operating surface combatants? https://x.com/Defence_Index/status/2002384343873073474?s=20
>>64664935>It is long enough to span the Ballspo'r'us straitAre you aware that there are a load of bridges and a tunnel across the Bosporus?
>>64662895What aircraft will they operate from it?
>>64675628Are you aware that thirdies say and plan a lot of things that don't fucking happen?
>>64675784I guess. It's not certainly not a turk saying it.
>>64675773>Delta wing with canards sitting on a carrierI think that's a Rafale but might just be a placeholder for the picture.
update on the war on christmasWe are winning. Santa has been totally flanked and is nearly encircled. The nativity lies in ruins from sustained artillery barrage. Jesus is making a controlled retreat into the mountains, prepared to abandon Santa's Village.
>>64674837What is going on in South Korea?
>>64674843South Korea is weirdly Christian as a country, I guess those missionaries tried the same thing in Korea as they did in Japan, but it actually worked. Also iirc a few years ago the president got impeached (or arrested I forgot) for being part of some weird Christian offshoot cult.
>>64674564im ok with this
>>64674864Based moonies ftw
>>64674837>BELARUS YOU TRAITOROUS SWINE
Ready. Aim. FIRE!Shock troops of the SS, rollout. Post tantalizing pics of your payloads and kristmas gear.Shipping deadline is passed! Quick, get it out so you still make the raffle! Make sure to send the tracking numbers to myself at wendigohunter at protonmail dot comthread theme: https://youtu.be/7pS3nx9zREE?si=ozZcmbvGApkzW3LJold thread>>64557036
>>64675313Kevin Anon, I'll post more pics in a bit but holy shit, this is fucking cool. You did NOT have to go this far. I feel guilty for not doing more for my target, this is just awesome.
>>64676159... Well uh, I don't think it should have hatched so soon. Glad you got it in time anon.
Posting full res pics as I'm still freee.From LT anon...The abchang radios are great, far superior to our 5 watt shit in Australia. Love the USB charge option.Chocolates are nice, dad has claimed them for himself lol.Plushies are on the bed.Is the leather made for a dog prtector for pigging?
French anon.Luv the MREs. GIGN path is on my patch board/Trigger clicker has weaponised my inner autism.
ZERO round under the firing pin totally and utterly safe, no questions. Pull the trigger? cylinder rotates and fires. The next step is the Walther P99, no potential energy in striker when decocked instant DA fire then goes back to SA. All other pistols are weak slaves, the ammo drives the gun, not the gun driving the ammo. Everything else is trash
>>64673733I have a Richards Mason 1860, those you can just drop the hammer between the brass casings. No special machining done to them.
>>64673363>>64673366you guys are retarded, just because you're too low IQ to engage with the OP doesnt mean you need to be in denial
>>64675107You claim that the 3 people who call this thread dumb are retarded, but all three of us know that keeping one chamber empty was only necessary before hammer blocks and transfer bars existed. Keeping one chamber empty nowadays is beyond pointless.>>64673432You can buy the BFR in many rifle cartridges; I know a guy who went on the Magnum Research website to buy one in 45-70, and he ended up buying one in .308 instead.
>>64673318>Ugh I hate the current year internet so much>Frog>Phone filename
>>64673318OP should indeed be hobbled in the cornhole with a big knobbly tree branch.>>64673333tbf 99% of modern handguns are completely drop-safe anyway, so a good holster would cover the last realistic eventuality. Even if you wanna rock a single action and be a cowboy, you can get those with transfer bars.>>64673432BFR, as mentioned, though high pressured bottlenecked cartridges in revolvers tend to have problems with the case pushing back out of the chamber and binding up the action, so you can never count on them to be trouble free.>>64673694Carrying on an empty chamber is a standard rule in Cowboy Action Shooting, and stems from the fact that many original (and faithful repro) Colt 1873s, and various other revolvers, just weren't drop-safeSome cap & ball guns weren't drop-safe either, but quite a few actually had pretty good solutions for that. I always liked the Starr's design a lot, and it had double notches for safer carrying.>>64675430Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Would you /k/?
>>64676470With good eye protection, sure. The case will explode into a couple of large pieces and maybe a few small ones and if the bullet shoots off it will be with less force than I could throw it.
>>64676470https://youtu.be/j90nZ1-K-zQThis guy got hired by one of the call of duty studios, and also whoever makes apex legends. He's the Justin Beiber of animation.
>>64676532He's come a long way from beeeg five-seven mag.
>>64676470I'll say no, but if you put it in my hands, I can't tell what I'd do for the lulz.
>>64676470I don't think I'd be able to resist.
Realistically speaking, is this good kit for an oper8r? It seems fine to me but I'd change the jeans for camo pants.Also what's the pistol? I thought it might be a sig or a Glock but it doesn't quite look like one
>>64676182>what's the pistol?The triangular mag release says SP2022 but those look like aftermarket CZ aluminum grip panels and neither the grip nor the magazine look right for either and there's no hammer. If I didn't know any better I'd say this piece of art wasn't particularly concerned with the gun.
>haha I cropped out my obvious furfag porn to make a shitty timewasting threadsage
negated
>>64676544Hey faggot OP, shouldn't you be spending time with your family instead of projecting your degenerate bestiality addiction onto the board? Or did they disown you a long time ago?sage
>it's da furries>it's da coomers'gated btw
PCC thread for my newest fixation. MP5-SD clonePost with me to celebrate, rimfire welcome
>>64676280>In your countryOkay I wasn't aware, tell me about these other "countries".
>>64676407I dont know who mugi or flounder are.
>>64676445Only after ya, EAT THE PEANUTS OUTTA MY SHIITT!!
>>64676383The trigger is genuinely horrible, and I'm not a trigger snob (love/shoot well with USPs and MP5s) It's also freaky heavy but I think that's the "sporting" barrelThey're in gun shops, go handle one before you buy
>>64676294Never heard of them before. There are other better-regarded companies that do UMP conversions like Black Ops and HDPS. I'd go with them first.>>64676383>Besides the obvious retarded stock and grip, what makes the USC so shit compared to UMPs?USC isn't compatible with UMP mags. If you want to use hi-cap mags, you need to go for 15 round Pro-Mags (the 20 round Pro-Mags are unreliable) or the 20 round Hera mags (reliable but rare and expensive). If you want to use UMP mags in your USC, you need to plastic-weld your USC magwell to be bigger and open-up the magwell slot in the upper to accept them. And if you're willing to do all that, you might as well just swap the USC lower for an UMP lower and do a full UMP conversion anyways.>USCs converted to UMPs, and UMPs built off of S5 receiversUSCs converted to UMPs work great. I've heard mixed things about UMPs built off of American receivers.
