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>>64726093This. Fuck Tomcat boomers. It's a fat pos. The F/A-18 is slimmer and nimble. Looks a lot more aesthetic
The T-34 is the best tank of World War II. What about airplanes? According to /k/
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>>64738946That's nuts nigga
>>64738946>The T-34 is the best tank of World War III am calling bait and proclaim than OP is a faggot
Can be aircraft, ground, or naval. Any country, any time period.
>>64733447This is a weird one since when you look into in detail it was nowhere near as bad as people make it out to be. In fact it could absolutely cream BF109's on a good day. Problem was that relies on them being able to dictate the terms of engagement and that isn't always going to be the case. Like one sortie they can form a defensive circle and win against fighters despite being outnumbered 3:1. The next sortie they don't have that luxury and get massacred. The airframe also was not all that bad and I wonder if they combined the naval and non turret proposal could they have gotten a very capable naval fighter in 1940? I'd say if you want something truly terrible then the Fairey Battle is the better pick for something that was just dogshit all round. Everyone knew this was bad and even the designers were begging them not to build it but they built it anyway. This was basically doomed by politics cause they hamstrung the design hoping for a disarmament treaty that was clear was never going to happen and then later though if we build loads of shit plane over maybe having less of good plane then having more shit planes was more likely to deter war forgetting that if enemy knows it is shit and war breaks out you are now stuck with loads of shit plane. The sad thing is the Fairey Battle didn't have to be this way, the designers quite literally had a twin engine version of the craft that would have been far more capable they were constantly trying to get adopted instead but kept getting shut down.>>64734445Its a weird concept that is best described in that is meant to be used offensively but then fight defensively when it got there. If anything its like they thought they could somehow form square with aircraft in midair and deter enemies with a wall of gunfire.I do wonder how it would have panned out if they managed to fit the AGLT system onto it but that isn't really available till 1944.
>>64733917It's starting to look like a society with 10% is unsustainable.
>>64733447If the Defiant had some forward firing mg's or a cannon it would've been a much more competent aircraft. It was a concept killed too soon IMO.
>>64734852>>64735809>If anything its like they thought they could somehow form square with aircraft in midair and deter enemies with a wall of gunfire.I read some memoirs of allied pilots as a kid where they described the bf110 doing the circle formation to a less than stellar effect and remember thinking >wtf am I reading right nowHindsight is 20/20 though, easy to forget that just a decade before they were mainly rocking biplanes as fighters, no wonder some thought maybe "line of battle" could apply to planes kek
It turns out ex-Luftwaffe German pilots have been in China training Chinese pilots. How are they supposed to teach the Chinese how to fly flankers when the Germans never had flankers?
>>64733525>NATO strategic best interestHow are streamlined logistics and commonality of parts and training not in the best interest of NATO?It's not in the best interest of perhaps France or Sweden trying to make their own planes and build up their own industries, but if you mean NATO as a whole, it technically is. Perhaps their motivations were different, but saying they did it against the interests of NATO is wrong.>>64734726>Because your president doesn't want to hurt his friend Putin's feelingsHe fucking told you guys to up your military years ago before that whole fucking fiasco started.He fucking told you all to stop being so reliant on their oil.Your leaders didn't listen.Perhaps I'm out of the loop because I just don't follow the political circus performances too closely, but I don't know why people are regurgitating fucking 2016 era>DA ROOSKIES RIGGED THE ELECTION FOR HIMhysteria after that dumb bitch Cunton lost. There's definitely a (((group))) meddling in American elections and politics, but it isn't Russia.
>>64738828> How are streamlined logistics and commonality of parts and training not in the best interest of NATO? I'll try to get my point across even though you seem very set in your position already.The US since WW2 has done EVERYTHING to prevent the few EU countries that were trying to develop their weapons industry from achieving that.Why? Because the EU is the largest, juiciest market in the world. And NATO was a catalyst to that end: set standards that make it hard for allies to build compliant systems, and reassure them that it's alright to be reliant on US companies because we're your GREATEST ALLY.You think Lockheed, Raytheon, General Dynamics or Northrop want the EU to build its own weapons? Fuck no, they'd lose their biggest customer.So it doesn't matter where you heard that "US told EU to defend itself".The military industrial complex calls the shots, not MSM.
>>64738882>So it doesn't matter where you heard that "US told EU to defend itself".Are you saying that our President—during his first term and before the invasion of Ukraine—was NOT telling the rest of NATO that they needed to up their spending?>The MIC calls the shots, not MSMAre you telling me that the failure to meet NATO's agreed-upon 2% was merely the MSM?In fact, I went ahead and did a quick google about NATO requirements for defense spending between 2010 and 2020. According to a Time article, only 5 countries actually met it back in 2016.(I wanted to cite the source pdf instead of just an article, but apparently the NATO site is being worked on and " some content will be in transition", so the pdf they cited isn't available)France isn't among the five and neither was Germany or Sweden.You're once again blaming America for all the problems, when nobody else but the UK and a few smaller countries were paying their part.Of course we're going to look out for our own interests—we're a foreign nation to you and we come first, that's how it SHOULD be. Hell, that's the origin of the "problem" right now, in fact. We elected a president that said "America First" (After Israel, of course, oy vey), and Europe lost their fucking minds.Your continent has spent decades spouting propaganda about our foodstuffs as if it's not merely a matter of our gigantic megastores having tons of everything available, and that the mere availability of slop means everyone must eat it, and as if you don't have slop for sale in your grocery stores. As a Frenchman(?), you're probably on the frontlines of looking down your noses in regards to cuisine, too.In reality, European markets are just afraid of the damage to local agricultural industries as a result of a continent-spanning supplier. That's good for them. It's in their interests and it's natural they pursue it.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
> He fucking told you guys to up your military years ago before that whole fucking fiasco started. He fucking told you all to stop being so reliant on their oil. That man has said so many things over the years it's impossible to keep track.What matters is what the pentagon did: sell "protection" to foolish EU states, and prevent the smart ones from getting strong.
>>64738964> Are you telling me that the failure to meet NATO's agreed-upon 2% was merely the MSM? Basically yes. It's easy for the US to have a gorillion dollars military budget when your nation specializes in brokering weapons and power.You think the EU was eating America's lunch with NATO? It's the opposite. NATO is the best thing to ever happen to the US MIC and Trump is actually fumbling the bag by talking about cutting the EU loose.You think you were losing and that we were winning. I think it's the opposite, the next decade will be extremely painful for Europe, but the US will regret losing their biggest customer.
With the collapse of Venezuela and what looks to be soon Iran, Will we see an influx of new AK parts kits hitting the market? Both contries also have facotries that make licensed copies of AKs so are we in for fresh stuff or are those days never to return
>>64728091>there's a whole world of women that would gladly marry a man fifteen years older than them if he's white, property owning, has a good job, and is a US citizen>I have all of those things and I still can't attract even a green card seekerHa ha sucks to suck I guess.
>>64736695I guess you haven’t seen the videos coming out from there
>>64738097Get good annon
>>64738059A new influx of parts kits would be welcome
>>64729384>Given their economic freefall
Any station, this is /K/ommando 2-1, can I get a comms check? Over.
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>>6471998 Smoky up ahead takin' pictures yallSixth of June dark of moon Kenworth pullin' logsCabover Pete with a reefer on and a Jimmy haulin hogs, Over.
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>>64735976Roger.
>A-any rad-- er, any station, this is C-charlie.... s-seven? er, comms check?>shut up retard
Are living suicide bombs a viable strategy in an open war? I thought that suicide bombing was only good for terrorism at checkpoints/markets but not for a frontal assault to a fortified enemy position.Banzai charges barely worked...
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>>64737979Russians are a slave race. They only understand enslaving or being enslaved. Tzd.
>>64737979What did the suicide bomber think of her uniform?>She would not be caught dead wearing it.
Honestly this is a good idea for problematic units.
>>64737979jesus fucking christ that's grim.
The Gallipoli campaign started 111 years ago this day. Was there a chance for success for the Allies or was the entire plan wrong?
>>64737585Do you think racism was part of it? I mean I can easily imagine that the decision makers couldn't imagine that the Turks can be capable enough to put up a fight. >inb4 /pol/ shit
>>64737479>Following the Siege of Kut during the First World War, many of the 10,000 Indian and 2,500 British prisoners were anally raped by their Ottoman and Kurdish irregular guards:>After the surrender, the Ottomans forced the British and Indian POWs to embark upon a brutal "death march" to POW camps in Anatolia, during which the prisoners were forced to march under the scorching hot sun while being deprived of water, food and medical care while constantly being whipped by the Kurdish and Arab tribesmen the Ottoman state had hired to guard them; those who faltered on the "death march" were shot on the spot.[89][101] In the evening, the men on the death march were given biscuits to eat and water to drink. The only reason why the guards kept their charges alive was to rape them and during the course of the death march all of the POWs were repeatedly gang-raped>After the British Army surrended at Kut (in modern day Iraq), in April 1916, the surivors were sent on a death march of 500 miles with little food and even less medicial care. Of the 2,592 British rank and file taken prisioner at Kut, more than 1,700 died (nearly 70%) died in captivity.>According to the book 'Battle on the Tigris' by Ron Wilcox, Officers reported stories of 'young solders of the Hampshire and Norfolk [regiment] being repeatedly buggered by Turkish soldiers and sick men being buried by the road while still alive'.>One Australian who after return from captivity in 1921 went on a mad spree in Launceston (Tasmania) which ended with his taking his own life with a pistol. When the inquest was held his former commanding officer came from melbourne to give evidence ad stated that he had been "due to his youth and appearance, a particuar subject of foul abuses by certain Turkish guards."
>>64738063Fun fact, Kut is the Dutch word for Cunt.
>>64737548>preserve longerPersevere
>>64738063why is buttrape even a thing, they can't all be homos>blah blah power dynamics blah blahyou're still sticking your dick in another man's ass
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>>64738111Swiss guns are overpriced, take the Swede pill
>>64737665I pressed the wrong button. Really that's it.
>>64738670It's literally not their problem, so they couldn't care less. They own homes in older and/or wealthier neighborhoods, with few pakis. They work in offices or businesses that have few pakis. Pakis drive up real estate and rent prices, which is great for their portfolio. The rest of their money is parked in US funds that aren't affected by our economic decline. The only way they do get fucked over is when they need healthcare, but even then many are able to go to the states for certain things.
>>64738903my parents bought their house for 130k in 2000 and now its worth 1.3 million and they want to move instead of giving it to their kids
>>64738919My parents bought their house for 280k in 2004. About 5 years back someone with a identical house down the street was going to sell for 800k, they got two offers of 60k ABOVE ASKING PRICE before they could bring it to market.No idea what my parents house is worth now.
Reloading generalMy press after sizing/depriming/cleaning primer pockets of over 6,000 pieces of .45 Auto brass.My die is an undersized die from EGW. They have Lee custom make dies .003" undersized to eliminate Glock bulge on brass. With my RCBS dies I had some rounds not fit in a match chamber.
Got some big boy powder the other day (N555) and plan on making some nuclear .308 175gr smk. Anyone load this? I figured I'd shoot for 43gr and check for signs of pressure. Back it off if I don't get consistent results
>>64738626>250gr flat point that Berry's sells (which are meant for 45 Colt), in a 45 AutoNice! At some point when I get around to doing .45 Super I figured that 7.8grs of Power Pistol would be good for 250s. And essentially +1 grains per next, lower bullet weigh. So for Power Pistol:230gr 8.8grs200gr 9.8grs185gr 10.8grsIt can apparently go higher, but I don't feel the need to go to the max. Effectively +p+ loads. Safe as long as the chamber is fully supported and the proper recoil spring is used.My 2 pistols that I'll use it in is picrel with a 24# spring, and my USP.
Does somebody know that brand? They shoped up at the same price as local copper plated bullets, gonna buy some and hope its not just a meme proce for place holding right now
I wonder what the psychology is between pistol shooters and rifle shooters. Seems like there are distinct camps
>>64738908There's gotta be. I've know guys that have pistols of all sorts, have been shooting for years and know next to nothing about rifles/precision shooting. On the other hand, I'm basically the exact opposite. I've never once enjoyed shooting pistols although I own two
Hello everybody, Bonkanon here. Today we'll be making a morning star from exotic African hardwoods.Most of the materials are in picrel. Wenge for the head and shaft (hehe), a piece of black-and-white ebony for the handle, and some African Blackwood for handle accents & pommel.
>>64715698>>64729221>Zirconina ceramic utility knife bladesI would love to see a close up of thr spear head, p10.save.
>>64737611The "blade" is Katalox, the transition between the blade and the handle is Ziricote, and the handle is Leopardwood & Bocote.
>>64729221>Zirconina ceramic utility knife bladesI noted the black were ~3x more expensive that the white. Black looking far nicer on the wicket bat. I carted the white.
>>64737624>Leopardwood & Bocote.
>>64711722quality stuff, this is awesome lol
Previous: >>64643273Stamboulieh Law makes weekly videos on all the latest lawfare:https://youtube.com/@2alawYou've heard of FRTs, but what's a "super safety"?>uses the safety to force the reset of the trigger>allows for way more trigger options (you just have to trim two places)>invented by Tim Hoffman (https://hoffmantactical.com)>gifted to the world to freely 3D print>enterprising people now selling super safeties made of steel (recommend at least 4140)>cheaper than an FRT ($90-$150)>originally a 3-position cross-bolt safety>left is safe, right is semi, middle is super>3-position 90° super safety selectors are now availableComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64738823it'll probably be much more expensive than that. their frt was selling for like 500 each, that's for the trigger alone.https://old.reddit.com/r/MP5/comments/1os42f6/rarebreed_mp5_trigger_from_cancon_today/
Does ANYONE actually sell a Leber v2 (or hell, an Active Safety lower) right fucking now? No, I am not waiting 6+ weeks for shit you're charging me for right now.
>>64738936There are a lot of people selling a leber v2, even fully assembled
>>64738952All the usual suspects I'd normally buy from (L2P, BSS, etc) are all fucked up right now with 4-6 week wait times. Are there any other reliable places to grab it from?
>>64738961polymer pewhttps://polymerpew.com/product-category/hk-and-clones/mp5-complete/
How many armored soldiers from the late middle ages would you need to appreciably affect a bronze age battlefield?
>>64738044I think the most well known bronze age battle we have any significant evidence for is the Tollense Valley battle with around 5,000 combatants and 1,000 dead in north eastern germany during the Nordic Bronze Age
>>64738044>appreciably affectA couple dozen. That's an incredibly low bar. An extra thirty elite shock troops would have "appreciably" effected a lot of bronze age battles, some armies had very extreme force concentration with huge swaths of useless assholes and tiny companies of heavily armed elites.
>>64738852The battle of khadesh had 30,000 men present at the low end.
>>64738888Written down yes, in terms of archeological evidence all we have are the inscriptions themselves
>>64738571>Once crossbowmen, pikemen, and gunnersTwo of these three things existed in the Bronze Age.
Didn't some fucker here post something similar to this in jest recently?
>>64738349Does it really have to be a Bukhanka?
>>64738521Let boys have fun.
>Bukhankathopter>1760 kgOK autists, let's figure it out: Can it be made to actually fly? What if skeletonized and made with firberglass?
>>64738349They play way too much Gmod.
>>64738521You might get to entertain a bunch of retards on a Bhutanese yoghurt fanatics forum with a blurry 5 seconds .webm of your gruesome gibbing, and that's all a mobik can hope for in this life
>Ukrainian ground drones are now solo holding positions, chunking ziggers with .50 calAre you ready for the war in ukraine to evolve into a situation where russian meat waves get gunned down by robots, while ukie soldiers focus on air defense and drone operation?>A Ukrainian commander said his troops used a single remote-controlled vehicle with a machine gun to hold frontline areas for nearly six straight weeks.>The gun-wielding drone used by Zinkevych's troops was the Droid TW 12.7, developed by the Ukrainian company DevDroid. It is a remote-controlled tracked buggy equipped with a .50-caliber M2 Browning.>Two versions of the ground drone with grenade launchers — the Mk-19 and AGL-53 40mm — were also approved last month by Ukraine for official military use.Full article https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-unit-ground-drone-devdroid-tw-fought-russians-45-days-2026-1
>>64737204robot wars MOGS the fuck outta battle bots
>>64734610Dunno, Mechwarrior, but tiny is kind of a fun future.
>>64737257ROBOT JOX!"Achillllllleeeeeeeeeseeee!"
>>64737229I Wouldn’t know
>>64734554Ugvs should be more heavily invested in for logistics, defense, and even opening assaults (think german goliath) and probing. Im suprised ukraine hasnt utilized and used more remote controlled turrets. Set up some camo’d turrets in a treeline, give them cheap digital optics with even just 384 thermals and connect them control them from a trench a mile behind them via wired connection. It would be an excellent tool for defense in depth. I know there are remote atgms, it should be expanded to medium and heavy machineguns, spgs, and grenade launchers. They wouldnt be able to replace infantry in frontline trenches but would be and extremely useful tool in plugging gaps. Discovered by a mobik meatwaved and droned/arty’d? No problem. Ugvs dont have fear and have no qualms about fighting to the last bullet where an infantryman may be inclined to retreat or surrender when ammo runs dry. Its not going to scream and panic when hit, it will either keep working or need to get repaired later or scuttled vs a time critical and risky medivac
