Hypothetically speaking, let's just say I'm the new leader of a politically unstable, resource-rich, third-world country. My nation is being plagued by terrorists who are funded by a neighboring power, and local security forces are not up to snuff to deal with the threat. How feasible of an idea is it to hire a PMC and integrate them into the military or security services and allow them to execute operations against the enemy?
>>64340358Retarded thread, not enough specifics to actually answer your question. The resources in question, are they actively being exploited and providing you with cash flow or are they merely theoretical avenues of income? Is this "neighboring power" a peer adversary to you or will they absolutely fuck your shit if you attack them directly? Are you a pariah state that's actively being sanctioned by the civilized world or are you on good terms with the major powers?Speaking generally though, you'd be better off hiring PMCs to train and advise your own local security forces and spend the extra money you'd pour into paying the PMCs to actually fight on better equipping your own soldiers. When I hear "politically unstable" I think "you want a competent military on your side".
>>64340358>Integrate pmcThey are whore with guns. Keeping them you get a coup to prolong warfare. Use them conduct forced drafting by abduction and reserve your inner party to mop them up as the good guy
>>64340479What blew up this time Ivan?
>>64340385>are they actively being exploited and providing you with cash flow or are they merely theoretical avenues of income?Mostly theoretically >Is this "neighboring power" a peer adversary to you or will they absolutely fuck your shit if you attack them directly? Near peer>Are you a pariah state that's actively being sanctioned by the civilized world or are you on good terms with the major powers?They've caused some controversy but not enough to get heavily sanctioned
>>64340358Anon, this thread was made a couple of days ago.
If you were stuck on an elevator with a Pentagon official and could pitch a replacement to the m7, what would you say? I'd personally recommend a 22 arc with shell shock cases for lighter weight and when combined they should have ~20% more case capacity than a 5.56>Cheap optionKeep the current lower and upper, upgrade to a standard issue sopmod stock and mlok handguard, 16in medium barrel and bolt.>Total replacementAgain sopmod stock and mlok handguard, but with a fluted barrel, icar receiver, three position gas block, sand cut and upgraded bcg, incorporate some of the mk2 upper receiver changes, and a stubby suppressor
>>64336692This is actually a pretty good idea, 16 for regular infantry and 10.5 and under for sped ops and vehicle niggas. Worked well for the ziggers back in the day
>>64321981I like the idea of an M4A2 and M16A5 in principle, but with heavier grain 5.56 I do question whether it is necessary to have both. The real irony would be that splitting the difference and standardizing on a one rifle set up, something between a 14.5" M4 and. 20" M16, like say a civilian length 16", could make a lot of sense ballistic wise. I'd personally rather they went with something closer to rifle length, like an 18", but the "muh CQB" crowd would never go for it.
>>64336769Sounds like you just want everyone to have the AUG. The 16 inch version is still more compact than a MK18.
>>64336662You mentioned the full name of the case and its company like 50 times independently, with copious marketing speak, even though nobody has heard of them before this thread existed. Yes, I think you're a shill. Quite obviously, in fact.Polycase is better. Notice how I can just say polycase without pointing out a specific manufacturer. There's more than one, you see. Bi-metal cases like what sig uses are a step back.
>>64340051I used their name ONCE, here: >>64336228You are confusing me for one or two other anons
>30mm grenade launcher>mag fedHoly God-Emperor of Mankind, I fuck kneel.
>>64340620>Impact fuses take up less space than programable fuses you guys!Don't be such a retard.
>>64340722illiterate retard
>>64340620Those same complaints have been made about this size of HE for 80 years now. It's still the sort of obstacle-reducing firepower that formerly weighed 500lb and required a 4 man crew lugging it into position, well worth having around at this new 20-30lb form-factor. Stick or steel framing ain't any more resilient than picrel.
>>64340722Ancient fuses take up more space than modern ones. Film at 11.
>>64340722you can absolutely make a programmable fuse smaller than a purely mechanical fuse nowadays.
Is this weird or is it just me, picrel?
>>64339557Apparently the STV-380 and its variants are total pieces of shit with poor reliability as a result of shoddy QC, on top of the program being mired in corruption. Given that the STV-380 is a deliberate downgrade from the Galil Ace and optics are nonexistent in the Vietnamese military, soldiers actually prefer the AKM/Type 56 because the new platform sucks, and even if it wasn't defective there would still be no decisive advantage in practice except maybe the sights.
>>64340739Implessive. So much for the Vietnam fucking shit glazers here on /k/ who keep talking up Vietnam's MIC as the best in Southeast Asia, when they're really just CCP-lite chinks but even more corrupt and incompetent. At least Indonesia's FNC-knockoff Pindads work (after being taken off dead Kopassus operators by Papuan tribesmen)
>>64340280>>64339648In truth something in betweenhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/STV_rifle
>>64339637They're doomed anyway.
>>64340297Shooting rifles with an underslung grenade launcher is ass.
>The highlighted yellow part at the phoenix's tail might be a hint for the shape of the F-47. It resembles a modified Boeing YF-118G Bird of Prey that was secretly flown in the 1990s. The two diamonds on both sides of the triangle resemble canards, as seen on the F-47 renders.Kino!:https://www.twz.com/air/f-47-phoenix-patch-authentic-still-a-work-in-progress-u-s-air-force-confirms
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>>64340926Last one sorryI have tons more though
>>64340897hah, it's got a pointy cock
>>64340897oh shit, what the fuck?>>64340914>>64340921>>64340926>>64340929genuine autism
AK General /akg/Casual Warfighting Edition>Thread #2079Old thread here >>64305795
fuck why do I like it so much
>>64335928Keyed OP, Yugo thread.On a side note someone mentioned in a previous thread was talking about corrosive ammo. I’m starting to think that corrosive ammo is a boomer myth. I’ve shot around 2000 rounds of 7N6 through my PSAK-74 and only cleaned it twice. Still no signs of rusting even after monsoon season. Okay, yeah maybe after 40+ years the bore will be rusted out but by that time someone in America will ether be making new ones/all guns will be banned/the country will be Balkanized and we’ll be able to buy real Russian ones from street vendors 1990s Bosnia style. >>64338758>I would take a Zastava M90 any day>Also previous claimed he’d never use or own an AK that isn’t chrome lined>Fag probably doesn’t know or forgot that military issued Zastava weren’t chome lined>Talks about what will/won’t get you killed despite the fact that REAL soldiers like in vidrel have had no problem operating using both nitrated barrels and corrosive ammohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6DfJkzgPm8&t=630s
>>64340701I've always wondered if the heat from a railed gas tube would cook a laser
>>64340828I've heard that they're usually ok as long as theyre high quality and dont have like uhh plastic or polymer mounting
>>64340717>Fag probably doesn't know or forgot that military issued Zastavas weren't chrome linedI've known for a hot minute. There is a reason why so many of the surplus barrels were dead. >previous claimed he'd never use or own an AK that isn't chrome linedSource? Where did I say that? I've had several had several AKs that weren't chrome lined, and they're far from my first pick, and I don't consider them real guns.
What does /k/ think of the Omega destroyer?
>>64340642I watched it live in the 1990's, my unreliable-magazine reading friend.
>>64340790Do I need to go looking for IRC logs?
>>64340521>Other cost saving measures were that if you weren't in the script, you didn't get paid for that showWhat? That's kinda jack for them.
>>64340799Seems fair enough unless they were dicks about scheduling. No workee no money.
>>64330298Drakh refugees go back to /int/
Is facial hair really antithetical to the modern warrior ethos? What does this mean for current regulation mustaches?
>Only a 'good general' when fighting women and kids
>>64340858You lost, faggot.
>>64340883>You lost, faggot.
How many more of these spam /pol/-bait threads are we gonna get.
>>64340848The facial hair thing is primarily about conformity, and justified by needing to seal a gas mask. Religious exemptions for Muslims made people assmad because people being forced to do undergo arbitrary conformity get super mad when an exception exists that highlights how unnecessary the whole thing is.The truth is that beards and moustaches were once considered super military, but all it takes is some general to get mad about it and it's suddenly a discipline issue. I remember reading that the admiral who took away the US navy's beards couldn't grow one himself and that's why he killed it.
What weapons will be used in these deep strikes?
>>64340792>Only risk there is if some retard decides to fuck with nuclear materials.Which is what's happening. It's getting electricity via diesel generators, which are failing now. Electricity you need to help keep those nuclear materials cool.
>>64340773STEEL REHN
>>64340809It is been long enough that it probably does no longer need electrically assisted cooling.
>>64340374With the benefit of hindsight the correct response should have been instant and kinetic. Not like, all out war, but fragging a couple of the bigger ships in the black sea fleet and literally just responding with>Next time finna hit you harder nigga square up
>>64340321it has genuinely probably been a mix of>seeming retarded to get EU to actually pay their share for NATO so the US can better focus on the pacific pivot>seeming retarded to get the isolationist branch of his support base sympathetic after numerous failed peace dealsI think the past months have been genuine examples of mad man diplomacy aimed primarily at western allies/detractorst played civ 6
Netherlands F-35 spotted with drone kill-markinghttps://x.com/Jeff21461/status/1973461762268864649
>>64340686Incorrect, there is no rapebot to do it better
>>64340696Who would make a rapebot with a dick so small? The point is there to raping if nobody feels anything?
>>64340686>larping as chairforce on /k/Stealing the valor of the valor stealers
>>64340635100% of BVR engagements are>see icon on lcd screen>flip switch>pull trigger>icon disappears>leavethe DCS vision of fighter pilots engaging in graceful rapier-duel missile exchanges is somewhat romanticized. you shoot a weapon, it works, you go homethe same goes for modern naval combat
>>64340291I'm pretty sure one of the F-35s over in Yemen got a heli kill didn't it?
OLD THREAD:>>64330454>Simulate schizophrenic auditory hallucinations with the sound player plugin!https://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player
>>64340821I dont think the people buying these guns care about their groups at 300 yards.
>>6434010186 finally pushed me over the edge into getting a P226. Still need to get a Para FAL but the AWB means no fun allowed in my state.
>>64340853It's mostly the "pistol" designation. It just makes it special.
>>64335370>redacting lewdsWhat level of cuckery is this?
>>64340909you can post your wife's nudes if you want, I'll think less of you but you can do it. I won't.
Perfection
You're all sick people. I hope you all get cancer. Fuck youse all. I put a curse upon you all. Fuck ya mudda
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>>64340243Some builders sheetrock like that rather than leave voids, feels a little bigger theoretically but it's harder to paint, makes the room darker and generally looks cheap.
Ugly tats, enjoy hepatitis faggot
>>64340243Saddam hussein
5.7 has a niche as a handgun cartridge but out of a PDW .30 carbine is far more effective..30 Carbine penetrating IIIA armor at 200 yardshttps://youtu.be/-SwbWGQ7J78?si=9yzDUuu1WYdxpsFt.30 Carbine penetrating IIIA armor out of a handgunhttps://youtu.be/MlcP8EjfKU4?si=4pOhHGiQRfmQ4E5MInsane ballistics gel performance with specialized ammo and solid performance with standard ammohttps://youtu.be/N4NHSMcnSd8?si=GnTwkEkJwqBXjMXI&t=209Comparable performance to .357 magnumhttps://youtu.be/Q3QsMCs9K1g?si=5OlU82kIJi_TWVvL
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>>64335873>a relatively short bottlenecked cartridge shooting a 50 gr or heavier at 2300+ fps from a short barrel357 SIG could probably do that in 5" with a 65gr copper solid.
>>64337723>>64337828>7.5 FKthis is the answer OP has sought all his life
>>64340137Ha, that reminds me, the Fuck Bruno review is where Paul looks to camera and goes "1488".Good times.
>>64340629Sounds funny, let me just find that video.….The ‘part 1’ is a fucking hour long? Timestamp pls.
Post ancient /k/ memes and image macros
Biggest redpill on the jews ever.
LIKE TEARS IN THE RAIN
>>64340800Josh hallwayguy? Built a 20mm, it was awhile ago.
>>643408002015ish
what is the gun that he's using here?
famas
>>64339498Tokyo Marui MWS.
>>64339498good faith posts saar, very redeemable
>>64339498PPSH, heck of a shotgun.
>>64339498It's the cursevishunvishnuisanigger gun
