You are the Minister of Defense of a newly independent Namibia with a larger and more urbanized population of approximately 1.5million. To your South, across the Orange River is of course, South Africa: your former overlords who you are not particularly fond of. To your north is Angola whose situation is looking iffy. After a crash program to get guys with any gun and wearing the same hat on the border over the course of about a 6 months. The SADF has, of course, taken most of the heavy weapons.How do you equip your force on a small budget to deter the SADF now with the foresight that things are going to go south in the Lusophone world to your North in the next few decades? Keep in mind that the Skeleton Coast is something of a navigational nightmare and Walvis Bay is your only real deep water port. You realistically have a lot of options to get arms, since South Africa is not well liked even at this time.
>>65042940I'm thinking going somewhat more primitive>SKS as a service rifle - get them cheap Type 56s, no mags to lose, semi-auto so troops don't waste ammo>MG3 as a GPMG to compensate for lack of rifle volume of fire and perhaps you can convince West Germany with "we used to be German, saar">I don't think the GP-25 was available as aide until the 80s, so the humble 2-inch mortar serves as the platoon HE lobberWhen I was doing this thought experiment I came to broadly similar conclusions, recoilless rifles (SPG or M40), spam RPG-2s, get 120mm mortars to compensate for lack of heavy artillery.Given the logistical situation, I think that if you can't pack it on a mule or camel, you should seriously reconsider that piece of gear.With South Africa, things are relatively easy because if I understand the geography correctly, you primarily need to worry about river crossings, which are easier to defend.The Angolan border as that heats up gets a lot spicier.
>>65042900Spend all the money I can on white mercenaries and arm the Nambians with shovels.
>>65042900Bump for originality.
>>65042940If you can get away with it. Having a tank battalion attached at division level and dispersed to the regiments and battalions for immediate fuck you firepower would be useful. You will not be able to have full blown mechanized/armored divisions but having some as support is doable. If 1960's than probably a battalion of T-54's. If tanks are still too expensive than just having a battalion of field guns towed by trucks can suffice. Obviously not as ideal but you can still fuck some shit up with them.
>>65042900Internationally market Namibia as a pro US nation rich in diamonds and resources itching for freedom and opposed to both communism and apartheid. Play these international no gos against each other.>Invite South African advisors to help against communist insurgents to diffuse some aggresion>Guilt Germans into giving you some snazzy new German arms after behind the scenes showing what mineral capital you conveniently offer in trade>Market Namibia as anti-communist and get new tanks, guns, artillery and aircraft from the US, second rate obv but still good regionally>Clandestinely offer South Africans and Israelis a percentage of diamond rights for military support after relations stabilized, onboard Olifants, Ratels etc>Get anti-communist Cubans in the US to push for new M60s, F4s, modern AA for us to fight against the Castro backed regime threatening our non apartheid free diamond rich nation>Wear snazzy US/Germany hybrid uniforms including stahlhelms, boots, and US pop culture attire to get a solid popular image>Reach out to NATO aligned Christian African nations and Ethiopian Jews and interface to market Namibia as a southern Judeo-Christian African Cold War flank>Challenge weaker Muslim countries with my new western weapons, western lead and sometimes western merc operated even>Profit
iran has shot down a chinese-mad Wing Loong II drone
>>65041783it is mad because wing too loong
>>65041765ho lee fuk
>>65044777the EU is gay and ran by wxmen
>>65047937white women make better leaders than brown men
>>65047940Generally true, the real problem with the EU is that countries send the politicians they don't want to deal with domestically.It goes something like this>You covered your ass well and for political reasons we can't fire you, but we never want to see you again>here's your promotion to the EU, kindly fuck off
>Cousin buys functioning replica of the old Colt single-action>Lets me shoot it a few times>It's awesome>Now I'm considering getting into weapon collectingStupid Colt just had to be the gateway to a new expensive hobby
>>65046908If you want to keep ammo on the cheap side, the Ruger Single Six is both wonderfully functional and has the look down to a t. Get one that comes with both .22lr and .22wmr cylinders, and you've got some nice versatility.
>>65046908Be sure to add reloading onto the list too; that stuff is both fun and economical. (Depending on the caliber)
>"getting into" weapon "collecting"buying things is not a hobby
The pentagon reported and confirmed that everybody inside webm related survived.All personal is well.
>>65043400Lol>>65043417
>>65043400Centcom lies.We all know this,Admiting loses is not good for morale so ofc you re going to deny It and the retard that follow you will believe you anyway
>>65047928Nothing gets past you anon
>>65045163that's the funniest part anon, OP believed it
>>65045163They are investing into a high-low mix of disinformation.
How is infecting someone with Anthrax or spraying Agent Orange around a forest worse than using regular bombs and nukes?
>>65045924>*drops nuke on you*
>>65047284I'd rather live in a city that was nuked then a city which was doused with industrial defoliants.
>>65045924>truly awful and we decided to not ever try that again.Tell that to the burgers in Vietnam.
>>65045876Obviously it's not. At least 99% of the opposition to biological and chemical weapons is just idiots virtue signalling, and politicians and media pretending to for propaganda purposes.>>65045888But a bomb or a nuke or napalm does discriminate? Lol.
>>65047279Actually, while VX is the most toxic one, but it's persistent, so more of a area denial weapon. Sarin vaporize much faster, so the immediate casualties would be higher
If mid-Cold War had sea skimming missiles but no reliable CIWS / SHORAD, how were ships expected to not die?
>>65047050>SOMEReread the chapterDozensWhich is retardedClancy clearly forgot the math in this section
>>65047178>Clancy clearly forgot the math in this sectioniirc they used Harpooon to wargame those scenarios, and Phalanx was stilll relatively new back then. They probably overestimated it.OTOH, the system was develloped to counter those exact Soviet missilles.
>>65046221soviet missiles were hardly sea skimming in the modern sense, they had around 50-150m minimum altitude until the mid 80s, which is much easier to detect and shoot down than actual sea skimmers like Exocet or Harpoon who fly less than 5m above the water.soviets generally weren't big on low flying missiles because they are more visible from the air and they were trying to take on US carrier groups who obviously had air cover. they were also big on supersonic missiles which get massively decreased range if flying low so even if this was an option for a missile it likely wouldn't be used.
>>65047506Styx could only go down to 300 fteven the big ones like Sandbox and Shipwreck, only 100 ftfor comparison, Exocet was 7 to 35 ft
>>65046971>Phalanx shoots down dozens of supersonic missilesIIRC the phalanx only got two out of more than a hundred and one was so close that it still did some damage
Brass goblin editionI'm going to dry tumble the 9mm soon.
>>65046431>berdan primedare those ww1 surplus? lmao
>>65046461>>65046487centerfire has 1940 indian surplus, which would have been produced during a king George the sixth. I scalped the local hardware store in my grandparents town of all the PPU 174gr fmj at 14.99/20rds at the time being. honestly the 1939 steyr 8x56r I've collected is surefire and the steel cased Czech 8mm Mauser from the 70's have been a gamble.IDK .303 is expensive, my rifle only likes jacketed stuff, at least the POOs were under British rule and order before they got retarded, I just want to know wether I have to resize my own bullets like I have to do for my M95 steyr carbine.The damn rifle was built in india in 1963. I cannot fathom the abuse the damn thing experienced in the past 63 years being handled by third worlders.
>>65046431303 is apparently quite hard to load with weak necks. People here in New Zealand use the more common 308 sized projectiles and they work with pretty minimal velocity loss
>>65046082What’s your Oal, bullet length, and load grain weight? Also if those are the hollow base lehighs maybe put one on your scale hollow base up and measure the weight of the water it’ll hold…. Would want to add that to the capacity in the cartridge..
>>65046095>Id have to do some reading on the maks, to see how spicy they can go.A quick glance suggests it could handle .380 +p levels quite easily. The basic 95 grain 9x18 Makarov loading is about 1,000 fps with 250 lb/ft muzzle energy. The basic 90 grain .380 +p is around 1,100 fps and 260 lb/ft.Generally speaking. Your milage may vary.I am not a lawyer.This is not financial advice. Conduct your own research. Other calibers are available.
Thoughts on USAF pilots survival gear?
>>65047541they have gone all in on "America has taken more casualties than Russia and is just lying about it".
>>65047329>>65047361I do not understand the number of people who seem to think you can accurately guess the calibre and mag well design and bake that into a weapon, and that this somehow makes more sense than just grabbing a guy's gun while you grab his mags if you need it.Presumably you have someone either detained or dead if you're able to get their ammunition, just take the fucking gun that goes with it, christ. It'll work with their ammo about as close to 100% of the time as you can get.I swear to god some people don't even realise there's two common rounds that AK pattern rifles are chambered in and that it's a complete crapshoot which someone will have in that part of the world, without getting into any of the more esoteric possible arms.
>>65047012Youve been coping hard with this reverse cargo cult nonsense.
>>65047868>who seem to think you can accurately guess the calibre and mag well design and bake that into a weaponI hate you noguns faggots so fucking much
>>65043484US Air Force pilots worth their salt would rather get captured by Iran than be seen running around with one of those abominations.
Iranian air defenses have successfully intercepted the second AGM-158 JASSM Cruise Missile in as many days, the first one was either intercepted yesterday or that's when the photos were released.
>>65046502If you are talking about ground forces the IRGC has begun conscripting children to make up numbers
>>65046553The reason the US does not appear to have a coherent set of goals is because it doesn't, the president did not think this exercise through any further than "I'm gonna bomb Iran and its gonna be great!"
>>65045694This is actually so bad that it's good.
>>65044914>"The message has been very clear">vague bullshit and outright lies
>>65045694Cinema
This a theoretical. How would the DPRK defend Kharg Island?>10-15K light infanty dug in like ticks>KPVs>The water table and geography of the island does not allow for deep bunkers, don't try to use them>KPVs>As many KPVs and 107mm MLRS as possible, keep it simple>KPVs>If it were Norks defending it fight to the death>KPVs>Use a 15Ktk atomic land mine to blow it up once the USA beat you for control of the islandAm i missing anything?
>>65047183No he's a mentally ill retard who replied to his own posts ad nauseum.
>>65047407if the us doesnt take it, its a win for the Iranians
>>65044865You know, if you willingly hopped the DMZ border norks would let you drink all the piss you could ever want. Straight from the source fresh and warm
>>65042988How are you going to get food and water for all those people?Nothing stops the US from simply starving you out, since there's no civilians living there.
>>65048049>North Koreans>Access to food and water
>It's upthe eyetalians haven't invented the screw yet, but they somehow made a gun without inventing screwshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y13tD1uYW7Yvery accurate, dropped once, never fired comes with a brown racoon girl
>>65046771Apparently she had a lot of fun at the Olympic housing in Milan. Something about her passion for italian cannolis.
>>65046613I still don't understand what the fuck is going on with the action. The dude looks like he knows what he's talking about but he struggles with English, wouldn't it be better to have him speak italian and use subtitles? When I go to sensor expos in Italy/Germany they always offer for a translator to follow and help you.
>>65047672Wasn't it some other athlete we were supposed to be mad about
>>65047672Her posting IG stories with italian athletes and the cannolis emoji definetly doesn't help her image
>>65048025>attractive and fit people might be having sex TASUKETE NIGGERMAN
Still looking for info/advice about making synthetic stocks at home. Fiberglass, carbon fiber, resin, foam, that kind of thing, not nylon.Previous: >>64933822
>>65044028It can't decide what it wants to be.Really it's a much shittier version of the Browning BLR. If you want a mag fed lever action rifle look into it. Japanese made, great shooters, and only a little bit more money. They don't use AR magazines though.>>65044029Lighter than a bull barrel, less overheating and stringing shots than a pencil profile. The biggest downside is that it also lightens your wallet. Theoretically it's also possible for the carbon fiber to delaminate and cause horrible barrel harmonics problems or even catastrophic failure but that's pretty rare.>>65044230Depends if the gun you are running them out of is picky. If so, stick to what you know works. If not, buy a box and try it.>>65043083Yes but insignificant.>>65040808I have a Pre-B CZ-85 (just a 75 with ambidextrous controls) and it's a great gun. I don't see where CF has them in stock currently but if the price is comparable to a current production B model I'd consider it. The only downside I've found is that modern CZ-75 pattern magazines seem to be a little wider so you have to scrounge around for the older Pre-B pattern. New production mags seem to just get stuck in the magwell.82s and 83s are VERY nice if comparing to a PPK or Makarov PM. Again, value depends on the price and 82s are way cheaper because they are more abundant, at the trade-off of ammunition that is harder to find.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65044724Bless you anon
>>65045918Vortex just came out with a direct mount enclosed optic for shitguns that's supposed to fit "every" tapped receiver, czech it outhttps://vortexoptics.com/viper-shotgun-enclosed-micro-red-dot+reticle-3~MOA~Dot
>>65046388>but that's pretty rare.It is, however, a time bomb. At some point, perhaps decades in the future, it will shit the bed. The epoxy resin used to make the carbon composite slowly degrades. This is why carbon-fiber air tanks for SCUBA, firefighters, have their manufacture date labeled and once they're so many years old they are retired from service.A steel barrel will be perfectly fine in a hundred years, provided it is not allowed to rust into nothing. A carbon barrel is on a (slow) timer even if it is a safe queen that is never shot.Now I doubt this is a *safety* problem as the steel liner inside a carbon barrel is strong enough to hold pressure without the carbon. However, with the composite failing it's going to shoot like a whippy little noodle, not the fat, stiff, bull barrel that it aims to be.
>>65040800Bamboo printers can't be used offline. I've heard good things about Vorons. Get it while you can, Colorado and California are banning 3d printers that can still be used offline, and requiring them to refuse to print gun parts. Europe is likely to do the same.
I took out one of my Granpa's 50yrs+ old agricultural tool.It was all rusty started running it for a few minute against a rock and the rust disapeared and it cut with much more ease through wood.How good could a guy that realy knew how to sharpen a sword make it cut?
>>65047699The japs were autistic about this, the apprenticeship for a sword-polisher (sharpener) was longer than that for a blacksmith who made the swords. They tested blades on corpses and condemned prisoners, and for a time it was en vogue to have your sword tested to see what it could cut through.
>>65048031they would also stack bodies on a dirt mound and then try and see how many could be cut through in a single stroke.
>>65048036Exceptional swords could cut through multiple bodies at once
>>65048039
Why are turks so good at shooting guns without special equipment?
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>>65045991that's literally what the Aeneid is
>>65045981>>65046185By your logic ancient Chippewas were White because they were born in Michigan.
>>65045981>turks when someone mentions greece
>>65038563roaches are great at survival
>flying plane over half a century old in current year 2026Why not just use jdams wtf
>>65047636Switzerland specifically deserves to be shit on like this. Also yes we do have free education
>>65047636Tell that to the fatass poorfags who keep coming to my hospital and using hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money to pay for their coronary artery bypass grafts because they can't put down the goddamn cheeseburger
>>65047747Im on blood thinners and havent had the need for a bypass.
>>65047124>Why not just use jdams wtfapparently usaf only used a-10s on friday night for sandy mission. lost two (one shot down, the other made a hard landing) and then didn't try again on saturday.
>>65048027Why fly non stealth junk when you can fly in immortal f-35 to drop jdams on targets?
