>heavy? just lift some weights bro
>>64687185welcome back M14
>>64688969>Milley is a very competent military commander. Debatable
>>64689226SFABs were considerably less stupid than they might appear to you. They were perfected GWOT fodder. Career soldiers granted a little coziness to go with their frontline service. A full NCO structure to chase tewwoists and train browns with more numbers than SF but without retarded one-term newbies to slow them down. They were also active duty reserve units. In event of peer war, just add privates fresh out of basic and you have a full infantry brigade, without the expense of maintaining all those one-term privates in peacetime.
>>64688079Military equipment adoption is a cycle. We have to relearn the same lessons every generation or two and keep repeating what we've done prior. It won't take long for people to realize that having less ammo, even if less ballistically efficient, fucking sucks and people are going to move towards smaller caliber rounds still effective at ≤300 yards and let marksmen, artillery, or air handle anything further out. In general I think the US is learning a lot of the wrong lessons from A-Stan and Ukraine. What the fuck did Hegseth mean by deciding that Polaris OHVs are better for survivability in drone-rich environments over actually armored vehicles? The fuck?
>>64689430He meant they are easier to handle when you're tooling around with a BAC of .29
How Was Your Christmas EditionOld: >>64674136Theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhT8aI9-X5I
>>64689313wonder if its actually space magic or if there is some glaring fault with the can. Pew science has a tendency to hype up cans that kind of actually suck or are just meh.
>go to sports store to pick up supressor>system down until next year>OK let me pay now and get the paperwork done for submission>hurrdurr no comeback on Jan 2>in the middle of a workday>can I just call and put it on hold>nono come all the way back on Jan 2 and spend and hour and a half filling out forms after work
>>64689390If you dont have christmas eve through Jan 5 off you're a nigger and dont deserve a suppressor anyways.
>>64689417I've had off since Wednesday and I can't wait to go back to work tomorrow. It's literally all I have to do
>>64689417>>64689433I don't understand why he couldn't just take the money and let me fill out the forms.Then I'll come back in another half year or whatever because we all know this change is going to get the ATF all sorts of fucked upSilencer Shop killing it for a reason
yeah
>>64689407selling it and putting the money towards a proper walther
What's wrong with it? What version do you have?
I dont have it yet but I was planning on getting the 22lr version of it sometime in the future. But does it really jam that much that people are saying about it
Are you prepared for Nuclear War? How do you even deal with widespread radiation? Apart from going south to Argentina
>>64687303>fucking Fallout reaction imageSo you really DID get your entire understanding of nukes from a videogame.
>>64684970In a scenario where Europe is rendered completely or nearly uninhabitable, like in those declassified wargames from the late 80s, Switzerland is fucked as well. Almost all towns are on the Swiss plateau in frontof the actual alps, not IN the mountains. And all the talk about bunkers for the civilian population is a meme. A higher percentage might survive the initial exchange and might survive for longer after, but they'd be just as fucked as everyone around them. There's also scenarios in which the major Swiss cities get nuked, because they're obviously entangled with western elites financially and possible logistical hubs for finance, communication, evacuation etc.
>>64683800You can't prepare for nuclear war. No where on the planet would life still be easy, no matter how much planning you do, even if your country isn't hit by nukes. The ozone layer would be destroyed, if you went outside during the day without heavy clothing and goggles you'd have crippling burns in minutes and every person and animal would be going blind from cataracts.The UV won't let seeds germinate so crops fail, pollinators die off, and the marine food chain collapses because the plankton gets cooked.Most people and animals on the planet will die from malnutrition and diseases not nuke blasts and radiation.
>>64683826based pigger>>64683800the biggest thing fallout larpers forget is you won't be able to just loot the abandoned stores for food, people will genuinely starve or die of horrible food poisoning>why?picrel
>>64683828downy ginger only because she probably rides like an outlaw and holds back for nothing
Hey anons, I’ve started getting interested in weapons, militaria, and artillery. But I have no idea how to study or research this topic. Does any anon know or have resources for that? I always look at /k/ threads, or some messages in militaria channels on Telegram, and I get completely jealous of people’s knowledge. They can identify weapons by name, know about calibers, understand military history, etc… I wish I could have the background to join those conversations.
>>64688029>>64687980thanks.>>64688029>maybe your time is better spent elsewhere.Thanks for the advice, but honestly, I just like the subject. I don't think I need a purpose or anything like that. I just have an interest in militaria and want to learn more.>The other point is that there is just too much - an aircraft weeb and a navy weeb won't necessarily have much overlap with a tacticool and a HAM weeb or range weeb with a HEMA weeb, etc. Decide your weeb class.I want to be a jack-of-all-trades weeb :D
>>64688326What stupid questions do you have now OP? Honestly asking stupid questions is how you learn.Why does a heli kill a tank?Why does an IFV get killed by a tank, but the Bradley sometimes doesn't?Why did the Tomcat get discontinued?Why do you still need ground troops when drones win wars?
>>64688213Thank you for the text, it was very informative. I will take notes. What did you mean by 'Hopefully you don't end up as a PDF hoarder like me.'?
>>64688382It takes minutes to recognize the value of a text book, download and flip through, days to plain read hundred page, and more to take notes and do practices. After all it takes half a year of 5 hrs a week to finish a book when your parent paid money for someone to nag you into finishing. The powerful feeling of getting a valuable book that feels like would answer your problem deminishes when actually invest time reading it as you don't actually have a problem at hand or would take on the problem. Retard like me just keep adding more book to the harddrive for that hit of rush.
>>64687976First understand the system, e.g.>artillery>tanks>armored cars>etcThen understand the components of said system,>cannons>armor>electronic modules>engines Finally, after mastery of understanding some simpler, earlier systems, read about more modern weapons and tactics. It is useless to try and understand tactics if you dont understand the equipment used same for vice versa.WW2 era tech would be a good start, as most systems (disregarding digital ones) were in use, albeit simpler precursors. Analog is much simpler to understand than electronic voodoo, starting early and working up is the way to go. Truthfully, other than some books from the library/digital downloads, Wikipedia has a majority of whatever you need to understand. Books will contain anything more specific you want to know, I would recommend New Vanguard books, they are detailed, but also relatively light reading with plenty of illustrations.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Last one dead. These threads need to be more common.Between a Mossberg 590 and a Remington 870, which should I keep? Recently was given an 870 and I don't really care to have two shotguns.
>>64688814Sweet mossys anon, I love my 590
>>64688987Thanks, for a long time I really wanted a 590a1 retrograde. I just can't justify the purchase though, because these already effectively cover all my shotgun needs.
What are all you retards doing with your "tactical" shotguns anyway?
>>64689197has similar vibes to thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9a_fWrTYtFc
post photographs of counter-insurgency aircraftpiston engine, turboprop, or jet powered
>>64682122>Nothing will ever compare to the skyraiderNothing, other than... a turboprop Skyraider.
>>64686680needs laminar flow wingcontra-rotating propellers
>>64664566>>64668960
>>64678690About time someone posted a Duke.
Late Christmas EditionPost what you want about anything. No rules.Previous thread: >>64597464
>>64686975Sell off my last piece of surp not in 308.
What is the sight range on a No4 mk1? I keep seeing 300 or 400 on the battle sight, and 200/1300 on the micrometer. Is it 300 or 400?
1943 m91/30 w bayonetta for $379 at my lgs. Anything to be wary of? Store assistant said usually wanted by 18yos who played COD ( Ironically, I had just finished WaW the previous night).
>>64689246no, talk em down to 300 or walk
>>64689246Matching numbers receiver, bolt, mag floorplate, buttplate Matching bayonetta would be idealNo import markCleaning rodNot Counterbored.
Do wooden logs work as armor or is it cope?
>>64682491>What in the Mad Max is happening over thereFlips fighting against the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (the MILF, I shit you not my Brother in Christ) with their garage-made RPGs, about ten years ago.
>>64676237Placebo actually still works even if you know it’s bullshit
>>64685661>>64685667This guy got the joke.>>64686391These images are a further reminder that the Siege of Marawi was untapped kino by the war edit guys when they were big. Too many slavaboos, I guess.
>>64684181Wait, are there Muslims in Thailand?
>>64675551this. If the logs have a 10% higher hance of me not dying to an fpv or grenade drop drone it's worth the couple hours to chop them down and strap them on
Guedelon castle is nearly finished
>>64689004it's painted now
>>64689033It'll get prettier with age.
>>64688986
>>64688978>a second tower has finished construction at Guedelon
>>64688978How many people have worked on it? Could it have been done faster if a landowner put their weight behind it back in the day?
>mogs your puny weak little capitalist bolt locking lugs
>>64688796ESL moment
>>64686844Don't forget paying American actors to make shitty movies glamorizing your side in the war.
>>64688368>Implying>https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/09/08/ar-endurance-findings-at-a-rental-range/>https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/06/03/how-many-rounds-can-an-ak-fire-before-it-breaks-down/
Bunkerchan thread
Listen Here You Little Shit EditionPost wood (furniture)Big RiflesBig BulletsFroppy Frens InsideThread theme ~https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HUtwku8R9Q&list=RD1HUtwku8R9Q&start_radio=1As always; No Jannies, No TranniesPreviously, on X-men: >>64608347
>>64688962Gives me hope it'll cycle if I wind up buying one
>>64688982only the benches are under a roof>>64688989i ran into some ejection failures but i think it just needs some lube/magazine issue, probably just need to break it in.
couple questions for the scar owners out there: what optics do yall run? I'm planning to get a TA11 acog for it some point, but opening the floor to alternative suggestionsin that same vein, does anyone have opinions, good or bad, regarding acogs? I've seen some stuff online about their reticles being hard to see in harsh lighting, but I can't tell how bad it that really is or how common of a problem it is
>>64688998What were you shooting out of it? I got one a few weeks ago and 600 rounds of surplus M80 for it so I'm hoping it will run well. I also got some dinged up surplus magazines cause the one they come with is apparently not very good.
>>64689363Finocci shit i got cheap online. could be the ammo too.
>1990s>all sorts of different assault rifles, battle rifles, SMGs, PDWs>2020s>everything is an AR or an AKwhat happened?
None of the thread replies address or answer OP question. At all
>>64689204>>64686615The best designs were found. The end. This is what happens with all technologies, they get optimized until you reach close to optimal for any given function. Why make some new platform that will at best do the same but cost more?
Patents expired, faggots proliferated.
>>64689204They do, though.
>>64686615For the civilian sphere, its the death of milsurp. There may be interesting shit out there, but it isn't making it to American shores and much of it is just being destroyed outright at the end of its service life. To a secondary extent its the sanctions on China and Russia, a lot of the weird one-offs the Russians have made over the years could have been commercially successful if given access to the US market, and 800 dollar QBZs with pallets of bulk 5.8 would probably be an enticing beginners rifle. On the military side, the Fukuyama mind poison after the cold war made everybody too comfortable with not producing their own shit, and when everybody closes their arms factories then the potential for unusual domestic designs is murdered in the cradle and you can only really buy from a handful of sources, who are either making ARs, piston ARs, AKs or some SCAR clone. Regarding SMGs and battle rifles, they've just decline in relevance in general; so the market share only supports a handful of designs and so countries are conservative about what they buy.
Hello everyone. I know how to reload ammo but I lack certain mathematical concepts that are needed to work a load backwards from projected performance. I know you lot can be pretty smart so can you help me? I want to find chamber pressure. The cartridge in question is 7.62x25.Case:>7.62x25Bullet weight:>265 grainsVelocity:>1000 fpsI want 300blk but smaller and dumber.
You can’t load 7.62x25 with 265gr bullets - there isn’t enough available length for the bullet. And even if you could, I don’t think you could get them to go 1000fps. There isn’t enough case capacity for the 600ft*lbs needed.
>>64687753Nobody said that you have to maintain OAL.
>>64687753>I don’t think you could get them to go 1000fpsYou can get them to 1200 fps without exceeding the original pressure spec. You could go way beyond 1200 if you loaded to higher pressure.
>>64687917I stand corrected. Kinda incredible what a tiny case is capable of even at low to medium max pressure. I was however considering normal OAL from a pistol-length barrel.>>64687851True.
>>64685938Where exactly did I say any of that? I picked x25 because it will fit in both 9mm and 556 bolt faces. You seem really insecure
What are the strategic implications of Russia deploying (literal) cavalry wave attacks against Ukrainian positions and drones in the last month of 2025? Has the eyebrow been raised?
>>64688428Exorcism. Nothing like hazing and gay rape to make the devil run.
>>64686506I read your post as I was watching the video and thought "well, it's just a bit of smoke and still a small batt fire, anon is exaggerating" but just as that thought formed in my mind and I wasthinking you might havebeen sarcastic the mobik was blown up and I laughed at the flying corpse partsFuck you lolBut I guess these are the wages of the russians feckless greed and abeyance to atrocity
>>64688873Here's to this faggot getting raped with a bayonet and beaten to death instead of getting to die peacefullyof old age like that faggot putin and trump
>>64689086most of the horses were doing non-combat work, so that horse feed is basically the equivalent of gas and diesel. militaries will obviously use more fuel than ammo by weight.
>>64689086to put this into simpler terms, a soldier fighting in the frontlines needs 4k calories per day to maintain his bodyweight. the soviet and german armies averaged around 2500 during WW2 due to logistical limitations. a horse requires 20k, 5 times as much.
