Why do modern soldiers get PTSDs from killing sandcoons using drones from 40303 miles away safe and with air conditioning when soldiers 2000 years ago rejoicide at the chance of slaughtering the local populance with impunity?
>>64666997>>64667232The stress of melee combat was incredible. Skeletons exhumed from Towton and a Viking grave showed men had gritted their teeth so hard they shattered them
>>64666284Liberalism.Dehumanizing other cultures is proadaptive when dealing with hostile outgroups (French are trying to invade your island), maladaptive when dealing with friendly outgroups (you have a history professor with a funny accent). Liberalism is maladaptive when dealing with hostile outgroups and proadaptive with friendly outgroups.We used to have a way to handle it, but that's considered "immoral" now.
>>64667232>War was fucking easy back then. Months of marching with your buds, maybe a couple of days of actual combat over a fighting season.you're greatly underestimating the deprivations of a preindustrial campaign without mechanized logistics networks to keep you supplied with clean water and nutritionally complete rations
>>64670978>>64672509total bullshit, even now, with modern medicine, most men dont live to see their 80th birthday. just go to any cemetery in your vicinity and look at the age at death. they get younger the farther back you go. in 1880 it was perfectly normal to just die at 55 of some random infection.
>>64667722You misunderstand life expectancy stats. If the life expectancy is 50, that includes all those that died in service. If you survive that and retire, your expectancy shot up many years.
Are modern U.S. shipyards still capable of producing ships on such a scale?
>>64673074>>6467369210% of Chinese coal are imports, and of that 10%, 40% of imports are from indonesia10% from mongolia10% russia
>>64673418Germans dabbed on yankies and had better kd despite being war torn and weary country.
>>64672012The US built what 4 battleships during the entire of ww2? The truth is it was well understood that the carrier was the new boss before even Pearl Harbor.>>64672387Love me a SoDak, best looking battleships ever made.
>>64673706That ain't coking coal though?
>>64673888No, but australia does provide ~10-15% of coking coal to China. China has huge dependence for iron/coking coal on foreign countries, so they're weak there.
A few days ago, at a Christmas event, General Masiello, commander of the Italian Army, has announced that starting next year they will begin full adoption of the Beretta NARP assault rifle and of a new multi terrain camo that will replace both the standard Vegetata and the Vegecam used by special forces. Camos and rifle are already issued to a few elite units, and have been in testing since at least 2020This means that Italy follows the international trend of adopting an AR15 style rifle and a Multicam-like camo. Thoughts?
>>64664985Can you find un-fucked surplus AR70/90s in Europe? There's a ton of parts kits for them in the US.
>>64673785yes
>>64673790It's sad how import bans and the ATF's standards for "readily convertible" make some cheap, mass produced Euro rifle relatively scarce and seem like the most exotic thing ever
>>64673815at least it isnt Unobtainium
>>64665722And thats why Russia has already conquered Ukraine, right?
>The Special 2TL Type (特2TL型, Toku 2TL gata) was a class of auxiliary escort carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II. They were converted from Type 2TL tankers. It is also called the Yamashio Maru (山汐丸) class in some western sources.>Only the name ship was completed during the war and she was sunk by American aircraft before she could be used.>In 1944, the Japanese Army, which had already converted two passenger liners into combined assault ship and aircraft carriers, decided to acquire its own escort carriers to provide aerial anti-submarine cover for troop convoys. It therefore chartered two partly built Type 2TL Tankers, Yamashio Maru and Chigusa Maru, for conversion to auxiliary escort carriers.[1]>The conversion was extremely simple, with a 107-metre (351 ft 1 in)-long flush flight deck added. There was no hangar, the ship's eight Ki-76s being stored on deck. Defensive armament consisted of sixteen 25 mm anti-aircraft guns, with a depth charge projector forward.[2]>Yamashio Maru commissioned on 27 January 1945 and was sunk at Yokohama harbor by US aircraft on 17 February.[2][3] Plans were drawn up for conversion to a coal-burning freighter,[1] but she was never used as a carrier. Her sister ships, Chigusa Maru and Zuiun Maru, were incomplete when Japan surrendered and served after the war as tankers:[2]>Chigusa Maru was sunk in 1945. The ship was repaired as tanker in 1945 and scrapped in Sasebo in June 1963. Zuiun Maru was scrapped in Oskata on 15 June 1964.The IJA also previously built the Type A and Type C Aircraft Carriers, the latter seems to be the first amphibious assault ship made since its aircraft complement included autogyro rotorcraft
>>64673282The army and navy wouldn't share their plans with each other and would drag their feet or go not my fucking problem when asked to provide troops or air cover for the opposing branch's operations. The army didn't know the navy lost at midway until later because the navy just couldn't be bothered to tell them. People think it's retarded to develop two militaries for two branches of the military, and it is, but you don't get to that point unless there's some genuine hate there which is why I always hate when people describe it as an inter service rivalry, imperial japan is the tier above
with Cat Launch, not reason carriers shouldn't be able to spit aircraft out from MULTIPLE DECKS!!!Plot twist: when The Japs finally give selves permission to build real carriers again......:)Seriously, with under-deck Cat Launch you'd basically double or triple effective size of Carrier.Plus comfy all weather, always perfect lighting, etc handling, arming, fueling, etc of planes to be launched. IMO would actually be safer, because you'd have vents and blow out panels, but also ROOF (and wall) MOUNTED FIRE SUPPRESSION. But mostly because of less accidents or even enemy strikes in the first place.Did I just stumble on to something big? :)Have entire under-landing deck be Cats, couple in front then others angling off to sides, maybe 6 total, not counting any Cats on top exposed recovery deck.Top deck would have two angled landing zones, because it could and mostly not used for launching.
>>64673282>IJA built their own aircraft carriersOnly thing that was surprising that it took them so long to try and compete with their mortal enemy, the IJN?
To operate military aircraft on converted aircraft carriers that lacked long flight decks and high speeds, a catapult (hydraulic) was required. The Japanese Navy was late in developing this technology, so the only converted aircraft carriers that could be considered effective were the large and fast Hiyo and Junyo.However, the tanker's ability to send out convoy escort aircraft was not so bad.
>>64673282They also built their own transport submarines. And not like one or two, but 38...https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Type_3_submergence_transport_vehicle
how effective are handgun optics vs irons within defensive shooting rangeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5hqc5eLkqY
>tattooReminder that tattoofags were molested. That officer got some good hits in.
>>64673799A white guy with hair like this and lots of tattoos is the equivalent of those niggers with the tarantula dreads , rarely good people
>>64673799Also>Tattoo ink doesn’t just sit inertly in the skin. New research shows it moves rapidly into the lymphatic system, where it can persist for months, kill immune cells, and even disrupt how the body responds to vaccines.>Pigments have long been documented in human lymph nodes, and the mouse findings mirror what’s been observed in humans and primates.>A 2024 Swedish study of almost 12,000 people found tattooed individuals had a 21% higher risk of malignant lymphoma than those without ink, with the strongest associations appearing in the first two years after getting a tattoo and again more than a decade later. The elevated risk spanned major lymphoma types, both aggressive forms such as diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and slower-growing ones like follicular lymphoma.>A Danish twin study published in January reported similar patterns. Tattooed participants had higher risks of skin cancers — including melanoma and squamous cell carcinoma — as well as lymphoma, with hazards rising further for tattoos larger than a palm. In one arm of the study, large tattoos were linked to a 2.7-fold higher hazard of lymphoma and more than double the risk of skin cancer.
>>64659258> top 1% fat distributionKek, exactly, I’ve been saying this for ages. Fat vs thicc is a function of fat distribution, not total fat content. Some girls can afford to be >150lbs, others are repulsive at 110lbs.
>>64658251Whatever future he had was better than the rape he's gonna get in prison looking like a twink.
Abramovsky is now of perfjekt, da?
>>64672317Blowing up infiltrators holed up in buildingsBecause they don't infiltrate with AT weapons tanks are an ideal solution, assuming they dont get nailed by dronesThey picked the abrams for this job because T series tanks are too slow clunky and vulnerable to handle it
>>64671737>5 minutes long Abrams trailer released after the convoy was blown up on the way to Pork roastAI assault brigade sure is slow
>>64671470Would be decent enough with shells, but without shells it is useless
>>64673548Funny how in this video "blown up" convoy reached Porkroast and dropped off troops, must be pretty strong AIhttps://youtu.be/e2IYRXXlZsE?si=HMEE2lIs-ycYZ7Se
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>>64673776In sha Allah, we will get White Muslim emirate in North America
>>64673777Israel was created and supported by Christians , the Jewish tfr is dropping and Jews are becoming a minority, Palestine already won desu
Am I even going to be able to buy an M1 Garand by the time I get the money to buy one?There are gangs of street shitters with full auto machines guns and the RCMP is too busy keeping the whiteman down. Can a cracka get some Garands or what.
>>64673861Give me the bike, helmet, pizza and bananas, and i will give you atleast 20% of the money you need for a garand.
>>64673874fuck
Why aren't Ukraine or Russia buying portable lasers for anti quadcopter drone work?
>>64673765Now aim it at a moving drone that's 20 feet away
>>64673794Also something else I did not consider however is a strong enough laser to melt a fiber optic line actually might be useful because you don't have to hit the drone but just sweep underneath it to try to hit and melt the cable. But probably that is not so easy to do either or there aren't off the shelf lasers that can cleanly cut the wire with one fraction-second sweep over it.
>>64673765Implessive
>>64673802You're trying to melt glass designed to conduct lasers without losses using a laser.
Why doesn't the dot correspond with what the fleshlight is actually pointing at?
Chinkoids absolutely seething in every thread about this kek
>>64671098
>>64672356>The US builds*
>>64673806now that's dazzle camo
>>64673795Chinks are scared. With that amount of firepower, a single Trump BBG can annihilate an entire chink carrier battle group.
What do you think about the russian army? Seriously>They never fought a high scale war> Always fought against civilians and warfare groups> Only has a good reputation, because of their propaganda> Has never win a seriuos war
>>64673335this
>>64673759>Somehow Akhmedov has returnedNo idea how he wasnt lynched already
>>64670150Muslims believe in dumb shit, but they're genuine about it. Ziggers will scream about how the "DA WEST IS FULLY OF TRANNIES AND FAGGOTS, RVSSIA IS ZASED AND TRAD" and then rape each other in the ass with the same breath. Muslims throw faggots off buildings out of a truly held conviction that homosexuality is an affront to their way of life and must be destroyed mercilessly.
>>64673818
New QBZ191 video dropped.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YMOuJAGqHAAs previously, the translation is not very good but you can get the gist of what he's saying if you understand firearms.
>>64673650I just think it'd be neat to get objective data on 5.8x42 instead of taking Zhang's word for it
>>64673160Do you see how thick that aluminum handguard is on the DMR version?That's what sort of durability they require. The don't want bendy bill.
>>64673645Where?
>>64673801Particularly the lower receiver. But there are other parts that could lose non-essential faceting. The machine gun predecessor has it worse.
>>64672600
Now that the dust has settled, what is the /k/onsensus on the MiG-23?
>>64671425The cockpit ergonomics comparison between Soviet and western is always interesting to me. I never understood why Soviet engineers never connected that a better laid out and thought out cockpit is basically a free performance boost by letting the pilot operate the damn plane better.
>>64672241Ergonomic? the MiG-23 was unstable but the pilot didn't have assistance to avoid losing control during a dogfight, he had to manually control the AoA. Even the Zero of WW2 had mechanical assistance to avoid destroying the wings during a dogfight, 30 years before.
>>64672241In virtually every instance you can find of ex Soviet air pilots trying out Western aircraft, cockpit ergonomics is brought up. somehow the Soviets never got around to that.
>>64673147Anyone who proposed ergonomics that was more modern than a 1940 setup was immediately sent to the gulag.
>>64673147>>64673800My understanding is that Soviet design tended to be very compartmentalised. You designed whatever part was your responsibility, then you broke the steps down into simple enough actions that an army of grandmas on a production line anywhere in the USSR could be shown how to do it with enough grandmas for each discrete step. It doesn't seem like it'd lend itself to the holistic approach you need to take to make a cockpit intuitive.I'm also currently reading a declassified CIA document from the 80's which has some interesting takes. Apparently Stalin felt that behavioural sciences were ideologically incompatible with the USSR, so they were basically 20 years behind on establishing engineering psychology as a field after his death, and of course it takes a long time for that to then filter down to actual decisions on deployed platforms.Apparently in the mid 80's they were looking a lot into making systems that kept metrics on the pilot to assess current mental and physical state and adjust or activate certain features in response. Maybe if the USSR had survived into the 90's, Soviet flight instruments would be monitoring you.
Assuming US refuse to support Japan / even possibly supplying Intel to China / RussiaAssuming Russia is involved, from intel to possibly actual firepower contribution.Can China decapitate a nuclear development lab, say, size of LANL +- research reactor effectively purely through conventional means within the next five years? I am thinking massive strike via conventional ballistic missiles and standoff strike from bombers?https://www.reddit.com/r/LessCredibleDefence/comments/1psry5t/can_china_achieve_us_vs_iran_like_performance_if/
>>64670560Crap on a cracker that's as fucked up as a nigger with red hair.
>>64670683Thought the last US 60-mortars were War Two.
>>64671946I wanna see 'em fuck up an send one abs straight up, lol.
>>64670560I would breed some halfu babies into her.
>>64666137No.Unlike Iran, japan possesses a modern, functional, western built IADS that china simply cannot penetrate without committing and losing an unacceptable amount of force
Thoughts on battle-ready LLMs?https://x.com/disclosetv/status/2003214540079808920
>>64667194Its intelligence sorting. Special platform will be made where Grok will be fed the data from the military and then personnels can ask Grok anything on those data.
>>64667101>>64667845It's just a way to make the feds dependent on Musk. X gets confidential information, the military uses it and reports new information back to it. Musk then gets to leverage his access when dealing with Congress whenever they want to regulate something of his.They then also pay him for the privilege.
>>64669038>Techbro simp seethes
>grok, did they nuke toropets?
>>64667101>Grokthen the US is already lost as DeepSeek is just better and cheaper
You are given the power of infusing everyone who designed the Akron and Macon with a collective flash of genius constrained to the airship production process to make a design informed by some current improved knowledge of how to make airships.Can future knowledge (but not any flat out future technology to be very clear) have pushed the Akron/Macon over the finish line into being (barely) ww2 viable machines? At least until halfway? They don't have to be war winners or anything and they'll get lapped by planes as is inevitable but *could* there have been a set of airships built well enough for people to have remembered them.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w6vgVTJK_rg&
>>64673708https://hinterlandforums.com/forums/topic/11035-gunpowder-making-it-the-old-way-with-a-manure/%23:~:text%3DSurvivalists%2520and%2520gun%2520enthusiasts%2520today,part%2520not%2520the%2520yucky%2520part.https://www.nps.gov/articles/000/saltpetre-mining.htm%23:~:text%3DThe%2520mining%2520process%2520involved%2520extracting,blood%252C%2520to%2520create%2520the%2520saltpetre.https://www.vice.com/en/article/gunpowder-is-shit/%23:~:text%3DWatch%2520Motherboard%27s%2520new%2520documentary%252C%2520A,the%2520decomposition%2520of%2520the%2520manure.%25E2%2580%259D
@64673708@64673716Bots?
>>64669330Wow. Didn't know about these K-Class blimps. They had depth charges, a machine gun and radar. They can fly at 68 knots, fast enough to escort freighters and even fleet carriers and can loiter for up to 38 hours. Basically all that could be done with airships back then and even now.
>>64673823Most likely a bot anon, it is dumping random links that have nothing to do with airships. Saltpeter mining? gunpowder-from-guano.pdf?
>>64668890This was actually experimented with by the Zeppelin company (IIRC for LZ-130 Graf Zeppelin II), not as a way to prevent fires but to reduce costs.Since you need to valve off lifting gas as external air pressure drops, you don't really want to do that with Helium because it's expensive as fuck compared to Hydrogen.It didn't work and the US wouldn't export thr Helium anyway
