I was reading about this guy and he had over 350+ kills. Why does this make me jealous?
>>64751340>>64751356Avgas was always the problem. It's constant balance how much you spend on combat operations and on training. Germany had no abundance of avgas (they annually spend around their annual production), it was zero summ game, they could only increase training at the expenses of combat operations and vice versa.
Allies be like>we were smart!https://thundersaidenergy.com/2022/03/03/oil-and-war-ten-conclusions-from-wwii/
>>64751196>Keeping your aces in combat wasnt so much a deliberate choice as it was a necessity to keep the rapidly thinning number of expericenced frontline pilots from utterly collapsingthisthe Japs were criminally negligent in not expanding their training pipeline before the warthey assumed that one swift blow would collapse the American house of cards, and this assumption impacted all their plans>the Americans were spoiled in comparison with a much more robust training pipelinemore like they (and the RAF) shat out pilots faster with fewer training hours, relative to their enemiesthis was ultimately a good decision>jpgfor consistency's sake Shuck should only record his career-ender, not both instances of being wounded>>64751345>the Luftwaffe had the strictest kill claim regulations of any airforce in the warwrongComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64751390>the Japs were criminally negligent in not expanding their training pipeline before the war>>64751287
>>64751390>more like they (and the RAF) shat out pilots faster with fewer training hours, relative to their enemies
It's up!: https://youtu.be/APmgHMDOObk?
Here's a better video that actually traces the routes and timing, and maps out maduros bunkerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFz594f4C0Q
>>64750179It's just speculative resource wars, and venezuela is sitting on massive oil reserves. Not hard.
>>64750002>had they failed, we would've had another "Black Hawk Down" scenario, where a fast raid turned into a shit fest due to the downed choppers that allowed the local militia to mobilize, and lots of US casualties within the QRF sent to recover the dead/wounded from the crash.They undoubtedly had a flying QRF just waiting to touch down next to a wreck and cut the bodies out. I wonder how they actually plan that eventuality?Do littlebirds have the range to get into the city?
>>64749693His job isn't understanding geopol it's figuring out the best way to spend a small military budget.He believes the lies the ruling class tell themselves because it's also what they tell him.
>>64750801It's pretty funny watching wannabe dictators piss off the military because they aren't smart enough to know how dictators retain power.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1b52tVlHc84Is that a fucking pistol real sight in the red dot cut out? Is PSA inventing a shotgun that can't be used as a shotgun because it has pistol sights for some reason? the receiver is objectively the worst place to mount a red dot on a shotgun. the best option would be if you could get it low profile on the barrel or as a qd on a side rail like an AK, though the barrel, especially if you can get the bottom of the red dot below the receiver would be great because then you could have a red dot mounted for HD or turkey or if you're in one of the like 3 states that still require slug guns for durr and then you can take off the barrel, the red dot remains zeroed and you can put on a different barrel for birds or clays I really don't understand this psa 570 thing. it looks like they just designed a gun to compete with turkshit and the mav 88 to be a ghetto blaster for blowing up trash on blm land
>hey you know how there's two really good and perfected shotguns to choose from that you can buy anywhere for $199-399?>and they have huge aftermarket?>yeah let's copy them but make it cost $599
>>64751174you know remingshit went under right? it's just mossberg or turk/chinese shit or the used market at that price point I don't even think it's actually mossberg at that price point, it's maverick. the cheapest made in America mossbergs on PSA's store are $415 slug guns. the cheapest nonmav, 12 gauge non shockwave smooth bore mossberg on psa's website is $488. Granted I'd probably trust a mav 88 over turkshit
>>64751207I guess I don't see the point of buying this when you can buy the Mav 88 that comes with two different length barrels for $299https://www.sportsmans.com/shooting-gear-gun-supplies/shotguns/mossberg-maverick-88-field-security-combo-12-gauge-3in-blued-pump-shotgun-185in28in/p/1506620
>>64751394yeah I agree. the only advantage is I think the PSA is made in the US whereas the mav is made in mexico. but if you care about it being made in the USA you can just buy a regular mossberg. Mavs are probably fine anyway. most of the budget shit on a mav88 is budget shit mossberg was doing on the 500 until they bought maverick arms, at which point they slightly upgraded the 500
>>64751402didn't know any of that thanks
All things precision shooting, no experience necessary. Discuss rifles, barrels, action, glass, loads, groups, competitions, and anything else related to the pursuit of tighter groups and longer shots.
>>64748829Nice, sounds legit. I've been thinking about using magnum primers too, and I've only just started using vihtavouri powders. Seems like I'm getting there
>>64750225Pretty good groups for factory ammo desu
>>64750352Meant for>>64749492
>>64750352Thanks, SK is really fantastic stuff, see image
>>64727375Has anybody else even noticed the Fletner effect causing the slugs to drift in the opposite direction of slug rotation beginning at about 750 yards? If I understand correctly past a certain distance with high powered rifles the slug's axis of rotation is locked at the high angle necessary to lob it that far. It's trajectory is roughly a parabola and as it descends from it's high point the relative airflow means it is traveling "belly-on" to the wind. Say it's right hand twist rifling = the right hand side of the slug is causing air to pile up there - and the rotation is causing the left hand side to "pull in" a similar amount of air.So like a baseball spun up to be a curve ball - the bullet's path curves, too. When I shoot 1000 yards it is obvious that all the projectiles hit the target in a nose-up attitude. At 1100 yards some of them "have laid over on their side" veered off center. At 1200 yds they are all pointing at random directions and accuracy has gone all to fuck. I don't have a left hand twist rifle to check it against. Also it stands to reason that if you fitted the gun with a custom left hand twist barrel - it would unscrew from the breech eventually. I ain't buying another different rifle to test this - just hoping million to one somebody has a left hand rifled rifle and they noticed this going the opposite way.
why havent we seen jet troopers yet?
>>64751185You need to be 18 or older to post here, Anon, and preferably not brown.>>64751204>helo fucks off quickly while firing to suppress the enemyDo you think the guys that got shot down by RPGs in Vietnam thought about doing that? Or the guys in Somalia? What about Iraq? Afghanistan in 2003? What about the shoot down in Afghanistan in 2005? Afghanistan one more time in 20011, you think they thought about doing that before being shot down?It's almost as if an ambush is purposely planned to prevent people from "fucking off quickly" or reacting effectively. >which do you think is the better scenarioJet troopers supported by traditional rotary craft lingering and providing aerial support during/after seizure (fire support, casevac, crew/hostage extraction, etc.).
>>64749608>>64749622>We determined your various leg cancers are not service related
>>64751284>You need to be 18 or older to post here, Anon, and preferably not brown.And yet, you're still here trying to argue for usecases that don't exist because you think jet troopers are radical. I suppose being functionally retarded and functionally illiterate could also explain why you've yet to come with a time where someone would be conducting a boarding operation against a hostile vessel yet somehow able to safely get a RHIB/chopper to it safely but going up/down the rope is a major sticking point.
>>64749568>fly drone into area you need to hold from enemy infantry/armor >land in concealment to reserve battery life and hold position >ambush incoming enemies trying to take the sector >repeat same steps with 1000 more drones Seems to be working pretty good in the Prokrosk region.
>>64749181lowkirkenuinely, a great way for infantry to cross minefields
The sharpest thread on /k/.Underrated Knives Edition
>>64750488I kind of liked the silver one.
>>64750488They're going to call it something else right?
>>64750669Yes it’s a new model line. Also the 3” options.I bought a Terava Tiny Knife because I am retarded. Need to find a sheath option that isn’t 6 month waitlist from Germany.
>>64750488Haha, that's pretty nifty, actually.
>>64750488is this the 110 slim elite? I thought it was a limited run. A magnacut 110 might be something I need to buy.
how do you defend yourself from homemade flame throwers and other rudimentary incendiaries?
>>64748962>Indian brownAs opposed to Indian black or Indian white? Dumb esl
>>64741707One of those aluminized furnace suits works pretty well.
>>64748519Gelled gas pressurised in a fire extinguisher is a standard improvised flamethrower, there were Johnnylabs instructions on old /k/
>>64750219as opposed to african brown or aborigine brown or pacific islander brown or japanese (delicious) brown
>yapyapyapIs there any thread with more Iran protest footage? Clearly some videos having been leaking through the internet blackout
Kosovo will start producing military vehicles for the first time. In cooperation with Albania, the armored vehicles "Shota" currently produced there, will now also be produced in Kosovo, the Defense Ministry confirmed.
>>64746658
>>64746003>women preying on shotas>women pegging shotas>futas gaping shotas>men using shotas as onaholes>crossdressing shotas being dominated by even younger shotas>albanian futas filling kosovo(nian???) shotas
>>64750123UUUU
>>64746003>shotaGod why are they such podos?
AK General /akg/New Year, Same Shit Edition>Thread #2085Old thread here >>64623820
>>64750942it spergingly has to match the salmon pistol grip
>>64750942>noooooo not the heckin’ beautiful wood on my cheeply designed communist assault riflerino!
Fuck ukraine I want my goddamn cheap Russian ammo again.
>>64751344Same but not going to happen for four simple reasons: >monke won’t stop fucking around and finding out >ukraine is not ready to succeed land>even if the war did end tomorrow Russian weapon and ammunition sanctions would probably remain in place >nothing good last forever It’s time to let go of the past (AKs and russian ammo being the cheep brokenigga meta) and embrace the future (PSA AR-15 and AAC ammo being the cheep brokenigga meta)
>>64750981No mags. No sale.
Skydagger, a Baykar affiliate in Türkiye, is now delivering 10000 FPV attack drones to the Turkish Armed Forces every month. The company has a target of producing 1 million units annuallyhttps://x.com/haluk/status/2010371711334572432
>Türkiye
>>64748885quite cool roachtech. It's good to see that they make all the sub-components on their own instead of buying them from china
>Working powered exoskeletons have been real for nearly 20 years>Working laser turrets have been real for nearly 20 years>Working railguns have been real for nearly 20 years>Working plasma cannons have been real for over 30 years>Autonomous robots that understand simple commands have been around for over ten years>People act like drones are the most advanced weapon around when we've been using them since WWIIWhat gives? Why is everyone still pretending that we're living the 20th century? People are so tired of waiting for these weapons that they're building the things themselves in their garages.
>>64749256That's the current theory for for THEL. Up until recently, the project wasn't considered a priority but all the drone attacks in Ukraine seems to have lit a firer under DARPA's ass.
>>64748768>MAURADER allegedly was scrapped.ALLEGEDLYLLEGEDLY
>>64746609>everything elseVery narrow use case on a battlefield proper. Prototypes with hard physical limitations. Either physically unwieldy/consumptive for its purpose, a solution looking for a problem, a weapon that's not all that, or prohibitively expensive.>robutts 'n' dronezNOW you're cooking with gas. Part of the reason I've been so autistic about railing against AI isn't some gay Bluesky faggot shit about it stealing art. It's because someday in the very near future, they're going to load up a DARPA bot with all the biometric and surface web data that's been accumulated on you, hand it a Colt carbine, and have it patrol the streets with quadrotor overwatch (this will also have the necessary privacy invasion tools). No blue helmets or black helicopters, no National Guard operating on abuse of "emergency powers" or the militarization of police, no foreign sleeper agents-- just good ol' Officer Clanker "keeping the peace". They'll unveil it and have it do photo op walks on Venice Beach or some shit, and everyone will clap and wonder at how "safe" they are from sleepy bums and the occasional rowdy drunkard, right up until the first bad shoot involving a black guy repeatedly reaching into his coat pockets or something. Then it'll be periodic puff pieces about "the inherent racism of data sets AI is trained on" until the end of time, with nothing done to alleviate the actual problems. Mark my fucking words. They'll have biped LEO bots in major urban centers by 2050.
>>64747202>archaicAll this sci-fi crap you listed is archaic.FPV drones are the future, and they actually just werk. And missiles for everything else
>>64751363>>64751386Real third world hours
Gook subhuman conscript here. There is german general touring our military base and inspecting our tanks and spgs whats going on?
>>64751206Im 19
>>64750904The krauts are on a spending spree of late. They might be looking to buy some gookshit.
>>64750904>There is german general touring our military base and inspecting our tanks and spgs whats going on?You know how whenever your extended family would come over to your house for holidays or whatever your mom would say "show your cousin your toys" and then you'd have to show him your toys? It's pretty much exactly just that but with combat vehicles. Joint exercises are the equivalent of playing with them together.
>>64750923What's it like, living in the 2010s?
>>64751320probably looking at the organization of the ROK army since Germany wants to return to a mass army. I doubt Germany wants to buy Korean equipment.
I get to fly the T-6B in a few weeks any tips to score high enough to qualify for Jets?
>>64750663identify as a trans muslim
>>64750663Damn, I am too. Are we in the same school I wonder? Probably not with that livery
>>64750663Make sure you impress the instructor with repeated 9g+ manoeuvres, they will really appreciate it
>>64750663say you use 4chan and are a white supremacist
It's that time of year /K/ommandos! Were we reminisce the years that have past and look forward to the new one that is now unfolding! And that includes thinking up of goals for ourselves to achieve this year! You have been thinking of how to become a better /K/ommando right anon?Anyway, I haven't seen one of these threads in a few years, so lets get one going. How do you rank against your fellow /k/omrades?Bonus points if you can add stories about your achievements. Also maybe its time to update the board? Add a few more,
>>64748015>Surprised "Own and wear body armor" is not on there.This is why I think it could use a bit of an update. Theres definitely other /k/ things you can achieve than what's on there.
>>64745359Neat thread OP. I racked up some more points than I thought I would. One of my notable achievements is the "and my ankles too", a few years ago, my battalion was going into the field for some training, well we started with what was supposed to be a 14 mile pack. With my med bag on top of everything else on the packing list my gear was approaching 90lbs. Well they also messed up the route so it actually ended up being closer to 22 miles. We stepped off shortly after midnight and didn't get to our rally point until like 9AM. By the morning we had so many heat casualties, good times. Also, while I was TAD with some reserve artillery unit they let me run the gauntlet and shoot a M777, it was pretty fun.
>>64745359Going to file my paperwork for a can tomorrow, so I'll be able to check two more off then.
>>64745359those 50/100 pointers came in clutch
>>64749419I must be getting old and confused, of course i've fire a full auto. Does a AT-4 trainer with the 9mm count as 'artillery over 40mm?'>>64749453Important question.
Post your devious prohibited shots or crazy looking shots.Brother in law snapped this one at the perfect moment. Blasting rounds into sand banks on the highway in the middle of nowhere. Good times.
>snitching on your bro on a fed monitored boardishygddt
>>64751186>Allegedly
>>64751182I hope only bad things happen to you in the future and you die of colon cancer.
>>64751182More than 40 years ago just fucking around with friends tossed a MK3 concussion grenade in a storm drain at 3am from a moving car. A car load of stereotypical doctors and engineers saw us go by and burned out in hot pursuit.Luck was with us and the fireball rolled out of the drain and in through one car window and out the other. Driver malfunctioned beautifully, jerked the wheel hit the median and turned it plumb upside down.
