The T-34 is the best tank of World War II. What about airplanes? According to /k/
>>64761724>'competed with the'F4U never "competed with" anything it was a 1-single specific design contract with USN, prototype first flown April 1940.>Grummanafter World War II began and during the two years 1940+1941, all bets were off concerning any pre-1940 ideas, projects, or concepts in the U.S. aviation industry: It was a whole new worldthe XF6F-1 contract was signed on 30 June 1941, and subsequent to Pearl Harbor 12/07/1941 (official U.S. entry into the war) plus combat experience reports in first few months 1942 of F4F vs. A6M, USN BuAer requested the already-available R-2800 engine for the fighter design. The first two XF6F-1 prototypes (-2600<--used in Grumman's TBF torpedo bomber and -2800 powered, respectively) took maiden flights just a month apart from each other in June and July 1942.>P-47the immediate predecessor Republic fighter, P-43, was air cooled radial-powered (and the V-1710 would not have provided nearly enough performance or power for the new heavier larger airplane; even the P-43 proposed upgrade P-44 Rocket had a R-2180 Twin Hornet powereplant)>B-26 Marauderwas the first R-2800 Double Wasp-powered American warplane to reach squadron service March 1941, and the highest performance Allied bomber aircraft until arrival of de Havilland's DH.98 Mosquito later that year.XF4U project powerplant didn't "influence" shit, all of 1940-1943 new single fighter (and bomber) aircraft designs were going to be powered by 2,000 hp-class engines: That was the nature of where combat aircraft performance and technology was headed overall, and additionally based on early-war combat experience encounters with adversary aircraft. R-2800 happened to be the most readily available and tested design at that moment in timeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
The answer to which tank is the best in WW2 should be self evidentDo modern tanks look like T-34s? no, do they look like Shermans ? hell noThey all look like Tigers and Tiger 2s , there is your answer Its that simple
>>64739550How much of that is sinking French ships that did not fire back and were stunned by the cowardice and betrayal in the soul of Angloids?
>>64765575>F4U never "competed with" anything it was a 1-single specific design contract with USN, prototype first flown April 1940.Look up the U.S. Navy design competition February 1938. Didn't bother reading the rest.
>>64767103>design competition>design>Didn't bother reading the rest(You) = Illliterate.
>I need a beautifully designed and reliable shotgun Say less.
All kommandos should go to Richmond, VA on the 19th for the vcdl lobby day to protest anti gin legislation
>>64768249Yeah, it's my God given right to enjoy a gin and tonic
Hello
>>64768249>All kommandos should go to Richmond, VA on the 19th for the vcdl lobby day to protest anti gin legislationnot really a big gin fan myself but "first they came for the gin and I said nothing and then when they came for the rye whiskey there was no one left" etc etc so would still show up.
>>64768240nice italian shotgun
Post your items,prices and burner
FOR SALELC Smith Field Grade 12ga double barrel shotgunSelling because I've shot it maybe twice in 8 years. The safety does NOT work and I'm not opening the lockwork of the gun to fuck with it. Price: uh, not sure how much sporting shotguns are worth so $300 or best offer plus shipping? I've only sold one other gun before please don't crucify me. Contact: quickburner2022@gmail.com
Bump. Conduct commerce in arms, you lazy fuckers.
What's a fair price for a Romanian TT33 with holster and 2 mags?
>>64763114Any patch making frens that will make picrel?
Any interest in a 20" PSA w/ a 403b that got cobbled together? Might have a sling laying around to throw in too.
>>64767568Hadn't considered P&W. A company called Lyman recently came out with really cheap cans, all under $300. Their .22 is 7.32" long. https://www.lymanproducts.com/skarv22
>>64767582wait I'm retarded. idk what that 7.32 figure on the site means, it's 5"
>>64767582Yeah normally the difference in lifetime between suppressor and barrel means p&w is eh, center fire rifle barrels usually burn out when a suppressor would barely be through a 1/5 or less it's expected life (at least in a higher precision context). Cost just doesn't work out unless someone REALLY cared (though there has been a least one effort to do better I think, that foreguard/wrap muzzle device thing that came out last year). But for a PCC that'll last ages and can run a cheap can, p&w might be worth a more serious think? Straightforward and guaranteed solution, just a question of the price being right.
>>64767593Yeah while 22lr cans should be ok with 5.7 they tend to be short given how little gas they need to handle. You might have to wait a bit for a wider variety to start dropping in price or for something aimed at 223/5.56 to get cheap. Could be a few months anyway.
>>64767582>>64767593>>64767635could probly just have any decent gunsmith who works with barrels figure out an extender thatd give you an extra inch for not much. they'll have unused bits of blank from cutting down barrels to custom lengths pick one somewhat bigger then 22bore then 1/2x28 female on one end and male on the other and p&w it all together?
Shitehawk edition Insert that one handed challenge here Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdfPastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNikBottom text: >>64757035
>>64768075Hah, thanks!
>>64768108The difference in accuracy of revolvers versus semiautomatics is vanishingly small, so if you see a difference, it's probably placebo (or revolvers just fit your hand better). If you want my advice, you should get a gun with a red dot on it, and dry fire with it.
>>64768218Please respond
>>64768218>>64768290I don’t know much about frankenglocks, but I think most people recommend brownells for cheap Gen 3 slides.
>>64768296its more expensive but it doesnt include a barrel. thanks for the recommendation though.
AK General /akg/Chocolate Chip Chinese Chestrig Edition>Thread #2086Old thread here >>64704982
>>64766907Used to shoot my AKs every weekend but currently recovering from a pretty serious workplace injury. I’ll try and go tomorrow if I can get transport because I undergo surgery on Monday and after that probably won’t be shooting any real guns for about a month or two.
>>64767798what the hell happened to you that you need surgery?
>>64767887I’m a heavy equipment mechanic, got drug underneath the rear deck of bushhog in a freak accident at work, fucked up my whole left upper body, partially collapsed my lung. Already got my ribs and arm fixed but the collarbone isn’t healing properly so have to get outpatient surgery for it. I’m just glad I’m alive. Also thank god for workers comp. Moral of the story don’t trust retards from another department, don’t be retarded, and if you work in a risky career make sure they have good medical benefits.
>>64767183PK-A Venezuela reporting in Wife loves it for what it's worth.
>>64767332>9mm PCC>$1.9k>not an H&K or B&TA fool and his money, etc etc
Post your Greenland defence drip
>>64768267>there's no excuse for Europe not to have twice the military spending the US does.Pretty much no euro cunt has an interest or will to be a global superpower the way America is. Greece isnt gonna start a war in Afghanistan, France isnt gonna fight China etc (No europe isnt a single country). The current euro armies would steamroll Russia if they tried anything anyway and thats the only thing that matters over here.
>>64768274I havent slept for 32 hours so I blame that, but thx
>>64768101If my enemy gets the drop on me and kills me, he won and I lost. And he takes me stuff, however I CC and am an ogremaxxed Muslim who is 6'4. So most thankfully don't bother me Allhalmdullilah >>64768109Who decides that it is illegitimate
I'm 98,97% certain there are zero Burgers or Euros in these threads.
>>64768288Then it becomes a question of how useful Europe is to America really. They can clearly handle Ukraine on their own, and they clearly have no interest in helping the US outside of Europe, so then...why not just let them handle Ukraine and Russia on their own?
>be me>innawoods>climb hill to get a better view of the sunset>find a random tree bunker just sitting in the woods>this wasn't some sloppily assembled driftwood fort you'd find on any beach>it was sturdily built, resting against a tree as its base, the wood had been cut down to give it matching dimensions, and effort had been made to camouflage it (I didn't notice it until I came within ~50 feet)>just large enough to hold a man plus a few bags in relative protection from the elements and concealmentWhat does /k/ think of my discovery?
>>64764060Looks cozy
>>64764060>What does /k/ think of my discovery?Could have been built by any child with access to a hatchet. Regular driftwood shelters can be built by any child.
>>64764756Debris shelter
>>64766013Yeah but how many kids do you really see with the skills to actually do that these days?
>>64764121heh
What do /k/ommandos think of full face mandible ballistic helmets? Would the shit vision be worth the better ballistic protection? Found this one from a chinese manufacturer for $740 aussie dollarydoos. NIJ Level IIIA coming in at 2.8kg.Thoughts?
>>64767956>that's cool just blind the enemy NODs with a massive ass flashlightDamn wow that's high IQ, I guess the military should throw away all their night vision
>>64767978it's the future. All NV will be blinded by enemy disco drones flying overhead. The tunnels are inevitable...
>>64764356>decent argument for wearing extremity IIIA in a rifle-intensive environment.Massive mobility penalty in terms of weight and heat retention. Good luck on those 3-5 second rushes.
>>64764249>>64764262The funniest part about ballistic helmets always not being covered by the laws that ban body armour is that the whole police panic attack about body armour is unironically a fucking reflex action to Ned Kelly dabbing on police in the 1800s and the most iconic thing about him was his helmet.
>>64767884Digital NVG/IR do not need the viewscreen physically behind the detector. We are already to the point where full face helmets can just have super low latency 240fps, 4k VR screens connected to a camera array.
Holidays and winter ops. Any front, any era. Post winter /k/ino. Almost didn't make it home in time to post this year's thread.
>>64756456Maybe. 1917-1918.
https://instagram.com/croona_armyphotographer/p/CXBJFA8NTkX/
Weather at the DMZ, 2015.ROK's 12th Division Eulji Unit is hit with a late mid-april snowstorm at Inje, Gangwon-do.https://fb.com/DaehanmingugYuggun/posts/1125947344097465
United States Marines of a machine gun crew on maneuvers in France, winter of 1917-18.
Late Christmas EditionPost what you want about anything. No rules.Previous thread: >>64597464
>>64765844>Except the Russians. It was faster to just adjust the front sight.I think the Yugoslavs are guilty of that as well, I've seen so many M48s with their front sight drifted to the maximum one side or the other
>>64766657I think that with Yugoslavia, like the USSR, the refurbishment program for obsolete arms eventually becomes just typical socialist make-work to keep people "employed" rather than to produce a quality product. Thus it doesn't matter so much how well the 30+ years obsolete rifle actually performs as a weapon.
I just impulse bought a Kabul Arsenal Martini Henry carbine, should arrive towards the end of next week. I’ve never even heard of them but I saw Ian did a video on them and they’re legit. I guess I’ll have to start loading 577/450, how much of a pain in the ass is it?
>>64767542>how much of a pain in the ass is it?wouldnt know. I just risk it with surplus Kynoch
>>64767542Not that hard.
When trying to destroy a stationary enemy surface drome, is level bombing like its 1943 really the most effective way to engage them, or is Russia utilizing suboptimal methods here?
>>64762780>USAAF A-20 Havoc attacking Japanese shipping during the New Guinea Campaign, 1943 (Colorized)
>>64768168>100 meters >IMPROVED 30-40 meters >with satellite guidance FUCKING HOW
>>64766440I think of that rocket spam clip everytime someone says drones have made surface ships obsolete (and also the webm of the night attack where a Russian sailor tries to brace a PKM against slick bare railing while a seababy does donuts 50 yards away) and realize we should probably hold off on judgement until we see how drones do against an opponent that is competent enough to offer actual resistance.Related note, does anyone have said webm of the night attack as seen from the perspective of the Russian crew?
>>64768212>>with satellite guidanceAND ground stations to augment/correct the satellite data!
>>64768235>does anyone have said webm of the night attack as seen from the perspective of the Russian crew?this one?
>this is all that remains of the cubans that tried to defend madurodamn, what kind of weapon could cause so much damage?
>>64759627>>64760350Shrink ray soft disclosure.
>>64768204the the footage they disclosed it's just 2 delta soldiers with wierd yellow looking guns
>>64759627They'd still put up more resistance than europoors ever will over Greenland. Or Iceland for that matter
>>64768220>sit down on the cuck chair, spic>you bad American!!!HAAAAAAAHAHAHAHA
>>64768264I hear Iceland has big tall blonde babes. You mutts wouldn't happen to have any... mutt ideas for them?
>spend 150 bucks>now have a toy to take out into the desert>tears apart old appliances like nothingDon't even care if it's turkshit, my inner hillbilly is happy and the thing hasn't fucked up after 300 shells
>>64767321Sorry my hands get dirty in the woods man, I'll be sure to keep them pristine for your sake
>>64764628Noice
>>64764628>>64764741>>64765826I can blast trash with my mossberg. I have 2 barrels for it
>>64767934>Zyn>Lucky StrikeBased.
For me, it's my $120 chinese 870. Literally thousands of shells through it. Recently put a magpul forend on it, not in pic
Previous: >>64643273Stamboulieh Law makes weekly videos on all the latest lawfare:https://youtube.com/@2alawYou've heard of FRTs, but what's a "super safety"?>uses the safety to force the reset of the trigger>allows for way more trigger options (you just have to trim two places)>invented by Tim Hoffman (https://hoffmantactical.com)>gifted to the world to freely 3D print>enterprising people now selling super safeties made of steel (recommend at least 4140)>cheaper than an FRT ($90-$150)>originally a 3-position cross-bolt safety>left is safe, right is semi, middle is super>3-position 90° super safety selectors are now availableComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64768060The links? What's wrong with them? They seem like a damn near perfect solution, an improvement on the reusable cloth or steel belts of earlier MGs.
>>64768092This is cool because the Lima Six is building off of an ar15 platform along with having a gas tube which is bad for a LMG.Lima six is for sure the most practical and cheapest option to get the same experience, but there is a huge appeal to the m240 and m249 because it's a separate system that was used in militaries.Just my opinion.
>>64768130>What's wrong with them?Collecting them, lol. I'm not saying they're a bad solution, I'm just realizing that they're supposed to be expendable which isn't great for civilians or non government backed entities.
>>64768152adding to this, inconel gas tubes exist so there is something therehttps://www.vsevenweaponsystems.com/v7-extreme-environment-gas-tube/
>>64768092>>64768152Transferable M240s sell for $500k, lots of rich people would be willing to spend a tiny fraction of that to get close to the real deal.
