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>>64693252Again what is it that defines an AShM or at least what makes a useful AShM?You're overestimating the kind and quantity of passive protection necessary to create meaningful differences in survivability and endurance, Because in the context of ships "armor" isn't just something meant to stop damage but also contain and control it. Like you're right that there are many assets on a ship that cannot be effectively armored to any degree, That however does not mean any degree of armor for all kinds and roles of vessel is useless.A warship packed to the gills with VLS is by its nature at risk of catastrophic destruction from the effects of even small warheads, Either from a direct hit on the magazine or indirectly from fires spreading from one section of the ship to another. Therefor it makes sense to sacrifice armor to go all-in on such ship's strengths (VLS firepower) as that is what the warship's role is about, Meanwhile a warship with magazines occupied with completely or nearly inert ammunition is a significantly less venerable to damage therefor giving such a vessel more armor than anything else in the fleet is a direct improvement to the ship's strengths. Meaning the trump "battleship" would be a completely as a concept without the steady advancements of laser and railgun/hyper-velocity cannon technology, As they function as both offensive weapon systems and active-defenses/countermeasures.Now whether or not such a warship has a viable role or niche ties into how it can work alongside the other types of warships in the fleet, Which is why I think that for the most part if these Trump warships aren't nuclear they lose nearly most of their potential. I mean correct me if I am wrong but isn't a significant part of what makes our CVN survivable is that nuclear power enables it to outrun/outpace any non-nuclear warship which unfortunately includes warships tasked with protecting the carrier?
>>64693485Watch out, or you'll summon the ghost of Derek Smart to the thread.
>>64690588This seems very questionably useful. There are probably some niche cases but like, I can't think of many cruise missiles that would even need this thing's assistance, and I have no idea why you would ever park something like that on an LHD instead of just building it into said LHD? Parking a bunch of extremely expensive aircraft on a dirt cheap commercial ship seems like a really stupid thing to do, and a great way to lose a lot of planes, or a desperation option.
>>64690333The navy had always been retarded. They screamed and stamped their feet about how much they hated airplanes back in the day
>>64688150who's gonna buy an ad for perundoes anyone have a ad pic they can share
Post Keltec level gun ideas for $$$
Homing bullets that use AI target recognition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLwVVYV3_K4
Kompact Kriss veKtor
>>64689349>Internally suppressed 20 gauge KSGFUCKING DO IT YOU BASTARDS DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MUCH SEMEN I WILL PRODUCE
Former Kel-Tec engineer designed this, it's a pump-action gatling .22 rifle that feeds from American-180 pan magazines
>>64693889This got me thinking. If we downsize the minigun to .22, would it finally be possible for it to be realistically man-portable?The battery technology needed to power such a device might also finally be mature enough to support the idea.5000 RPM of fudd lore would overcome any shortcomings of the small caliber.5000 rounds of .22 is also only like 30lbs which is manageable
Were bombers instrumental to WW2?
>>64686953The Brits did it first.
>>64689994Unbelievably based.
>>64690847>meanwhile, strategic bombing was instrumental to achieving air superiority in 1944 - but not for the reason you think. RAF bombers basically stonewalled the entire German effort to expand fighter engine production, which is part of how the Allies managed to build more fighters than the Germans.>read Adam ToozeTooze put it as a function of British and French procurement deals along with domestic production, increases in orders that came with the fall of France & the inability of Germany to use occupied territories to bridge the gap. While he did note the bombing campaign in 1943 stopped the increase in production, I don't recall that it was implied they'd get close to the Allies.>part of the reason that late-war German tanks are said to be "maintenance heavy" is really because the entire repair and parts supply chain was being bombed to smithereens, which is a factor not accounted for by both sides of the Shermaboo Wehraboo conflictIt has a good chance to be brought up when talks shift to reliability.
>>64690368Lol
>>64690368In some cases yes, plenty of others were armed cargo vessels carrying war material or under escort. One interesting account is of a mission involving a lone PB4Y, whereupon it sunk a cargo ship under escort from a destroyer, shot down a seaplane fighter then proceeded to an area where Allied intelligence expected a Japanese admiral who was being promoted to be passing through on a flying boat, finding him and putting enough gunfire into the plane to force it to land in Chinese held waters where the Admiral was killed or captured.
You're on the toilet. You hear the sound of your door being kicked in.Tactically, what do you do in this situation? Animals are most vulnerable when they're using the bathroom, and that stays true for humans. I doubt you're carrying a gun with you to the bathroom either.
>>64690076>I doubt you're carrying a gun with you to the bathroomWhere the fuck do you think you are, tourist scum?>>64690093I do wash my hands before I pee.
>>64690361>No bidet7/8
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>>64693138Then he pushes over yr portapotty
>>64693477I may be a Furfag who drinks too much and currently in the midst of 4 24oz 8% abv "beverages" I doubt I will do much other than possibly fall asleep on the toilet or just go to bed and bring less family shame than that, putting my scrotum skin inbetween the bolt carrier of vz-52 and the barrel, off my ass on some sort of whiskey, or rum is less embarrassing than this.Thanks for reminding me that even at my lowest points I'm doing ok /K/ Because there are other examples of people need a blessing or direction from god far more than me, IDK gonna listen to The MELVINS or watch some people from other countries experience American culture and enjoy it
Post wheelgats. Just bought this 3rd change hand ejector dated to roughly 1912
My cowpoke revolvers
nogunz poorfag here, any thoughts on the Taurus Tracker for my first? Looking for a good /out/ gun/range toy and I think this will check all my boxes, just want to hear from someone with experience if it's a good choice.
>>64690828Nice collection
>>64692587I'd save up a little more and get a Ruger.
>>64692587It's fine. Probably better for you to get a relatively inexpensive revolver for woods carry in case you drop it, or it gets submerged in water and not properly dried out, or it gets lost somewhere after a hiking accident, or you are forced to use it on a homeless man and need to melt it with thermite to destroy the murder evidence.
Archery is one of the most masculine, nationalistic, and attractive things you can do. It also builds your back like crazy. I've been doing it for 8 years, and without weight training I was already able to lat pulldown 285. My pulling strength is wildly stronger compared to the push chain it's crazy. There's also spiritual and primal aspect to it. Firearms are too "human", but bows are like the bridge between nature and human intelligence. The red injuns didn't have archery gods but believed the skill itself was a gift from ancient spirits. From that pov you're basically not even a man if you can't shoot a bow. Just a subhuman slave that can't get food for himself. 2 obvious benefits are hunting, and a shtf scenario where being silent could mean the difference between life and death. Even in blue states it's perfectly legal to practice in your yard. I like to go outside during the summer while shirtless and no shoes on as women walk by to stare at me. I purposely put my back towards the sidewalk and I catch them taking photos.Get yourself a bow and start training.
>>64693775I'd be surprised if your lat pulldown machine is 1:1 then and you're probably only pulling 142.5 pounds. Bodyweight + 85 pounds pull ups are much much harder than 11 bodyweight pull ups.
>>64689557Lying faggot, mythical Amazon bitches did that because they were literally made for war, no real woman in ancient Greece ever did this
>>64693754post back muscles, if you don't look like Ronnie Coleman you're full of shit or you're doing the workouts wildly incorrectly
>>64693865What’s probably happening (if the machine isn’t using multiple pulleys) is he’s really 240ish and fat. He’s standing then dropping to a sit quickly and using momentum of his weight to lift up the full stack for a three-quarter rep. OP could call me full of shit and prove it by posting body. But we all know he won’t.
>>64689526mogged by slings
I am very curious to know what /k/ would use in the zombiepocalypse. What would actually be best? I always thought that the writers for the show had a lot of missed opportunities for /k/ino guns, gear, armor and weapon concepts both from history and modern times they could have applied to the show. A lot of stuff just felt like it was missing. Every time there was an actually big faction it seemed like they didn't equip their grunts with the most effective choices. Keep in mind, it would still have to be things that you can continue to use well into the future. There is no military supply chain in the zombie apocalypse unless you are with an utterly gigantic group of survivors.
>>64693730Something I've always thought was very ambiguous is 'how much of the brain needs to be destroyed?'Will a small bullet hole be enough damage?Decapitation usually kills them too, but what exactly needs to be severed? If there's a skin flap still attaching the neck then is the zombie alive? Or is it the spine that needs to be disconnected? Well in that case breaking a zombie's neck should work.
>>64693824>I'm in the militaryYou would run out of ammo. Shit you would run out of ammo whether there was zombies or not. Big boy. >depend on where I'm at because I'm not a larperWe are talking about a fictional TV show here. There is cool weapons in it and you are intentionally avoiding answering the primary question of the thread. However, don't take this the wrong way. I appreciate your participation.
>>64693831The way it always looks is that if the brain is damaged even slightly, the protective sac that the virus creates to maintain the brain is ruptured and that rupturing immediately kills the zombie in question. Walkers in the show have been killed by what amounts to essentially prison shivs.
>>64693840>You would run out of ammoSource? Hard to find the exact number but I've seen figures that the US military has enough ammo to basically kill the entire US population 5 times over. Which, wouldn't be a thing if the US pop was fighting back as humans would obviously, which zombies aren't really.>We are talking about a fictional TV show here.It's a shitty show, I reject the context of your dumb show because it's dumb, and since we're arguing fantasy then I'll just say my group size is 2 millionish people. Choke on that jew hider.>There is cool weapons in it and you are intentionally avoiding answering the primary question of the thread.I addressed the tactics, I'll answer the question on weapons, small arms at close range used by the US military. That would be best, save ammo by luring them to pits, trenches, holes, whatever you can bury them in for free, or at least the cost of some gas, and take close range shots of any zombie that gets near you. Slowly back up in your vehicle shooting them, if there are obstacles or rough terrain that could impede your vehicle, play more human talking noises to lure them out of forests and shit. Zombie shows are fuckin gay and retarded and are for larpers to imagine their family and close friends using their neat variety of logistically dumbfucked loadouts.
>>64693730Welp, anyways. Here we go. Zombies definitely can't bite through chain mail, but maybe you still get infected because your skin gets pinched between the links when one of them tries to bite. So, what you could do is wear a gambeson under the chainmail. However, gambeson and chainmail are not COMPLETELY suitable for fighting other humans. You'll want some plate armor on top of your chainmail as well. I do think the very best load-out for fighting zombies at least, is that of the medieval knight. However, I do think that the weapons used should be specific. You need energy efficient weapons, since you could conceivably have to fight a thousand zombies in one day. So maybe a spear made to be long and lightweight? You would want long, light weight and ultra durable. I could see an arming sword be useful as a side arm for sure. I don't at all think that it makes sense to use guns to fight the zombies, since you'd want to save ammo and guns for other people you might run into with those same weapons that could be hostile. You would want to save that resource. Never understood why, in the show, they defaulted to regular bow and arrow instead of crossbows. Many characters had to have the knowledge of how crossbows work, anyone can build one if they have some basic tools and they aren't too expensive to make. Hell, even muskets or a blunderbuss makes more sense as a primary weapon. Especially if you have a blacksmith and some way to make black powder from scratch.
I'll start; Mossberg Patriot Everyone shit talked this rifle even though it's perfectly functional, accurate and one of the better looking budget guns
>>64692814>took my rifle out and shot 10, three shot groups>one of them was below 1 moaSounds like the harmonic stars aligned in the node an you did ur part
>>64693251>because aluminum alloy Beretta slides like to crack around the slots for the locking lugsWtf are you talking about, every pistol in the Beretta 92 family have steel slides or stainless steel for the Inox. The frames are 7075-T6 Aluminum but the slides are all steel or stainless steel.
>>64691490>mossberg patriotShit. Cheap shit. Ruger or savage makes way better bolt guns. I’ve personally seen a mossberg patriot fire upon bolt closure, nobody touching the trigger. You fucked up by not buying the savage or Ruger. Love mossie pump shotguns though.
>>64692883You sound like a bitch.
>>64692675>380>blow back is too strong Post wrist
Which type of round is best for punching through armor?
>>64693025> 10x the speed, same energy means 1/100th the mass. You can't maintain the same nose like that, something has to give.The light bullet is just the ogive and a short bearing surface, the heavy bullet is the same thing but with an extremely long bearing surface. So there is no difference in the bullets from the perspective of the armor, other than mass and velocity.
>>64692030>Sharp>Narrow>Heavy (ideally)Basically an APFSDS dart if you can find that in a bullet.
>>64692030Why do the four rounds on the right have the piece of copper passing through the middle? Structural, presumably, but under what conditions would that be relevant?Also can someone explain the 8th round? It makes me think of a tandem warhead, but I can't imagine something like that would work with bullets
>>64693105> piece of copper passing through the middle?Those are tracers, half the bullet is wasted with the pyrotechnic mixture contained in a metallic insert.>8thThe meme 2 bullets per round, the US tested version with 2 and 3. AFAIK nobody uses it irl.
>>64693120Chinese have some wonky duplex 5.8mm and triplex 7.62x39mm was mall ninja ammo back in the 00s.
Previous: >>64578544Stamboulieh 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.
>>64692997how interesting, I would think it's a bit unsafe to keep the auto sear only in there from friction yeah? slight movement of it could potentially cause mistiming and oob or light strikes right?
>>64693149I think you're confused. AR auto sears are not held in place with a friction fit. As >>64692997explains the pin is held in place by a spring leg in a groove (normal installation) or by the walls of the receiver (no-hole sear holder being discussed). Not that there's anything wrong with friction fit pins when they are perpendicular to recoil. Your gas block is held in place by friction fit pins. Everything in a glock is held in by friction fit pins.
>>64693306gotcha, yeah I think I was confused, I was thinking how would this piece here >>64692497 fit in the receiver without a hole drilled, and the answer is friction apparently which is neat>Not that there's anything wrong with friction fit pins when they are perpendicular to recoil. Your gas block is held in place by friction fit pins. Everything in a glock is held in by friction fit pins.gotcha, fair enough, thanks for the explanation
>>64693385No it is wedged between the safety and rear of the receiver, it ain't goin anywhere. Some other designs use the rear takedown lug like a boogle.
Niche as fuck but they still make these on custom order. Someone needs to make an FRT for it
>in war your aim should be to defeat your enemies Huh... I guess people back then weren't so stupid after all?
>>64686093>we might never have lost Vietnam"We" didn't lose, north and south are unified under a capitalist economy with a freely elected government. WE WON and so did the Vietnamese people.
>>64686807Tso ate all the chickens and General Tsu's dog never caught on.
>>64691149To be fair, he was right. The sinews of war is infinite money.
>>64686093Yeah, why don't you remind everyone what happened to China when they tried to invade Vietnam immediately after the Vietnam War?
>>64689643It is a calling.
Is there any new footage of Somali pirates getting rekt by modern navies?
>>64693689>chicom faggot running damage control for their subversive agents in the US governmentglad the chinese 'rise' is already on the decline. All war is deception.
>>64693689Somali hands typed this.
>>64693689holy cope
When you can get 8+ billion pirating welfare in America close to the Somali GDP why would you bother hijacking ships for chump change?
>>64693696>damage controlAnon, I get you've invested way too much emotion into this but not everything is some retarded conspiracy. There's been an investigation since 2021, when charges were filed and funding was pulled after the state discovered evidence of fraud. It's that simple
What could have been done better for these homeowners to defend themselves? Is the fake UPS delivery the go to home invasion method? It seems a bit sketch considering I know the UPS guys that run the route in my area, but I understand that's just anecdotal stuff.>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtHxgxpDqhU
>>64691856>hurricane shutters>hurricane window pane anti-shatter applique>hostile shrubberies in layers, plants that drop material/husks that are noisy/crack>no rocks in front that could be repurposed by hostiles>dogs, preferably a breed with a great nose, a larger guard breed, then a more athletic mid-sized shepherd/Staffie>TILE roofing (arson's the real conundrum)This + longer screws >>64693009
>>64693656Geese & Donkey maxxing ftw.
>>64693742The people they attacked were friends so I wasn't sued, but having aggressive dogs, while safeguarding you and your family, is generally the opposite of profit.
>>64693791I'd sue the fuck out of my friends if their retarded dog bit me lol, that or at least have it killed, fuck that cuck shit.
>>64691856I ain't watching all that, but having a good pocket carry on you at all times, and not living in a place called "coon rapids" for fuck sake might be a good start.
donkeys
>>64692768That's what happens when you decide you have to play the tribalist game at all. We could have conclusive proof of this shit, and it still wouldn't matter because he's "their guy."
>>64690556>see another camo blob approaching>ohgodnotagain.jpg>proceed to gently nope>hmm but this one walks straight>and talks a little funnier too>hmm what if uuu scratchies!>alrighty then where are we going?so no more "t-they're for deep rear resupplying" or did bum touching crests collapse some frontline?
>>64690651>Too cute to rape
>>64690556Thay is a mule, you idiots!
>thousands of roundsthat's always such a cope. I have thousands of rounds. it's not hard to when you're got like .22lr and .223/5.56.The guy in the article was a felon in possession so whatever, ignoring that. Why would you own like 15 ARs? I have a carbine and a 20 inch hbar. Like I understand having more than one AR. I understand having multiple carry guns for different weather, having a collection of curio and relics (even if they don't fit the ATFs definition of C&R like if an action for a new gun is cool or modern millsurp or whatever), I understand having multiple hunting rifles or shotguns for different game or having multiple target rifles or clay shotguns for different sports shooting. I don't understand having 15 copies of what is basically the same fucking AR.
Is there any other information on the arrest of the person like why it happened or is OP just posting ragebait?
>>64693807theres only 5& how do you know they're all 55.6?1 9mm under the keymod upper1 the punisher short one probably .300 blk1 green furniture 5562 bottom left corner, one could be 224 or some shit
>>64693846cuz op's a faghttps://www.whio.com/news/local/man-charged-after-nearly-30-guns-thousands-rounds-ammunition-found-home/QPY3LCJ67RFEHAKWIUZTRA7NCE/MONTGOMERY COUNTY — A man has been formally charged in connection with a large amount of guns and ammunition found in a Montgomery County home.Jeffrey Crutchfield was indicted by a Montgomery County Grand Jury on 40 counts of having weapons while under disability.On June 13, deputies responded to a call regarding a domestic violence threat.A woman told police she was concerned for her safety, especially due to the number of guns in the home.Deputies recovered 29 guns, 11 homemade suppressors, and thousands of rounds of ammunition, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64693846felon in possession, like I said, retard
>>64693807I agree with you op. I have the same 20in and a carbine, and a handful of pistols, but now I find im talking myself into a pistol AR and some more handguns that really wouldn't serve a purpose that isn't already covered. I imagine it's a lot like any other hoarding/ addiction issue. I remember reading somewhere that unnecessary amassing of guns can be related to a lack of control or stability in other aspects in life and serves some psychological function to make you feel like you can maintain control. It's definitely a possiblity with me looking at my past.
