Lockheed Martin's latest promotional video about their LRASM antiship missile engaging a Chinese Type 055 Cruiser launched from a F-35
>>64762547NTA but I honestly can't imagine what else there could really be to do for the A other than test fire and push a patch for the stores management computer once the USN and USMC have it validated for the B and C.
>>64759637> latestIsn't this video from fucking ten years ago?
>>64762079I've had YouTube give me ads for Swedish submarine technologies before.
>>64762774LMAOThis nigga gets ads in 2025
>>64762652>Isn't this video from fucking ten years ago?It can't be since the back in 2016 the Type 055 Cruiser wasn't even in service
Reloading generalMy press after sizing/depriming/cleaning primer pockets of over 6,000 pieces of .45 Auto brass.My die is an undersized die from EGW. They have Lee custom make dies .003" undersized to eliminate Glock bulge on brass. With my RCBS dies I had some rounds not fit in a match chamber.
>>64759095a couple years back an anon posted here about his experiences reloading 5.7, it was a total pain in the ass. Tumbling the cases removes the factory polymer coating and makes them fail to extract or feed, and the powder load is so small that tiny variations cause large velocity spreads. I think he squished a few cases seating the bullets too, but that's a more common problem. Personally I quit reloading 32 auto because the cases were too small, they're fumbly. Maybe a tiny half-sized press would make it easier to reload tiny cartridges, but obviously nobody makes one.
shops closed and I've no beer left
>>64762355just reload the empties m8
>>64762287Based
>>64762297>Maybe a tiny half-sized press would make it easier to reload tiny cartridges, but obviously nobody makes one.
Anyone else going to the Muncie gun show Indiana
>>64760216[spoiler]did you get it at the medina show? are you going to the one this weekend up in berea? I always wondered if there were any other /k/ommandos at these things. Also, nice score. International models are cool. I hope to find a ruger m77 international at some point.[/spoiler]
>>64761921Yeah, I got it at Medina, lol. I probably won't go to Berea since I got some plans this weekend. Truth be told, I haven't been out to that one in years, it's a bit more of a drive for me. Last time I went, I saw a dude with one of those Robinson Arms Stoner 63 repros, that thing was sweet.
>>64750200>Munciehaven't heard that name in awhile. My uncle's Camaro's transmission was made there. I'm a few hours away but might be able to swing it. Do we want to do an impromptu meetup?
>>64762153It's a small town, not as bad as other small towns in Indiana. The show itself is held at the fairgrounds where the auction off cattle and also do a flea market it's one building not very large maybe 20 tables and a bunch of old men. Some stuff makes no sense like half the firearms are actually not for sale because it's just old men showing off to other old men like a lemon party
Thought about driving an hour down to the National Gun Day Show in Louisville but it's $10 parking and $15 entrance fee. Fuck that.
which weapons would a modern day vampire hunter use? no wooden stakes, no crossbows, silver blades, no holy water flasks or garlic necklaces allowed, just modern cutting edge tech.
>>64754988>just modern cutting edge techHMMMM.... NO.
>>64760731>Stake, Marry, FuckYour stake and fuck are literal twins. Why break up bookends?
>>64762321uglier eyes, dumber expressionwould let her live but only if they agreed to a twincest 3some
>>64762536>only if they agreed to a twincest 3someOdds are high.
>>64762321>literal twinsno they aren't>>64760731Marry, Stake, Fuckthe blonde's cuter than the redhead
Edition edition.Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdfPastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNik>>64745514
>>64762722Given the time that Doom was developed Id guess hed have a magnum revolver of some kind for a Dirty Harry reference.
>>647627229mm worked good on that demon in MN
>>64762761She was a mere hell zombie you handle multiple with the pistol easily
>>64762761>female imp>taken down with 9mmChecks out. If she was a pinky bull-dyke he would have needed something more stout.
>>64761066That Beretta is perfect.
burger Anons, you know how annoying as FUCK it is to ship handguns, due to how you have to drop it off at a UPS distribution center since USPS won't take em because of some weird ancient reg?Well, not anymore!https://www.justice.gov/olc/media/1423701/dl>I hope this isn't viewed as political, I just wanted to share the news.
>>64762189>>64760858why are you two queers talking about that off topic shit on /k/?
>>64762199Buy? No. Ship for service or to your other home? Yes.
>>64762705/k/ is a place to talk about guns, not your left wing tranny conspiracy theories you no gunz tranny
>>64762717No, we need more /k/x/ hybrid conspiracy posting. MKUltra is a welcome subject.
>>64762729add /int/ or /pol/ to that as well
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.
>>64746658To finally witness a screencap worthy thread...
>>64757590>did she grope you and say "hora hora"?No. I was eating with my parents so even more of a reason that wouldn’t happen
>>64746658Thank you Albania
>>64746658Put me in the screenshot
>>64751646go to albaniayour car is already there
North Grumman posted this video:>https://youtu.be/xumHWugbvkY?si=EYhc0xu96sy9Ye8pDoes this mean that the XM1182 HEAB-T is finally in use? Also a few follow-up questions:>could this setup be used as an "ad-hoc" C-RAM platform?>so now in theory every platform with an M230LF could become an C-UAS platform? (+a MHR radar)>could this ammo be used with the AH-64s? Israelis have recently used them as drone hunters.
>>64758875>>64758886They also need a powered unspooler since the fiber will break if it gets tugged, and a transceiver at each end capable of transmitting over many kilometers without a repeater. The transceiver alone costs more than $200-300.
>>64758886Really, exactly how much bigger? how does that effect the price of the drone? I'll give you a hint, they don't need to be much bigger and they're actually cheaper because economy of scale is currently the biggest factor in the diy drone building market as opposed to the pennies in material cost difference. You'd know this if you actually price checked components instead of just flapping your gums>>64762330>Uhhh uhhh I'll just make up some shit Many such cases
>>64762330>powered unspooler -t. blithering moron fuddThis is a weapons board dummy. Invent a better brand of bullshit next time.
>>64758292If you need to ask you cannot afford it.
>>64762392>economy of scale ((A))ffects [thing I like] and not [alternative I dislike] because IT JUST DOES MMKAY>You'd know this if you actually price checked components instead of just flapping your gumsIdiot.
If you're the dictator of a shithole how do you prevent the hollowing out/paper tigerization of your military over time? All of these had strong capable militaries until one day they didn't and got their cheeks busted and wig split
>>64750591USSR didn't have a functioning economy.
>>64750477>If you're the dictator of a shithole how do you prevent the hollowing out/paper tigerization of your military over time?You don't. The military is by far the greatest risk to your life in the long run.You keep them loyal but incompetent and fragmented so nobody can use them against you in a coup.
>>64757400North Korea, I bet
>>64761304You have to be >16 to post on 4chan.
>>64750477just steadily improve the economy and QoL while also being tough on any agitating factors behind closed doors. The public will always take what they believe is the path of least resistance of optimum comfort so, it's your job to make sure they're complacent while stopping anyone from showing them alternative routes
Post gear. Discuss gear. Late night edition. Level IV+ and 4Chan Gold required.Old: >>64732103
>>64762179Undoing for a time, at least. You can split Dragonskin into two lineages since there were two dudes behind it. The original inventor, Bain, headed AT Corp until about 2000, then Neal - the other guy - founded Pinnacle Armor and made him sign a non-compete until about 2006.Neal's Dragonskin is the version that had the infamous Army failures and a 60% failure rate against .30-06 M2AP when conditioned by dousing it in gasoline. Major adhesive failure. NIJ realized the stuff had problems and retroactively suspended it because they realized their lack of a conditioning protocol was allowing SOV-2000 and previously stuff like Zylon to get through and get certified. This was all pre-0101.06.Bain's Skaalar, from 2006-2016, and now his current Dragonskin allegedly use better adhesive. I say allegedly because the guy has been pulling an Adept and hasn't gotten any Dragonskin certified. He has some soft armor (one of which is a white-label he doesn't make) and some Hexar on the list (which might be inactive) but no DS. IMO, that's telling.Also Bain allegedly owes a Chinese firm about 20k for ceramic materials, so Dragonskin is apparently Chinese now.
Armor anon, Whats your take on gign using 7.62x39 citing enhanced armor pen needs? They cited 5.56 ss not having adequate stopping power but this works against my understanding.
>>64762231Yeah I know about Stealth his newer company. I think it's been long enough thats it's worth revisiting titanium. 1997 was nearly 30 years ago. Metal in general has a bad rep due to snake oil companies like AR500/Armored Republic. But we have existing armor schemes that provide full torso coverage that were invented centuries if not millenia ago. Ceramic just isn't really compatible with them and I think rather than focussing making small plates that can stop any rifle round with limited coverage it's far more useful to solve decent rifle protection for the full torso.
>>64762638Not entirely unprecedented. If you're concerned about busting ceramics, you need more than just velocity - which is the advantage 5.56 has and is why rounds like M193 / M855A1 (but not M855 for other reasons) give modern steel plates a hard time. You need a beefier, larger penetrator than the plate's ceramic strike face can defeat. If you can get something through the strike face, then you only have to deal with fiberglass, aramid, or PE fibers that all have a very hard time with hardened threats.Allegedly the Russians picked up a 7.62x39mm "7N38" several years ago for similar reasons. 5.45x39 7N39 has too small of a core mass, perhaps akin to 5.56 APs like PROPASS or AP4. We know 7N39 badly underperforms expectations since there are various 7.62x54R B-32 API (sub-Level IV) plates that beat it. You need a larger penetrator, and that's where 7.62x39mm 7N38 comes in. It was quoted somewhere as being roughly 40% more effective than 7N39, bridging the gap between that round and 7.62x54R 7N37, a veritable XSAPI-killer. Also, AP rounds generally suck at terminal ballistics so if you're concerned about a permanent wound cavity post-plate you'll need a larger-diameter round anyway.If GIGN's new 7.62x39 is anything like PROPASS it should be able to defeat boron carbide Level IVs and basic alumina-fiberglass layups pretty easily. Odds are also good against meh SiC-PE plates like the Hesco 4601. GOST-BR5 plates won't be a problem. Probably runs out of gas against an XSAPI or above (Adept Colossus / Gillie 8002). The new 7N37-rated Granits are too strong. Overall not a bad move if they have data indicating the "armor situation" is bad enough to warrant the extra bulk and costs, IMO. Do you have a link by chance?>>64762640I agree, the issue is that titanium weighs more than equivalent ceramic scales. Bain is using boron carbide in his latest DS 3.0 layups and there is no matching that with metallic armor. Lighter, stronger, but more brittle and more $$$.
>>64762699Interesting and perhaps I’ve been listening to the 5.56 crowd a bit too much of late or they’ve merely been ignoring 7.62x39 selections snd strictly been speaking fmj. This was a few years back but here is one of many links.https://www.gign-historique.com/blog/2017/04/06/le-gign-sequipe-dun-nouveau-fusil-dassaut-bren-2-tcheque/
With modern lasers, capacitors, and power plants how many 500 lb JDAMs could be shot down if all were targeting the laser?Let's assume 2 kilometers altitude, 1000 km/h speed.Could they even do 1?
>>64761476Are you an LLM?
>>64761382HELbros... how do we respond to this humiliation?
I bet the Nightvark/Aardhawk will be a PALA canon aircraft AND be carrying capable just to rub salt in the Boscali wound
>>64762233>Carrying capableDid you mean carrier capable or are you speculating on a cargo hook
>>64760952>you're heating the HE until it goes popthats not how modern explosives work at alllearn about squash heads
Realistically, what firearm would you need to take down a rampaging Na'vi from the Avatar films? Nine feet of solid muscle and bone (reinforced with natural carbon fibre), extremely fast-moving and agile, fighting on their own turf with very short engagement distances? There's no way 5.56 mm would cut it, would 7.62mm be enough?
>>64761947>The RDA hired Jake because they wanted a return on their investment, not because they want to save the earthTheir motivation is not humanitarian, but humanity still needs it, and it's in short supply, and thus it is valuable.>No it isn't. Selfridge directly says that the ONLY reason they are even there is unobtainium.Yes. That is my point, if you've been keeping up. With how important and rare unobtanium is, why the fuck else would they still be there?>If it's so important for their interstellar travel then how come they managed to get to pandora in the first place?I don't believe it's ever elaborated on, but I'd assume they get there the slow, conventional way the first time around, using up what are presumably now very limited fuel resources - or there were already some small deposits of it that they extracted either in Sol or in other systems. I'd guess there are some other lesser deposits elsewhere on Pandora as well that they've mined since natural resources tend to not just appear in one place exclusively.>You suggested manual mining with pickaxes, which is a labour and manpower intensive process that the RDA cannot afford.They're a multi-billion-dollar megacorp that has all of Terra under their thumb, of course they can afford it. Duh.
>>64761975>but humanity still needs itNo, the RDA needs it.>now very limited fuel resourcesLmao, are you under the impression that space rockets are fueled by oil?>TerraI thought i could smell a 40kfag >of course they can afford it. Duh.Do you know what a corporation is? Why would they deliberately do things the hard and expensive way?
>>64761993>thinks terra is only 40kOh boy.
>>64761528Find her. For closure.
>>64761687>>blu-Quaritch is noticeably less prone to violence.He has a very different job as a recom. Much narrower scope and only responsible for a small team of dudes that are crack troops. He gets to be a different kind of guy.More of a Staff Sgt rather than a Col.
"Fackin' cunts" edition>Image limit hitOld thread: >>64746248>Simulate schizophrenic auditory hallucinations with the sound player plugin!https://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player
>>64756469>>64756915Unless these girls are supposed to be like 6'5", the scale is completely fucked in these drawings.
>>64761859first one is not that bad?I find it really funny when artists draw really small guns, it's endearing in a way.
>>64760935You're not wrong. Add carne asada/carnitas chinese style fried rice too.
>>64761625Kek
>>64761859Size accurate anime girls with guns is hard to design
>go to https://catalog.archives.gov/search?availableOnline=true&endDate=1949&page=1&q=German%20aircraft&startDate=1940>search some relevant term to your interests>make sure to set filters to "available to access online" and filter for the year range>bring back something cool
I am shamelessly bumping this thread
>>64743196Coast Guard cavalry squadron during WW2
>>64762656The 1942 Louisiana Maneuvers
>>64762661Horse-drawn guns in 1941.
>>64762674Horse-drawn AA battery, 1927
>>64762183Didn't they create a new generation and call it the WLRVN now? I don't know what the major differences are but usually a company sticking with a concept bodes well for its reliability.
>>64761591is it a normal AR bolt or some proprietary shit?if it's proprietary, design it to be reversible.
>>64762258Yeah, that's essentially MDRv3 (MDRX was v2). They made a lot of changes during each version though as well, mostly improvements though in some cases like the ejection system (though smaller) it was more "giving up on a cool feature because it's too hard for us to do consistently" like the wing charging handles, they swapped that to a much simpler fixed set that was also sturdier. WLVRN has some of its own changes too but to some extent also just finally iterated the major version to put a line under all the MDRX stuff because it was getting to the point of being hard to figure out what you were buying unless it was brand new.And the concept itself isn't bad, it's definitely comfortable and ergonomic with some niceties. But there were a bunch of stupid choices too as well as struggles with manufacturing, and yeah in fairness tons of military rifles have gone through massive teething troubles over the decades and taken quite a few revisions to get fully solid but of course those were backed by military budgets too not a small private niche.
What’s the best top rail for an A3M1?Looking at Corvus (not the extended) for the sling attachments & acog mount. Arid seems to still have theirs a while away from release.
>>64762523Still, I've always been interested in bullpups, and DesertTech seems like they're the best at it. The only other thing I was considering was getting a bufferless AR (I still don't know what the buffer tube even does) and putting it in a Triad chassis.
