What are the strategic implications of Russia deploying (literal) cavalry wave attacks against Ukrainian positions and drones in the last month of 2025? Has the eyebrow been raised?
>>64683747except that infiltration requires low visual or thermal signature, and horses have a pretty big one. So it is less an infiltration and more of a "send two retards forward and (possibly) take note where they get cubalized from."
>>64687805Japanese women's breast milk
>>64686799>How does ziggers celebrate that anyways?With a festive Azeri plane shoot and as many hamsters as you can eat
>>64688710Now post the weird-ass vatnik propaganda video about shooting down ebil homo-western Santa Claus with an AA missile, and instead celebrating their commie knockoff "Father Winter" character.
>>64688749Back in the 1960s or 1970s there was a US ad about commies shooting down Santa Claus and faggots whined about it. The ad was right.
I used to intern with a Class II FFL precision rifle builder who also manufactured some NFA items and no joke, you can literally make a good quality (albeit rough finished) suppressor for under $100 provided you have a lathe. You can make even cheaper wipe suppressors for close to $50 out of pipe tubing you find on amazon. I remember watching this video by an American volunteer in the Ukrainian International Legion who talk about a company in the Czech Republic that sold suppressors for the Bren 2 that cost $125 so clearly it doesn't cost that much to make them yet I'm having a hard time finding anyone selling even shitty .22lr whip suppressors for under $500. Certainly with the NFA tax going away you'd think there'd be a market for cheap suppressors in the US right?
>>64688316You should NEVER have to go down to oil filter level. We don't, why should you?
>>64681097>>64684264Jesus Mary and Joseph, who would want to stick their dick in these? Abject fucking horror.
>>64688572Have you ever opened a human and looked inside? Equally horrifying.
>>64688606The last time I checked real pussies don't have micro tongues that lick your dick as you fuck it.
>>64688656>The last time I checkedSo never?
>AR15>12 Gauge Pump Action Shotgun>Concealable 9mm PistolGive me (1) good reason you need more than these three guns. These three cover 99% of scenarios you would ever need a gun for.
>>64684214I have these three and then a 22 rifle with a nice scope just for funsies. There are lots of others I'd like but don't need to be wasting money on I suppose.
>>64684261It's exclusively video game brain.
>Nobody needs a car that goes over 60mph!Cause fuck you, that's why.
>>64684261>yet they never go huntingDo most gun owners actually not hunt? It seems like it would be the obvious next step after buying your first shotgun/rifle/etc.Both hobbies go together hand-in-hand.
>>64684214For me it's>AR-9 with a funny fart trigger>Benelli M3>Smith and Wesson Shield Plus PCThere, we have a great carry piece, loads of fun for cheap, plus technically 2 different shotguns with only 3 guns. If we're trying to maximize capability and fun with only 3, I can't think of a better lineup
Discuss cheap solutions to the drone problem.Not welcome:>dronefags>laser fags>missile fags>unknown technology fags
What about a really powerful burst of air that would blow the drone away at the last second? Like some fuel air blast coming out of a computer controlled turret that would blow the drone back 50 feet before it detonates.
>>64681585An all natural solution.No money required.
>>64681585Flak with proximity fuses.
>>64681585Destroy the factories producing the drones.
>>64688644Or just have it be really windy all the time. Build a giant oscillating fan.
what if we vibe-coded the next NGAD?
>>64687769It takes a lot more work to fix shit code than to write it decently in the first place, so replace the second 'few hundred' with 'few thousand'
>that name
>>64687769Boeing got rid of all of the White Americans from multigenerational families who knew how to build airplanes. They were replaced with moron diversity hires. Now the moron diversity hires are going to get replaced with a server farm running code created by moron Indians.
>>64687737>post an actual screenshot of siemens nx>says AI hallucinated the software and the .prtOkay.The worst thing is, millions are stupid enough to believe what he says. Vibe-coding isn't a thing as you imagine it. AI can't write software. It's just a shortcut for software "engineers" who previously relied on npm to implement leftpad for them.
>>64687769thats ok long term thinking hasnt been in the vogue for quite a while. if you start thinking 5-10 years in the future you may also have to acknowledge certain other difficult things
Finland still uses costal artillery, thoughts?
Not Bosting the real shithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Hgzi1VOo02.55 action>Kuivasaari 305 mm gun shooting
>>64687482US could have taken every soviet tank in the 90s, and just created a chain of stationary turrets along the baltics or something.
>>64688603How the fuck to they get to the bay if you're shotting at them?
>>64688627>305mmvery based
>>64687699The Finnish 152mm Canets were deeply modified even by the time Winter War happened to the extent they were even used as anti-air artillery. After the war they were nearly universally too badly damaged (either from enemy fire or from barrels being too worn) to use so Finns essentially rebuilt them from scratch. 1960s guns had very little in common with the original ones and it's role was fully replaced by 1980s by the new 130mm guns, they just kept the 152mm ones in places where the 130mm didn't directly replace the locations of old ones.
A dragon has claimed your city and is snatching up citizens to be part of its treasure hordeHow would you, an ordinary citizen, take it out with only the weapons available to you? It has tough scales, can fly, spew fire, and is large enough to swallow a person whole. What can you do with the weapons and ordinance of a single civilian to kill it?
>>64683357Can never be too sure
>>64677050Yet
>>64682862>dildo smiths talking to dragon>it isn't impressed>dildo spews fire>smiths roll away with a wagon of gold
>>64680778it's a good thing we're all predators and [REDACTED] here because it's soon time to grab SKS and go innawoods
>>64685806so true
38 spl is the best example. It can be shortened to the length of 380 acp but it's not. And after all the changes in service rifle cartridges, I refuse to believe 9 mm is still the best pistol round. Nobody is interested in inmaxed calibers like 5.7 or 30 super carry because they cost more money because nobody is interested in them because they cost more. Like a perpetual motion machine.
>>64686182454 in an Alaskan is a fun time. Get a good rhythm and you can shoot pretty rapidly
>>64685460Feel like the north sky marshal should get a mention. No I don’t own one. Wouldn’t turn one down if I came across it and had the cash though..
>>64686366I would assume so. there shouldn't be any more difference between 9mm and .380 on moonclips in a 9mm cylinder than you'd run into with .38s in a .357 cylinder, which is none at all.
>>64685299>I hate how handgun calibers are low effort 100 years old status quo Technologies hit plateaus sometimes.>38 spl is the best example. It can be shortened to the length of 380 acp but it's not.To what end? .38 Special is practically a legacy cartridge, yeah, it's longer than it needs to be, but that's because it's a cartridge from 1898 and was first loaded with blackpowder, where it needed that extra volume. This later allowed for the .357 Magnum cartridge's development.You're looking at a whole bunch of economic and cultural inertia, there's no good reason to make a shorter .38 Special because all of the guns and tooling already exist, and nobody is going to spend more money on getting in on a hypothetically slightly better variant when it's cheaper and more practical to either stick with the older type guns and ammo, or go for something more modern than a revolver anyway.>Nobody is interested in inmaxed calibers like 5.7 or 30 super carry Probably because 5.7mm is dubious as a pistol cartridge, and even less viable from shorter barrels, meaning you can't do subcompacts akin to a 9mm Glock 26 or M&P Shield..30SC is too much of a sidegrade from 9mm Luger to most people to be worth bothering with, particularly when 9mm Luger is going to perform better and be less loud.>>64685339>.38 SuperComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64688033>I see no reason(as discussed a thosand times on prior threads, and already noted in post (You) relied to) 10 mm is for game hunters and long range target shooters who custom load. A 5-inch or longer barrel is requured for 10 mm, otherwise the gases and pressure/energy are wasted flamewise out the muzzle. It is a blaster round
>time to shoot a nice .280- ACK!Which cartridge has the worst name? My vote is .280 ackley improved, with an honorable mention to .30 super carry
>25-45 sharps. (Mixed units)>.308x1.75” (the wrong units for caliberxcaselength)I’m trying to think of more, but come to think of it, I quite like cartridge names. The imperial naming convention is stupid, granted, but some just roll off the tongue nicely. 350 legend, 360 buckhammer, 6mm SAW, etc. you don’t have to hate everything. It’s nice to like things.Oh, .224 boz sounds a bit unserious to me because “boz” means “whore” in my mother tongue. I always chuckle when it comes up.
>>64688212you do realize that ackley improved isn't the name of a single cartridge, it's the name of a genre of cartridges?take any bottlenecked rifle cartridge and blow the shoulder angle forwards and that's ackley improved
>>646883807mm08 is up there
>>64688643Yeah, it’s weird to say.Seven millimeter oh eight, right?
>>64688695I think so
How effective were these things? Obsidian is said to be extremely sharp and multiple edges instead of one straight blade might be extremely painful.
>>64680543No. Both were very realistic. Basically documentaries.
>>64677161That's where your chickens sleep.
>>64687465facial features look too different
>>64639246>Eh sorta wrong, the Spanish raised huge native armies b/c the Aztecs were so fuckin horrible.Nonsense. While Cortez mentions the fat cazique comlaining about Aztec spies, the vast majority of Aztec vassals remain neutral until Tenochtitlan fell or in one instance, Cortez engineered a coup of the local ruler to swing them to their side. Cortez' ally was the Tlaxcalans (emphatically not Aztec subjects, but an independent state), and that was it.The Aztecs were exceptionally belligerent, resembling Rome in this regard, but they were also fine with letting people be after defeating them. As long as they paid their tribute and maybe provided soldiers, they could keep their rulers, gods and so on. No resettlement, no forced labour. Again mirroring Rome.And domestically, the Aztecs also had fairly remarkably social mobility through military service. Which, hey, once again mirrors Rome!The Inca by contrast, had fuckall social mobility and were exceptionally happy to engage in forced resettlements and mass conscript labour. >>64668662Cocolitzli was a direct consequence of the collapse of living conditions through forced labour and the Spanish neglecting sanitary infrastructure. If the Spanish lose, the 1/3 drop to smallpox remains, but Cocolitzli basically never happens to a notable extent.
>>64687468Not at all, I'll do a detailed response later
AK General /akg/Kot edition>Thread #2084Old thread here >>64573822
>>64687994This one?
>>64687632Fab Defense has a railed upper, although it's kinda janky. Seems like most "railed" upper handguards only have a top rail.
>>64688030Nah if I remember correctly it was super high def
>>64687986>implore you to research KochevnikBelieve me, that was my first option but the reproductions aren't made anymore and I can't find any used. I spoke to a Chinese retailer about the model TWI used to make. TWI sold off the rights to another company, FCW, that has repeatedly pushed the preorder delivery date back over the course of a year. They're now expecting a summer 2026 delivery date. AFAIK there aren't any US distributors planning on importing them so you have to do it yourself if they ever deliver.
>>64687914I see the vision, add a pic rail to the rear sight and then add a riser for the optic clearance, or just get a dust cover that come with a pic rail already. Not sure on the LAM, but you can always get some hose clamps and attach to the carry handle? Not up to date on AK suppressors, but is there one that comes with a built-in pic rail for a LAM?
Around elves, relax yourselves.Previous thread: >>64677931>image limit reachedhttps://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player>with this handy script installed you'll occasionally hear what sounds like elves singing, but it's actually just Finnish
>>64688283Lmao, learn to love yourself anon
>>64688305No, and stop being a faggot.
>>64688305Yall clanker niggas gay af fr.
>>64688604>Wears basically a tissue over her chest>expects you not to look at her chestI will never understand this logic
>>64678822What are you even talking about?
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>>64674700my fav
>>64686796dual shielding
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.
>>64686577I would buy thier product just because they made the effort to make this gif.
>>64685190I just paid 1700 for a braced AP5-SD. Very fun, can recommend. The can for it shows up tomorrow. Money is *largely* no object for this build. I'm just copying the Brandon Herrera video, except I'm not doing the actual ported barrel because that sounds tedious. It'll be my first can :)Blogpost over, happy holidays
yeah
>>64688141I accept this post as a yeah.
>>64687504if money is no object, why not get an hk sp5 instead of a clone?
Why were the huge Qing Dynasty armies so ineffective in the Opium Wars? They have to be the most one-sided wars in history.
>interesting thread about the failures of the Qing empire to adapt and modernize>assblasted chinksect has a meltie for days-1000 social credit, attempting to make imperial pigs look good discredits the CCP and the glory of the workers.
>>64688583hey, see it on the positive side, we can now use it as a poetry thread!
>>64666991They invented gunpowder but could not make it into serviceable weapons until the Europeans showed them how
The Qing had a clusterfuck military system that was ill prepared for fighting internal unrest by the 19th century let alone a professional foreign military.prior to the mid 19th century the Qing military could be divided into two parts. The firist part which was supposed to be the "real" professional standing army were the Banners. They functioned similar to the samurai as a hereditary warrior class that was supposed to be dominated by ethnic Manchus (even if in practice ethnic Han and other ethnicities seeped in) and ironically enough had similar issues that the samurai faced in Japan. hereditary titles and stagnant wages meant that you had a leadership filled with incompetent brats who only got the job through their bloodline while the masses of regular warriors were either poor or forced to take up civilian occupations part time to make ends meet. corruption was fairly endemic and training middling at best. It's a system that given it's major issues wouldn't have survived if not for the ethnic question, the banners were supposed to be the Manchu dominated warrior shock troops who in the worst case scenario could protect the Manchu elite.The Green standard army is a weird quasi armed force that originally came about as a secondary army to employ defecting han chinese soldiers from the Ming dynasty. they were used as a police force but the incompetence the banners showed even quite early on in the Qing's history in suppressing rebellions meant they also took on rebellion suppression as a job. So they functioned as a sort of police/interior security hybrid force. in addition to quite explicitly evolving into a force who weren't really designed to fight except in the face of rebellions the army struggled from familiar issues of poor pay leading to corruption and a general decline in efficiency.So the dynasty was woefully prepared to handle the million rebellions of the 19th century, let alone a modern army
>>64669415>Proto-commies in Yunnan going: Kill landlords. Behead landlords. Roundhouse kick a landlordsinto the concrete. Slam dunk a landlords' baby into the trashcan. (Yunnan-Miao Rebellion).honestly that doesn't even do the Miao rebellions justiceit was like 20 years of an absolute clusterfuck of multiple revolts devastating both Yunnan and Guizhou, you had muslim hui losing this shit in Yunnan while Guizhou was a shitfest of ethnic rebels, Taiping rebels, and other malcontents. A conservative estimate is 1/3 of Guizhou's population died during the course of it all, up to 2/3 if you take more liberal estimates at face value. and something like a million people in Yunnan
