How were these used? As a big axe with pointy bits or as a spear with a bit more versatility?
>>64681176As I understand, they wedged in the obsidian (occasionally flint if that was the only thing available) in carved holes, and together with some kind of simple but effective naturally sourced epoxy which I forgot what it was. Held in there fairly strong. Unfortunately, since these are made out of wood, virtually all original Aztec macuahuitl have been lost to time. About a century ago, there were two, then one was lost in a museum fire, leaving the one (pic related, which you'd be forgiven for thinking was just any other scrap of wood at a glance), until in the 2000s when archeologists had the great fortune to discover a couple more in Mexico.The Aztecs did however write down their shit on the macuahuitl, so there have been various faithful recreations for the past few centuries.>>64681170It's not doing well against the breast plate, obviously (and again, they ultimately lost), but the poor fuckers who lost their head obviously had no steel armor to protect their necks.I would absolutely say that various Western and Eastern sword designs made with actual metal are just a lot more practical and flexible than a macuahuitl, I would MUCH rather have a cutlass or dao for fighting, or hell, a fucking gun, but these things were legit sharp as a razor and held that edge, and against light or no armor it was a fearsome cleaver.
>>64681331It does. As cool as I think this type of weapon is, the Aztecs just were not as technologically advanced (and the macuahuitl is a prime example of how), they would still have lost hard, sickness or not.>>64681305You're completely delusional, the Aztecs lost because they had no guns or horses. Chalking it all up to disease is some later Liberal bullshit rationalizing.
>>64674659In most medieval small towns it would be men of the lords retinue. In cities it would be militias. But for example flemish and dutch militias, schuttereijen, who were prominent in the 30 and 80 years war, were expected to do territorial defence and to train regularly. They werent town watch, more like second line soldiers.
>>64681385>Chalking it all up to disease is some later Liberal bullshit rationalizing.Agreed. Yes, there was disease. But far before that, there was murder.
>>64681385Reminder that Correz and Pizarro were from families of low nobility who had fought the moors for centuries in the Reconquista. They were even cousins. They got so bored of peace after there no more moors to slay in Spain, they went and found more heathens to fight for the glory of God. Demons who rip mens beating hearts out and eat them.
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>>64681296trgear has one made of plastic for 55 bucks
>>64681276No
>>64678518For duty/carry I'd go to regular guy training. But because he only reviews at high round counts and pays for everything himself his output is low and infrequent
>>64681276I'm currently considering buying a literal s&w 686+ revolver for less than that
>>64679950Are you sure you aren't thinking of the security 9 or the 9E?The American was slotted at the RXM's price point. It was their flagship semi auto at that point.
I found this old rifle hidden in my grandparents house and they weren’t even aware they had it. My grandma said she was pretty sure it was my great grandfathers. The only thing I’m sure of is that it’s a Japanese one but I’m not sure the specific one
>>64680018https://oldmilitarymarkings.com/japanese_markings.htmlLooks like it was manufactured by Toyo Kogyo Arsenal
>>64680048you say this acting like otherwise you are good at identifying extremely common and recognizable guns
>>64680000>Learn to use google lens.Fucking zoomers calling anyone lazy.
It really is "Always an Arisaka"
I thought it was always a FAMAS.
Where can I buy replicas of bronze age armor /k/?: https://youtu.be/aM-TuFkUXEA?
>>64679675Are you a leaf?
>>64677027>bronze age cavalryannoys me every time its depicted in modern mediaespecially a heavy lancer like this
>>64677382For some reason Hollywood really hates armor.They can excellently and accurately do sumptuous historical costumes. But when it comes to armor suddenly all talent disappears.
>>64679542>Anachronism is cool and autistic adherence to historical accuracy is gay and retardedanachronism isn't the issue here, the problem is that nolans interpretation looks uninspired and lame as shit
>>64679648>everything has to look depressinganon i dont even think theres a filter in that shot, have you ever been outside before?
Speech: http://kcna.kp/en/article/q/5ceed4f1eb2058145a9bbbc60fcf07dd.kcmsftl;rd: Basically they want a nuclear sub fleet and are building a Blue Water navy, new surface ships explicitly referred to as 'Attack Destroyers'1/4: It is large.
>>64676744>The real threat is the artillery that will flatten Seoul before the US can counter-battery fire.Is it nuclear artillery? If not it'll only do limited damage before getting counter-spammed.
>>64676372They are always so fucking cringe with their fake clapping and smiles
>>64681359
>>64680127The japs totally deserved it. Agree with you on the rest.
>>64676323I am sure this wont be defeated by a cheap ass sea baby.
Hard mode: No derailing the trainLegendary mode: No killing anyone
>>64680354Fuck your rules*derails the train*
>>64680427I LIGHT MY TORCH AND BURN IT
>>64680442>not selling the locomotive before you steal it, then fucking off with the money
>>64680354>name my organization the CIA>derail the train, kill everybody, appropriate whatever material wealth hasn't been destroyed in the process>use the gains to fund fundamentalist guerilla and/or terror cells incompatible with civilzation itself"It never happened."
>>64680354Deploy a green agenda that makes coal unavailable on international markets. Or at least unaffordably expensive and illegal to export. That is clearly a steam locomotive. So it would grind to a halt. Next convince the passengers to buy my crypto coin, having them give me their money willingly. The rugpull them.
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>>64678922>what on earth did they need an RQ-170 for when making a shahed?Shahed is a product line, HESA makes dozens of different drones. The RQ-170 clone is Shahed 171 "Simorgh", while the flying dorito we all know and love is Shahed 136.
>>64680250>M4 is cheaper to make than an AK of comparable qualityLmao
>>64681273He's right though
>>64681273In the USA it is.
>>64681273It is though? The setup cost for making milspec AK quality stamped parts is prohibitive for most small businesses.Soviet AKs were made in massive, well equipped state run plants that were set up over the course of several years under Russian supervision.Once this huge initial investment is made, the actual AK is "cheap to make" in the same way a single consumer grade CPU is "cheap to make".
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>>64680917How was Christmas, Robert?
>>64675750>Thank fuck the government is paying for this psycho to not be in my unit.wtf.he should be left with fucking nothing.
>>64680931Millions have died.
>>64681205Could be worse, he could be in charge of 40 people and making decisions that jeopardize the country.
>>64681239>Millions have died.At this time of year?At this time of day?In this part of /k/?Localized entirely within your imagination?
Post gear, discuss gear.Innawoods with doxycycline edition. (Dreaming of Spring.) Old: >>64643979
>>64681290Listen hohol A2 has been to ONE Chris Costa class he is tough guy true american from texas oblast
>>64681297I kneel
What is A2 YouTube channel? I want to confirm what camp pillow he uses. Pretty sure it's Sea2Summit.
>>64681314https://www.youtube.com/@HoplopfheilMake sure it's the well-used version with the "salty field patina"
>>64671717i don't know if this is the right thread but I don't see anything in the catalog about surplus. I don't know anything about surplus or gear. I saw pic related at the Goodwill and thought it might be an m65 jacket so I bought it for a couple bucks. It has this gilly suit kind of burlap stuff sewn on. Now that I've looked into it I don't think it's an m65 because it doesn't have the folding hood in the collar but I assume it's genuine because it has that USMC stamp on the pocket. I can't make out much on the tags. Any idea what it is and if the burlap stuff is an actual feature or just sewn on by some boyscout or air softer?
Gripen pilot, shareholder, and spokesperson says stealth is irrelavent 70's tech on major youtubers podcast
>>64676850After seeing my twatter timeline filled with actual paid shills for the Gripen E around the Canada discourse I have utter disdain for it. I can only take multiple dozen "erm did you know the Gripen has EW pods and that means it can beat the F-35" "no one has actually ever put EW pods on planes until Sweden discovered that you could with the Gripen E which is why the Gripen is so good" posts until I can't take anything those retards say seriously anymore.
>>64678407keep breaking the scale, fatso lmao
>>64679909It's funny because the F-35 has an internal EW suit that is battle provenhttps://theaviationist.com/2025/11/25/f-35-sead-op-midnight-hammer/>“We employed weapons to great effect against surface-to-air missile sites… while they were trying to target us with some very high high-end systems and they were just unable to,” said Osborne. “It was cool to see the jet detect and defeat things – to watch it do exactly what it was designed to do.”The F-16 is also getting an internal EW suit, ditching the pod https://theaviationist.com/2025/12/03/close-look-new-ew-system-us-f-16s/
>>64679374Yeah this is bullshit
>>64679685Retard, He’s talking about Iran, not OIF
would a starship-based gunship or dragon-based gunship work?
>>64678061thisthey will probably build starbase-2 in orbit where they can actually build more complex/bigger spacecraft but until then the simplest cheapest thing you can get to orbit is probably what you can put inside a starship payload bay or mod the starship into
>>64670128Dragon functions as the cockpit. It docks on the forward ring to an armed cargo block, walla, instant space gunship, infinitely upgradable.
>>64670128I've considered this idea before myself but I don't think there is really benefit for using crewed vehicles in any sort of plausible modern space combat scenario. Any thing that requires military action in space any time in the near future would be confined to low earth orbit which is close enough that any comms delays would be negligible meaning there is no reason it couldn't just be remotely operated from ground stations. Also a gunship wouldn't be the ideal form factor for a modern weaponized spacecraft because it would most likely just be used for destroying or capturing satellites and you'd want to minimize the creation of secondary debris in commonly used orbits so weapons that damage without fracturing the target would be best (Electronic warfare, direct energy weapons, just pushing the thing out of orbit,etc).
>>64678625you could have starship-based bigger designs but i think something small and simple to launch will be the first millitarized armed spacecraft
>>64678061>>64678084Honestly I think the core technology really missing is self propagating small unmanned vehicles capable of doing detail work. Shipping stuff up into orbit is a losing proposition vs sourcing what you need and assembling it already in space. Until that becomes a reality I don't see anything coming from space combat outside of one or two super powers launching them for clout before proceeding to do absolutely fuck all with them outside of burning literal piles of money on maintaining them.
Could plastic garbage from the ocean be used for 3D printers for printing guns like FGC-9?
>>64632856Singe use wrappers for basic household consumables (soap, shampoo, shaving cream, etc.)
>>64677093>>64680222Based trips. Butcher their entire (((diaspora))) in the streets, too.
>>64624726What wars are the fish fighting?
>>64624726Filthy eastoids.
>>64680447Why would you do that, lol, they're fucking ugly. Their women in particular look like they're covered in a layer of shit.
so let me get this straight: it has the profile of a ww1 tank, is slow as an interwar tank, has the armor of a ww2 tank, has the gun of a modern tank BUT with worse range, penetration, and precision, doesn't have CMs, doesn't have ERA, doesn't have an autoloader, doesn't have GPS, doesn't have telemeters or aiming softwares of any kind, it barely has an electric motor to turn the turret, it barely has a radio, and you're telling me THIS is a futuristic design?
It's not supposed to be futuristic, the principle of Warhammer is that most futuristic technologies developed in the past have been lost or are in the process of being lost so it's quite logical to have tanks equivalent to WWII when genuinely futuristic weapons exist in this universebut yes otherwise the rest of the lore is stupid
>>64680709There's less ass rape in 40k tho
>>64680886Maybe they dream of less rape? Or a place with less rape they can go rape?
>>64680946There's no HIV in 40k, they dream of ass rape without consequences.
>>64665288>retrofuturism is something that looks outdated but it performs betterFutureretroism.
how fucked are silencer wait times going to be next week?
>>64680408>constructive intentYeah, that's why I'm submitting a Form 1. Do you have any examples of this actually happening?
>>64680322>posts on k>about being worried about the feds10/10 I guffawed.
>>64681253>it's not a silencerGood enough for Hiram Maxim, good enough for me. Would you prefer "muffler"?
>>64681272>Would you prefer "muffler"?Only around my neck.>soft pitch>let's see if he swings
I just moved to a red state, how do I go by buying a suppressor from a website, do they give me the option to fill out the forms or do I need to do that myself
Have Russia fixed theirs AK12 or its still sucks? Do Russians soldiers still prefers the oldies AK74Ms?
>>64680347>Have Russia fixed theirs AK12Yes, by changing it towards the original proto rejected by boomer generals in the peacetime. >Do Russians soldiers still prefers the oldies AK74MsSome do, if only out of sense of familiarity and\or having a bag of Zenitco stuff to deck in out in. Aftermarket for the 12 is still a bit sparse, esp. with the changes to the grip\FCS and muzzle device in recent revisions.Also, we now have a heavy(-ish) barrel assault shorty for some sweaty balls-to-crack CQB.
>>64680434Would you say that the current version of AK12 is meanginful superior to AK74M or is just slight more light? Do Russians soldiers would prefer to use captured western rifles like HK416, UAR 15 etc if they had access to its ammo?
>>64680347Its okay. Now that they reverted the burst to a regular 74 trigger, the reliability issues have mostly evaporated; and the newer magpul style furniture is much tougher than the original buffer tube shit. 74s are preferred because of the aftermarket and don't have the quality stigma of the ak12, but with the native ability to mount optics and lights, the actual necessity of the aftermarket is way diminished; which could be said to be the whole point of the gun. The mags are excellent, seriously sought after even by guys who otherwise hate the gun. There will always be those who refuse to accept it, simply because the 74 didn't have these teething problems (at least nobody is old enough to remember), but on the whole its a decent if unambitious upgrade.>>64680469generally no, but depend on who they are. a lot of times guys capture a gun with a thermal, and they have no means to use it on their own gun; so it makes sense to just keep using the gun it came on while ammo lasts. it also cant be discounted that its a whole generation of gamers, who think M4s and 416s are cool and just appreciate them as a trophy.
>>64680347does the top cover hold zero now or not yet
