Post gear. Discuss gear. Late night edition. Level IV+ and 4Chan Gold required.Old: >>64732103
>>64759471Congrats on a nice compass, something you can have your whole life. Learning land nav/orienteering is useful, and beneficial even if you use GPS and digital options. Something to do is get some topo printed for your area and places you go outdoors, if you laminate them even better, would also recommend some ranger beads to pace count. https://www.natgeomaps.com/trail-maps/pdf-quadsHigh quality survey maps, and there's trail versions, too where applicable on the site. Prints a 7.5 minute quad map with 1 page key, 4 pages quad.
>>64760201>Are water bladders even worth buying? I don't see how they're particularly better than any water bottle inside a backpack or something other than convenieceConvenience can make a big difference to your water intake. If taking a drink means taking your pack of or awkwardly reaching for a badly positioned pocket then you're going to hydrate less than someone who can just sip from the tube dangling over their shoulder.
>>64760662newest map on that site for my area was '97https://topobuilder.nationalmap.gov/ has newer topos but the checkout is weird, I think they are free but you have to wait for them to email it to you
>>64760702took about 15min for the email to show up with a download linkit 's overlayed on arial images, images look about 2 years oldkinda shitty for home printing, looks like you can deselect layers though
>>64760702Old but topo doesn't change very often, you'd probably be aware when it is. Not using these for roads obviously. never bothered to find something newer, report back your experience of the newer one if they print good and are accurate enough it's good to know alternatives.
Lockheed Martin's latest promotional video about their LRASM antiship missile engaging a Chinese Type 055 Cruiser launched from a F-35
>>64760477>Wait, are you that eternally asshurt indog that gets around shitting up any SEA thread?I think that's a butt hurt malay who hates Singapore and Australia equally. In any case, they didn't say anything about Singapore being CCP puppets so I don't think it's that particular tard
>>64760477The last I heard: The F-35C and recently the F-35B are undergoing testing and integration for the LRASM. Australians have been whining about the LRASM integration for their F-35A and also their SSN for a few years. No, I'm the American that hate most Americans and all foreigners.
>>64760308Just image the whole hull splitting in half with a massive explosion and chink body parts flying all over the place.
>>64759637did they intentionally make it look like an ace combat mission briefing
>>64760128It's fucking incredible how many people don't understand that external munitions stores showing up on radar is still a fuckload smaller than a 4th gen with external stores showing up on radar.The F-35's EW systems don't suddenly turn off either, and they're pretty fucking nasty for something that's not a dedicated EW platform.>>64760616At this point I'd be kind of surprised if the inspiration wasn't flowing both ways. AC has a lot of fans involved in real military aviation and adjacent fields because it's the fantasy of what they all wish they were really doing.
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.
Priming 330 pieces of .45. 300 plated 200gr SWC and 30 lead 200gr SWCs.
>>64760090Your poor hand. . .
Vitavuorhi data aside, anyone have loads for N570 in 338 Lap Mag for a 265gr Barnes TSX?
>>64760133>he doesn't workout while he reloadsNGMI
>>64760090I for one really hate the RCBS hand primer, I don't know if i've got a defective product, but with small primers the little bastard jams up often, the entry level LEE single stage press auto prime blew it out of the water.for some reason the fucking thing makes the primers seat wrong and the priming ram gets hung up on the plastic and case holder
How would you defeat this?
>>64760703it goes through it without doing much damage. why do you ask?
>>64760736no, it destroys the material around the area of the impactthe material deforms faster than energy can be transferred to the rest of the object, and breaks offthe projectile thus carries on its way through the target, without transferring all its energy to the targethence in >>64760092 this example, it is possible that a small number of particles will achieve fusion, producing a relatively large explosion, but most of the projectile's mass is likely to pass through the target
Reapers are shielded from what I remember. EM then high volume of conventional weapons? AP kinetic and HE.
>>64760714The fans ruined her, really. The romance was only there because of how vocally people wanted it.Oddly I think the same is true of Garrus's romance option but that actually works decently. I appreciate how it's framed as Shep initiating it too, they didn't want you feeling like you were turning him down if you were a femshep and just wanted to keep the bromance going.
>>64750872rm -rfor rmdir on windows
There's no real need to rehash why mechs don't work but what is the ideal jungle support vehicle then?
>>64754746>here's no real need to rehash why mechs don't workYes they do
>>64754949what about that truck with the huge saw blades on it from that one indiana jones movie
Ground vehicles are losing relevance and are going to keep losing relevance as time goes on and drones become ever more advanced. See >>64755286 - if you come across something in the jungle that infantry can't handle by themselves, then drone swarms or aerial vehicles (themselves also drones) will take over.
>>64754746literally just this >>64755310remove the jungle = remove the problemjungles are dogshit to traverse even for infantry, let alone anything weighing over a ton that can't (relatively) easily snake between treessame reason you don't bring land vehicles to mountains that don't have very sturdy and clear paths going through themif you intend on crossing the jungle by land you gotta remove the jungle (or stop being retarded and go over it)>>64760694here we go again>>64760755until infantry itself becomes obsolete it's going to need ground support no matter how vulnerable>something something flag planted something something not your territory
>>64760277yeah it's a huge lazy downgrade aesthetically, you could tell me right was from ghost recon or the division or whatever near-future game you want and aside from the patches it would 100% look it. it's bad even if you're not comparing it to beck's work
Late Christmas EditionPost what you want about anything. No rules.Previous thread: >>64597464
>>64760696I personally wouldn't modern ammo in the older M27 and M28 rifles without checking the diameter of the barrel but M39's will be completely fine with or without the D barrel
>>64760734is this why m39s are so expensive? Using cheap russian ammo or new stuff from PPU without messing up the barrel seems like a pretty big advantage.
>>64760761Nah its just that Finnish M39's are genuinely the best version of the Mosin rifle. Everything about them is betterOnce you've experienced both of them you'll see how much better the M39 is
>>64760777yeah I heard they are amazing. I just wouldn't want to buy one and then find out all of my nugget food is accidentally destroying the gun
>>64760796Just make sure you clean if its corrosive and dont shoot steel targets if its not 70's yugo unless you want to fuck up your target and you'll be plenty fine
This changes everything.https://defencesecurityasia.com/en/indonesia-rafale-fighter-jets-depart-france-airpower-shift-southeast-asia/
>>64754481Indonesia officially uses Multiplex world order to shape its foreign policy. Foreign Minister Sugiono in his annual foreign policy address for 2026 'characterized today’s international landscape as a “multiplex” world order, where diverse interests, dominant players, and overlapping rules coexist."
>>64758671>Multiplex world orderEven Kekistan is laughing.
>>64758946leeloo dallas multiplex
>>64749304Kek. The Frogs were pushing really hard for our Malaysian Airforce to buy their Rafales but our current administration is leery of taking their kickbacks due to recent scrutiny on other projects. We ended up buying K-poplanes.
>>64749304>Australia's 70 F-35As so stealthy that Indoanon doesn't even realise they're there and make the RAAF the unquestionable dominant regional air power even without US backing
Post swords of religious leader, famous military guys, or famous politiciansThese are the swords of Prophet Muhammad PBUH, he also owned armour and bows
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>>64760222Bow of Muhammad
>>64760222are you going to make this thread every week, abdul?
>>64760285Akhi, I made it once and that was last year. Post some cool swords
Bump
>he calls his collection an "armory"
>xhe calls xer harem a "nursery"
How effective are the Japanese Self Defense Forces? Could they be as bad ass as the Imperial Japanese Army? How do they stack up to the PLA, Russian or Western armies if Japanese is allowed to fully re-arm?
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>Burning through several proxies so you can spazz out in an empty thread for hoursThis is just sad.
can every single threadspamming schizo tard on this site get ass cancer and die? thanks
>>64758303Well let's not forget how they also liberated Taiwan from stupefying Confucian ways, and started them on the road to becoming a land of industry and rational inquiry. It was an awesome burden the Japanese bore, but they took it on gladly.To this day, the places that Japan wisely led are far more developed than their neighbors. How about that?
Where does a sailor shit on the Ford? No sinks allowed.
>If any of you were a ragebait casualty right now, I don't think I could cas-evac you. But supposing I could, there may be some of you here that think that you're allowed to be a noguns here. That is just not true.
Are they based or cringe?
>>64757298>Are they based or cringe?im pretty sure ive seen more than one report from ukrainan front line soldiers that some kind of full-face protection is absolutely necessary and vital piece of kit now, and its one of the main "take-aways" as far as infantry/frontline kit goes. i wish i knew where I saw it, but it was something to the effect that full face/head protection is something people think is for-real actually needed
>>64757298Has anyone came up with a universal head strap for goggle, gas mask, head phone, helmet and helmet attachments without making your head a water melon with a dozen rubber bands?
>>64757423I don't think I've seen them wearing anything besides cloth masks though?
>>64757298If they work your brain is swollen and your neck broke, if they don't you've got a new hole in your head. The nose/cheek area is perfectly designed to funnel any and all debris into your eyes. They are great at making performative turdie armies look tuff though
>>64757298It's for pigcops to hide their identity while they trample on your rights.
>French army testing the Hermione hydrogen-powered UGV that refuels in just three minutes, carries up to 300 kilograms of payload, and operates for 20 hours with all-wheel drive mobility (by Polish P.H.U. Lechmar and French H2X-Defense)
>>64756603I'm sure the flame will conveniently point away.
>>64755699>What's the use-caseWhite male detection and suppression.
>>64755672>HermioneIt's Yuu-Geh-Vee, not You-Gee-Vee.
it can carry a droneso you can drone while you drone
>>64755672greatest travesty is they don't actually pronounce it hermione but more like 'ermione, same with ee-dro-zhen
New Abrams just dropped
>>64756245Once you are entombed in the tank, you can never get out. You become integrated into the tank.
>>64760656PART OF THE CREWPART OF THE SHIPPART OF THE CREW
>>647604962 crew just isn't enough manpower for all the various duties that don't involve actively operating the vehicle. Swedes tried 2-man crews with the S-tank and ran into exactly that issue.
>>64756165Why no turbine?
>>64758977People really don't seem to understand that drones are a result of what's available, not what's ideal. I do not for a second believe that anyone in Ukraine would really rather use 40 drones to try and mission kill a T-72 instead of a single ATGM, JDAM giving it a sunroof, artillery fire, anything. But it's what they have and what they can get in quantity so it's what they fight with, and they make it work. Likewise for Russia, the absolute best they can do for support most of the time is lobbing a glide bomb from a timezone away, so they make do.The ideal weapons and force compositions to make drones less viable aren't available to either side. Ideally you'd be using ELINT to discover operator positions, then level the entire block with air support and/or artillery. They're trying, but they only have so many of the bits and pieces involved. Drones can only work as they do right now because both sides lack the ability to reliably punish those vulnerable operator assets so close behind the front.Something is seriously fucking wrong if the US Army is ever deploying tanks without the ability to kindly request that the USAF level a building on their behalf.
