why are soviet ifv so mediocre when compared to their western counterparts?
>>65049361>MT-LB>lust provokingThat's both geronto- and necrophilia on your part
>>65048891If that's true it worked since soldiers even rn will ride on top of it despite drones and artillery just to not be inside it.
>>65049192The only real problem with the BMP-1 is that the soviets struck gold once and refused to change their way of thinking around IFVs ever since even though the BMP including all its derivatives were obsolete in the 80s. The BMP-2 was a good improvement, but it was still hampered by that god awful chassi.
>>65049532Anon...Look at OP again
>>65049933>the soviets struck goldlol
Do you need special munitions to take out power plants in a similar way to runway cratering and taking out hardened bridges?It seems like Russia and Ukraine just take the route of trying to hit critical components and grid connectors but we've seen that so long as you have access to components then you can quickly return to business after a strike.
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>>65049697>Reality disagreesWhy?
>>65049744You’re a total retard. Oil companies don’t set prices. KYS.
>>65049897What a great system the world has.
>>65050008>phoneposterOpinion discarded
Since the Iran war is so controversial, let's think about a war absolutely nobody would have a problem with. This morning, the President of the United States has tasked you with preforming a great service to humanity: The invasion of India. What happens to them after the war is up to you, if you'd like to genocide them, balkanize them or maybe try to make them into a functioning country or whatever. The objectives from the POTUS are fairly straight forward.>The destruction of the Indian military>The destruction or control of their nuclear weapons (They do have a nuclear triad so, it's important that's nipped in the bud before any issues arise)>The Pacification of the Indian civilian population. Through any means necessary.ITT we talk about how we would go about destroying India and what we'd do after they've been defeated. You can go about it anyway you want, not just a military campaign - be it a direct intervention; inciting a civil war through espionage or economically. Extra points for describing the methods of depopulation. Picrel is a map of all the major sites and military installationsGodspeed Anon
>>65034306>>65034348Imagine if it was Japan or Germany.They would never even see it coming.
>>65034274A handful of anglos with muskets and a few cannon took all of this single-handed. I'd just go to the local bar and ask anyone with a gun and some free time if they want to have fun and fuck brown girls while blasting dot heads. Three or four bars and I'd have enough to occupy the sub continent for a generation.
>>65036406>In the late 60s, a Southern Sheriff reached out to Johannesburg police chief for advice on how to quell riots>He tells him>First you hit dem wid da peppah spray, dey will keep coming, so den douse dem widya fiya-hose. Dey will keep coming. Den, we loose da dawgs. Dey typically run aftah dat.>Sheriff considers this and asks>If them dawgs work, why not just send em first?South African says; If you don't season and wash da dirtee niggas first, dee dawgs won't bite.
>>65034274>Step 1: Naval blockadeAs the economic effects of that play out things will get much easier for step 2>Step 2: incite internal tensionPull on the ethnic, religious, and caste divisions within Indian society, push as many of them to turn violent as possible, laying the groundwork for your eventual occupation>Step 3: If step 2 doesn't work let Pakistan believe that you'll let them keep all the land they can take from IndiaYou won't, of course, but there's a decent chance that this leads to at least a limited nuclear exchange, which should cause enough damage to make the eventual occupation a lot easier>Step 4: After occupation encourage as many Indians as you can to relocate to ChinaJust for the giggles
>>65034274>invadingdoing it wrong, 48 hours
If mid-Cold War had sea skimming missiles but no reliable CIWS / SHORAD, how were ships expected to not die?
>>65046221For the NATO? ECM, which those early active radar missiles were susceptible to, and combat air patrols. For Soviets? Die.
>>65049396In that case my knowledge has been expanded.
>>65049156>When cold war-era missile seekers go active they don't know which target to prioritize, they simply lock onto the strongest returnNot all of them. Some had a tiny bit of logic built in that was able to randomly select one of the strong returns.The idea was that this would cause a missile salvo to naturally spread out instead of overkillling the first or largest return, and it might help against chaff clouds.Soome missiles also had IR seekers, and some could be set to home-on-jam.It mamy loook primitive from today's perspective, but they were really pushing whaht their electronics could do.
>>65049705Yeah but that's implying the formation is very close together. And while Cold War era formations were tighter than today, it was still feasible to station a ship far enough forward on the threat vector to eat the salvo.
>>65046317Falklands was the war where every nation realised how vulnerable their ships were to ASMs and adapted.The UK didn't have adequate defences during that war, but you are correct in that they did have some attempt at a defemsive system.Modern warfare is just the next generation of adaption that's been happening over 20 years at this point.
Today we shed a tear for the French cuck military destroying every FAMAS in their inventory
>>65044947>I've training with a bullpup using over 1,000 rounds of ammunition I am just as effective with it and my mommy is proud of me for it
>>65044666how about you have autism a little bit less and show us what the fuck you're talking about normal people don't revolve around the things you see
>>65044942It's just unobtanium. They were fairly competent as far as 1970s bullpups go, and the lever delayed blowback system is novel but it isn't any better than a basic AR-15 or AUG.Still, it would have been nice to get them as parts kits. A tiny number of semi auto versions were imported in the 1980s which is basically the only way for an American to ever hold or shoot one. God help you if you lose or break the magazine as well, which was intended to be disposable and is virtually impossible to replace now. They did make an AR pattern compatible G2 but that never made it to market here.>>65049022Politics. The military usually has their hands tied and is required to destroy surplus inventory because politicians don't want egg on their faces when some idiot makes the news shooting up a school with a gun or piece of surplus gear they sold. Germany had a huge "oh shit" moment when all the cheap flecktarn kevlar vests they dumped ended up being used by Azov in Ukraine. That's why those vests went from being $34 a pop to unobtanium overnight. They destroyed their remaining inventory in 2015/16ish.Now it's a nightmare for any military in Europe to sign off surplusing anything. It happens, but usually by a 3rd party country. For instance they send old helmets/uniforms/rifles to a small backwater in their sphere of influence and those guys sell it commercially once they have finished thrashing it. It's not impossible to get some FAMAS kits that way from some smaller French speaking country many years from now. I suspect that's where we recently got some French marked Sig 540 kits from.
>>65044666Deep, profound mental retardation, they are like 3 billion dollars in debt and they destroy them instead of selling it. Nuke france
>>65044666I always knew Satan was a fr*g. Source?
Iranian air defenses have successfully intercepted the second AGM-158 JASSM Cruise Missile in as many days, the first one was either intercepted yesterday or that's when the photos were released.
>>65048254your tax money well spent (for israel), eh magacuck?
funny how you can talk about politics and current events just fine in this board... but only if you are pro-west or pro-war (you get banned otherwise), even though >>64246310 clearly states that>All discussion of politics and current events goes on /pol/. >>>/pol/
>>65044604did they really intercept them or just take pictures form munitions that failed and crashed and then say they intercepted them?
>>65049877if you wanna be a thirdie you need to do it on the thirdie board
>>65049877What do you mean anon?I think this war is an unmitigated clusterfuck that's done more damage to the US than any enemy could ever hope to inflict.But I'm not being a fucking dumbass retweeting the first photo of what I'm told is a burnt out F-35 I see and parading it around like I'm the cleverest cunt to ever live, so it's fine.Don't pretend the issue is just being 'anti-war' or 'anti-west', it's being a fucking /pol/ poster about it.
photographs of flying boats and floatplanes
>>65049504Ejection seats on those, if they were fitted, would require cold survival suits and O2. Because if you have to eject in a thermal column, you'll climb to 60k feet.
Iä! Iä! Cthulhu fhtagn! Ph'nglui mglw'nfah Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn!
How the fuck do you stop the Houthi? I'm sick of them camping out in the mountains and periodically crashing my portfolio. What weapons does it take?
>>65019315>All discussion of politics and current events goes on /pol/.>not this one, though
>>65019605>I still don't understand why we invaded Iraq insteadbecause it's much more difficult
>>65049015>>65049215If we stopped bombing them they wouldn't attack ships. We are the aggressors here on behalf of Israel and Saudi Arabia.
>>65019318this guy would be ripped to shreds by the Houthis. they're Taliban but arguably more hardcore and more heavily armed.
>>65019315>invade coast, kill any who resist or refuse to surrender>set up a perimeter>expel the entire population starting with every fighting age male>proceed with construction of airstrip, naval docks, mcdonalds, etc>enjoy your new strategically located base>houthis spend all their time on shooting at drones and mortar attacks>charge a toll to passing ships for this service
Its just cool. Fills all of the Mel Gibsons of the world with fear.https://youtu.be/nbpSs74bWL4
What would a modern version look like?
I haven't seen one in a good while. I'm seriously thinking about buying an AUG soon so I'd like some advice. I know there's both 5.56 and .300 blackout variants to choose from and I'm leaning towards the .300 and just using supersonic ammunition. AUGs are notable for being poor suppressor hosts anyways, right? Plus, prices for supersonic .300 aren't that bad according to AmmoSeek when compared to 75/77gr 5.56 which I already buy. Plus if I ever change my mind about .300 I could just buy a 5.56 barrel.
>>65037838I saw the video, many keks. Of course you had to have Steyr USA people shoot it. They seemed very concerned.
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>>65046300>(or I guess any other really long barrel gun)Yeah, bullpup is completely irrelevant here, as is:>like 20" or 24", is there risk of baffel strikes?Wat? If anything longer barrel length (within v gain) would (utterly negligibly) reduce the risk of baffle strikes since the bullet is moving faster when it exits the barrel. But it's effectively irrelevant no matter what. Baffle strikes (or rather can core strikes in general, since 3D printed cans don't have baffles) happen from manufacturing/assembly errors or improper seating. Like if you direct thread with no locker and forget to check tightness from time to time and let the can wander off the end. Doesn't matter if the barrel is 8" or 36" for either of those.
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>>64998138This.It wouldn't have met parity, but given everything they (didn't) have to work with, it's an impressive achievement.>Country can't manufacture a metal wheel.>Tank, sans guns, can be built in backyard of average farmer with local materials and local skill level.>Impregnable to small arms fire. Requires AT to take it out.Don't get me wrong, there's a lot wrong with it. It's taller than a Maus, slower than one too. It can't turn while moving. It gets penetrated by any AT grade munitions. It never got a proper cannon. But it's a genuinely cool bit of history, and for what Semple himself was working with, it's a damn impressive achievement.
>>65027054wehraboo me as much as you wantbut this thing looks like straight outta Halo
>>65023831any more?
Is there anything cool blueprint/prototype wise that Bofors plant ever did with actual vehicles? I know their concept guns like the 120mm automatic anti bomber flak gun is pure sex.
Anyone wanna make a new thread?
>It's upthe eyetalians haven't invented the screw yet, but they somehow made a gun without inventing screwshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y13tD1uYW7Yvery accurate, dropped once, never fired comes with a brown racoon girl
>>65048025>attractive and fit people might be having sex TASUKETE NIGGERMAN
>>65048046A slut is a slut and a slut is bad, jew.
>doesn't use screws>watch video>see the barrel, threaded>its a screw
>>65047676basically instead of having an action that's bolted to the stock both the barrel and the action are just hanging in space and the only part where it touches the stock is the clamp at the base of the barrel, which also acts like a heat sink which uses the entire chassis into a radiator.
>>65046613Pretty neat, and surprisingly pretty darn reasonably priced too given the market. I mean, obviously ~$4500 isn't cheap per se, but comparing to ultra high end Ko2M sorts of guns like what you might get from AI or the like, that's actually lower then a lot of them despite being a brand new thing doing some neat stuff and not mass manufactured at all.
>>65048643I have that model, set up in a similar manner. Buy it.
>>65048643I have a SP9A1 myself. It's a fun little temu SCAR15P looking PCC and will occasionally garner "owo what gun is that?" questions at the range. IDK if the MP5-wannabe roller shit in A3s is really all that worth it but YMMVif you get a bog just be sure to get the US-made magazines from GP USA, cause the ones that come with it are kind of ass
>>65048687>>65048707Thanks anons
>>65041834Dropped the Beretta cx4 storm stock adapter and cutting jig on odysee @luvs2spwge. Build guide on YouTube.M1922 Hotchkiss receiver repair sections get here end of the month. See y'all on /msg/
AP5Pfags I will become one of you soon, how does high height over bore feel on the gun? I've got an aimpoint pro lying around I'd like to mount.
/k/ fits.I don't mean armorI don't mean anything that improves capacity, with a fag tier amount of pocketsI mean clothing that enhances a /k/unt's ability to /k/unt it up. Pic related. Shoe coverings, tread removal, hair coverings, gloves, face coverings, cheap & disposable, etc.
>>65049268>fitJust say outfit you fucking spaz. Enough with the broccoli-head wigger abbreviate everything bullshit.
After I become former-fats, I'm going to wear cowboy shirts and bolo ties.
They just look cool
>>65049268It doesnt beat this
>>65049268Just deadass gripped a new Yankees fitted.
This probably has been asked a lot, but are bolters realistic? And if they could exist, would they be as good at penetrating armor as the tabletop game suggests?
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>>65028560>but are bolters realistic?All of the principles behind them are sound but the design of a Godwyn pattern is pretty silly.The tabletop suggests they're good at piercing man portable protection up to light carapace, which is a ceramite/armorplas combination, the space magic version of ceramic/uhmwpe. They're diamantine tipped which again is space magic, but probably means they're a barrier blind round similar to M855A1. But remember these are anywhere from .6 to .75 cal rockets. >>65028616They're AP nil in rending, AP4 in 7e and before style AP. Which means they beat everything that's not power armor.
>>65049668>>65028888Ah my bad I was misremembering, they're AP5. Which means they pierce basically the flak armor that a standard guardsman has but not much more.
>>65049632>homophobia>on 4chan of all placesDo you not know where you are?
>>65049575Of course not, we just outright delete them for having wrong opinions.
