what do you think this is worth? never bought a second hand optic before so no idea if this is a good idea or not. looks like its delaminating
Zero unless you have it in hand and can check reticle brightness to see if it's leaked. It's almost certainly leaked if they aren't showing ultra bright reticle pics in sunlight, or if the price is too good to be true.
>>65034881Anon, I have a personal binary rule: never buy second hand optics unless they are attached to second hand guns, and never let the price of a secondhand gun be dictated by the bull shit someone else tacked on to it.
>>65034881Eotechs suck, its delaminating lol. Dogshit batterylife, massive zero shifts due to tempature change, and what other optic delaminates? Unfortunately i know from experience. I bought a second hand nf atacr from eurooptic and its been great. Thats about the only place id trust to buy a second hand optic
>>65034912>>65034937>>65034945>>65034995Thanks for the replies lads. Haven't seen it in hand unfortunately so it would be a gamble. Definitely shit, but surely it'd be worth something?
>>65035024>Definitely shit, but surely it'd be worth something?It is nor worth my time to speculate.
>>65035275It feels like they added a layer of complexity for the sake of adding complexity. What's the point of the entire chamber as well?
>>65035281I like the telescoped concept and there is no reason you can't have a "rimless" rim like any other cartridge.
>>65035281I prefer my ammo to be erect
>>65035305>What's the point of the entire chamber moving as well?
>>65035281I prefer my ammo to be a innie caged bussy
He's going to be forced to stop being a queer and buy a bunch of Wedgetails now, right?
>>65030816>Silo ICBMs are now solidThey've been solids for like... 60 years, Anon. If you aren't using solids in your ICBMs, you will die.
>>65031192Which is why no one will ever launch nukes at a silo and therefore why they're useless.
>>65031192About half of Vatnigger ICBM and SLBM types use hypergolic liquid fuel. Even their latest RSM-56 Bulava SLBM is mixed design with two solid stages and liquid final stage allow higher maneuverability in space to avoid defenses and higher accuracy. Their latest ICBM, RS-28 Sarmat is liquid fuel design, mostly because liquid fuels are quite a bit more efficient than solids when it comes to creating thrust. Obvious drawback being much more expensive missile maintenance, but that has never been too high on Russian priorities.
>>65030052I'm Australian schlomo we never had a navy. Hopefully the Iranians put you cunts back in the oven. Truly doing gods work.
>>65027955Says the jew
Would P90s and MP5s really melt through armor like it does in my kinos?
>>65031391>>65031386Like with most sci-fi TV shows Jaffa armor performance depends entirely on the script. You can have it create virtual juggetnauts in one episode and then be virtually useless for the rest of the season.
>>65035250I don't recall the Jaffa ever being shown as 'virtual juggernauts', they're just disposable mooks designed for SG1 to plow their way through (or occasionally capture them when the plot demands it). Which, IIRC, is pretty much what the GOOLD designed them to be - neat little toy soldiers mostly meant to look impressive as they stood watch around a palace, or to die 'gloriously' in the almost choreographed battles the GOOLD fought with each other, and occasionally they'd get to brutalise some bronze age peasants who'd gotten out of line and needed to be reminded of their place at the bottom of the shitheap. It was honestly kind of funny watching Teal'c and Bra'tac talking about Jaffa honour, warrior spirit, and martial pride - considering that their entire species was just meant to be either decorative features or jobbers for their gods.
So basically these are the machine guns of WWI but for our generation?
>>65012067I am once again asking>where are the fucking lasers??
>>65012067Waiting for the BO2 spamming of drones on New York City by the chinese
>>65012067Yes but we are current seeing gatling guns, the MG42 will be autonomous swarms.
>>65025844That would provoke an article 5 response. China already has enough enemies in their immediate surroundings. They do not benefit from uniting the rest of the planet against them.
>>65013327I work in a job where I had to assess the threat of terror drones. It’s a nothingburger. Terrorists don’t have the logistics or resources to organize such an attack. Drones are cheap by military standards, not by civilian standards. If you want to kill a lot of people, you drive a car into a crowd and blow it up.
I’m gonna miss gun boomers when they’re gone.—————————————-USMC 84’-88’ 3551 SEMPER FI DO OR DIE“Don’t bring your safe space to my danger zone.”////MAGA 4547/// “No Russian ever called me a nazi.”“I hate being sexy, but I’m a certified FORKLIFT operator so I can’t help it”*punisher skull pfp* *lists bubba’d garand for 5k on gunbroker**deletes life savings 1 year before the grave* *sells 3 story single family house he lives alone in to an Indian family**bootstraps own children living below poverty line out of the will*
>>65028868Some people are just cunts, yes that includes parents. I don’t know shit about this dude, maybe he is a cunt, but i also know some cunty parents who wrote their kids out of inheritance for things like marrying someone they don’t like or not letting them give their babies whiskey for toothaches. There’s stories out there about people losing their inheritance for reporting familial child rapists, there are some really fucking asshole parents out there maaan
>>65023143Yeah, kinda hits the nail on the hand. The nation can atrophy easily if everything gets steadily older including the entrepreneurs. I got lucky because I got an "inheritance" early due to extremely cucked new inheritance tax laws and my based (af, no cap) dad deciding to set us off early. I was doing alright but the extra kick just made the current times much easier allowing me to do quite a lot of what I wanted to do early. There's a different mindset when you're older and there's a lot of wisdom kids don't have but a do-or-die attitude is good for the economy and keeps people on their toes. A protectionist attitude has its place but overall seeing it play out large scale makes it seem like a slow painful death knell.>picrelNo fun captchas anymore. I enjoyed thinking "I KNOW THAT ONE!" when it wasn't anime for once
>>65024631Or if you're young just give them puppy eyes and say>oh ok, it's my dad's/grandad's trophy from the war and it's the only thing I have left from himSent from my Samsung Galaxy S67
>>65033617What's the correct answer for that one?
>>65034294
We're undeniably in the age of the drone, modern militaries have very little cost effective counters to small mass produced drones, but that wont last, better detection and interception technology like interceptor drones, lazars, specialized ammunition, better EW are being developed and slowly rolled out, the Ukraine war will be viewed like how we view world war one, a strange inflection point of bad and outdated strategy meeting new more powerful weapons. the drone will eventually be just another tool in the arsenal instead of a wonder weapon,
>>65034686Kek.
>>65034079My brown friend, have you actually thought about the realities of operation of those systems?
>>65034926this, lets take the german gepard flak guns, they have a range of about 5 km, lets be generous and take that a single system protects a bubble of 10 km around itself, which would be literally the best case scenario, now lets see how many of them we'll need to protect kyiv - oops, we need at least 17 of them based on range, 17 systems for just one city, in reality you'd need more, taking into account service, natural gaps, range being not so optimal in the real world and so on, i.e. in reality we'd be probably looking at 25-30 at leastand then you start to remember that all of the systems need crews, (trained) people who'd work in shifts, people whom need to sleep somewhere, whom need to be fed, who need to be transported, and systems need fuel, ammo and other such thingsand this is with a pretty good proven system, which actually workstry to scale that for all bases, targets, factories and other such things and you'll rapidly realize how fucked things are even when dealing with basic bitch attack dronesthis is also for people who kek "why won't russians protect their factories with aaa teams" - lmao, you have no idea how insanely hard it is to organize this even if you have the systems themselves, let alone if you try to give them some shitty soviet zu guns
>>65035381>, they have a range of about 5 km2 km range against Shaheed. 3 km range spending 100 AHEAD rds ($100000) per intercept
>>65035394>100 AHEAD rds ($100000) per interceptEhm, ACKshually this is fake, I've personally seen those systems shoot down drones, it takes an order of magnitude less rounds to shoot down a drone. Often it's something like 7-15 rounds, sometimes 20-25. Rarely more.
Do you hunt and trap animals for food? I want to try wild hog meat.
>>65010971>You cannot hunt with birdshot and eat itOkay I'll go tell every single upland bird hunter.
>>65026216>probably just a TozAlso look at the Baikal/Izhevsk IZh shotguns since you have access to Tula TOZ shotguns. They're surprisingly nice. Maybe not the most durable finish on the wood but that's really the only complaint I can give and that's an easy fix. >what is this anime character captchaWhat.
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>>65026216why the fuck would you buy a turkshit shotgun or a rossi?
>>65034785Because prices here are ridiculous and availability is dogshit.
Would energy weapons actually be better than bullets and missiles?
>>65029203I have a couple of questions laser anon. How do you deal with blooming of the atmosphere into plasma in the beam, causing it to diffuse? How do you deal with the beam blinding anyone who can see it?I've read that at sufficient energy levels to be able to replace assault rifles, both of these would come into play.I may just be silly though because now that I consider it, the lasers that we have now that shoot down drones and missiles don't do either of these.
>>65028699wouldn't you like to know inquisitor gayfax
>>65027923If you don't care about war crimes laser blinders could be extremely effective. Doesn't even take a single Watt to burn an irreparable hole in someone's eye, a blind soldier is worse than a casualty logistically.
>>65031107It's an iconic design for sure. Kind of a shame it's also historically one of the lamest weapons to use, but it is what it is.
>>65035316What the hell are you talking about?Plasma rifle was always great.
>>65034895Most MP5s on the market are pretty solid.HK, Century MKE, MAC, Zenith. I went with a new MKE AP5N myself. Zero issues out of the box and even after 900 rounds. Half the price of the HK SP5. Suppressor lockup is tight and FRT fits perfect. Stock fitment is nice and tight.If you want a fixed stock, get a HK stock, alternatively AC unity makes a cheap option (aesthetic is slightly off, but untrained eyes won't notice).If you want a collapsible stock, go with new production MKE (Atlantic firearms had a bunch). Half the price of HK, and exactly the same.Lot's of FRT options if you want "almost full auto". L2 prints is awesome for aesthetics but it's 3D printed, AS designs if you want metal and piece of mind. Most full-size MP5s will work without modifying the locking piece. The short MP5ks will be a challenge, especially if you run a suppressor.Suppressor options are pretty open. Get one that has a 3-lug (sometimes called tri lug) attachment option. You'll usually have to buy this as an extra suppressor accessory. Focus on reduced back pressure suppressors. Go to PewScience and sort the 9mm rankings accordingly. Top 10 suppressors are all good. I personally have a Mojave 9, but I also use it on pistols.
>>65034765>Is there anything wrong with getting one of the 100% US made clones from S5 or the like?The parts are worse quality. The S5 kit bolt isn't tungsten filled, so the already bad recoil is even worse. The rear isn't welded and you run into more fitment issues.>Meanwhile """German made""" tranny He says, while posting Mugi who's literally married to a tranny.>UMP conversions cost a little under $5kIt's more like $2.0-2.5K for a USC conversion if you wait for a sale/Black Friday.>USC$1000>UMP parts$500>conversionComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65035093Those must be some pretty big Black Friday sales. Looking today and I see:>USC$1,300>UMP parts$1,300>UMP marks$200>barrel cut and thread$200>conversion$1,400That comes to $4,400, plus tax and multiple shipping fees.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65034796There is a vepr 12 near me and a saiga sporter under 1k near me but I don't wanna spend that much right now.
>>65034826>The manual of arms is outdatedInstructors at shooting class shitting on MP5 for having "outdated" manual of arms and slower split times than spherical ARs in vacuum only to then teach you convoluted procedures that negate a lot of that speed because "things don't always go smooth" made me realise that the MP5 manual of arms is very repeatable, simple and unified:Every time the gun does not go bang for whatever reason you pull the charging handle, hook it up and check the ejection port. At that moment you either see clearly what to do next (and have a hand free to do that), or have already solved the problem, and it's very difficult to fuck up.
How viable are battlemechs as weapons of war?Does having legs make them too vulnerable?
>>65029067> More suspension travel and the ability to sidestep in tight confines. Irrelevant.
>>65030198Very relevant. The world is getting more urbanized so maneuverability in tight quarters will get more and more important. Likewise, cover and concealment will become more important than armor so being able to raise and lower the chassis to take advantage of the terrain will certainly be useful. Finally, spider excavators exist.
>>65025317I think it's just a pixel art piece
YES. PIG IS FINALLY DEAD.
>>64905146They can cross rivers without the need for an assault bridge, and also climb over mountanous terrain while tanks and other AFV's would need to go through predictable paths.
Lets say that, hypothetically, you are a military commander and have to plan an operation to retrieve nuclear material deep within hostile territory.Also, the nuclear material is under tons of rubble, so you probably would have to send some heavy machinery to do the digging.How would you plan this operation? The more details the better.
>CENTCOM asking for adviceGet all them illegals ICE rounded up to do something useful, instead of sucking up my tax dollars
>When UF6 is exposed to moist air, it reacts with the water in the air to produce UO2F2 (uranyl fluoride) and HF (hydrogen fluoride) both of which are highly corrosive and toxic. Storage cylinders must be regularly inspected for signs of corrosion and leaks. The estimated lifetime of the steel cylinders is measured in decades. iirc there's criticality risk depending on how closely packed the cylinders are or if there are neutron moderators nearby, like water (or humans). The risk goes up if the UF6 is highly enriched.
>>65034473>retrieve>from under ruble>within hostile territorypete, your last time trying to get this answered here should have told you that this isn't something you can get SOF to do. you're going to have to own that ground for months to get this done without condemning everyone you send in to 'get' this shit to a lead-lined coffin.i'd start preparing for the nightmare port scenarios we're going to get when this shit starts to resurface elsewhere.
>>65034473Godamnit Hesgeth
>>65034473If by retrieve you mean plant, then I'd send Marines. To cover it up I'd give them LSD until they can't remember their names, get them hooked on meth, and dump them in various cities without VA hospitals.
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?
>>65031793Except those same powerpacks, when dumping all their energy at once as improvised explosives, go off with the force of a krak grenade which is like a solid pound of TNT.
>>65034974It's explosive filled but not really an HE shell, more like APHE
>>65035184The energy you get from a battery exploding is not the same as energy it can repeatedly provide as a battery. The inputs are not the same and the outputs are not the same.
>>65034482>I thought there were designs being worked on that used pulsed lasers to create a channel of ionized air to the target and then dumped a fuckload of electricity through the channel.That's the lightening gun from Unreal. Idk if it's a real concept that's been worked on.
>>65034482>a .75 inch round with a HEAT warhead could punch through something like 5 inches of armor, depending on the designNo it wouldn't. You'd have to use a tremendously slow bullet and even then you couldn't get enough standoff to achieve what you're claiming here.
Pretty sure this is the first time an AWACS has been taken out by enemy fire, even if on the ground.
>>65028622Attempting to expose midwits and autists to nuance is generally a frustrating and unproductive experience, anon. Their world is a world of binaries. There are no third options to them. Presenting one demonstrates that they are not actually the smartest person in the room, which generally results in cognitive dissonance and name calling.Thus, you could discuss why a bunch of Slavs slapfighting each other halfway around the world is not something that the vast majority of Americans give a fuck about (and the ones that do only do so in response to propaganda, and in 2026 still can't find it on a map), but since that opinion doesn't fit into a child's simple view of the world, that simply makes you a Russian to them.>>65028641>muh iranYeah, we fucked that one up. I would've preferred for us to wait until they actually did build a few nukes and used them on Israel, and then then we could've given them the bombing that they truly deserve. That would have been two wins instead of one, but I suppose that I can settle for just one. >for now anyway>for a country that requires friends to ensure its existence, israel seems to be doing its best to piss off what friends that it has left
>>65033751Five out of the three in service? Or did they get a couple of EA-37B Compass Calls?
>>65033751Last I heard, the serbs also shot down three F-117s
>>65034545Why is it always the niggers with the most retarded opinions without a hint of nuance that bring up the whole nuance thing?
>>65035169NTA but (You) are literally a moron.
Congratulations Commander Anon,Due to unforeseen complications with ISR your predecessor was exploded seventeen times taking his daughter to school.You are given a simple order:Survive. How do you go about harassing the US military enough to force capitulation? Do you base any of your tactics or strategies off similarly successful asymmetrical belligerents that have also repelled American invasion? Remember, any use of materiel will likely result in its destruction. Your resources are limited but the resolve of those under your command is infinite. Surrender of any kind is not an option. How do you proceed?
>>65034297Okay, and? Not gonna save you from everything getting more expensive, just as for everybody else.
>>65032622HideWait????Profit
>>65033863We won WW2. We didn't win Vietnam or Afghanistan. We had censorship in WW2. We didn't have it in Vietnam or Afghanistan in anywhere close to the same amounts. Censorship works. Silencing opposition voices works.
>>65034308Again, there is a difference between buying oil for a lot of money and not being able to get any oil.
>>65035056Japan and Germany engaged in censorship to a greater extent than the Allies (aside from maybe the Soviet Union). That didn't exactly work out for them.
