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>>64292487Whatever you say, bro. Got any other wisdom from the fat E-4s at the smoke pit to share with us?
>>64292325If you didn’t know there was a difference you’re not anywhere near prepared enough to make this decision. Do basic research first.
>>64290464I’ll grant that any military officer career is like a middle-high end career but if you’re competent enough to actually have a career as an officer is it really smart to spend your life in a peacetime military? If you have a degree and can’t get a job better than stocking shelves at CVS sure it’s a no brainer. Otherwise I’m not sure. >>64291344What’s awesome about it?>>64291346I think a lot of people aren’t poorfags, homosexuals, or rentoids but just haven’t been able to do much with their life besides work a relatively low status moderate pay white collar wagie job, maybe buy a condo or something, some third tier city or suburb. Those are usually the guys considering it.
>>64292502Any of those E4's will kick your ass
>>64292527>What’s awesome about it?It's military in EZ mode
ITT: critique fictional vehicles
>>64292283I thought this was such a great design.
>>64292010>>64292203think it was meant for better visibility and mobility but the good ol we need to see actors faces is why the open cockpit
>>64292283Cool and unique design outweighs any practicality criticisms. Best part of the Nu-dunc movies was seeing these things.
>>64290424I miss when this game was full of cool stuff like this instead of the retarded shit Exilium is getting up to.
Post pictures of the F/A-18 and all its variations.
/msg/ - Military Surplus GeneralBORING GUNS EditionPost old stuff.Thread question: What's an obscure milsurp prototype/design that lives in your head rent free?Previous Thread: >>64240292
>>64290946>what can I expect to pay for one?Like >>64291936 said: $800 should get you a good condition "shooter" WW2-era rebuild on a "high-number" receiver. You can probably get one on a "low-number" receiver for a couple hundred $ less. The stigma on "low-number" M1903s seems to be on the wane in the current market tho. Just this past weekend I was watching a number of M1903s sell; one very much like pic related (ex-Mk.I receiver rebuilt during/after WW2 w/ new barrel and "C" stock) sold for ~$840 AFTER auction premium and sales theft. Same auction was a 1910-made Springfield example that showed no signs of any later upgrades, refurbishment, or metal refinishing –basically a time capsule of the M1903 rifle as it was being manufactured in 1910. Despite being a "low-number" it sold for ~$1000 after fees etc., I think because it was recognized that a rifle which didn't undergo some sort of refurbishment during its life is a comparative rarity in US milsurp.
>>64290700The Frommer Stop isn’t THAT obscure, but I’ll always remember an anon here many years ago describing it something like>a .32 pistol that’s so needlessly complex that it’s somehow more desirable by virtue of being a complete mechanical nightmare. Honorable mentions are the Polish Wz.38, the Marlin Hyde M2 submachine gun, and of course the Luger rifle.
>>64290700>What's an obscure milsurp prototype/design that lives in your head rent free?This little shitbird right herehttps://simpsonltd.com/products/C48431
>>64292378>Polish Wz.38Kinda based how the Polish government itself always snatches these up whenever they come up for auction to bring home to Poland.
>>642924956 out of the 9 known wz.38's are owned by private collectors in the US. One is in a polish museum, one in a russian museum, and the other is a german private collector
Now with drones being used on the battlefield, would dazzle camouflage make a comeback?
The dazzling effect only works for ranging and angle measurement using stereo rangefinders and periscopes.A new method is needed that can also be applied to thermal sensors.
>>64291805She's getting bigggg lol
>>64291805>>64291996needs to get fatter
>>64292008
>>64291805The good thing about harpoons is that if they miss, they can be winched back in and re-launched.
>Rifle designed specifically to fill the role of providing additional firepower during an assault>An "assault rifle" if you will.
>>64290179if you count upside down versions the BAR by a couple of zeros
>>64290650Safeties don't kill people
>>64289987Are you like 18, kek?
>>64290600>Casting flawsThx, a decent overview. They really are pretty fun.
>>64290396im happy with the a3 though i switched the handguard out with the original type because its slimmer and taller
For someone who lives in the woods where getting a shot over 100 yards is all but impossible, and over 150 yards is absolutely impossible, why shouldn't I throw my money at one of the few .45 PCCs available? Seems like the ultimate balance of light weight, portable, easy to suppress, inexpensive ammo, but capable.I feel like a lot of people shitting on PCCs live out west or something, and yeah in that case, PCCs as anything but a range toy seems pretty pointless.Although I'm not a hunter, I don't believe for a second that a .45 Super load would not bring down the whitetail rats we have running around here.
>>64292294>and you can buy all of the parts for far cheaper except for the supressorIf you're unironically comparing part prices for a 300 blk vs 9mm AR, with an FRT, you really really need to look up the price per round of 300blk before spending a dime.
>>64292318Yeah its expensive hence the desire for a 9mm conversation for my AR.Also 300 is still worth it even at .90 a round when you start getting groups out to 200 yards with subsonics its magical.
>>64290518it's still gay.
>>64290032.45 is substantially more expensive to shoot than 9mm
>>64292505yeah it's crazy how they wrote that shit on the side of the gun in such big, ugly, high contrast letters. that letter A is hands down the ugliest glyph I've ever seen in any font. I'd prefer if they had chose papyrus as the font. it's such a nice looking gun and then they just vandalize it like that. if I bought a stribog I'd have to put some big gay sticker there to cover it up.
Are they hoping some ignorant buyer will think these overpriced faggot AR15s are made by B&T?
>>64292182>clone correct>semiauto
>>64291993Its not the manufacturer. Its boomer assholes adding in random bullshit so it pops up. Say you're looking for a garand, well the results will be a M91/30, and it says NOT MAUSER 98, NOT M1, NOT LEE ENFIELD, NOT ARISAKA and it will just go on and on.
>>64291993The fact is most gun buyers are boomer consumers who barely shoot and there's been a market in counterfeiting high market value guns for decades for both operator shit and historical pieces.
>>64291993it's to clog up the search engine, like how subhuman degenerate scum will put the actual gun model followed by "like SKS, AK, AK47, AR15, AR, GLOCK, SHOTGUN"
>>64292415wow, i didnt even read your post before posting mine right above. Glad im not the only one who is enraged by this shit.
I love these guys and their funny clown camo. Post Belgians, can be either historical or present day.
>>64272452>actively maliciousNot a suprise from someone who doesn't read books and wife was killed in a Corvair accident. He doesn't even have a driver's license.
>>64285827>He doesn't even have a driver's license.wut
>>64285194The dutch beanie is great
What's with the weird extra strap they have around their helmets?
>>64291714Foliage attachment
>launches amphibious invasion of Malaya without naval superiority>Brings tanks to the jungle>Destroys the Task Force Z with aircraft carriers >Cycles down to Singapore >Launches yet another amphibious assault >Wins despite being outnumbered 3:1How did he do it?
>>64290822This is false. They had way more artillery. Not to mention the massive 15' fortress guns of the Johore battery (contrary to popular belief they could be turned around and were used for shelling the japanese). The British just had far inferior spotting, firing and coordination to effectively use it
>>64291913Approximately half the infantry were British and Australian, and all of the air force. Ironically the most vicious and determined fighters were from the Malay regiment.
>>64291921Skill issue, legitimately. The indies was seen as a 2nd-rate post which led to shitalian-tier performance - lack of service coordination, confusing orders, improperly maintained equipment. They even suffered an Armchair Copelord among the commissioned ranks.
>>64289677>Commodore Perry>TsushimaA decade of combat and live fire testing, and knowing how fast and hard they had to move to punch above their weight. Even the USN didn't quite get Carrier maneuvers down pat until mud-late war.
>>64290974>the only WW2 military that seriously trained for fighting at nightmainly because it wasn't very effective and even the Japs had most of their night attacks beaten off or if succeeding then with pyrrhic losses>The real thing that beat them was having their ability to maneuver being restricted by lack of supply and area to move as well as fighting actually disciplined troops with proper MG support that would stand and fightyeah probably>Japanese officers weren't even really taught how to properly defend somethingtheir bunkers were pretty good>64291998>64292020bad bait
the X-Wing is a bad design>blasters 2 miles apart>gay slow targeting computer that doesn't work>tiny bombsfuck off
>>64291880It starts making a bit more sense when you know that the original prototype for the show involved powered armour rather than giant mecha, hence 'Mobile Suit'. Even with its large scale long established, it still carries the energy of Dude Wearing Gear.
>>64289555There's a lot of toyetic consideration going into the designs, but it gives you a sniper mech that looks like it's a sniper mech. If you hand that concept over to a science nerd instead he says "well obviously it just zooms its camera more and it's rifle is already mounted in the position to be braced" and then you get something that doesn't actually look much like a sniper anymore. Many things to consider here.
>>64292220Don't get me wrong anon, I understand that side too. I know that if we go all realism we don't get mobile suits, we don't get variable fighters, we don't get X-Wings, we don't even get Starfurys or the Donnager-class. We just get swarms of drones/suicide missiles and balls with RCS on sticks at best.I fully embrace that there's tradeoffs between what's fun and what's plausible, it's just fun to pick at the seams sometimes.And I'm not joking about the p-bandai MG either, I'm in the middle of sanding the shield's main face clean of sinks right now.
>>64281101much like halo, everything in star wars is supposed to look cool, not make sense. think about those clone dropships with the ball turrets and the door gunners (the LAAT). those things are stupid but they're pure fucking kino
>>64281115they were filled with rebel POWs
completely stainless steel chassis
>>64288540>inferior grip setupIf they just put the normal grip on it I would legitimately go out and buy one. I've always wondered why the fuck they would go to the trouble of producing a steel frame for the fucking thing and then only offer the goddamn vertex grip profile.It's literally just a different CAD path when milling the profile. Probably ten seconds difference in machine time and an extra SKU.Maybe I should start a company buying vertex frames and welding an extra 5mm of steel to the backstrap.
>>64288198this is terrible cope or ESL
>>64289215I'm sorry that you thought the frame was made out of steel on the 92 inox, nogunz, but there's no need to throw a temper tantrum. maybe you'll feel better if you go back to getting fucked by your buttbudies in VRchat.
>>64290576>>64290809t. never saw a Beretta Brigadier before
>>64290576>>64290809more material around the locking lug cutouts, which are the weakest part of the slide
My grandfather has passed suddenly and I'm barely keeping myself from punching anything until my hands break. I put this 1893 turk mauser .45 acp conversion together today.Post your projects please, I need to focus on something or I'm going to crash out, 3 stents with a 90% blockage shouldn't have been an issue in 2025.
>>64285211NTA but yes it is, look at the takedown lever and how it doesn't have the hook to catch the nub or the Beretta logo and how it's all blobby and fucked up. Also the corner of the trigger guard is all rounded and retarded.
Didn't get to post it earlier but that screw is pretty fucked lol
>>64288376Oof. The contrast between the two screws is really something.
>>64288376I think you need to amputate the left one.
>>64175668>>64181491Feels like a boof post, I love it.
>writes world's most famous marches>invents new instrument>is also a world-class trapshooter>Ithaca names their fanciest grade of shotgun after himOurguy.
FUCKING OFFBEATS REEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>64288079I mean, Philip is one of the oldest names in continuous use
>>64286305Whenever I hear John Philip Sousa Marches Especially the stars and Stripes forever, I think of a Springfield Parade. Just nothing but Springfields marching, playing instruments and Singing.
We Tibetans are proud Islamophobes. We attacked and persecute Muslims because of our hatred of Islam.In 1905, our brave Tibetan Buddhist warrior Lamas and monks massacred and slaughtered French Catholic Priests and Tibetan apostates who converted to Catholicism. Our brave Tibetan Monks tortured the French priests like Père Étienne-Jules Dubernard for days as our monks gouged their eyes out, tortured and killed them. Unfortunately the evil devil Chinese crushed our brave, heroic Lamas and monks.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1905_Tibetan_RebellionIn 1932, out great leader the 13th Dalai Lama attacked the Chinese Hui Muslims of Qinghai because we wanted to take Qinghai from the evil Chinese Hui Muslims. Unfortunately, we were defeated and totally steamrolled by the Chinese Hui Muslims and forced to make a humiliating surrender.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sino-Tibetan_WarBut no worries, in recent years brave Tibetan Buddhist warriors have been attacking Chinese Hui Muslims, murdering Chinese Hui Muslims, killing evil Chinese Hui Muslim babies, destroying businesses run by Chinese Hui Muslims, desecrating their evil Mosques and beating the crap out of them because we Tibetans hate Muslims and Islam.https://web.archive.org/web/20060103143112/http://www.crisisstates.com/download/wp/wp68.pdfhttps://web.archive.org/20100622013126/http://articles.latimes.com:80/2008/jun/23/world/fg-muslims23Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>64292242Yeah, and? We support you 100%. Keep up the good work!
Is this round worth having or is it just a meme that performs like 9mm?have the opportunity to pick up a cheap 357sigger, but Ive always thought it was kind of a silly round. should I reconsider?
>>64291474Really, it's the one way that it could take off. If someone made a gun in 30 sc that is so small, that 9mm could not fit in it, it would have a solid advantage. It would still feel iffy paying 1.5-2x more for weaker ammo, but it's not like .380 users didn't feel the same pain, and that is very much alive.
>>64291556>what if we designed a handgun around a caliber, instead of making it for 9mm and then shoving a different round in itWhat a great idea, shame theyll never do that
>>64280344If it's a P229, go for it. They were designed for it. A lot of guns were 9mm guns quickly converted to cover the market gap but not built or sprung well for it. Just like .40 S&W.It snaps like a bitch, but you can master it. It is pretty flat for a pistol out to 100 yards. Also, something something barrier penetration.I really like it, but it's fucking expensive so I mostly shoot .40 which is just a barrel swap. I imagine that's what you'll do, too.
>>64280344>>357 sig>>more powerful than, less powerful thanTherein lies the rub. Unless you can demonstrate that a specific pistol cartridge creates a larger permanent cavity by total volume in a large mammal then more power, more energy is an absolutely worthless claim. I have seen instances where in pistol calibers the total wound volume is larger and the difference was simply more velocity, but it was a significantly larger velocity. Full load 357 magnum and 44 magnum come to mind. Outside that in every example I have seen including the copper screwdrivers the biggest factor is always total final expansion and depth of penetration. Slow and heavy with a larger starting diameter does not have to overcome the increase in impact resistance and often that is the deciding factor. This phenomenon can be seen when shooting a very short barrel vs a full size barrel. You lose some expansion due to decreasing impact velocity/resistance but end up with a much larger total wound volume. 357 sig? Its 9mm retarded cousin. Its not doing shit all. 40 is better all the way around. As is 45. And the usual suspects 357 mag and 44 mag leave them all behind when it comes to terminal ballistics. Jelly isn't flesh. Stop chasing cool patterns in jelly.
>>64292096Cops liked .357 Mag because the 124gr load they were carrying was very effective on human targets.One guess what the entire purpose of 357 SIG is.
