Why do Euros like Delta Wing+Canards so much?You dont see the Americans, Russians and the Chinese doing this.
>>65497237>never gonna happen with our current pathetic pace on batteriesMost combat lasers use supercapacitators for charge/discharge.
>>65501233The Christmas Tree was the maximum stealth concept Northrop was working on during the preliminary phase of ATF. It was an attempt to design a fighter that would only generate four radar spikes and minimize the chance that any reflected energy would make it anywhere near an enemy radar, similar to B-2 and now B-21. Unfortunately that massive degree of radar stealth came at the cost of atrocious maneuverability, so the more balanced concept that became YF-23 was selected over it as the USAF wanted a very high degree of maneuverability in their next fighter, meaning the Christmas Tree had no chance of being selected if offered. However, with extreme maneuverability being less valuable today, and the potentially real sighting of an aircraft over Area 51 that appears to share design features with both the Northrop Christmas Tree and Boeing Bird of Prey it is very possible the next generation of American fighters could have a number of stealth features never before seen on a fighter aircraft. I don’t love the website, but TWZ did reach out to one of the engineers behind the Christmas Tree and asked him a few questions. Lot of filler but wasn’t the worst read. https://www.twz.com/air/area-51-mystery-aircraft-prompts-interest-in-christmas-tree-stealth-fighter-concept
>>65501233NTA, but 4 spike is always the stealthiest, with a pure diamond being the stealthiest 4 spike design. But a pure diamond is terrible in most other regards so you end up adding more surfaces at the same angle like the B-2 or B-21, or add a couple more spikes like the X-47B. For a fighter having the same angle at the nose and the wing is a bit of a problem, so the 'christmas tree' there or the 'hammerhead' (similar but with the front diamond chopped off) becomes the best compromise solution while still keeping only 4 spikes. Now is that compromise worth it? The F-22 and YF-23 say no, but we'll see if things have changed.
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>>65501292>>65501308>https://www.twz.com/air/area-51-mystery-aircraft-prompts-interest-in-christmas-tree-stealth-fighter-conceptVery interesting, thanks guys. I think part of this design process is in making a supercruising stealth fighter at both the geometric and material levels.
This is truly getting out of hand guys. When will the old clean aesthetic come back?
When shaped charges stop buzzing around like flies on shit.
I see they've gone from handcuffing the soldiers to putting the entire vehicle in a jail cell
>>65501268Another pidorwood masterpiece.
>>65501129War has changed forever.Get over it, boomers.
>>65501129>old clean aesthetichas been dead ever since people realized that the proliferation of shoulder fired anti-tank weapons is a huge threat to thin skinned vehicles. the only thing that has changed is now there's also mesh overhead and wires dangling down to provide lower hull coverage
Chinese FK2000 AA system in Africa is destroyed by Turkish tactical dronehttps://x.com/clashreport/status/2097596316536774998?s=20
>>65497324lol, lmao even
>>65495749Stepping on bugs.
>>65495888Apparently they are trying to use sanctions.
>>65495764I remember the Pantsir marketing video edit that cut to footage of them getting gaped by drones with Little Lies as the soundtrack.
>>65495962Ah, I forgot about this. Some fine aged zigger sour grapes.
Anons, in terms of hearing protection- how does it ACTUALLY work?Say you shoot a gun that hits 155 decibels.>wear ear plugs rated for 32 dbOK, that takes it down to 123 dbStill enough to cause instant permanent hearing loss after 10 seconds>now you double up and wear over ears rated for 23dbThat should knock it down to 100dbSounds pretty solid right? Considering a gunshot is a short crack then it’s over?BUT WAIT THERES MORE!!People online were saying that the way you’re ACTUALLY supposed to calculate it is taking the rating, subtract 7 then divide by 2..OK32-7=2525/2=12.5 (let’s say 12)23-7=1616/2=8 Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>65490863>But if soi milk raises estrogen like youtube influencers say it does, wouldn't that mean less gun guys would suffer from hair loss since hair loss is entirely tied to testosterone?Late teenage hair loss is caused by a malformed IGF-1 receptor that gets blocked by dihydrotestosterone. 30+ year hair loss is caused by capillary regression which is an age related phenomena which appears to be strongly tied to autoimmune inflammation levels, meaning that age related baldness can be used as a proxy for your general vascular health level. BTW in Eastern Europe it isnt uncommon to see old women with age related baldness.
>WHAT IS THE POINT OF WEARING EAR PRO WHAT!? I CAN'T HAVE ANY BEER NOW "BRO" I'M HANDLING GUNS
Wear ear plugs, ear muffs and even bigger ear muffs over those: checkmate, noise
>>65492453The number one cause of hearing loss in the US is lawn equipment. Not that loud compared to guns, but long-term exposure is what does it.
>>65495631Why would you you that? God you're such a fucking retard.
>Hanwha Ocean competed for the program against defense companies from Spain, Singapore, and Türkiye. The company was selected as the preferred bidder on the strength of its experience successfully delivering the first frigate, HTMS Bhumibol Adulyadej, to the Royal Thai Navy in 2018, along with its accumulated naval shipbuilding expertise.>Based on the OCEAN-40F frigate scale model on display at Defense & Security 2025 and on the new images released this week by Hanwha Ocean, the future Royal Thai Navy frigate looks to be fitted with the following sensors:>TRS-4D radar>SeaEagle FCRO>SeaEagle FCEO-D>ES-3601 R-ESM>The frigate’s air defence is provided by a 16-cell vertical launch system equipped with MBDA’s VL MICA NG surface-to-air missiles, and two SIMBAD RC launchers (forward and aft) add additional close-range air defense capability. The weapons suite is rounded out by a 76mm main gun and two DS-30 Mk2 30mm remote weapon stations that serve dual purposes in both conventional surface warfare and emerging asymmetric threats.This is mostly to maintain maritime superiority over Cambodia in the Gulf of Thailand for anyone wondering. https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2026/09/hanwha-ocean-selected-as-preferred-bidder-for-thailands-next-generation-frigate-program/
>>65496124so why bother on making such an abomination if it had french weapons and not getting outright the greek version of the fdi?
>>65497063kickbacks i'm guessing, >>65496322There nothing for them to contest in the gulf with Cambodia, it seems more like a military kickback. They are already going UNCLOS arbitration with the Cambodians starting this month. If Cambodia gets a favorable/neutral ruling they are just gonna sell extraction rights of the suspected hydrocarbons to Japan/China/USA. Like they ripped up their own MoU for no reason, which was favored to Thailand, that MoU stalled out because of the Thaksin coup.
Thai navy ships are purely political like how Indonesia buys fighter jets, a contrast on how their Chairforce operates>Korean ships>Chinese ships>Singaporean ships>US ships>ex-Spanish carrier>a ton of licensed Bong/Frog/Pasta ships made in ThailandOnly Singapore and Vietnam aren't retarded, they're all in on Gucci gear (Singapore) and slavshit + Israeli (Vietnam)Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia are peak flipfloppers and are unreliable
>>65498116>MalaysiaWe have to. Recently our NSM was cancelled by Norgayy despite we have almost finished paying for it. Now we have to redesign our frigates to fit some other missille. We're suing Norgayy to get a refund plus damages. Everytime we buy from the West, we get treated like this. So we buy from the Russians and Chinks, who to their credit, deliver on their promises. Thing is, commie block stuff are shit. Korea now seems like a good supplier; cheaper than westshit but better quality than commieshit. We bought FA-50s from them and previously APCs. Time will tell.
>>65499320Shut the fuck up. Malingshit
ugly ass plane
>>65498259The initial MiG25 engines were cruise missile engines.They eventually got real engines, but they don't fly much.Normally that's a problem, but these are jets that you need no skill to use. You fly higher and faster than anyone else, you have the biggest radar and so you release your missile from 150-300 kilometers away and you go home. No need to train manouvers or whatever. It's a lot like an F14, but even bigger.The MiG31 remains the single most dominant air to air fighter jet in the Ukraine war and for some reason I'm the only one who saw it coming because nobody else apparently understands basic aerodynamics well enough to guess that flying high and fast with the heaviest missile is more important than agility.
>>65498124>>65499244mig-21
>>65499999Gay but checked.
For me, talking Soviets, it's the early Yak-28 medium bomber.>>65499731No Tu-95 mention?>>65500077I could put up a triptych of MiG-21, Mirage2000, and HAL Tejas on a screen and give a short seminar on why the aesthetic of the MiG is good, the Mirage is meh, and the Tejas is uh-oh stinky.
Does this offer an advantage compared to a sling or atlatl?
>mesoamerican weapons sperg bait thread
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>>65494437>>requires specific ammo (although you can probably slug rocks like a regular sling)This has to be true. Even if not the same dart-sling but a regular type that they had on them. Ain't no way there was going to be slingers that ran out of darts and then charged into battle with just a sword or whatever.
>>65494322Sounds like some skilled dudes made it look so good once that people tried copying them for ages until they moved back to more convenient methods.
You never see people using the folding stock on a MAC, but I feel like they would be impossible to shoot accurately without it.
>>65500947>failed like gun companies doAren't there countless ways to stumble?
>>65500983Rule of thumb is that any gun company not offering shotguns will fail.
>>65500685Charlie Rangel will suffer eternally in the pits of Herl for his crimes against the American people.
>>65500718>stockless machine pistolsG18 and 93R
>>65501127Those don't have screen presence, though. The movie prop people don't want a pistol that happens to have a giggle switch. They want a big meaty chonker of a gun that can be used full auto with one hand without it looking weird, and the list of guns that can meet that requirement is surprisingly short.
WHY can't it work?
>>65496943Yeah, let us know how you're sales pitch works out with the army. Try selling it as the new gyro jet. Please, post the email response. Fuuuuuucking kek
>>65477452anything is a dildo if you're brave enough.
>>65478355Top kek
>>65496967I think this anon is lost. This isn't a realoading thread, this is the retarded OP thinks square casings are cool/space saving ammo thread. I'd imagine weight reduction in ammo and firearms is still more important than volume reduction for most militaries though.
>>65477452>square case>round bulletUh…
Would there be any fundamental changes to the use of armor if you could get a 120mm cannon firing in the low hundreds of rounds per minute in a similar form factor as modern armor? Let's say 300 just to have a number.Due to the extremely limited ammunition capacity I'm inclined to say no, but surely a very rapid firing direct fire artillery piece has some usage. Even if it's somewhat niche, like firing beehive rounds into minefields as an alternative to miclics, I can't imagine increasing ROF without any notable compromises would have zero use.
i hope you guys are buying the comic>>65498919You should see the shots of the cockpit, they actually put in all the separate panels and screens for the radar from the real thingthere's also trim flaps and slats on the wings and the middle engine pivots down for VTOL and hovering, it was an incredibly thoughtful design for a balls to the wall cartoon
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>>65499332>>65499336It's crazy there haven't been more games based off the show, just one kinda crummy SNES one
>>65499372I thought the SNES game was surprisingly good. Then again I went in expecting it to be bad.
A VC tunnel network has been discovered underneath your neighborhood. You have been volunteered as a tunnel rat. What gun and gear are you taking?
>>65499951
by the end of the war, what had troops decided was the most effective way to clear tunnels? war it really just to send small guys in with pistol, flashlight and knife?
>>65494275What was that shit anyway?
>>65493433Like it’s even a question.
>>65500323run of the mill expanding polyurethane foamthis is how they protect nuclear weapons and fissile material over land transport. Getting into the container is suspiciously easy, if you can get past the armed security btwdoor slams shut probably and you're encased in foam. Stuff gets really hot, so you'll either suffocate or boil in your skin like a can of condensed milk turning into dulce de lechehmmmmmmmm
Regarding a certain event in the early 21st century which we are approaching the anniversary of: What missiles available 25 years ago could theoretically be uh, modified to resemble a passenger plaim? [spoiler]Just talk about missiles please, there's really nowhere else I know of to discuss this.[/spoiler]
>>65498806That sentence still doesn’t make any sense, so I wouldn’t be calling anyone retarded if I was you.
>>65498728op here again, I remember reading somewhere that the wingspan of the second plane was less than that of a 747 if you measured it against the distances between the windows of the tower. I'd check the video myself and post a screenshot with a little diagram but I'm lazy. Point is, the size not matching would certainly lengthen the list of possible missile types, methinks. Or non-missile types, if >>65498598 is right.
>>65493777Checked and keked.
>>65499083> that the wingspan of the second plane was less than that of a 747That’s probably because they didn’t use 747’s, you fucking retard.
>>65498680>missed the joke>but that's OK
What kind of weapons were the Filipinos working with in the Philippine–American War?
>>65500564Spears
>>65500564Spanish Mausers and rolling blocks mostly but also whatever they could get their hands on, including old blackpowder guns, bows and lances.
On the high end spanish mausers and rolling blocksOn the low end bows, spears, and hand weapons. The bulk of American forces in the region were state militiamen armed with trapdoor springfields.
>>65500564Muslim zombies
idk cannibalism or somn
How do I submit for permission to build this, "the ultimate suppressor" suppressor to the BATF?
Never complyNever forget.Tongue my anus, paid agents.
>>65496707I'm disappoint.
>>65500000Checked
>>65500271Four of these do the trick
>>65496733>>65497299>>65500000>>65500877BLESSED thread
>this may or may be another excuse for another Revy hijack threadGo on anons, name em'.
>>65498226Read Kengo Hanazawa's "Boys on the Run." The main character is definitely not "the hero" ever, even once.
>>65498769Unfortunately Goblin Slayer is proven to be very special in his ability to just ignore ttrpg dice rolls
>>65491371>>65499167>>65499190samefag Kensuke schizo
>>65489566It's honestly scary how accurate this post is?
>>65490980>VandreadThe white-haired girl turning out to be a transvestite double agent came out of nowhere.
