>The whole debate about the Booker and other airborne armorSo perhaps I'm just retarded... but wouldn't a better solution than mini tanks that need their own logistics train, factory, trained engineers/specialist crews etc be bigger cargo planes so you can just directly transport full size tanks? The C130 is getting pretty old by now anyway, but even if you did get a whole new airlift fleet of shiny new planes it's not like you can't keep using C130s for normal cargo runs. Am I just missing something obvious here, such as those pesky laws of physics, but with modern tech metallurgy etc. shouldn't it be possible to build a new cargo plane class specifically to fill the role of airlifting very heavy shit into areas with shitty runways? Not to mention the obvious benefits of "if you can carry full size tanks you can carry a lot more regular cargo too" and being able to cram much bulkier, if not heavier, things in there like AA systems/rocket artillery (in a "roll off and shoot" configuration)/full size shipping containers/etcBasically just a new boring workhorse for the military, minimal frills and mission creep just >Big durable cargo plane with huge lift capacity and built from the ground up to be as simple to maintain, reliable, and affordable to mass produce as possibleIt just seems to me that the whole debate about specialist airlift armor is missing the point when you can fix the carrier rather than the thing being carried.
>>64201893I don't know, anon. Probably doesn't compare favorably. The IP version used thr same kind of armor package as the namer I believe so I'm sure it would increase the weight dramatically, probably why it never left prototype phase. I wasn't trying to make a point of it I was just stating fact. As I said here>>64201844there's a reason they didn't "just" make another tam 2
>>64201909>I don't know, anon. Probably doesn't compare favorablynothing in the world has better electronics than FBCB2
>>64201748they had their social security states from the 70ies onward while paying on average over 4.5% of GDP on defense.that's a matter of fact not feeling.and Ukraine can keep going with just their support. the question is if the US really wants to do so. it's already lost out on it's global arbiter status with recent wars being ended not by it's mediation but by much smaller regional players. giving up on aid to Ukraine meas that it won't be able to influence the final outcome of the war.the US would in effect be making it's self a lot less relevant on the global stage. not something you want to be doing while trying to form an alliance to contain the chinese in asia.
>>64201873>making them pay their sharewhat share is that?NATO was made to help protect western europe from the USSR. the are able to take on russia on their own if needed even when spening less than 2%.>muh US troopsthe US has less than 100k troops in europe, more then half of those in logistics connecting the US with the middle east, Africa and western asia.meanwhile the europeans have about 2 million men in uniform.what they don't like is any ally telling them that they may or may not live up to their treaty obligations with them depending on how the president spoke to last. that introduces a lot of uncertainty meaning they have to spend more.but no one would like that, including al the Asian countries the US is courting for it's containment of China.
>>64198762Armor division that CAN fight alongside infantry but can also operate entirely as a mechanized force>armor column that NEEDS to fight alongside infantry to handle basic maintenance
He was right. USA should have declared war on China when they chimped out in korea. Could have switched to full wartime economy just like in WW2 and carpet bombed and nuked the hell out of every city and village until nothing is left. Then conquer with EZ and resettle Asia with Americans. Treat the leftover natives like how the mongoloids were treated in America. Americans today would have 10+ kids and each kid would have a new house and 3 cars. The China problem would not exist. But instead it's nuclear armed and bigger than any US enemy ever was because dumb leaders refused to win when they had the chance the opportunity and the casus beli. MacArthur must be turning in his grave!
>>64201766>Fighting a land war in AsiaYeah
>>64201821based af
>>64201796>civil warit was away exactly TWO MORE WEEKS>>64201766you are a rare retard. retard with a good idea, crush mao and his merry band of mountain bandits, but with a incredibly shitty execution (resettle americans into CHYNA) correct answer is defeating the malnourished and devastated maos empire and then institute a federal republic in its stead. Taiwan turned out normal and they are the closest thing you get to a continuation of old, pre CCP dynasty, china. no reason mainland saved from the plagues of the great leap backwards and cultural devolution would not have turned out the same
>>64201977>it was away exactly TWO MORE WEEKSYou are not American
>>64201766>when they chimped out in korea.Due to his failings.>Could have switched to full wartime economy just like in WW2Not a positive thing.>MacArthur must be turning in his grave!Only due to looking for a mirror so he can admire himself
Would also beat every mech. Anyway, is this the first MBT or not? First Bolo or not? Can any tank challenge it within the 1945-1985 time frame?
>>64200275Obviously 20pdr and 90mm gun did defeat soviet tanks in combat but the question is at what range? What surface area? How far can the turret frontal armor be penetrated vs the upper hull? At what maximum angle can the t-54 80mm or is-3 90mm side armor be penetrated and how far and so on?
>>64200275both guns could penetrate the T-55 at typical combat ranges, though the turret remains a difficult target at longer ranges, the 20lb APDS retains velocity better compared to APCR and so could defeat a T-55 at ranges that APCR could notat even longer ranges, both of them lack velocity to defeat a T-55 on any part of the tank with shot, but the 90mm HEAT round was not reliant on velocity and was only limited by the accuracy of the shotthe IS-3 was essentially frontally immune to either with solid shotthe 90mm HEAT could theoretically defeat it frontallythe israelis met IS-3Ms on one occasion, where they were easily defeated by their M48sthe frontal plate was covered in deep scoops, so it was resisting 90mm gunfire, but they lacked the necessary vision to prevent the M48s from flanking themthere is no reason to believe centurions couldnt do that either
>>64194987People would say T-62, but I'd say the T-54/55
>>64202005this may be next level pedantry, but since the 54, 55, and 62 all predate the MBT concept (and are basically a series of improvements), id say the honor goes the T-64 as it was designed to be one, instead of happening to fit the description
>>64202077The only reason soviet didn't replace the T-10M with the T-62 was because they didn't want to design a new HE shell with similar HE effect than the 122, literally that was the only reason.
TURN ON THE NEWSSHIT'S GOING DOWN IN DANZIG
>>64201772Looks like some sort of hand grenade, but I don't know why it has comes in such a big-ass packing tube. Also, why bother with such a complex fold-out hook if you end up having to tie it to the handlebars anyway?
>>64201894>old anti-ship APImagine being some guy in a building by the harbour, and suddenly there's an ungodly noise, the feeling of something rushing by and after the dust settles there's two giant-ass holes in your room.
>>64201920hehbut no, they weren't firing into the city; they were firing away from the city. the Polish fort was built on a kind of breakwater or peninsula north of the city. so Schleswig-Holstein didn't have to worry about hitting any civilians.
>>64201947map of the battle, showing the position of the Schleswig-Holstein.she was firing away from the city
what would german shills look like on 4chins? Would they be as obnoxious as ziggers and their brown /pol/rot biobots?
>extra thicc wheyfu muscle-mommy amazon with extra power from her copious high-octane brappsWhat exactly did Alexander Kartveli mean by this?
I like big(tall) women.But i find it ugly when they resemble man.
>>64201867So, Debicki?
>>64201867> I like big(tall) women.Same.Man, what I wouldn’t give to go back in time to high school so I could not be an autistic sperg around the qt redhead volleyball player I shared a bunch of classes with.
>>64201963>missed out on a tall ginger girl with volleyball shortsJust reading it gave me psychic damage.
>>64201917Not that i wouldnt but shes kind of flat.An average volleyball player on the other hand got a nice ass>>64201978
Everything must be 3d printed.Did this site die when it went down? What happened?
>>64194596try living in my country
>>64195387You should be happy with blacked powder. Make do with what you have available, you can achieve what you want with it if put the work in.
>>64195387Try moving to a better country.
>>64201974That's never the solution, make your country better.
Duramic 2kg/$20 red and black, I've heard a few 3d2a guys use it successfully but I don't know of it being generally recommendedhttps://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B099F6BPCR
If one were to actualy be Uber duper strong and fast cyborg with built in armor and backup systems.Would melee become relevant again in modern war?
What if you were the only super uber duper cyborg and everyone else has 5'56 manlet round.Would you then be able to engage in glorious melee
>>64196363It was a rhetorical question. The shit just makes no sense.
>>64194949It's only mostly bullshit, it does make sense that you'd be moving reasonably faster than anyone else in the room. At the end of the day you would get stuck within the limits of your own body, but when you consider that everyone on the high end of the spectrum has basically replaced their entire bodies with chrome that probably is pretty fast actually
It would literally only be relevant if you somehow managed to be next to the people you intend to kill before they had an opportunity to shoot you. At which point we have to assume you could just kill them with a gun anyway because you're a roided out cyborg. Unless they're also just roided out cyborgs, in which case you may kill one before they do roided out cyborg shit and blow your head off.Like the giant cyborg shit is the more defining factor here, anon, not the fact you have a sword or a knife or shit.
>>64194280Most augs they'd be given are widespread enough that anybody meant to deal with them would also have them. You shove basic stuff into every grunt and then give your MPs and spec ops significantly better shit. The only people left behind are civilians and honestly who gives a shit about them?Also, most of these augmentations are plug-and-play. You can just have a guy remove their good, military-owned eyes and replace them with dogshit backalley brands before you kick them out.
Since India got a chance to look over an F35 for an entire month, do you think India already gave Russia the specs or is dangling them for leverage?
>>64201433Dude we bombed the embassy containing the parts.
>>64199086Damn this piece of shit dabbed on Russian air defense? How could we let that happen!
>>64199086>existsyou forgot that part. Which can't be said of Russia 5th gen
The F-35 simply isn't that impressive when compared to a truly modern stealth fighter.Like the SU-57.
>>64201995you see ivan, exposed phillips head screws and engines confuse the american radar! fancy american technology see too many returns and confuse itself! the decadent west can never hope to match the genius of pussia
>mogs G19>LEM trigger option makes striker-fired pistols obsolete>can be had for 500 bucks
>>64198599>capacity question is highly subjective>not as important to them as they liked to pretendchecked, this is true in regard to the compact and subcompact carry (particularly striker/polymer frame) newer pistols of the past two decades; all of a sudden for this newer class of carry pistol muh capacity wasn't a crucial element.Boils down to a person's chosen carry gun and what they are willing, comfortable and proficient enough to live withFor the 10+ round magazine capacity semiautos, now having been 'replaced' for many in carry role by subcompact/micros, these pistols serve reasonably as home defense or bedside guns
>>64198599There's diminishing returns for sure. 6 rounds of .357 mag beats 15 of piddly 9mm ball no question, but is .357 Sig goodnuff that 12 rounds give a clear advantage?
>>64189659Reaching hi point levels here.
>>64199884You say that but don't realize that .357 SIG performs closer to 9mm +P+ than it does to .357 Magnum. When testing, it often had worse penetration than .40 S&W (its main competitor) and 10mm (the round that is actually somewhat comparable to .357 Magnum).
>>64200541Every part of the P2000 is functional, the rounded melted look was engineered on purpose. It’s a gun made for the shooting man, not the reddit larper and the /k/ underage nogunz poster (you)
What is the best plane of WW2 and why is it F4U Corsair?
So imagining that in the bleak near-future where urban cities become ultra dense instead of just sprawling, what kind of weaponry would be expect to see military forces use?Im not specifically talking about in picrel, just generally what kind of small arms would the standard infantry grunt be fielding in a force on force conflict within such compact spaces? Would we see a large resurgence of SMG/PDW style weapons? The true rise of Bullpups as standard issue? Would machine pistols replace standard semi-automatic sidearms? What, if any, vehicles or armored transport would even be feisable (assuming civilians have been cleared from the conflict region)?
>>64200040Dependant upon outside supply
Gas
>>64198226Gas mask filters only last for a limited amount of time, so if you keep the gas up for 24-48 hours and maintain a no-escape physical perimeter, the filters will be exhausted and the masks will give out.
>>64201860Yeah no shit, what's your point?
Describe your penis with a caliber/gun
>>64180342you are grossly uninformed on the sexual experiences of a circumcised malefirstly, lotion isn't necessary unless you got some extra-taught dick-skin with zero slack. Otherwise, it should be loose enough for that to not be an issue. Secondly, reduced sensitivity does not mean a complete lack of erogenous sensation. It's very much possible to experience sexual pleasure without a foreskin, and unless it's a botch-job, it doesn't take special effort to do so.
>>64168044I feel your pain, brother.
>>64164180
>>641641802mm pinfire.
>>64190808docking or slaping?
How do you practice clearing malfunctions if you never have malfunctions? I've fired over 3,000 rounds through my daily carry but it's never failed. That's great, but it means I have exactly 0 practice clearing potential malfunctions if they happen in a real self defense situation. Is there a way to force them or otherwise practice if your gun doesn't actually fail?
use shitty cheap ammo
iktf. I have a p2000 and even the random weak feeling round of blazer doesn't make it malfunction. It would probably cycle the shittiest .380.To jammax buy a glock or a commander sized 1911 and a bunch of cheap ammo
>>64200829
>>64200829>You will never be in a self defense situationwrong
>>64200737It’s because you don’t have a Glock, an easy fix would be to buy a Glock and get into a self defense situation where you aren’t able to get an absolutely perfect grip on the gun while standing still. Don’t trust me? Watch police shootings where the officer gets a malfunction of any sort and it’s always a Glock. No gun more reliably fails than a Glock when it’s being used in a life or death situation in current year. >https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FniQyjhLa60
>Serbia made shooting down 1 (one) of these such a huge point of pride that they have been gloating about for almost 30 years at this point.
>>64201573Actually...
>>64201591Good thing neither propane or the atmosphere is in that state
>>64201597Yes, but that's not what was said earlier. It was said that they COULD ONLY be a liquid or gas, but not both, but not only is that incorrect, but we know at what temperature it happens, and propane also has a triple point.
>>64201616Correction: temperature and pressure.
>>64196190my side
Bad weather carrier ops aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford
lots of practice and enough money to replace airframes so crashing one doesnt get you blacklisted like in shittier countries
They don't, carriers are made up, you really believe that somehow 100,000 tones of steel can just float, yeah right.
>>64201865Zero visibility landings are literally 1920s technology.
>>64201865https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instrument_landing_systemIndications are on the HUD. Picrel
