>it's 5 different color schemes of SIG 9mm striker fired polymer glock clones>6 new configurations of Turkish double-barrel shotguns>2 new configurations for the Savage 110 bolt action>3 new configurations for the Ruger 10/22>2 new paint jobs for the Bond Arms derringer>4 new suppressors (that'll be $800 for your metal tube with holes in it, please)Why the fuck is the gun industry so dead? Why can't we get a modern production break action 32 revolver? Why can't we get a Mateba repro? Or a Nagant repro, now that cans are so popular? Why can't we get a single shot bullpup for blasting deer, like the Euros get?
>>64959415Well you certainly own a range toy
>>64961009all pistols are range toys.
>>64945010>The guy who created KelTec is on his third companySo are a lot of business owners.
>>64966480all guns are toys for civilians.
>>64953037I'm normally very forgiving of people's faults if they are pro 2a. Can't forgive being fat. Fat people are truly the worst
>Cortez defeated 80000 aztec with 160 conquistadores not all having harquebus or pl8 just good european steel without a single dead soldierDo logistics and strategy even matter if you dont have the tactics and get folded in actual combat?
>>64935162>>64935141>>64935126The real reason Europe was able to colonize the globe was monogamy. In all the colonies, only 80% of men would be able to get laid and this new regulation possibility made the 80% of men willing to fight their current rulers alongside the newcomers.
>>64962509>>64961719cont:Lastly keep in mind that different civilizations tended to write down different sorts of things to different mediums: What I described with engraved inscriptions on monuments and architecture or written out words/names on those or art pieces like ceramics for example are mostly a Maya thing, though the Epi-Olmec and Zapotec also did it with inscriptions during the Preclassic and early Classic periods. By contrast since the Aztec couldn't write out full sentences normally, you don't see stone inscriptions or writing describing the use or artist of specific art pieces.It's possible that painted murals though it's possible painted murals on architecture and the motifs on ceramics could have carried pictographic "writing", or that engraved pictography on stone could have, but there's only a few examples I can think of for the latter (for example, inscriptions at Chapultepec and Texcotzinco of names/dates of rulers), there's not many detailed surviving murals for us to tell for the former, and for the middle, despite us having a fair amount of painted Aztec ceramics, I can't think of any where the motifs/paintings are thought to depict detailed pictographic "writing"I'll refer you to this post: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/403pkw/why_did_mayan_writing_not_become_broadly_adopted/cys0f39/ which talks about why inscriptions on public monuments seem to be a thing for the Maya and in Preclassic Central Mexico, but not in Postclassic Central Mexico (TL;DR it probably comes down to the fact that there's more linguistic diversity in Central Mexico so you couldn't count on travelers and visiting officials to read the same written language wheras the Classic Maya script was largely shared across most of the Maya region, though I'm not sure how that intersects with the fact that there's like 30 different spoken maya languages and many aren't mutually intelligible) 24/24 for now
>>64962568Thank you for the in-depth response! I'll have to do additional reading, what an underappreciated subject in history.
>>64957409>Primitive chichimec bastardsWe wuz tlātoanitzīn! Cuāuh bix nōatl!
>>64963692Happy to helpIf any other anons have questions feel free to ask
Talk me out of it
>>64966349Their handguns are all fine, some better than others, but fine across the board. Everything else, eh.
>>64965748They aren't?
>>64966392Their original PMR-30 had problems when they first came out. Some people insist that all the problems on it were fixed, but I still believe that it's risky to trust in their Gen 1 (and sometimes Gen 2) products
>>64966615>RimfireSounds like they're competing with Walther and S&W on that front. Pretty sad that Taurus and Ruger make the best 22 semiautos.
>>64964639I thought about doing this with hi-points or maybe those shitty .22 single actions for secret santa at my job, but I know I'd just get fired and probably put on a list
What's in the box?
>>64965794Probably all since they dont mention manufacturing.
>>64964389>>/k/lassicAnd yet no one guessed dragon dildo.
>>64965812They could do the housing. Battery holder, LED, PCB all likely foreign. There is not much left.
>>64963932>assembled
>>64965812>Nnnnnoooo!!!!! You can't use off the shelf parts!!! You have to make every single screw yourself!!!!!>>64965830I don't think they do anything in house outside of assembly, they probably get their housings and shit from the machine shop next door.
what are the biggest military procurement mistakes in history?were the requirements flawed or the execution?pic unrelated
>>64964447the belgian forts worked; they slowed the German advance enough preventing a victory in the west before they had to start sending reinforcements east.>but they got blown upyea, but it took the Germans bringing up the heavy siege guns they borrowed from the Austrians tying up the whole German western advance until they showed up.
>>64956145Have you ever held a panzerschreck? It's huge, heavy and with a much bigger rocket than the bazooka. The PIAT was designed to be dropped with paratroopers and was much shorter and lighter. Technically speaking, the PIAT also had the highest rate of fire, similar to a mortar, when the spring recocking mechanism worked, though that was unreliable.>>64955869I'm not sure if the anti-tank dogs count as a boondoggle since they were a cheap desperation weapon. They failed because animals have a will to live, an alien concept to the average russian.
>>64956262Or blame the French for ignoring all the evidence that the Germans were advancing on France
>>64962707To be fair, it's not like that money would have been better spent on conventional forces. Pre-war french procurement is nothing short of a comedic farce.
>>64965699>Have you ever held a panzerschreck?I was only going off of weight, which according to the most reliable source of information in the world Wikipedia places the panzerschreck at 24lbs and the PIAT at 32lbs. But then I fucked up because it also lists the Panzerfaust 60 as actually being slightly heavier than the Bazooka
Why are the Chinese are selling full size inflatable versions of their SAM systems?
>>64965100You'd need to hire indians, which is not very expensive, but extremely unpleasant.
>>64962616 Can you find these on temu yet?
>>64964126^thishttps://www.inflatechdecoy.com/I want a SA-8 decoy to put in my backyard to fuck with the police helicopters when a nog is being searched for here in Detroit.
I dont know what kinda weapons will be used in WW4, but I know WW3 will be fought with balloons.
>>64966237You need a search radar to really mess with them, RWR will tell them you've locked them up without having a bouncy castle in your back yard to give away your location.Having a bouncy castle is never a bad thing though.
Vader had a Luger.
>>64959842He has this thing too. Not linking the video, sry guys.
>>64960143Being a prolific modern firearms collector while living in New York does odd things to a person.
>>64964844But he specifically told me "I was never here."
>>64966061Did he tell you the riddle of steel?
>>64965932He had a more than a few of those, there's still 3 on sale on Checkpoint Charlie's. Wonder how much ammo he was sitting on, or if he was more into collecting vice shooting.
Are nuclear weapons really that bad? Everyone acts like they are going to cause the end of human civilization, but this seems exaggerated.
>>64933205If any nuclear ops people are reading this, I would definitely push the button if ordered. Not only that, I promise I would NOT push the button WITHOUT legitimate orders. Trace my IP and give me a call, I'd like a comfy bunker job.
>>64962272ICBMs are fake and gay. If it's not on a boat or a plane, I doubt it ever gets used.
>>64917543I don't think the big thermonuclear fusion type bombs were ever developed as a deliverable weapon system. Whether that be the size, long term stability or something else. They can certainly make a big boom but it can't feasibly be deployed in warfare. The old fission gun types are less of a stretch but there are conventional bombs and tactics more effective than a singular multi kt blast. Strategic targeting is more effective in every way.
I made a thread and asked the AI to crunch the numbers... apparently an Abrams tank could theoretically survive a hydrogen bomb blast that was 100m away
>>64918939I DON'T WANT TO CLOSE MY EYES...>>64933673He's talking about James Clark Maxwell.>>64941372Black Holes are fake mathematical constructs concocted to make relativity "work".>>64955147Kek
>the first successful combat submarine was used in the American Civil War by the Confederates to sink a Union WarshipFebruary 17, 1864. The USS Housatonic is sunk by the CSS Hunley. "About 8:45 p. m. the officer of the deck, Acting Master J. K. Crosby, discovered something in the water about 100 yards from and moving toward the ship. It had the appearance of a plank moving in the water. It came directly toward the ship, the time from when it was first seen till it was close alongside being about two minutes. During this time the chain was slipped, engine backed, and all hands called to quarters. The torpedo struck the ship forward of the mizzenmast, on the starboard side, in a line with the magazine. Having the after pivot gun pivoted to port we were unable to bring a gun to bear upon her. About one minute after she was close alongside the explosion took place, the ship sinking stern first and heeling to port as she sank." - Lieutenant Higginson, U.S. Navy, executive officer of the USS Housatonic
>>64957862The theory I heard recently is the third time, after sinking the Housatonic, the crew decided to lay low for a bit before surfacing, to avoid capture. They came to a rest at the seabed but never resurfaced. By the time they tried to ascend, it was too late, the air was too thin. They didn't drown, they choked.If true, their bodies would be trapped in a damp, iron tomb beneath the waves perhaps for years before seawater made its way inside.
>>64956565The south lost, get over it.
>>64966091The Hunley was a lot closer than initially believed, and was likely hit by the blast, which would've pulped the occupants.
>>64966091>>64966127Imagine the smell
>>64956572get in boyswe CRANKIN tonight!
AK General /akg/Iranian 103s When Edition>Thread #2091Old thread here >>64884834
>>64966082Primary arms prism?
>>64966082Looks good, congratulations. Glad you were able to get everything figured out and hopefully the next time won't be as challenging. There's a particular component to AKM ownership that isn't present with AR stuff, I cant put my finger on it at the moment but it does make it a little bit more enjoyable. I do regret starting this late though. I stuck with AR's way before then and now that I'm exploring these all the fun stuff is gone or going away.
>>64966384yeah, glx 1x
>>64965040>>64965047So you'd need to drill out the rear trunnion and install a full size (Romanian, presumably)? Atlantic has one of those for pistol braces on the regular Draco which might be the way to go on this one
New thread>>64966725>>64966725>>64966725
Did Serbia just get air-launched semi-ballistic missiles?Isnt this a threat to the NATO, especially with all the Patriot shortages going on?
MiG-29 is such a good looking jet though. But I digress.
Joke is that back in the 90s Russia actually offered China the MiG-29 as export fighter instead of the Su-27, since the Russians had concerns about giving China long range heavy fighters. But 90s Russia was in no position to negotiate and instead had to sell the Flankers for 50% barter trade even. China paid partly in toothbrushes and blue-jeans.
>>64966069It's primarily a threat to Serbians with peculiar masturbatory habits
>>64966069Good buy. Pakistan used these against India with success, essentially turning lightweight fighters into long range strikers. But the Wrecker isnt actually hypersonic, but just high supersonic. Think of it as a flying HIMARS that can also do anti-ship basically.
why don't more (long) guns use progressive springs / recoil assemblies?i see stuff like buffers & the like on pistols, but why have they stopped doing it on carbine / rifle sized guns?they used to be done on a lot of smg's pre-ww2, for their benefits, but were dropped in favor of cheap shit (since it worked); in the modern day though, it seems like it would really fit into the newer PCC & comp-guns market
>>64964421Cars use progressive springs so you can have a soft ride over small bumps without bottoming out on tall bumps. Guns just have one size of bump to deal with.
>>64965272>they just dont do so much more than a cheap springI can tell you’ve never fired a gucci spring assembly “zero recoil” race AR then, it’s not really worth it unless you compete but it’s definitely a huge improvement.
>>64965413>...that they would ever become standardmy statement had a qualifier for a reasonif its not worth it unless you compete, then it would not become standard
>>64965413>it’s not really worth it unless you competemost people don't, so there you go
>>64964421It's cheaper :^)>>64964846And as for an actual answer, this is it.
'Vark tummy.
>>64965417may we see it?
>>64965611checked, Yes may we see all of the F-111 air and ground crews 1970s-1980s that named the airplane 'aardvark' instead of using it as a zoological literary metaphor in a geek hobbyist's publication that sold less than 20,000 copies and no one knows aboutPlease let us see them.
>>64965417I bet you fucking love it when the F-16 gets called the Viper too
>>64965675difference is that the F-16 was given a name moniker on entry into operational serviceF-111 was not(dgaf what people call the F-16, A-10)
>be so fast you deliver a heart to a patient in need before it expired>destroys more tanks than your competitorWhy did the Dogshit10 replace it?
*Bomb you*
>>64955649>t.
>>64954940test
>>64954940i bet she fucks like a fighter jet
>>64954940Call Sign: Crazy Eyes
>>64954961Wait until you see her big gock
You are now going to war. Modern battlefield. You will probably going to die by artillery or a FPV suicide drone flying into your ass. BUT! Before you get shipped off, you have to have a sword! Yes, you HAVE TO have a sword, it's mandatory. Your commanding officer is some nutjob who thinks that "Mad Jack" Churchill was right, and that anyone who goes to war without a sword is improperly dressed. You you have to pick one. But you get to choose yours. What will it be?It's probably going to be useless, you will probably never get to use it, and it's mostly just going to be an awkward piece of extra weight that you have to lug around. But you've got to have it. Can be anything from tacticool shit to accurate historical reconstructions to final fantasy bullshit.So what would be your pick?
>>64962103Ka-Bar Mark 2
>>64962103I'm an American I'll take a tomahawk.
>>64963164This.
Patton Saber
>>64964437Unless it's close quarters, then a M1941 US Navy Cutlass.
