Aesthetics peaked here and we're never going back.Kill me
>>61958231I respectfully disagree
>>61958231"Islands in the Stream" by Kenny Rogers and Dolly Parton was #1 on the singles charts so here's the slowed down / reverb island-romping version:https://youtu.be/hDaxyEZfzxk
>>61958231The bucket trooper look was the best.
>>61958381too much tech
>>61958231
>>61958432it will never be cool
>>61958432>>61958438wrong
>>61958231>Kill meIf it ends these constant threads, gladly
>>61958231for me its the 'umble citizen militia
>>61958231Speaking of the 80s there's footage of this guy absolutely booking it at high port, it was either grenada or panama does anyone's have it?
>>61958564seek help
>>61958231>Aesthetics peaked when I was 14 and we're never going back.Why are retards like this?
>>61958629if you were 14 in the 80s and are posting here it's so fucking over for you.
>>61958426You are gay. Human combat prowess has two key points, distance and brains. There's nothing more perfect a human aesthetic than high tech shooting.
>>61958564What the fuck does that even mean.
>>61958804>le indomitable human spirit galactic imperium death to xenos xd we're all one race the human raceplease stop with this memewe are not one species
>>61958231No, the GI aura has finally fully shifted to multicam. M81 has always been kind of lame you guys post the same old pictures.
OP pic looks so much less intense when zoomed out, seeing the guy just standing there with his rifle not ready
Go ahead. Picture the ideal soldier. He's got a M81 PASGT helmet, vest, uniform, an LBV, maybe alice gear. The ideal soldier. You're right anon.
>>61958629It's a thing https://archive.nytimes.com/learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/25/is-14-a-magic-age-for-forming-cultural-tastes/You can't go home again.
>>61958808mentally ill spammer, disregard
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>>61958459i want a tricorn hat...
>>61959201
It’s been over for a long time
>>61958432
>>61958231>Ameresthetics ameaked amere amd ame're amever amoing ack.>Ameriill ameYanks are nogs
>>61959277>when "do americans really" posters have a stroke
>>61958426"Boy I sure wish I had less options in a firefight"
>>61959458You'll have to forgive Anon. Since he was eight his biggest dream was being a cybernetic samurai for a near-future megacorporation,
>>61959277T.
Here's a Pic of Finn soldiers training in the 60's. Why can't we have this level of sovl anymore /k/?
>>61958381Looking cool and being effective are two very different things. Cold war era was peak look, modern era is peak effectivity.
>>61958381>goofy looking shit strapped to your face>retarded high-cut helmets that expose the sides of your head>>61958432>>61958445>retarded fuckhuge VR headset strapped to your faceDumb gimmicks fallen for by the same crowd that bought the cybertruck. A soldier doesn't need a circuitboard strapped to his face, he needs protection from shrapnel. If you don't have an armor carrier, you have no business opining on the needs of the infantry. Plate carriers and high cuts are for SEAL liars that frag their squad and make up a crybaby story to scam the shit out of the public before the tape of them cowering in a hollow log gets released. Don't be like Luttrell, wear a normal helmet and normal body armor like everyone else did before the Special Needs Welfare Queens meme. No one who's stacking Russian corpses like sandbags in Ukraine right now is anything like these useless faggots.
>>61958231Counterargument:
>>61960131I don't remember this episode of Fresh Prince
>>61958381Dumb question, does having four tubes really help that much with NVGs? Seems to me like the extra vision might be offset by the weight and general cumbersomeness.Also are these newer goggles more durable? When I was in the Army, I got into a lot of trouble for accidentally destroying a pair of PVS-14s by walking into a wall while wearing them.
>>61960119>Having a literal 3D map of your terrain with and being able to see where your squad is on it in relation to yourself at all times and being able to mark enemy positions on it like a video game is a gimmick>Comparing it to slavic shit flinging for no reasonIf ukes/Russians could have them they absolutely would want them.
>>61958231>we're never going backI mean, unless US invades Venezuela, hypothetically speaking.
>>61960145so the original panoramics were made for pilots, as the added weight didn't mean that much for them. at first they weren't sure if they would help ground forces at all, and the crayon-munchers complained that chewing on them or breathing on them wrong broke them. once some more testing was done, they figured out that while it doesn't let you identify targets faster, being able to identify MORE targets is probably better than not being able to identify them. it helps a lot for being indoors and going room to room, but in an open field it's not as much of an advantage. they're a lot better than they were, but it is a sort of minor improvement over normal goggles until you start doing room-clearing. it's good enough that the weight doesn't seem to be a concern for the guys who want them at least.
>>61958231early 80s grenada into exec outcomes era is indeed high tier
>>61961942fuckin lol'd.>oh shit it fell out>did anyone notice?>can i grab it?>oh fuck the cameras right on me>oh thanks man>i uh, guess i'll just hold it in shame now
>>61958381any value you place on aesthetics here, get flushed into the toilet once you have used this shitmodern night fighting is a total mess of stupid little accessories, and tons of shitty companies like wilcox that can't solve wobble out of the box for $500 or whatever they chargeyou pay premium mil prices for what amounts to really jank shitthis isn't cool, it's just more MIC niggers, they excel in media promotion and not much else
>>61958887Then he gets smoked by someone with an optic. These threads are made by poor people.
Aesthetics , indeed
Just Cause was gay and retarded but this is maybe the best the US military has ever looked
>>61960119I ain’t reading all that grandpa. Everything that we’re using today is objectively superior.
>>61961031>runs out of batteries>gets wet>trip, fall, glass in your eyeballs>enemy stabs you in the back and steals it, now knows exactly where your other squadmates are>flashing light display distracting you from real shit happening right in front of you because zoom zooms can't look up from their faggy bideo gaymes for 5 fucking minutes to kill a manAll this because you have an addiction to computer games and need to shove it in everyone's face, including Ivan and Chang?Also, we somehow have been managing to ID enemy forces just fine without larping as John Halo, using these things called our senses. We can hear what language they're speaking and the sounds of their weapons and vehicle engines, see what gear they're using and what they look like. If you need a computer chip to tell you these things, you may be special needs. Perfect for the SEALs then I guess! But for the rest of us who'll be hoofing it and actually fighting in a real war, we're good, I'd rather save the weight of that facial brick for something like food, water, or ammo.
>>61959219>Unironic slingfagCome anywhere my cave and I'll send you to the stone zone
>>61958615>>61958564what the sigma??
>>61962959Oh boy, another /pol/-tier chadface meme. May as well say "I have no argument", just like those retards mouthing off about "muh multipolar world" over there.If you really want to go there though, let's dig into the Nig Spear too:>fat, heavy bullets, soldier is now carrying less ammo than his grandpa did for his M14>fucking loud, requires suppressor solely so the noise doesn't instantly deafen the user, basically isn't actually suppressed and cannot be>loud, fat, heavy bullets are somehow weaker than basic bitch .308, armor penning abilities dubious at best>gun itself is really fucking heavy, slightly heavier than an M14>machine gun variant doesn't have a quick-change barrel, it will melt and become a useless shitbrick like Russian PKMs doAnd I want you to remember that this dogshit isn't replacing the M16 (which is still burst only) or the M240, it's replacing the M4 Carbine and the M249. The M4, being a weapon for close, urban engagements, and the M249 which does a solid job and has none of the defects of its successor.The fags that adopted this travesty and the retards dickriding it are all braindead. Fuck you, you're all wrong.
>>61958381this shit is so fucking reddit at this point
>>61958818The original pic still goes hard as fuck.I really miss green woody camos bros.Oh how I wish our camo was closer to something like MARPAT colorwise.t. Ukie
>>61963027only in ohio fr
>>61963048Don't lament, every modern military, at least the good ones have all gone to digital stuff. I know its effective blah blah but isn't the most important factor of war looking cool?
>>61958381looks like a headache, and modularity is the reason. everything is covered in rails, mlok, and molle. old shit is simple and elemental. maybe in the future guns will all get integral suppresors and integral lasers and integral optics, and helmets will have integral nightvision, thermal, and comms as standard - and maybe then, things will look simple like they used to.
>>61961942>>61962078The magazine fell off?
>>61963048>I wish our camo was closer to something like MARPATIf it helps, the Army also wanted that. Count your blessings I guess, at least you didn't adopt sick frog green uniforms.
>>61963128why?
>>61963029Didn’t read any of that either>Current thing? BAD>Old thing? GOOD
>>61960119Insanely cringe memeThe passage of time is scary, I will pray you can meet your transition to the next phase with integrity, rather than cope
>>61963248I know you can't read, you were raised on common core. I'm right, you're wrong, seethe more. No argument = concession.>>61963266So how much are you paid per post, 2 grains of rice? Bite me.
>>61963314
>>61958231>peaked herenot even remotely close
>>61958381Looks like shit.
>>61963372Ironic, given that you refuse to read what I've said. Or perhaps you just can't respond because you know I'm right.Let's cut the shit, the only fags that act this way are paid to do it. How about it Sigger? Gonna repeat another non-phrase at me, maybe post another MS paint image from your shill folder? Better get to it, they won't pay your brown ass for this.
>>61963483>he’s still jumping and down, typing whole paragraphs>being this upsethttps://youtu.be/AU2RQRVajZ8?si=JXJHnD1ZWnq3q56G
>>61963495>assblasted shill isn't getting paid
>>61958231>Aesthetics peaked herewrong
>>61963527Are those hoods as shiny as they seem in the pic? I have one of these and the chem hood, but mine's OD green
>>61958231Now that's a pose I wouldn't mind having a Green Army Man figure of.
>>61958781How bout if you were 30 in the 80’s, you giant fag.
>>61963588>77I mean I guess it's technically also over, but more over as in you're almost done
>>61963117You're right, modularity is the entire problem. And it'll inevitably give way to fully integrated systems as time goes on. Guns will have built in suppressors, sights, lights and lasers.
>>61963527CBRN bros..
>>61962965>runs out of batteries>gets wet>trip, fall, glass in your eyeballs>enemy stabs you in the back and steals it, now knows exactly where your other squadmates are>flashing light display distracting you from real shit happening right in front of you because zoom zooms can't look up from their faggy bideo gaymes for 5 fucking minutes to kill a manSounds like issues that would have been ironed out in a proper test program.
>>61963588Let's see less getting mad online, more grappling with mortality pops
>>61958381Am I only one who thinks GPNVGs look goofy as fuck?
>>61958231>Aesthetics peaked hereIndeed>and we're never going back.Just give it ~150 years or so
Aesthetics thread, lacking in aesthetics. shame.
>>61958432>>61958445Your milspec apple vision goggles look retarded and the troops that actually had to use it hate the thing
>>61963029/pol/ was always a part of /k/
Ain't none of you retards even remotely close.The peak of drip.
>>61968891lolno
>>61958231Where can i get a grenade launcher like this for my A2
>>61968984www.goarmy.com>Some assembly required, batteries not included
>>61968984LMT were all over the place until 2022. You can still find them here and there but the prices went up significantly. I paid 1500 for the receiver and barrel in 2018 and its over 3k now
>ask dad to show you pictures of him in the 80s>it's always this kind of shit
>>61958231ok boomer
>>61958231>Aesthetics peaked here and we're never going back.>Kill me
>Aesthetics peaked here and we're never going back.>Kill me
>>61969208I've yet to see a single image of someone with a FAL that doesn't go hard as fuck
>>61958231negative, they peaked here.
Final era of cool hat with high waisted pants
>>61968913Newfag
>>61968891Was, yes. After /pol/ turned into an communist shithole filled with retards, contrarians and shitskins who hate white people, that stopped being the case.It's no longer the current year.
My lord, we've searched the ship, but there's no sign of the plans for the Jewish Space Laser
>>61968891no
>>61966814optics are an aesthetic crimeiron sights will always be more /k/ino
>>61964761JLIST fucking sucks, class As fucking suck so bad drs are on standby monitoring for dehydration when training in them, and all of this is outweighed by the fact the M50 and M53 look cool as fuck>t. CBRN stryker platoon
>>61970466shut up and pose for the cameraalso, your fault for not researching the job before enlisting
The Virgin Beardo Ooperator vs the Chad Clean Shaven Cold War Commando
>>61967795man, everything is getting worse
>>61970611>he thinks i’m enlistedFor the record I don’t hate the job its just something to be aware of
>>61958231>Aesthetics peaked here and we're never going back.
You're all wrong. Aesthetics peaked back in the ancient times. Why? Because they didn't care at all about blending in, quite the opposite in fact.
>>61958432I know for a fact the average infantryman would hate this shit. While I was at wainwright, we regularly ate shit on the stupid ass skis they give us. It would cave our faces in so quick.For armour it'd be kinda sick. Everyone would be updated on stats and potential threats in realtime.
>>61971571that was true through the napoleonic wars dude >>61963390hell the french wore baby blue through WWI
>>61962631What was this camo called anyway? Flackertan?
>>61971601>hell the french wore baby blue through WWIThat's just because everything in France is blue-tinted so it makes for good camo.
>>61958231No it didn't, aesthetics peaked quite a while before then.
>>61959226>remember I have the box a few years back>find it in the back of a closet somewhere>excitedly run to my PC>mfw I realize I haven't had a drive in quite a few years
>>61973699KEK
everyone who isnt me is wrong
>>61976825Sieg heil!
>>61971621thats a smock worn over the uniform in either Platanenmuste or Eichenlaubmuster look up camopedia
>>61960119Sides of your head being exposed is such a weird cop out argument from people who don't need to run comms and/or are too poor to afford a hi cut
muh sovl kiddies deserve the rope
>>61979787Have fun dying to shrapnel then.
>>61971601Bravo Vince youve done it again
>>61960119Ive always liked this image. The guy who doesn't understand land navigation will debate endlessly:>13.7 vs 14.5 pin and weld???
Nah, this is peakinb4 disagreements from glasses wearers
>>61984452You think if I go to Cambodia now I can find a tween prostitute like that?
>>61963048>Oh how I wish our camo was closer to something like MARPAT colorwise.>t. UkieCome the fuck on, you guys literally have the nicest looking camo in the world, why would you wish to stray from it?
>>61958459based and tally ho pilled
>>61959312hes just scottish
>>61960136>>61960131Pretty sure it was "Saved by the Bell."There's a pic floating around with two GIs or Marines either in Panama or Grenada, chatting with two girls, and I swear the Americans look like Zack and Screech.
Man as bad as the IBA and IOTV were Flak jackets were even worse.Fuck that shit.
>>61962959Tell me you havent marched a day in your life with telling me you haven't marched a day in your life.
>>61979901post 500 verified accounts of people dying to shrapnel wounds that a low cut helmet would have saved them from.
>>61959219I imagine him talking like Speedy Gonzalez.
>>61959063just make one out of felt like we had to do for colonial day in elementary school>>61958231I mean YOU can go back personallyyou can literally build an A2 (mostly) lookalike and put a flare launcher under ityou can get all of that gear from ebay
>>61970715Fuck yea.
>>61989801I can post the US military, the greatest fighting force in the history of the known universe, continuing to use low-cut helmets to this very day for the people who actually fight. High cuts are for "people" who pretend they're Billy Badass and write a million books about how much ass they kicked before the video of them pissing their pants in a hollowed out log surfaces. I also see an awful lot of Russians wearing them too, very telling!
>>61976825The 1st Pajeet Brigade?
