https://www.twz.com/sea/anti-drone-cope-cage-appears-on-russian-patrol-boat"dimitri, its your turn to go pull dead seagulls off the net"
>>65149361IM ON A BOATIM ON A BOATPUT A COPE CAGE ON THE MOTHER FUCKING BOAT
>>65149361>cover boat in chicken wire>get hit by Boaty McExplody>drown because chicken wire lol>you are now bait in the worlds largest crap potNext season is gonna be interesting
Let's increase the number and height of the masts.
>>65149361They use the FP-2 drones on those guys and they're just a massive fucking bomb so the cope net isn't going to do shitIts easier to stay drunk and accept death for russian sailors
>>65149374Classic bit
>>65149396What's the point of the forward-mounted rear-facing cannons?
>>65149426much like basically all the cannons at the time, to shoot at people, not boats. in this case it's to cover the deck in case you're being boarded.
>>65149440>in this case it's to cover the deck in case you're being boardedPlanning on a last resort that involves cannoning your own deck is pretty hard core.
>>65149426Sometimes the captain likes a desk pop
>>65149450It was really expected, to get boarded was a normal part of naval fighting.Why do you think they callled the built-up structures at the bow and stern the 'fore castle' and 'after castle'?
>>65149467>It was really expected, to get boarded was a normal part of naval fighting.>Why do you think they callled the built-up structures at the bow and stern the 'fore castle' and 'after castle'?Do you really need to clear your own decks with chainshot though?Seems a bit rough on your sailors.
>>65149515that's a sacrifice they were willing to make I guess. You have to realise those ships were extremely expensive
>>65149561Man, I am just so glad to be born into a democracy with a volunteer, professional military.
>>65149515They'd be firing grapeshot from (relatively) small guns, and the actual plan was to let the enemy take the deck, and then shoot them to shit from the bow and stern castles.You have to think of this more like a mini siege, where you abandon your outer works (the deck) when you can't hold it any longer.And you don't fire grapeshot into the melee, if you can help it.
>>65149583>if you can help it.Keyword right there
>>65149590You obviously try and get your people off the deck if and when you see the enemy boarding action coming.Those ships were moving at a few knots, really more of a brisk walking pace.There were many cases where a ship's bow and stern castles held out even after the enemy doubled up on the ship, as the defender you were basically playing for time and making the boarding too costly..
>>65149361>who would use the phrase cope cage>tmzi'm not sure what to think about anything of this anymore
>>65149905Cope cages continue to be humiliating for Russia, leading to a consensus among Americas that we need to resume engagement with leadership across the atlantic in the fight against Russia. When Ukraine uses them, it's just some blokes doing what works
>>65149917sure whatever i'm just rolling my eyes that a major publication is now using the phrase. and that TMZ is now doing war news. just seems a bit silly that's all.
>>65149374they gonna start building double hulled warships again filled with water simple yet effective
>>65149940>double hulled warships again filled with waterIs the Moskva the lead ship in the class?
>>65149905>who would use the phrase cope cageIt's a mainstream term at this stage.Freuding used it during one of his memable interviews.
