I which we recommend /k/-relevant books, duh. Me: The Zone series by James Rouch. Set in a near-future (for the early 1980s) war between NATO and the Warsaw Pact. The war has turned into a stalemate after the Russkies unwisely put East Germans and Polish units in the front line who rebelled on the first day, giving NATO a chance to stabilise the line. The war is now confined by tacit agreement to a devastated swathe of Germany called The Zone, a slaughterhouse where anything goes. The books follow a ragbag unit of American, British and German soldiers, misfits who get given all the shittiest, most dangerous jobs. Some horrifying scenes of gore-porn traumatised me when I picked these up as a kid but they're surprisingly well-written with interesting characters.
>>61490816>Are these actually good?Don't expect any searing insights into the human condition or anything but yeah, they're entertaining war-porn slop.
Just finished Tigers in the Mud, the memoir of the tiger tank commander Otto Carius. It was pretty good, and Carius had a good sense of humor. Kramer from Seinfeld also makes a cameo as his gunner and shoots down a Russian plane with their BFG.Going several thousand years into the past, Scipio Africanus: Greater than Napoleon by Liddel Hart. A really good account of the campaigns of Rome's greatest general and statesman.
Picrel is great because the subject was a wild weasel running f105 SEAD raids in Vietnam and then he climbed the ranks in USAF until he was commander of desert storm. Really gives a broad Birds Eye view of how the military works from bombs to diplomacy
Hammer's Slammer's
>>61490816>I'm a big fan of things like Roadside PicnicIn that case you're probably better off reading Strugatskys' other works. The Far Rainbow is my personal favorite.
whats the best weapon a guerrila fighter could use?
>>61494202This is a good option since it lacks magazines so you have a much lighter load
>>61492561They weigh like 500 pounds a 300 winmag is the only thing that seems reasonable
>>61492561Depends, if you are dealing with a vital nation which is going through a demographic and technological boom after freeing itself from some hellish political and economic situation then you are fucked, you may as well just save your time and kill yourself.If you are dealing with what is for all intent and purposes humanoid hive cattle brainwashed into pathetic sentimentalism, "fair game" and historical guilt alternate with all sort of sensorial vices just post pics of the family and friends you used as human shield and got killed, they will eventually leave you alone to feel morally superior and then drive themselves into self-genocide, and enjoy your victoryOf course that is until they are replaced, as the fact you were forced to guerrilla warfare often means you are technologically, culturally and demographically stagnant and simply the target for the next people who decide to do Great Things without giving a shit about your suffering.It's anyone's guess to whom I am referring too, pic may not be related and I just wanted to show cute waifus in a tank.
>>61492561Whatever's available and effective for the purposes required. This thread reminds me of the popular conception of ninja swords, as if having an identifiable uniform weapon would be good for people trying to fit in. >>61492563FPBP. Everything's harder if you're a dumbass. For example, fire is a very effective weapon and easier than ever to use but somehow people still manage to suck at it even though Wikipedia can show you how to make a proper Molotov. There are also plenty of readily available military manuals on improvised munitions.In conclusion, death to dumb frogposters.
>>61492561An arsenal of nuclear ICBMs. No need to fight then
NGAD speculation threadWhat will it look like? Will it even be manned? Questions abound
>>61492826Shame they're still being piloted by humans.I'm sure there will be some midlife update to AI/Remote driven. Forego the cockpit and go full sleek top.
>>61496192Delta Dart IISuper GoblinSuper Starfighter
>>61492826It will look like this
>>61492826I want to see the NGAD be this drone-quarterback data fusion ultra low observable platform and the FA-XX be a manned hypersonic son of tomcat 'idgaf about my RCS it's kinematically impossible to intercept me' platform.
>>61492826>optionally manned>xboxhueg tailless dorito, optimized for maximizing both stealth and endurance/payload>twin enginedThey may be able to get away with 2D thrust vectoring without compromising stealth but I doubt they would bother. >COFFIN-like virtual cockpit without a glass canopy (unlikely based on concept images and models released by LM)>directed energy weapon(s) integrated into airframe, capable of firing at nearly all angles and used as both a point defense and offensive weapon>avionics equal to or greater than dedicated recon, AWACS, and electronic warfare platforms and all in one>armed with AIM-260 and capable of carrying hypersonic cruise missiles and other large munitions within IWB>primarily used as drone coordination and support platform >over 1000 nm combat radius >size of a speck of dust on radar>active camo/optical stealthunknown exactly what this entails, could be anything from simply yehudi lights to metamaterial-based near invisibility Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Who makes nice hardwood stock sets now that Matt from Ironwood Designs has passed away?Looking for my Imbel FAL and my Vepr 54r.Post your nice wood.
Anyone know who makes these sets?
Kicking myself for not buying these years ago. womp womp.
>>61493918Coulda sworn this was an option directly from molot.
>>61493918Legion USA had them at one pointhttps://www.legionusa.com/vepr-wood-furniture-set.-ar-style.-blonde..html
>>61493918They're from Izhevsk Masters out of Russia and are, you guessed it, unobtainium. But they're really nice if you can find a set on the secondary market.>>61493896I wish I had a Vepr instead of my Saiga. You'd think SVD furniture would be easier to clone for a square back receiver but I digress.To answer your question, Rhineland Arms. https://www.troupsystems.com/product-category/stocks/Pic unrelated, i did refinish the wood myself though.
can i get pics of open carry im starting a folder so i can flex on euros on the other boards about how based america isno military or police pics the point is the political right to carry as civilians
>>61492713Live in a state that requires a permit to carry concealed and haven't gotten it yet.
>>61455287open carrying an AR, especially like that, is the goofiest shit ever. if a nigger runs up on him and decides to play the KO game he's landing on his back on top of his weapon and even if he rolls over the strap is going to make it impossible to ready his gun quickly. same if he's in a crowed area and shit hits the fan, it'll take literally a lifetime to get ready to shoot from that position and he's the first person an active shooter is going to kill. if he's in a situation where he needs a gun like that he should be more focused on running or keeping civilians calm and ordered if he wants to play hero than getting into a protracted shootout where the cops will probably shoot him on sight when they turn up anyway. fucking mongoloidthe constitution wasnt written so that fat, limp dick, cowardly retards like this could go around playing soldier and scaring their neighbors
>>61493774I'm considering leaving to Texas or TennesseeFlorida is fucking full of shitheads from the North or from Latin America>>61494104The Constitution wasn't written for Redcoats like you
>>61455767I did that to get out of jury duty once, the second I got here they said you are excused.
>>61493753why is luther so fucking based
whats their fucking problem
>>61494146>all they know is small arms and demolitionChubby, sweaty, sausage-like fingers typed these words.>fly rotary and fixed wingThe 1070 is a parachute qualification.>ask any recondo, gb, deltaYou have never asked any recondo, gb or delta operator, and none of them have ever said anything of the sort to you.>that's what the fleet is forThe fleet is where the training is NARROWED. Not broadened.>in America, every service member is treated as an extension of the country itself to almost a detrimental degree. I assume this was meant for a different reply. It's nonsensical in this context.>accompanied by regular 0311's and 11b'sYou mean supported by. Accompanied. Lmao.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>61484998they should have trained Seals for reals.
>>61485375That's not how that works. It's a warfare community. They do one joint tour and a staff tour at certain promotion brackets, like literally EVERY other combat arms officer, of every branch, in the entire DOD. Otherwise they just PCS between teams and SDV groups just like aviators bounce between squadrons or black shoes between ships. You're retarded and should kys
>>61496161Seriously. What an obscure weird thing to be wrong about. Seriously that guy should kill himself
>>61494146>and are usually accompanied by regular 0311's and 11b'sStop making things up.
so the hope is that the FPV doesnt go off and bounces off or something right? there is no way a pg-7 warhead doesnt penetrate a ural even from a meter standoff
I don't think the net is designed to explode the drone but to capture it.
>>61474855The guy in the red is still alive, and can be seen moving.the guy in the blue is the one who flew, and i cant tell if he is still moving, or if its the fire on him making it look like he's still alive.i can only hope that he is still alive.
this is a death trap
>>61490231>i can only hope that he is still alive.Cruel.
>>61493553indeed
Our Masters editionPrevious: >>61395356Lying about criminal history = BADLying about medical history = GOODMarine Corps = BASEDIntel/Cyber = POZZED>Resources:>Free ASVAB Practice Testshttps://www.asvabpracticetests.com/>Fort Jackson Army Basic Training Guide (Nov. 2020)https://pastebin.com/yg972vRE (embed) (Short version)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>61470703a big ol' quality of life improvement i tell you hwat
>>61464388Anyone join later on to in life? What’s it like joining the Military when older? I’m 24
>>61495967>24You're on the older side but it's not too late. 1 or 2 more years and it will be tho.
about to get out of the reenz as an 03xx E4, should I switch to army or is it more of the same shit?
>>61496512Go Army with guaranteed school slots or get out, get a degree and comission in whatever branch you want, boot.
Was it a good rifle?
>>61479860Let's be honest here. The m16 (when it actually got unfucked) is the perfect rifle of the time and even now as a norm shewtin rifle.
>>61492836Because your shit is purple with dilated pin holes and a block welded into the receiver
>>61480217The M27 is also ridiculously heavy and it's silly that the Marines would have specced a quad rail in the era of negative space attachment systems.
>>61482272>Develop a new cartridge to replace both 5.56 and 7.62>Continue to use both 5.56 and 7.62Unfortunately I think the army brass might actually be this retarded.
>>61478157Got a family member thats a Marine, theres still love for the Musket-16 but when the M4's and M27's start getting passed out everyone wants one because by that time they are all sick of carrying anything with extra weight
Thoughts?: https://www.janes.com/defence-news/news-detail/new-aerial-vehicle-seen-on-chinese-h-6-bomber
>>61496265No, but neither is that. Show me the test flight footage. BTW-- the US had hypersonic near-space assets even before the Buffalo, so you continue to pound your own ass with a giant incompetence dildo. Congrats to catching up to 60 year old US tech though.
>>61496291>>61496310Has the US ever released testing footage of their ODWE?: https://twitter.com/CNSpaceflight/status/1680593143685853184?t=SFkkGKrBjZB4MbUscn8lxA&s=19
>>61496438Seriously? This isn't even a flight test. Not even a de-rated flight test. Not even a taxiing test. And yeah, there is a shit load of footage of the X-15, you know, actually flying. You should spit the commisar's dick out some time and try it chang.
>>61496447>X-15>Rocket poweredThe question still stands, where's the testing of US ODWE/Schramjet?
>>61496194implessive
>size and mass of an IFVHow the fuck did unga bungas kill this with sticks and stones?
>>61473531Teamwork makes the dream work anon, you can kill anything if you and your buddies work together!
>>61474269>>61474528The harder we look the more evidence we find that even the most ancient groups of people still had complex social structures and political systems to govern their livesAustralian aboriginals have formalised inter-tribal de-escalation and dispute resolution procedures in order to prevent destructive fights occurring amongst their limited population, for example.A five thousand year old battle of a river crossing in north Germany recently revealed some artifacts from southern Iberia which proved that not only was this battle fought between much larger and more organised societies than previously believed, but also that some of the participants have traveled a very long way to get there which apparently suggests that the german river crossing in question was on a trade route with significant economic relevance to spainEssentially what I am saying is that life back then would not have been any less complicated, it would just have been complicated in different ways
>>61496455Of course. People have a baseline capacity that they are constantly trying to fill up. Social life and routines only becomes actively simplified with monasteries and the like.
>>61475334I'd unga her bunga
>>61476035coincidentally also the ingredients for good sex
I'm looking to make a ublock filter set for annoying age and region popups on gun websites. I need your worst examples.
>>61496333>You literally just have to click one button you fucking retard.But I do not have to do that. In fact, nobody ever tells me anything I have to do, on pain of death.
>>61496333Again, it's already illegal for under-18s to buy firearms and under-21s to buy handguns, plus movies, video games, and...music (which are even more obviously 1A-protected) do a million times' better job selling youths on the desirability of AR15s and Glocks than palmettostatearmory.com ever could.
>>61494748It is annoying that even pressing "remember me" never works. The absolute worst popup is on pewpewtactical (which is also perhaps the worst gun-related website I can think of). Waits like 20 seconds before it engulfs your entire screen begging for your email or some shit.Also *starts dry humping you*
>>61494773Gayest movie ever with a meme used by those who are incredibly retarded.
>>61496399>absolute worst popup is on pewpewtacticalYou're right, in fact it's so shit that I custom-filtered it and forgot. Good thing I have this thread to remind me and build out the m a s t e r list!Also:>I may earn a small part of the sale from links to any products or services on this site. You do not pay anything extra and your purchase helps support my work in bringing you more awesome gun and gear articles.I intercept all affiliate links, and for uncommon platforms I re-type the link minus the affiliate code. I highly recommend never buying a single thing from an affiliate link.
Will M6anon Deliver? Edition?Old >>61331078MFAL comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5V9qYxITW0Resource on what these spec terminology meanhttps://www.nite-walker.com/post/2019/11/21/specs-for-dummies-101https://apollogearco.com/blogs/news/night-vision-specs-explainedhttps://gloomgroup.com/blogs/night-vision-info/night-vision-specifications-understanding-what-they-meanYou shouldn't be chasing for spec values but they do exist and if you wanted to know what "better spec" values are there's a way to know which unit is desirable over another.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>61494219Dude, do you guys even understand what you are even asking for?God damn man.
>>61494307you're supposed to have a phased plasma rifle in the 40w range. For the 1% chance of darkies standing behind streetlights
>>61493326I just bought some hiking boots, especially in wide. I wasn't going for larp. Plus forces don't come in wide last i checked but I could be wrong.
>>61494347>mawlerI hate this.
>>61494219>5-10 watt secondary laserI too desire a LAM capable of lighting whatever I'm shooting at on fire.
Serious question, Everyone has been talking about how the Ukrainians have been short on artillery shells which is a problem that might be solved within the next few months as production slowly ramps up. However what I have noticed in recent video is that Ukrainian minefields appear much less dense than before. Also I noticed that most western countries agreed several years ago not to make landmines anymore, effectively banning themselves from making landmines and permanently shutting down all factories. This is in particular true for anything smaller than anti tank mines. So I am wondering 1) is Ukraine still well stocked with landmines and it's just having issues to deploy them as densely as before or they are running short? 2) which countries friendly to Ukraine still make landmines? (Anti personnel in particular) 3) is it hard to get a landmines factory up and running? Will the wester politicians which are very sensitive to the optics and country image even allow it? (Imagine decades from now images of kids with blown up feet and X country landmine blamed for it, as it always happens) 4) how the Ukrainians and the Russians have improved their tactics to deal with minefields? Did this war bring some improved tactics or new equipment?Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>61494134>>61488320i think of land mines every day some one should seriously consider making some kind of cheap way to take these out, unlike men after a war they will stay on and they end up harming children or just some random animal or people
>>61488545>>61491946There's supposedly a large stockpile of certain parts that if combined would create effective ap mines.t. Finn
>>61494134>>61494159There's just no cheap and easy way to do it that anyone has figured out yet. Fastest and easiest option is the MICLIC but that has some limitations, obviously.Something like that mine kafon thing would only work on simple AP mines. AT mines require a lot more weight to set them off.
>>61496004Would strafing the mines with something like a GAU-8 chew them up good?
>>61496398If explosive rounds were used it might be somewhat effective but probably less so than the MICLIC.Methodically pounding the whole area with artillery fire would be better, but obviously it would be more expensive.
Go ahead and tell me how you "need" more
>>61496036Also >any lever action in any caliber
>>61496014Not true: third parties made 20 rd mags for law enforcement https://vintagesemiautorifle.proboards.com/thread/167/winchester-1907-replacement-magazinesWinchester never made above 15rd mags but I never said factory mag
>>61481463Just get a Maverick like a normal poor person. Reserve the single shots for the homeless, and arm them for the uprising.
>>61480675If I'm going for dangerous game, I want me a second shot just to be sure.In the thick forests you don't really need anything more than a double shotgun, but nobody should be barred from wanting more (and I would love to have more), neither should anyone be mocked for doing fine with less gear.
>>61480707>Who even makes these anymoreBaikal MP-18 is in production since 1940s or 30s with few changes And some turkshitters are there for you.
