Why don't buildings at bases have armor on them, the way tanks do? Every building I've ever seen at pictures of forward operating bases is basically a wooden box with some sandbags littered around it - wouldn't it be easy to just take the same armor that's on an M1 Abrams and just plate the building?
It'd make them more or less impervious to any kind of bombing or mortar attack, since the armor on an Abrams makes it impossible to defeat
>>29761945
Because we are fighting terrorists who
A) cant hit shit, even if its the size of a building (just got back from iraq, isis would literally overshoot and miss our 5 square mile base)
B) they use a lot of home made rockets that are basically just pipe-bombs strapped to rocket motors
C) or 50-60 year old warsaw pact rockets that wont make it through 3-4 layers of sandbags anyways.
It costs close to a hundred grand (or more usually)ejust to up-armour a vehicle, a building? Millions, some of those buildings...
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>>29761945
reinforced cement is cheaper and easier to make than armor plating for buildings.
Sandbags are even better than cement at stopping kinetic projectiles than metal plates, while costing less and being more readily available.
with that being said, this website is 18+
please refrain from posting.
Just money compared to practicality. If there were a war between two first world countries most places would probably just be civilian buildings repurposed. The only places with armor on them so to speak are mainly just bunkers.
So I've put magpul on my Remington 870, my Ak (pistol grip only), almost every AR15 I own, and for every gun they make magazines for. I honestly think they make the best aftermarket furniture and accessories. What is your thoughts on Magpul /k/?
There's the AK and one of my AR15s with magpul on it.
Vertical grip I have on another AR.
>>29761904
>What is your thoughts on Magpul /k/?
Extremely bro tier company but a lot of their products are hit and miss. Their ctr stock is great. Don't really like my pmags
Can we get a /k related reaction images thread
Folder is getting low
>>29761892
Why don't we employ this tank killer?
Do we still fight tanks?
>>29761789
This thread will go to shit since it is about a British weapon.
>>29761789
because we have hellfires?
Standard sheet metal American traffic sign. For reference a Gatorade bottle cap and the middle finger of my size 6 glove wearing hand.
.17 hmr
>>29761771
new gatorade bottles look like ass
>>29761771
.45
also stop shooting traffic signs OP that's low class as fuck
Recent purchases thread? pic related, just arrived today. Got it as an ornery stray dog/nog deterrence
Well, googled pic related anyway
Someone pat me on the back for buying a collapsible baton!
>tfw seeing these threads every week
>tfw nogunz for another 2 months
Life is suffering.
In the future radar and signal processing will improve to the extent that electronic warfare will be the (best/only) defence. 'Stealth' as we know it today will be short lived.
Fighter aircraft may stop being:
1. Small manoeuvrable aircraft
2. Manned
We will probably see aircraft the size of an F111 or maybe B1, full with radar, offensive / defensive ECM and computing power. They will launch manoeuvrable weapons or even drones to do the fighting for them.
Autonomous drones will take over much of the work from modern fighter aircraft...
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>>29761531
in the future the op will always be a faggot
is this a fair assessment?
>>29761553
Funny and original
thats planned for
won't happen for decades
6th gen planes won't rely on stealth to defend themselves
Ok /k/ watch this link.
https://news.vice.com/video/what-its-really-like-to-fight-for-the-islamic-state
Is it just me or should i have expected more from ISIS.
Whats your take guys?
Pic unrelated.
>>29761493
Always wondered what caused that explosion.
Salted rounds?
>>29761524
Gun thought it was an AR-15
What do you expect? They're burning through recruits at a rate of hundreds a month.
I like katanas. They're pretty sweet. A history of men using them more than just to kill, they harbored a warrior's soul within, the ability to use one could determine your social status within the entire world, and to tarnish your weapon was to insult yourself.
Claymores are up there. Long, hard, unwieldy, only the strongest of men were able to properly bring out the full potential of one.
The AR-15 is the modern sword. warrior class blah blah defending honor blah blah
>>29761308
The Gladius was the most effective sword in the world. Stupid simple and versatile enough for any situation a normal man would encounter.
>>29761371
It was nice, but looks too much like a dagger.
Scimitars on the other hand, now there's a cool ass looking sword.
What's a good innawoods gun for solo camping trips? I have a few paramaters I'm looking for...
>powerful enough to bring down a moose, black bear, and other large, potentially dangerous animals.
>compact and lightweight
>cheap, no more than $500
>readily available ammunition, if it's a rifle then soft point ammo should be available at average outdoor/gun stores
>preferably can be used to bag small game...
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>>29761299
VZ58
Basic bitch pump shotgun.
>>29761299
Where in NY are you located? because clearly its near Water Safari
>just had an auction for a Sig P229 end on gunbroker
>the guy who won is from new jersery
is there any weird laws I should be aware of? I am not trying to send this thing there only to be fucked by some strange ATF sting.
>>29761158
>is there any weird laws I should be aware of?
Not selling your guns to cucks especially when they live in cuckstates.
Tell him in an email to get fucked and give it to the second runner up.
>>29761158
You ship it to an FFL, beyond that there is nothing you have to worry about. Christ, this is why the liberals always win. They trick free people into thinking that they're doing something wrong so much so that you are afraid to mail a hunk of metal to a licensed metal hunk dealer. Your transaction is with the FEDERAL FIREARMS LICENSE holder, if you didn't know.
>>29761158
M8 just consider NJ, NY, CA, and IL a lost cause.
Their gunlaws are too confusing, opressive, and set up to fuck you that you shouldn't even bother.
I have a problem with the bayonet on my mosin. It won't fit on the end and I don't have a dremel. So I was wondering If I could use WD-40?
>>29761088
HOLY SHIT
Are you people retarded? You'll respond to my autistic shitpostings instantaneously but when I ask a decent question everybody suddenly becomes a crippled retard. And fuck this "no files over 14gb" rule, and these shitty soundless webms, does this site perpetually live in 2012?
>>29761185
You fucked yourswlf by posting an image thats more important than your question dumbass. You should have posted a picture of the WD-40 or a bayonet.
Seeking to buy a pack that can accommodate a 5 day camping/hike and then be stored as a B.O.B.
Been browsing through forums and websites,
Any particular favorites /k/ can recommend?
Currently looking at military surplus ALICE, MOLLE, and then a few on amazon.
My budget is $125 and I need a bag that can take a beating and not shit the bed in hard conditions.
REI packs? Some have been recommended but most I've seen look wussy and overpriced.
Ive been using a Molle II rifleman pack with the Sustainment pouches, waist pack and sleep system carrier. I paid $90 for it. It's held up through years of good hard use. You can't go wrong at that price
>>29761189
link?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/MOLLE-II-RUCKSACK-BACKPACK-Woodland-Rifleman-Ruck-Pack-US-Military-/371296900223?hash=item567305147f:g:WIYAAOSwzhVWp9uq
A little more expensive now but worth it
Former nogunz poorfag here, inherited my grandfather's hunting rifles/shotguns a few months ago and had some shitty luck with one of them. Apparently Remington's 597 .17HMR has been factory recalled for the past 7 years, but I guess my grandpa never found out and just kept it for pest control. Last week I figured I'd give the .17 a chance and shot it with my friends, and the magazine ended up exploding near my friend's sister's face and shot powder 5 or so yards out the chamber. Nobody was injured, but I have no desire to fire this piece of shit again...
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THIS IS AN SPQR THREAD
>>29761035
stumpie pls go
>>29761051
Why are there so few good movies about aviation compared to ground and naval warfare /k/?
>>29760971
Because aircraft are really expensive to fly. And for any movie to be a movie about aviation rather than a movie that has planes in it, you'd need a lot of flight time, and/or a shitload of CGI. As a result, you'd have to be attached to a pretty big name. And big names are generally more interested in what's going to sell well, rather than producing something that would be widely considered a "good" movie.
>>29761908
There's also the unfortunate fact that most moviegoers these days don't give half a shit about pilots and aviation in general, compared to le sneaky secret squirrel operators or yet another WW2 movie.
>>29761936
Eh, fuck the pilots. I just want to see a movie that's 70% intense fighter combat, 20% plot/exposition and 10% tits.
I want an Ace Combat movie is what I'm basically saying.