Obsolete weapons still/brought back into service today.
Yemen restored its S-75 Dvinda/SA-2 Guidline missile system and took down a UAV.
South Sudan has been setting up S-125/SA-3 Goa missile systems.
http://www.janes.com/article/57411/yemeni-s-75-sam-reportedly-back-in-action
http://www.janes.com/article/57003/south-sudan-deploys-s-125-sam-system
>>28677723
SA-2's are hardly "obsolete".
Who's UAV?
>>28677733
The Houthis fired it, so presumably a Saudi UAV.
>>28677729
They certainly are by today's standards, doesn't make them any less effective against certain targets.
>>28677733
who are you quoting?
Estonian soldier wielding a Carl Gustav M/45 (or "Swedish hacksaw" as they're often called over here).
This SAM looks so fucking metal.
>>28677749
>They certainly are by today's standards, doesn't make them any less effective against certain targets.
By what metric? It can take on and has downed F-16s. It is at the very least capable of taking down a large amount of current, in-service aircraft across the world.
I wouldn't call that "obsolete".
>>28677762
>modernized Nevas capable of downing F-117
>obsolete
>>28677723
T-34 that was used in the Yugo wars.
Yeah,yeah I know its not "today" but still fairly close.
US soldier using a papasha in the sand countries.
Theres also a pic or two of him storming houses with it.
>>28677775
>>28677778
Obsolete doesn't mean not effective. A 1903 Springfield is obsolete, doesn't mean it's not effective.
>>28677753
Neat.
>Obsolete weapons still/brought back into service today.
M16
I'm not saying all ARs, but the M16 has had its time. We are now living in the age of the carbine.
>>28677830
>muh rifle 4 inches shorter so much different!
You're really trying to special-snowflake M4's over m16's?
>Came to the thread hoping to see cool pics of 50s/60s and ww2 tech being used in shithole countries' civil wars
>instead a bunch of faggots arguing over definitions
M2
>>28677866
>>28677883
... is he trying to build mecha hitler?
>>28677813
20 years ago anon
>>28678038
We wolfenstein now
>no post of IS-2 in Ukraine.
Some of these rifles are built with receivers that are 120 years old.
Houthi SU-100 in Yemen
>>28677828
>no longer used
>pic of one in use
>>28678119
>no longer produced
>pic of one obviously produced
>>28677813
rubber armour for RPG hits or to protect nearby infantry from bullet splashes?
>>28677818
mare's leg kek
>>28678087
plus tactical midget clearing the road in front
>>28678109
I want one of those fucking guns so fucking bad. I don't even know how effective or accurate they are, there's just something about it
>>28677828
What are the metrics by which you determine how obsolete one SAM is versus another.
Be specific.
>>28678186
the smaller the SA number the more obsolete
OBVIOUSLY
>>28678176
>*tactical compact IED sweeper
Ftfy
BurkeFlightIII.jpg
makes you wonder where they get their spare parts
I mean most of that stuff is soviet, so "repairing" it can probably done with a few vac tubes, sheet metal and a 15mm fork wrench, maybe a few nuts and bolts, philips head screwdriver... and thats it
but still
you also kinda need the techies to know which of the vac tubes goes where and which switch does what
>>28678158
To protect it from rain probably
Someone posts that kind of things with planes
inb4 muh upgrades
>>28681569
WH40k is real.
>>28681599
its even realer with a plow
>>28681569
I used to work on these when they first came out. Good lord what a mess
>>28681569
LMAO
Armored against Daisy BB guns across the frontal arc
Rated for thrown bottles+ across sides and rear
>>28681735
New composite armor designed to take 14.5mm if i recall correctly.
Now, lets not bring up the fact that the composite armor started to break apart and flake when exposed to moisture and low temperatures. In Northern Norway. Where it always snows. And is fucking cold.
>>28678158
To reduce the thermal signature.
>>28677723
eh, that seems like an awfully big missile to take down something like a Predator drone. I guess if it's surplus and it works?
>>28678087
I suppose until you leave the arena of simply threatening civilians and encounter a superior weapon, a tank is still a tank.
>>28681569
what... what is the bag mess?
>>28681569
Aren't those called a Gavin in the US?
>>28682997
Lagstelt.
It's a relatively big canvas tent for up to 10 people.
>>28683116
Yes. The original name is M113, and there are several variations of it that are called other things.
>>28677723
Pretty much the all the F-5E fleet of the Brazilian air force before being modernized.
>>28683116
>>28683233
For fuck's sake it's NOT called a gavin.
It's called a M-113, and the only reason people think it's called a fucking gavin is because of a single retarded man named Mike Sparks, who has embarked on a 20 YEAR spamming campaign about calling it a gavin, and suggesting that it fill every single role in the army.
>>28683496
then his spamming campaign worked lol, I read the name Gavin here on /k/
>>28683700
That doesn't make it right.
>>28683870
For real though, the Gavin is just so cool.
>>28683496
F-35 is a failure because it's a jack of all trades, master of none. When will the MORONIC defense establishment realize we need M-113 GAVINs to fulfill every role?!?
t - autismal bloggers
>>28682250
>New composite armor designed to take 14.5mm... Now, lets not bring up the fact that the composite armor started to break apart and flake
I was thinking of the original Aluminum, but that's pretty embarrassing too
>>28684381
How effective would an airframe based on the M-113 be?
>>28684005
Go away Sparky
Mike Sparks sailed into harbor
In his M one one and three
Ol' sparky hit the tavern
With his crew of fifty three
After drinking up their pay
They staggered through the town
But all the inns and public houses
Turned mike sparky down
Ol' Sparky said “Fear not, me lads
You all can come with me
I live just ‘round the corner
And you all can stay for free”
But when Mike Sparky’s wife awoke
Upon the break of day
They say that you could hear her wailin’
Clear to 4chan's kay…
She said there’s
Gavins all around the bed
And Gavins on the floor
Gavins in the bathroom
And behind the closet door
There’s Gavins in the fireplace
And Gavins in the hall
The living room is carpeted
With Gavins, wall to wall
There’s Gavins in the entryway
And Gavins on the stair
And worst of all, there’s even Gavins
In me underwear
There’s some behind the larder
And beneath the table, too
I do believe your Gavins
Got into me Irish stew
There’s Gavins here in front of me
And Gavins in the rear
My God—there’s even Gavins
Hanging from the chandelier
There’s Gavins on the windowsill
And Gavins in the yard
The Gavins even left a stain
Upon the Saint Bernard
Although I am a patient wife
‘Tis more than I can bear
To wake up in the morning
With your Gavins in my hair
I ne’er again do wish to see thee
Darken up my door
So clean up all your Gavins and
Come round my way no more
So clean up all your Gavins and
Come round my way no more!
>>28684448
More cost-effective than anything yet fielded
T-34 used for training in Best Korea.
>>28684604
iirc the norks actually went and modernized a bunch of T-34s with autocannons and shit to serve as urban assault vehicles. Basically really ghetto BMPTs.
>>28677729
any SAM can be effective if it's part of a layered defense system. A lone SA-2 battery would be shit against a modern air force. But several SA-2 batteries intermingled with other more modern SAMs just adds to the layers of defense. If a country has them, no reason not to use them. If that's all they have, they might be in trouble though.
>>28677762
most SAM platforms like that look like something out of WH40K
>>28678087
meh, it has tracks and a big-ass gun. Still better than wheeling a cannon around on foot.
>>28678197
I mean, if you went by that logic as a general rule, you wouldn't be that far off lol
>>28682981
*SPG
>>28677723
Do cratering oil prices mean it's a great time for Russian stuff?
>>28684825
GAU-18/A, pretty modern
>>28684885
No, it's a good time to buy stocks in oil companies
