Ukraine modernizes its weaponry.
Hey now, there's nothing wrong with maxims design, other than weight. That having been solved by mounting them. Also they look neato burrito with that paintjob.
>>29324687
>Twin Russian Maxims
>With a red dot
What a fucking time to be alive
>Whatever happens
>we have got
>the Maxim gun
>cyкa блять
>>29324687
>>29324996
are those .303 brit cases?
>>29325032
No; 7.62x54R.
>>29324986
Bayonet folded 1000 times
>>29325042
an those are nearly identical
>>29325042
54r
clearly they are not.
notice they have a groove
>>29324687
Literally nothing wrong with that in a mounted role. Probably better because of the water cooling.
>>29324687
That's fucking badass if you ask me
>>29325088
They do not, you fucking twat. Look at the fucking cases, the shadow of the rim is making them look like they have a groove.
A Maxim ejects forwards, that's why there's a shit ton of cases there.
>>29325088
Look up where the machinery came from when russia started making 54r.
>>29324687
Considering that most of the battles fought resemble WW1 Trench warfare that is actually an ideal platform to use. It can deliver externally accurate long bursts of fire.
>>29324996
>these pictures
>>29324996
Why is the guy pouring water into the cannon?
>>29326533
>cannon
>>29326533
You have much to learn.
That's a water jacket around the barrel, you fill it with water so the barrel stays cool during extended firing.
>>29326533
>>29326533
It's a Maxim anon, not a cannon. And what >>29326589 said.
>>29325908
Where is that MTLB picture form?
>>29326533
because the boolets are thirsty. in one hour he will stuff a sandwich down there to feed boolets. growing boolets need their nutrition. this is how .50 BMGs are made.
>>29326533
Alrightly
>>29324687
>crazy civil war/insurrection
>be part of _______ faction
>we need weapons
>here's some weapons
>Maxim hmg found
>nah, it's too old. Not new enough, in spite of being in common and relevant caliber
This is how some of the autists at /k/ think.
gee Vladimir why commissar let you have 2 maxims
>>29327166
Same reason ur mum lets you post devil dubs. Apparently Ukraine has 35,000 Maxims in storage (according to Wikipedia).
And in action:
https://youtu.be/dNYHCC9QgBM
https://youtu.be/qFKuie4RX9Y
Looks like they started issuing them back in August.
Not showing the newest sniper rifle system
>>29327345
Listening to it fire. I just came.
Wait for ettt
>>29324687
>mounted
>proven and reliable design
>7.62x54r
>two of them
>red dot for quicker acquisition
Easily capable of fucking shit up.
All our nugget food is being used in Maxims to fight a proxy war against Russia, in the 21st century.
What a time to be alive.
>>29326533
Its thirsty work killing russian gangstas
>>29327527
>be some farm fuccboi in Ukraine
>can't pay $3500 bribe to not get drafted
>cops show up at your house
>time to go bro
>go to some shit camp
>no food, no cleaning supplies, complain
>Spetsnaz show up and wreck your shit
>get taken to front-line
>here's a Maxim bro
It's easy for us to sit here and appreciate old slavshit, but this is just fucking sad.
>>29327520
Remember how Fort was going to copy Tavors? Guess who got some? MVD Omega, that's fucking it. And that's probably because Ukraine can't trust Alfa not to desert to Russia like a third of them already did.
The whole situation is fucking tragic.
With that said, I have no idea what's going on as of maybe 6 months ago.
>>29327520
is....that some kind of modernized mosin ?
>>29327597
>but this is just fucking sad.
Mounted, those Maxims are still totally viable as weapons in a modern battle. Worst case scenario of that is difficulty finding spare parts that may not exist.
>>29327618
I am not disputing that, but it does show the state of the Ukr military.
>>29327618
Judging from the amount of maxims they seem to have from the videos posted here, I'd say spare parts likely aren't a huge problem.
They might not be able to manufacture new parts, but if they've just got a heap of old Maxims lying around then they've probably got a stock of spares somewhere too.
>>29324870
Fucking this.
If duel maxims mounted with a red dot doesn't give you an erection you don't belong on /k/
>>29327616
It is, I looked it up.
Mosin 1891s too.
Neat.
>>29327653
Or they can at least cannibalize for parts.
>>29327636
It probably wasn't expecting to have such a ridiculous war to happen. Most Euro armies are that badly equipped because they don't expect a big war to ever happen again. Mostly because the US exists to come to the rescue.
>>29327706
They're specifically 1891s?
>>29327475
mosins dropped into a slav archangel stock.
>modern sniper system
>>29327706
Holy shit... It's like seeing that girl you fell in love with in high school all dressed up in a bondage magazine. You loved her for who she was. Basic, natural, real. Being covered in all black and plastic makes her look trashy and cheap.
>whether or not you still want to Fuck her is up to you.
>>29327753
Ukraine should have never given up their nuclear weapons.
The "security agreement" that Russia, China, America, England, and France signed to convince them. Is worth less than toilet paper.
>>29324687
Gun is fine. Maxim stronk.
>>29327475
>>29327775
Finland uses Mosin receivers to make their new sniper rifles.
>>29327753
>>29327793
This. Ukraine got played by everyone and then thrown away.
TWENTY
SIXTEEN
STILL
USING
MAXIMS
>>29327775
Much, much worse sniper rifles have been made.
>>29324687
Ukraine was pretty much always Russian clay anyway. It was an invented state, and most of those don't last.
>>29327773
That's what the article I ran through google translate mentioned.
>>29327816
Not that surprising, considering modern militaries still use 1911s
>>29327838
Spotted the vatnik.
>>29327816
>I will never be a part of cool 90's photoshoots like this
why even live
>>29324986
Underbarrel rocket hahaha
>>29327816
I went into several tours with a Browning Hi-Power that was probably older than I am... and I'm pretty fucking old!
The US better not convince them to destroy their maxims too.
>>29325893
/k/omfy as fuuuuuck
>>29327873
That's actually in 2003
>>29327869
Nope. I do respect a lot of what Russia has been up to though.
>>29326855
Ukraine, and it is an Ukrainian Gov creation. There was a blog post about it somewhere.
>>29327838
What is "Kievan Rus"? Ukraine owned Moscow before Moscow owned shit.
>>29327809
Stop spewing bullshit. The rifle was accepted for service in 1985 and it is heavy piece of shit that is replaced with TRG and only used on training because cheap ammo
>>29327838
> +5 rubles have been deposited into your account.
>>29327925
oh, shit my bad.
my point stands though
>>29327128
Dude, I would ask for a damn Maxim if I'm stuck in a defensive position. 250 round bursts put heads down.
>>29327939
But Ukraine wasn't a real place yet. This was hardly after Swedish Vikings had either left or just assimilated into Slav culture.
I won't say a whole lot more because I'm not overly knowledgeable prior to Ivan the terrible
>>29327540
Honestly, I'm not even mad. Also? Imagine the surplus after this war is over.
>>29328020
Sweet. I have almost finished my forty and cigarettes.
>>29328128
It's ownership and control over Moscow was pretty real, seeing as to how Moscow paid tribute.
The whole argument is fucking ridiculous bullshit in the first place, I am just pointing out that what you tried to bring up makes Russia Ukraine's "clay", not the other way around.
Got big balls? Alaska used to be Russia's. Why not apply the same logic? Oh, the balls suddenly shrunk?
>>29328134
>surplus that we'll never see because the EU will have it all destroyed or Russia will warehouse it for fifty years.
It doesn't and probably will never effect us.
>>29328167
>Alaska used to be Russia's. Why not apply the same logic?
Cos we purchased it? Why so aggressive, pal?
>>29324687
That's pretty cool but why twin mount?
>>29326533
Git out
>>29327939
and now Moscow wants to reunite again, moscow style ofcourse
that aside most people in Ukraine still speak russian, the whole Urkraina thing isnt even 100 years old
>>29328207
moar dakka.
>>29328190
I am simply pointing out that Russia doesn't make ridiculous claims to land it can't take.
>>29328214
>the whole Urkraina thing isnt even 100 years old
It's over a 1000 years old.
>that aside most people in Ukraine still speak Russian
Some. Many in the West don't. That has nothing to do with anything though.
>>29328217
>Remove one gun
>Mount other gun on another vehicle or in some other position a hundred meters away
Same amount of dakka, but wider field of fire.
>>29328214
>>29328302
>implying Ukrainian isn't just Russian with an accent.
>>29324687
Cлaвa Укpaїнi! That is one tacticool, neato-bonito Maxim!
>>29328249
It's over a 1000 years old.
dont confuse Kievan Rus with Urkaine pal
also the West who doesnt speak Russian kind of dont belong to Ukraine anyway, it was added by Uncle Stalin after ww2
>>29328207
more dakka
>>29328339
>>29328217
Heh, I didn't even see your post.
>>29328302
most of the Ukrainian speakers speak russian better than the 'native' Language.
theres also overly Nationalistic education in place since about 1991
>>29327597
Using the word "fuccboi", that is capital poor form.
>Be glorious Ukrainian
>Turn on radio
>Ruskies are trying to Holodomor us
>Grab maxim
Tavors are utter shit, just ask gun jesus. I'd take a maxim any day. Fuck clearing rooms, when you can just swiss cheese the whole block.
>>29327781
That...is the perfect analogy.
Never change, /k/
>>29327781
I'd fuck her as long as there was a hole to stick it in
>>29328214
>>29328249
fact of the matter is, it was part of the russian empire for the last numerous centuries. the currently disputed area was until about the 50s administered from moscow as part of the russian soviet. administration was moved to the ukranian soviet basically as a beauracratic exercise of convenience, hence why most people in crimea are ethnic russians.
basically, the russians have as much claim to crimea as the modern ukranian republic. there are really no good historical arguments, other than a soviet internal reorganization, as to why crimea belongs to kiev and not moscow.
yeah, i was pretty suprised when i found this out myself.
>itt: people who still use 1911s unironically talking about outdated designs
>>29324687
It's like Age of Empires, where your team mate doesn't advance beyond the feudal age.
>>29326533
>>29328249
Ukraine is a uniate invention created to destroy the unity of Russia. It was created due to the Polish occupation of these territories of Russia that came under Polish rule after the Mongol Invasions. Ukraine was invented by Russians who were westernized by the Poles as well as the Austrians. The backbone of Ukrainian nationalism is and was composed of people opposed to an Orthodox Russian nation either because they were uniate or because they were political liberals opposed to monarchy and church-state symphonia.
>>29326914
you have to feed them protein as well because otherwise they will be only puny 9mm
>>29328335
>Russia was always it's current size
>>29328172
Ukraine isn't in the EU. It was also the source of a lot of spam cans.
>>29328796
Pretty sure they were jokying for membership prior to the war.
>>29328613
>i will shit in your new shoes.jpg
>>29324687
for a fixed position defensive role or possibly for vehicle mounted the maxim designs are fine, sure you wouldnt want to try carrying one any distance by hand, but they are beasts in terms of reliability and durability, it aint gonna break, it is unlikely to jam and can keep going all damn day
>>29326533
>>29326533
its not water
its nitroglycerine, its what the cannon uses to fire
>>29328286
you're thinking too much. think like an ork.
moar dakka iz moar best.
>>29328799
Is that a panzer III ?
Fuck. I'm live in this country, and hiding from the draft. Cлaвa Укpaїнi.
>>29327345
could they connect the steam out into a line to run a small generator, not for any other purpose than to do it maybe charge their go pros
>>29327984
Its predecessors were used to win multiple gold medals in Olympic biathlons before everyone pussied down to shooting 22s.
There is absolutely nothing wrong with the Mosin action and the TKIV remaining in service is testament to that.
The TRG entering service has more to do with fact that there's no such thing as a .338 Lapua Mosin than anything else.
Get your head out of your ass, faggot.
>>29328992
i think it is
>>29324870
Neva been done befo
>>29327636
And yet most of its military industrywould rather take overseas contracts over domestic commitments
Capitalism, people
>>29328799
Those are for thailand afaik
Yep, sell your fancy shit to ladyboyland and give your men third hand shit.
Remember the boxer apc donated from the brits?
Post Ukrainian Military
there's a charm to this kinda shit
>>29327816
nothing wrong with the maxim. if you need continuous covering fire into a specified area, for a hour to several days, its still the best platform out there.
>>29329223
The refurbished BMP-1s are for domestic use.
A lot of the tanks damaged in the beginning of the war and last year are finally getting rotated back to the front line units. There are also a number of tanks that came from open air storage that needed complete overall and restoration. A few of the tank battalions and a regiment of two are getting close to being back to full strength (pre-war levels).
>>29328799
hopy shit that's a panzer III
>>29324724
YOU SAVED THAT GIF FROM ME ON POL
>>29329352
source?
>>29327781
Screen cap this now.
>>29329280
million rounds? no problem sergei, i give million rounds
If I was the US I would send a bunch of anti-tank missiles, mines and SAM.
That's literally all they need.
>>29328302
>those grey areas in crimea
So the zone is bigger than we first thought. I wonder how picked of artifacts they are
>>29327636
not necessarily lot of countrys seem to be using the recent conflicts around the world to use up old surplus
>>29327816
METALLIC ARCHAEA
>>29329729
dear god, the Zone is expanding
>yfw one day it will cover the world and you will be able to breeki in the comfort of your own home
>>29329788
But I don't want the fucking duty or freedom shits shooting up my house because they happen to see each other in my area.
>>29328286
Why not mount another twin maxim on the other vehicle instead? More dakka, wider field of fire.
>>29328286
Or, get a third maxim from a vehicle or other position
hook it up
three times the dakka
>>29329839
as long as your house isn't painted in faction colors, I'm sure neither side will hit it on purpose
>>29324687
This makes me turgid.
>>29326533
>>29327475
Oh well that look pretty cool what are..
>bolt handle
Cheeki breeki
>>29327781
I think it's kind of neat. It's not built by some mall ninja, it's supposed to be used in a war, and I think it's shows. Not too tacticool, just modern and practical.
Find two similar
>>29326533
>>29324687
I want lie; I want that. I always found water jackets to be aesthetically pleasing features.
>>29324986
Seems legit.
>>29328207
More dakka
>>29326533
>>29324687
>>29324996
Even though I don't like Maxim as a person, his machine gun is perhaps still one of my favorite firearms of all time.
>>29326533
That's not a cannon, it's a super soaker!
>>29324687
Muh dick can only get so erect.
>>29324996
Based old man operating operationally in Ukrainian operations.
>>29325893
>Dat mosin, just in case...
>>29327540
Like >>29328134 said, I'm also not even mad. A Maxim being used in land warfare again just feels right.
>>29327668
This anon gets it.
>>29328020
Now he can buy one piece of double bubble at a gas station.
Or get two of the suckers at a bank that they usually give to five year olds.
>>29328207
If you haven't guessed by nao, MOAR DAKKA!!!
>>29329656
Why yes, I think a million rounds will do nicely.
>>29330734
what the fuck is the story behind that picture?
its not an edit right?
This is now a maxim thread...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HohYEVEsWA
>>29330734
Second granny back is about to drop some bitches.
All the grips gave me cancer though.
>>29330734
What's with nips and surgical masks?
>>29326533
OUT
>>29330989
Lots and lots of pollen in Japan, combined with close quarters. They don't want to sneeze on everyone around them and spread disease. Rumor has it that it's to the point you can buy "designer" masks.
>>29330989
They put them on if they have a cold, it's a culture thing, I guess.
>>29330734
>some jap nurse gets a MP5k before I do\
>doesn't even know how to hold it
why live?
>>29328799
A fucking Panzer III
>>29331017
You sure can, I bought and wore them in Nepal when I was there with the army for disaster cleanup. Black mask, black sunglasses and hat pulled down low kept the locals from talking to me on the days I didn't want them to
which was every day
>>29327527
Don't forget the top can be filled with ice or snow!
:3
>>29328302
this graph is retarded, everyone except for maybe the 6th of the map in the West side mainly speaks Russian.
that side with Lviv being the epicenter of that bullshit is where all the ultranationalists come from, they used to be a butt of jokes, running around forests playing militia, now they finally have their day and they're going apeshit with it
like >>29328367 said
the whole "let's learn Ukrainian" hasn't started since independence in 1991 and even then it was just a fad. the real "nationalism" bullshit began with scarface and the orange revolution.
most of these nationalistic politicians can barely speak Ukrainian without slipping in Russian pronunciations, it's pretty hilarious to watch them try and be ultranationalist and boggle the language
>the people in Kiev now speak Ukrainian at work because they're told to or afraid of neo-nazi scum ruling the streets, but at home everyone talks in Russian like they always have
>the people in Lviv hate and always hated everyone East of Lviv and consider them "moskals" -- Ukrainian sell-outs to Russia. they speak a mixture of classical Ukrainian (as in the language of Taras Shevchenko) and Polish, because though they don't like to admit it, they are basically half-Poles
tl;dr, it's all bullshit and fake divides now made real though continuous warfare, once you've killed for "your side" and "they" killed your friends, you really do hate them and they you.
>>29328799
Is the Panzer III the best German tank of WWII? It's outlasted just about all of its bretheren at this point.
>>29331109
>tl;dr, it's all bullshit and fake divides now made real though continuous warfare, once you've killed for "your side" and "they" killed your friends, you really do hate them and they you.
Sounds like a hell of a good reason for a war. Hopefully we can get the same thing over here in 'muerrica.
>>29331126
it's kind of an ass-backwars reasoning though, senpai
you basically tell people they hate each other, when they don't and have been living peacefully not really seeing much difference between each other for centuries
you throw a couple false flags up and force a few situations where they are divided, you spin all those in the media and either send your army to attack newly branded outlaws (have to obey orders) or provoke said outlaws into attack
you now have a conflict in which both sides are reluctant to fight one another.
pump both sides with propaganda, keep forcing them into situations where they have to fight, add artillery where soldiers are reluctant to shoot at the enemy. enemy now hates you for destroying their homes and killing their friends, they start shooting your friends, you now hate them, you start shooting them, etc.
and that's how you make a war and create ethnic hatered out of nothing
>Hopefully we can get the same thing over here in 'muerrica.
go to sleep /pol/
>>29331126
With what? We already have a bunch of groups that loathe each other, but memes aside, they're all civilized enough to fight each other passively through means like denying them jobs and reducing their standard of living.
Killing them out right is sandnig-tier reasoning.
>>29331261
Killing them outright also removes the problem.
They are the problem.
>>29326533
To keep it hydrated.
>>29327166
kek
>>29328302
Lies, everyone speaks Russian except for maybe some western regions.
>>29329231
>Chick lean AND chicken wing on one person
>>29331321
Nevermind, just noticed that thumb on the charging handle >>29329231
It's worse.
>>29324996
>will fire indefinitely until you run out of ammo or water
yes please
>>29326533
>Not knowing what a hydro cannon is
Please initiate kill self sequence ASAP.
>>29328799
>Day 29220
>They still don't know I'm Panzer III.
beggars can't be choosers.
it's not that uncommon to see rebels raid war museums for equipment and end up using WWII-era weapons like MG-42's.
>>29328799
actually, a Pz III could do kinda well as a support vehicle
>>29331354
so a supersoaker...
>>29328992
holy shit it is
>>29326533
>>29326533
>>29329226
Wouldn't the post-Ukranian military just be the Russian military?
How the fuck do those ukies even have Maxims still
oh wait.
nevermind
>>29327781
I have bondage photos of The Girl I Fell in Love With in High School. That I took when she was still in High School.
>>29331598
I think we need those pictures anon.
>Maxim gun
>Good enough for 1916
>Still good enough for 2016
>yfw you'll never dump an hour of suppressive fire on some russian invasors while filling the gun with water that was probably used to machine-gun retreating russian conscripts back in '42 to machine-gun another bunch of russian conscripts in 2016
>>29331627
Dude, I think your english has stopped working.
Did you try to restart it by shutting it down, wait for ten seconds and start it again?
>>29331627
Sorry to dissapoint you, but it's a separs gun.
>>29330989
Common courtesy, like giving your seat to an old lady or giving stray cats food.
Sadly all this shit is dead in materialistic western world
>be me
>be offered some lady a seat in the tram
>I don't need your pity, asshole!
another day
>saw a lady
>hesitant to give seat
>dude, you should give your seat to the lady. What are you, an asshole?
Fuck this society
>>29329226
>Ukrainian Military
german surplus jackets with german national emblem
>>29331598
Maybe you could share these?
>>29331715
dont say that
>>29325908
Hind cannons fitted on BMP's?
Are they planning to provide CAS with those?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnkznhsFoZQ
>>29325042
the maxim shoots .303
>>29325893
>because it was used during ww1 it's the optimal
>>29331983
Not disagreeing but it's a hell of a lot more optimal than nothing at all
>>29331960
Those aren't cannons or BMPs. Those are rocket pods fitted onto MT-LBs.
It's a form of makeshift rocket artillery.
>>29331970
Russian Maxims are chambered for 7.62x54R.
>>29331109
It's one of those cultural backlash things. During the Soviet era everyone was supposed to speak Russian, and Ukrainian fell by the wayside in official use.
Now they are trying to make Ukrainian common again as a way to reestablish national identity and separate themselves from the Russians.
The part about being "half-poles" isn't suprising at all considering that much of western Ukraine used to be Poland, given to Ukraine to compensate for the eastern half being given to the Russian SSR.
>>29332061
Are you telling me that there is a full-auto fun that fires the same food that a Mosin eats?
Be still, my beating heart...
>>29324687
+15 roubles
>>29332073
There's plenty of them, you fucking kid.
>>29332073
>PK
>DS-39
>DP-28
>SG-43
>various others
Nope, there are clearly no machine guns that fire 54R.
>>29332093
ah fuck. Was told that most of them fire the x39 rounds. Well, this is something for the christmas list.
>>29332128
So you've never actually bothered to look it up yourself? Okay.
The only notable machine guns that shoot x39 are the RPK and RPD.
>>29332073
Consider suicide
>>29328302
Lol this isn't accurate.
Most Ukrainian politicians don't even speak Ukrainian.
>>29328207
Twin-linking the weapon allows failed to hit rolls to be rerolled.
>>29324724
>Neato burrito
Thanks senpai, I'm using that one
>>29328314
You know, I said that to my roommate, who is a Ukrainian expat. He flipped shit- it is NOT Russian with an accent, it's barely mutually intelligible. It would be like the difference between Elizabethan English compared to Comptonspeak
>>29330457
Well, all the helmets are from Poland. :P
>>29331344
I always hated hearing this because wouldn't a mechanical design inherently break eventually?
Seeing old weapons still being used for their original purpose...its heartwarming in a way.
Like hearing that someone broke into your senile grandfathers house and he magdumped into them with his Garand.
I'm not crying. Just a little smoke in the eyes
>>29332558
It's already almost 100 years old I think it will hold.
>>29332558
Of course. That being said, the use the Ukrainians are going to put them through is absolutely nothing compared to what the design did in WW1. We're talking hours and hours of automatic fire, nonstop, for years.
>>29327475
I'd buy it.
Hell I'd buy 2 just to help ukrainian's cause
>>29332913
>Ukraine's cause
Ukraine's cause literally perpetual revolution, why bother?
>>29331119
Honest, serious answer? Yes.
It didn't see as much use later in the war ONLY because the turret ring wasn't wide enough to accomodate bigger, modern anti tank guns (so, the long 75mm ones) but other than that it was the best armored vehicle Germany made in WWII. Which is why the hull was used and abused at every turn, with StuG III production running well into the end of the war.
>>29332938
I'm not a total Panzerhead, but I was under thw impression that by the later years of conflict the Pz IV was essentially just a Pz III with a slightly larger hull for a better turret ring.
What was the III doing that the later IV hadn't at least matched?
>>29331344
>>29332558
The barrel will be shot out after about 30,000 rounds, so that will be the first part to go.
post based seps
>>29333237
>based
>>29333000
The Pz III had a better suspension system, torsion bars instead of leaf springs, which was a huge difference in a world where, when it was designed, everyone was still sticking to springs.
Plus it was wider and shorter, which I think makes for a more balanced and stable firing platform.
Germany didn't modernize the Pz III because, when you're in a full scale conflict, you can't just throw away hundreds of hulls. They had to work with the cheapest and quickest option, which wasn't re-engineering the Pz III hull, but just making new turrets for the Pz IV.
>>29333237
>>29333314
>>29333118
>after about 30,000 rounds
with their fire rate, at that point I am probably more concerned about logistics getting food to me (and ammo, maybe, just maybe)
>>29333325
>>29324687
The US still uses the Browning
Old guns can be good
>>29333350
Apparently, this dude is a member Russian "GROM", hence the file name.
>>29333384
And no, it's not because of the patch seen in this pic.
>>29332073
Oh my child, you make much to learn.
>PK series
>DP/DK machine guns
>automatic veprs
>some guy converted a 1919a4 to fire 54r
>gounyov(?) 1943
>and many many MANY more
>>29333426
>>29333433
>>29327345
>I wonder where the enemy is, surely it's not behind that giant cloud of steam.
>>29333449
I think that gun was left unplugged. It's not supposed to steam like that, you can see on other pictures how the hole is usually plugged.
>>29332558
IIRC during action in 1916 a British MG company with ten vickers fired a million rounds, over 12 hours using a 100 barrels without any failurs.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a18971/forgotten-weapons-the-vickers-gun-is-one-of-the-best-firearms-ever-made/
The bit where armourers fired off 5 million rounds from one gun over 7 days with no failures is also interesting.
>>29333449
The bottom vid is how it should look
IE no steam blazing out like a Finnish sauna
Just local rebels.
Not in any way supported by Russia.
All their equipment is seized from Ukraine or found hidden in old barns.
>>29328992
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>>29329365
>you will never operate in a like new reconditioned WWII Panzer III in 2016
Why fucking bother anymore?
>>29326533
It's a defensive mechanism.
As the maxim fires, the water inside cools the barrel by transferring heat away from it. This in turn rapidly heats the water and brings it to a steaming hot boil the longer the weapon fires.
In the event the enemy gets too close and the crew needs to reposition, they they throw this lever that further excites the maxim. Large vents along the top open up and the emplacement ejaculates massive amounts of steam from the boiling water inside to create a smoke-screen to enable to crew and the now spent weapon to wheel away to another location.
>>29330734
airsoft clearly
>>29326533
>>29333384
What camo does he have on top again?
>>29324687
fucking noice
>>29333663
>lol we so cool /k/ommando operator lol dont forgive no forget
>>29332933
Better than siding with the Russians.
>>29333384
is that a black sun?
