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>>28454986
cute
>>28458565
This is now a battle buddy thread
>>28458584
I want OPs girl to be my battle buddy (ﾟ∀ﾟ)
80% Edition
Old thread >>28444407
cute
>>28446352
>>28446376
More butt
War is hell.
Last thread hit image limit.
DU victims in Iraq.
Well that can't be possible for the second because that's a burn injury and there's no way to say if it's DU for the first because it's a birth defect.
>>28387544
Implying children all over the world aren't born with cleft pallets. And the second image is clearly not a birth defect.
>>28387556
>implying without meme arrows
The last thread’s turret got stuck
Geronimo Stilton Edition
> What's this thread about?
As usual this thread is for the discussion and pics of tracked and wheeled AFVs of all kinds from MBTs to supertanks to self propelled AA guns. Please keep it civil and cite sources for statistics.
The Maus remains one of the most curious oddities to emerge out of the various tank prototypes that Nazi Germany experimented with as the Second World War drew on. Envisioned by Hitler to be impervious to any conventional arms that could be deployed against it, it instead became an unused white elephant. Its origins lie in a request in June 1942 by Hitler to design a super heavy tank mounting a 12.8 cm gun with the maximum achievable amount of protection possible forwarded to the automotive company Porsche of Stuttgart. The earliest projected trial date was posted for May 1943, but frequent difficulties emerged out of the design process of what was then called the Porsche 205 project. Rather than an air-cooled motor, an improvised aircraft engine was installed, Porsche’s longitudinal torsion bar suspension system had to be discarded due to an abject lack of space to fit the ever growing number of components required to accommodate the staggering weight of the vehicle – which continued to grow. With a staggering 220 mm of frontal turret armour, and a large KwK 44 L/55 128 mm gun with the V2 also sporting a 75 mm coax, the weight was an inconceivable 188 tonnes! An ambitious 150 were requested, but the order was outright cancelled in October 1943. A V1 prototype was finally tested in a completed state in 1944, and a V2 was also started later the same year, but this was postponed after an accident with the engine, which would not be replaced until mid-1945. Both variants of the “Maus”, were later demolished at Kummesdorf with interior charges.
> Gun
Rifled 128 mm KwK 44
> Dimensions (l w h)
10.09 x 3.67 x 3.66 m
> Weight
188 tonnes
> Engine
1200hp diesel
> Speed
20 km/h
>>28386261
OP: As always, feedback, suggestions wanted and appreciated.
As they say, go big or go home, so I decided to have a look at the biggest. It really is mind-boggling how anyone expected the enormous weight of the Maus to be able to cross bridges – there clearly was some kind of intent, seeing as how the tank’s ability to navigate bridges was tested during trials. Guderian, it seems, was not too happy with the tank, doubting its ability to function properly in close combat, much like the Elefant. He writes in Panzer Leader, that it was initially intended to mount a 150 mm and the weight to be 175 tonnes. What materialised, as we can see today, was a little different. The story behind the surviving prototype of the Maus, now resting at Kubinka in Russia, is the hybridisation of the relatively intact hull of the V1 and the turret of the V2 into one vehicle, for the purposes of testing by the Soviets.
Interestingly, Krupp was working on a super heavy tank called the “Lion”, with two patterns, a lighter 76 tonne and a heavier 90 tonne. A 105 mm L/70 would be its armament. Not too much is known about it, but the Maus effectively killed the Lion project, although later a shortened 80 tonne version was suggested with the 88 mm L/71 – a little like the Tiger II.
Also, I was wondering if anyone had any requests for what other heavy AFV to do next.
>>28386265
More tank news, as per the new format.
If you have more queries regarding a news story, just point it out, and I’ll further elaborate and provide links.
Paraguay is reportedly keeping its venerable M4 Sherman and M3A1 Stuart tanks, both 75 years old as trainers for its military. The country’s Stuarts were sourced in 1970 from Brazil as donations, while the Shermans were delivered from Argentina in 1980.
In Russia, Rosoboronexport, a subsidiary of the state owned enterprise Rostec, has announced plans to market its Uran-9 multipurpose UGV for export in 2016. The drone is capable of providing remote reconnaissance, combined arms fire support as well having counter-terrorism applications, its armament including Ataka ATGMs, a 30 mm 2A72 autocannon and a 7.62 mm coaxial machinegun.
According to unnamed sources in Ukraine, it is currently in the process of developing a new 155 mm self-propelled tracked howitzer. With close cooperation from Polish companies and accordance with NATO standards, the SPG is based off the chassis of the Oplot-M Main Battle Tank.
In other news, Ukrainian officials also countered previous claims that Thailand was considering the purchase of T-90S MBTs from Russia due to an impasse in the scheduled delivery of T-84 Oplot-M MBTs from KMDB. The willingness and ability of the firm to deliver on its contract was reiterated, to be executed “without delay”.
And that’s all for now.
>>28386275
Finally, I wish you all the best for 2016. Let's hope for good things in the future.
Happy New Year.
Post your best, /k/avalrymen!
>>28378562
Will dump seven or so images and webms.
Are these shoes good for operating?
are you retarded?
>>28455569
No?
>>28455566
If you're of the basketball american persuasion.
Can anyone recommend a good edc knife? I'm looking for a small fixed blade for general use. Preferably one with a 3 inch blade and a leather sheath. I don't really like to carry a folder in my pocket on a clip because I'm constantly putting things in and out of my pockets. Price isn't really an issue. Any other preferences would be that the steel it's made from would hold its edge fairly well, so I don't have to be constantly sharpening it.
Bumping with knife porn
So I was reading Hannibal and noticed Clarice's interesting setup for her 1911
>"He pointed with his wattled chin at Starling's main sidearm, a well-worn Colt.45 Government Model with a strip of skateboard tape on the grip..."
This actually makes a lot of sense when I think about it, seems a lot cheaper than stippling. What are some interesting/unusual mods for firearms?
bike innertube
I don't know how you could possibly not know this has been a really common thing since skateboard tape was invented. Guns have always needed grippier grips.
Dude people use skateboard tape for all kinds of shit that you need to make grippier. Gonna blow your mind here but you can use it on:
>ladders
>stairs
>hand rails
>bus aisles
>stairs
>ladders
>baseball bat
>hafted tools if you work wearing gloves
>tires
>cordless drill
>coffee mug
>dragon dildo
PENNSYLVANIA THREAD CONTINUED
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>>28426150
I want to keep talking to PAfags.
Anyone going back to Penn college in Williamsport this Monday?
>>28448865
Fuck Pennsylvania. You guys have Shamokin.
Pennsylvania is great.
t. New Jermany
My Godfather was a career Marine and served 4 combat tours in Vietnam. I asked him what the most realistic Vietnam movie was and he said without hesitation Forest Gump. Jungle combat is just absolute fucking point blank chaos and you have no idea what the fuck is going on. Most of the time though its just walking through the jungle endlessly through razor grass and monsoons, followed by very short periods of blinding unimaginable violence. He told me that on two separate occasions his platoon was ambushed at a distance of less than 10 yards, and on another occasion a man in his platoon literally stepped on a gook thats how close they were. He said they were so close you could tell if they had shaved their faces recently. "Close enough to spit on them" as he put it. Hand to hand combat, bayonet fighting, and resorting to beating enemies with rocks and sticks was not unheard of. A man in his platoon also Mike Tysone'd a guy. Took a good hunk of his face off with his mouth before driving a bayonet through his skull. He also told me a story where they captured about a dozen unarmed teenage aged kids acting as scouts. Instead of reporting it, and dragging them 2 days back through the jungle they just fucking greased em all on the spot and pissed on their bodies.
No one cares. And that's not a war, that's just gore posting. We have /b/ for that.
>>28465091
>I asked him what the most realistic Vietnam movie was and he said without hesitation Forest Gump.
LOL. When I was a kid I recall a number of WW2 vets who told me the most authentic war movie was Kelly's Heroes. They liked the scene where the Shermans came through the tunnel and wiped out the krauts the best. That got it right, they said, and laughed and clapped each other on the shoulder.
At the time I thought it was just because they dug it because of some kind of wish-fulfillment -- pal around with movie stars, get rich, be rebellious, etc. It wasn't until I was much, much older that all their griping about Army bureaucracy, their genuine fear of German armor, and the way we used our *own* armor -- to run over their infantry, a la Donald Sutherland -- sprang into focus.
Sometimes Hollywood gets it right when it's only half serious. Link related.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC4lVoCFZvk
>>28465137
War-related gore is 100% /k/, newfag. Check your privilege.
Any other Corrections Officers have any good stories out there?
>Be working max unit at women's prison
>SELF HARM MENTAL HEALTH POD
>arrive on scene to find an inmate who had some sort of surgery on stomach had ripped the wound open
>she had pulled about 2 feet of intestine out.
>had shoved shit into the wound.
>we got her restrained and uniform was covered in shit and blood.
>paperwork for days.
>>28457685
Not any story but is that inmate just watching them about to do a high risk entry or whatever? Or is this a stock training photo. Is it normal they just wander around?
IF I WAS LIKE THAT I'D WANT TO BE PUT OUT OF MY MISERY.
>>28457699
they are doing a cell extraction. or training for one.
but, yea the dude is just chillin.
Post pictures/videos/news related to the conflict in Ukraine.
>inb4 massive flamewar over which group of drunken Slavs is better (PROTIP: they're both shit).
Russia is better
Class discussion over whether or not the Atom Bomb should have been used in WW2
Todaysmeet.com/ww2debate
Yes.
>>28463107
>I think a better solution would be to invade Japan because less civilians would die.
Because nothing says "minimizing civilian casualties" like an invasion leading to a protracted and arduous ground war and occupation against an enemy who's prepared to literally throw school children into the grinder.
So since I live in commie Europe and cant own an AR-15 or AK variant without some ridiculous requirements, I was thinking of getting myself a Benelli MR1. So my questions to you are is it a reliable gun? and where can I get a hold of aftermarket parts for it(like pistol grip and AR-15 mags? It has to be a shop based in the EU because of stupid rules about gun part export and import.
At least in Germany there are lots of shops selling ar15 magazines
Most would probably order and ship the grip for you if you email them
>>28460672
if you can get benelli tactical shotgun stocks for the Beretta MR1 then you're good.
the irony is that getting the pistol grip/collapsing stock version of the imported benelli 5.56 "tactical" rifle in the US is near impossible. It's a yurocuck exclusive through and through
>>28460680
I have found a shop who sells AR mags but stocks and pistol grips are much harder to find I feel. Do you know any german sites that I can look up?
hey /k/, when should you tell a girl you're into guns?
>>28458038
Within the first 3 dates. Don't go full sperg, just mention it casually and gauge reaction. Get it out of the way early
>>28458038
Avoid problems later in the relationship and get it out into the open right away. Don't reveal your power level of course, but make it known.
>>28458038
Never. If she's worth dating she'll already know. If she's worth marrying she'll be into them also.
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