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Well it is an L85. Those things don't exactly make for speedy AR style mag changes.
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Thump! posted:Well it is an L85. Those things don't exactly make for speedy AR style mag changes.  You sure? It looks like the trigger is behind the mag, not in front
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Its a L129A1, the sharpshooter rifle.
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Oct 10, 2013 18:54
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGaq8QW0x4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qOHczQ1uWk Man I could watch cold launch missiles all day errday.
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Thump! posted:Well it is an L85. Those things don't exactly make for speedy AR style mag changes. It's not an SA80, its the sharpshooter/sniper support weapon the L129A1. To be honest ive never had a problem with a quick reload on an SA80.
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Koesj posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YGaq8QW0x4 This is fukken cold launch: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=equ8CACRVWc
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3umjlUQwNY I love Cold War films like these. Was any consideration to wake turbulence given at all in MITO? I also remember reading that the smoke produced in water-injected takeoffs was so toxic ground crews had to be wearing respirators. Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 00:57 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Oct 11, 2013 00:55
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Booblord Zagats posted:Carrying a lot of heavy poo poo all day while slogging through poo poo terrain would probably be the best reason. That or the guy who feels the need to show off on youtube after his tour is generally a shitbag anyway reminds me of this retard: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLHU-_OhT8g
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Oct 11, 2013 01:15
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Slim Pickens posted:reminds me of this retard: Didn't FOX and CNN call him a hero or something?
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See, they're just like up! Atheism is the answer to everything.
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This should be a soccer match. Talibans love soccer. 
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Ugh, why don't we just get along JUST GET ALONG HEY JUST GET ALONG stop shooting girls in the head because they read, come on it's as easy as getting along
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Isn't that bit on the back of the bullet supposed to come off before the thing comes out the barrel?
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Hydrolith posted:Isn't that bit on the back of the bullet supposed to come off before the thing comes out the barrel?  AFP posted:An elderly Iraqi woman shows two bullets which she says hit her house following an early coalition forces raid in the predominantly Shiite Baghdad suburb of Sadr City. At least 175 people were slaughtered on Tuesday and more than 200 wounded when four suicide truck bombs targeted people from an ancient religious sect in northern Iraq, officials said.(AFP/Wissam al-Okaili)
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Those are some pretty drat big bullets.
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ded posted:Those are some pretty drat big bullets. How surprising, the sonar guy can't tell size and distance 
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Slim Pickens posted:reminds me of this retard: The funker helmet cam vids are pretty much an all-star selection of some of the worst reloads imaginable and that guy taking 10 seconds to reload an M-4 while never taking cover is still one of the best but that "marksman" taking 32 seconds to reload a rifle and then empty the mag in 10 seconds is now the new champ. Just barely beating out the guy with 1 min+ belt change on an M-249.
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Victor Vermis posted:This should be a soccer match. Whats the deal with this? I finally stopped at that air museum on the way back from school in Rantoul. It turns out my grandpa was trained at the Air Force base that was here.  Album http://imgur.com/a/aP6SJ
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Richard Bong posted:Whats the deal with this? The taliban were great fans of using the stadium as the stage for their executions.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6i-nMWgBUp0 "we fire the whole bullet, that's 65% more bullet per bullet."
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See, I told you it was all loving candy and rainbows, but nobody believed me! e: oh, here's the candy: 
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This little thing looks like it might actually be tactically useful *and* small enough to actually carry. Shame the basestation is a loving cinder block. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5TdbMu8xc4
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Plastic_Gargoyle posted:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3umjlUQwNY MITO is cool as gently caress, and I wish there was more video out there of it. No, there was no real consideration given to wake turbulence, but since the aircraft involved were all of similar sizes, it wasn't much of an issue, anyway. The danger of being at takeoff power and rolling, less than 15 seconds behind another heavy bomber who hadn't rotated yet was much more of a danger. AFAIK, crews were trained to keep the power on, and overrun the end of the runway, no matter what manner of terrible poo poo happened to the aircraft, rather than abort a takeoff. Sacrificing one aircraft and crew was a better move than destroying two, and closing the runway. Wake turbulence as a danger wasn't properly understood until the 80s, anyway. Jet exhaust isn't particularly pleasant to breathe, but it's just jet exhaust, and it's not toxic. I don't know where that second story comes from.
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grover posted:This little thing looks like it might actually be tactically useful *and* small enough to actually carry. Shame the basestation is a loving cinder block. I've used that, its proper good, shame its so loving hard to get hold of.
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MonkeyLibFront posted:I've used that, its proper good, shame its so loving hard to get hold of. How does it do in a stiff wind?
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Jet exhaust is absolutely toxic. You're not getting perfect stochiometric combustion and getting nothing out of the back but H20 and CO2; there's CO, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, etc. And a bunch of particulates. And when you're doing water injection it's like an rear end in a top hat in a lifted dualie who's rolling coal, you do not want to be huffing that black smoke. http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2010/10/101005-planes-pollution-deaths-science-environment/
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MrYenko posted:MITO is cool as gently caress, and I wish there was more video out there of it. No, there was no real consideration given to wake turbulence, but since the aircraft involved were all of similar sizes, it wasn't much of an issue, anyway. The danger of being at takeoff power and rolling, less than 15 seconds behind another heavy bomber who hadn't rotated yet was much more of a danger. AFAIK, crews were trained to keep the power on, and overrun the end of the runway, no matter what manner of terrible poo poo happened to the aircraft, rather than abort a takeoff. Sacrificing one aircraft and crew was a better move than destroying two, and closing the runway. It was the cartridge starters, not the water injection, but it's the same thing I remember reading: http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA107553 My original source was a B-52 reference title, though I don't remember which. here's video of a cartridge start on a Buff: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=WQWz7Svmlj4#t=31 and a Canberra: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9fkmqPHTDE Plastic_Gargoyle fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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Richard Bong posted:
I goddamn love Chanute AFB. So sad, such a cool collection. I've been there 3-4 times, and never ever seen another soul aside from the geezer taking tickets. They used to have a B-36, but sold it to Castle to keep the doors open. If you're ever in Central Illinois, it is worth the trip.
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swagger like us posted:Jesus christ dude get a dump pouch, or pick up your mag later. I dont think range control is going to care if in the middle of a firefight you dropped a mag. It's surprising how often I hear about this, particularly from marines and old vets- stories about how someone got shot in the spine because he was busy trying to stow an empty mag. How often does all your poo poo have to be itemized and accounted for? How bad would it be if you lost a carabiner or a molle pouch, or God forbid, a full magazine?  Don't drop your Panzerfaust 3's
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Phanatic posted:Jet exhaust is absolutely toxic. You're not getting perfect stochiometric combustion and getting nothing out of the back but H20 and CO2; there's CO, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, etc. And a bunch of particulates. And when you're doing water injection it's like an rear end in a top hat in a lifted dualie who's rolling coal, you do not want to be huffing that black smoke. Ok, it's not any more toxic than the exhaust of just about any other fossil-fuel engine. It's not good to huff bus exhaust, either, but you don't need PBE to stand next to one.
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ArchangeI posted:The Panzergrenadier in his natural habitat. Horseshit, I don't see a single puddle of vomit, broken bottle or squad car with juveniles in the back there.
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ArchangeI posted:The Panzergrenadier in his natural habitat. Every IFV commander agrees that tactically the best place for the infantry to dismount is right into the biggest puddle of poo poo available.
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brakeless posted:Every IFV Fixed
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grover posted:This little thing looks like it might actually be tactically useful *and* small enough to actually carry. Shame the basestation is a loving cinder block. A thick Irish (?) accent and big dudes with feathered hats freezing their tits off in the background made this my favourite video today. The heli is pretty cool too :-)
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ripped0ff posted:Fixed Let's compromise and call it a collaborative effort.  Sunshine and the goblin. or Spot the tanker. brakeless fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Oct 11, 2013 |
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brakeless posted:Let's compromise and call it a collaborative effort. I was gonna say "the dude with the umbrella" until I realized it was a rock in the background.
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