Arrath posted:

An entire cartridge, no less.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

What the gently caress is "*intimidating titter*"?

drgitlin posted:

A titter is a weak laugh of sorts.

Wingnut Ninja posted:

What the gently caress is "*intimidating titter*"?

Dingleberry posted:

Like Maude's weird artist friend demos in the Big Lebowski.

Jonad posted:

An extremely distressing manboob.

Dingleberry posted:

Like Maude's weird artist friend demos in the Big Lebowski.

Somebody should tell bro that with a fitty-cal you don't need no heart shots.
Hit a thumb it'll tear off the whole arm. So sayeth the interweb.

terrez posted:

how many sexual assault/cultural awareness briefings are happening at the time of that pic

Third World Reggin posted:

throwing this here because why not

http://store.steampowered.com/app/262410/

just lol at the entire thing

Godholio posted:

It'd be cool as a novelty thing, like looking up how some bizarro gun functions with the xray mode or whatever, but beyond that...I can't even comprehend HOW you'd spend 300 hours in that during a lifetime. I can't imagine spending more than about 30 seconds on it at a time.

killmeimmafailure posted:

If I were hired to gently caress with an armed force I'd learn all their sops and then design equipment that would break when those sops were followed.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division did it years ago.

Godholio posted:

It'd be cool as a novelty thing, like looking up how some bizarro gun functions with the xray mode or whatever, but beyond that...I can't even comprehend HOW you'd spend 300 hours in that during a lifetime. I can't imagine spending more than about 30 seconds on it at a time.

Godholio posted:

It'd be cool as a novelty thing, like looking up how some bizarro gun functions with the xray mode or whatever, but beyond that...I can't even comprehend HOW you'd spend 300 hours in that during a lifetime. I can't imagine spending more than about 30 seconds on it at a time.

Dead Reckoning posted:

Westinghouse Aviation Gas Turbine Division did it years ago.

killmeimmafailure posted:

Then why we still got oxymoronic policies? Smarter not harder right?

quote:

Again, I love America, but isn't that why the mig was so effective? It was purposely designed to be counter-intuitive so that the pilot would struggle to learn how to fly it. As a consequence, they could land them shits anywhere partially because the pilot was so comfortable with the mechanics of flight.

Conversely, when you're riding on a 2billion dollar, designed by committee, "lemon" when you encounter a computer error it's extremely hard to fix and continue flying. I know how computers work, but if some rear end in a top hat decides to burn my sdd I'm sol. Again, I'm a dinosaur and, obviously I haven't got to look at the flight systems (and the redundancy therin) but I sure as poo poo couldn't perform heart surgery on nano chips (or whatever the gently caress) in a hibob.

Again, looking at the historical parallels, the Germans had top of the line tanks, but were ultimately ineffective against both a) late soviet counter productions and b) the sheer amount of cheaper, more expendable American tanks

It's a question of efficiency, and the problem is Inefficiency comes at the cost of lives

iyaayas01 posted:

lol

y'know I feel like a century from now Westinghouse jet engine jokes will still be funny

Because their products really were that bad

Nostalgia4Dicks posted:

Dead Reckoning posted:

Putting soldiers in charge of other soldiers and then letting them make decisions on their own.
You high as gently caress, son.

killmeimmafailure posted:

Then why we still got oxymoronic policies? Smarter not harder right?

Another example of human Intel vs throw money at a problem:

Again, I love America, but isn't that why the mig was so effective? It was purposely designed to be counter-intuitive so that the pilot would struggle to learn how to fly it. As a consequence, they could land them shits anywhere partially because the pilot was so comfortable with the mechanics of flight.

Conversely, when you're riding on a 2billion dollar, designed by committee, "lemon" when you encounter a computer error it's extremely hard to fix and continue flying. I know how computers work, but if some rear end in a top hat decides to burn my sdd I'm sol. Again, I'm a dinosaur and, obviously I haven't got to look at the flight systems (and the redundancy therin) but I sure as poo poo couldn't perform heart surgery on nano chips (or whatever the gently caress) in a hibob.

Again, looking at the historical parallels, the Germans had top of the line tanks, but were ultimately ineffective against both a) late soviet counter productions and b) the sheer amount of cheaper, more expendable American tanks

It's a question of efficiency, and the problem is Inefficiency comes at the cost of lives

elite_garbage_man posted:

I don't know man, I think his ideas may have revolutionize how wars are fought in the years to come.

Godholio posted:

It'd be cool as a novelty thing, like looking up how some bizarro gun functions with the xray mode or whatever, but beyond that...I can't even comprehend HOW you'd spend 300 hours in that during a lifetime. I can't imagine spending more than about 30 seconds on it at a time.

Pesticide20 posted:

As someone not incredibly well versed in jet engines would you care to explain, please?

Spicy Guacamole posted:

Everyone who complains that their service rifle is a cheap piece of poo poo, feast your eyes on what Brazil's finest get:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9_YWNo1f-o

killmeimmafailure posted:

Then why we still got oxymoronic policies? Smarter not harder right?

Another example of human Intel vs throw money at a problem:

Again, I love America, but isn't that why the mig was so effective? It was purposely designed to be counter-intuitive so that the pilot would struggle to learn how to fly it. As a consequence, they could land them shits anywhere partially because the pilot was so comfortable with the mechanics of flight.

Conversely, when you're riding on a 2billion dollar, designed by committee, "lemon" when you encounter a computer error it's extremely hard to fix and continue flying. I know how computers work, but if some rear end in a top hat decides to burn my sdd I'm sol. Again, I'm a dinosaur and, obviously I haven't got to look at the flight systems (and the redundancy therin) but I sure as poo poo couldn't perform heart surgery on nano chips (or whatever the gently caress) in a hibob.

Again, looking at the historical parallels, the Germans had top of the line tanks, but were ultimately ineffective against both a) late soviet counter productions and b) the sheer amount of cheaper, more expendable American tanks

It's a question of efficiency, and the problem is Inefficiency comes at the cost of lives

Godholio posted:

Alright, I'll step on the flaming bag of poo poo.

Do you have any idea what you're talking about? Let's break it down.

What was "the mig?" MiG is a loving company. That's like saying "the Boeing was good." For reference, nothing MiG has actually built since Vietnam has been groundbreaking or better than the stripped down & optionless version of its US counterpart. The MiG-21 was the last impressive thing they fielded, and it was quickly and decisively outclassed by everything the US was working on at the time. As far as the rest of the paragraph...no. Where did you hear that? I highly recommend you never ask that person a question again.

Your next paragraph makes no sense whatsoever.

The tank statements are where you come closest to reality, because the end result you describe is actually pretty accurate. But the Panzers weren't top of the line for very long. They had serious shortcomings that actually make it debatable whether they ever were. But they were good early in the war. However, the role of the German tank is grossly overstated in American pop culture. Blitzkreig was a tactic of limited use. It was never a strategy, and it was only effective on a large scale once...and in that case, it was only because Germany blazed through the Low Countries' forests much faster than in any planners' nightmares (particularly France).