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Nuclear War posted:I have this one if anyone's interested Mods tacitly approved Alternatively pm yo
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 01:51 |
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Alchenar posted:Why arabs lose wars. Good read, makes generalisations but is self aware and cautionary when it does so, and from what I've heard from people closer to the issue pretty close to being on point. This article is pretty poo poo btw
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 03:29 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:I mean, if that's a thing you want to do 03A3s are pretty easy to get and not all that expensive. nah, I honestly don't have any interest in owning a gun so much as getting a real close forgotten-weapons-style look at them if they're neat/old guns.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 03:34 |
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If you've never gone to a gun store and got charcoal rubbings of the markings while the clerk wasn't looking then I don't know that you're doing with your life.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 03:52 |
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TropicalCoke posted:https://www.amazon.com/Arab-Israeli-Conflict-David-W-Lesch/dp/0195172302 Sounds good, just bought it, wish it was on kindle. Why are all the good history books not on kindle and/or super god drat rare and expensive?
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 04:49 |
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FAUXTON posted:nah, I honestly don't have any interest in owning a gun so much as getting a real close forgotten-weapons-style look at them if they're neat/old guns. I have a Webley revolver, an SMLE III* upgraded from MkIII, and a bayonet for the rifle, made in 1916, '15, and March '18, respectively. Pretty sure all of them have put a hole in a German at one time or another. I'll make a.video in the morning if you want.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 05:09 |
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the JJ posted:This article is pretty poo poo btw God forbid you elaborate on this.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 08:29 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:God forbid you elaborate on this. The quality of the writing is pretty poo poo for what supposed to be an academic article. It's all backed up by anecdote rather than serious quantitative analysis. It does however reflect the conventional viewpoint from the perspective of the West. It's worth noting that the Red Army (and Russian successor) made a conscious decision to reject Western-style Auftragstaktik. It works for them, but only because they've deliberately built an alternative.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 13:12 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:Pretty sure all of them have put a hole in a German at one time or another. Cool!
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 13:17 |
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Ensign Expendable posted:Boy have I got the link for you: https://tankarchives.blogspot.com/search/label/teletank Thanks! I had actually already read those via google searching (I was pretty impressed with them, almost all the tank sites I've found looking into this stuff out of a casual interest are, like, partisan, to say the least, and it influences their writing) and they made me want to seek out maybe a documentary or a single longer source, particularly something with some pictures or video. I'm on kind of an interest bender vis-a-vis technological innovations in WW2, I studied European history and Marxism in the early 20th century for my degree but more or less ignored all of the military aspects of WWI and the interwar, focusing on other stuff instead. I mean I took enough classes to know the broad outlines and read Antony Beevor and stuff but its really fascinating to me how many different permutations new technologies had emerged between 1900-1950. Also I was wondering if anyone had any detailed sources about armaments and stuff that made their way into the hands of Spartacists and Freikorps in 1919 because I saw a cool picture of some fascist shitheads with a WWI Fiat armored car stolen from the Russians (I think), with a non-totenkopf skull and crossbones on it.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 15:29 |
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The Russian White Army used the skull and crossbones quite extensively, so it might have been them.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 15:41 |
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Nenonen posted:Cool! One time we went to the range with DFW Goons with the SMLE, and InediblePenguin cooked a hot dog using the bayonet (mounted on the rifle) as a spit. IP joked "probably not the first time it's been stuck through a Frankfurter." Edit re skulls: much like the swastika and black suits with silver trim, the totenkopf was an old thing coopted by the Nazis to make them seem legit. It's an old Prussian/HRE thing. Edit again: found it. That was in 1910. Chillbro Baggins fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Sep 1, 2018 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:One time we went to the range with DFW Goons with the SMLE, and InediblePenguin cooked a hot dog using the bayonet (mounted on the rifle) as a spit. IP joked "probably not the first time it's been stuck through a Frankfurter." This is also a normal thing to say because I LOVE death!
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 16:17 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:That was in 1910. The Brunswick Hussars did the black uniform/skull thing at Waterloo: Nazis ruin everything.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 16:18 |
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Frog Act posted:Thanks! I had actually already read those via google searching (I was pretty impressed with them, almost all the tank sites I've found looking into this stuff out of a casual interest are, like, partisan, to say the least, and it influences their writing) and they made me want to seek out maybe a documentary or a single longer source, particularly something with some pictures or video. Aircraft are wild for this. It took about a decade after World War 2 for the world to fully process all the innovation that happened.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 16:38 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:One time we went to the range with DFW Goons with the SMLE, and InediblePenguin cooked a hot dog using the bayonet (mounted on the rifle) as a spit. IP joked "probably not the first time it's been stuck through a Frankfurter." Who is she?
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:01 |
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FastestGunAlive posted:Who is she? Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. Daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:09 |
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spectralent posted:Princess Victoria Louise of Prussia. Daughter of Kaiser Wilhelm. hat wearer
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:12 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:I have a Webley revolver, an SMLE III* upgraded from MkIII, and a bayonet for the rifle, made in 1916, '15, and March '18, respectively. Pretty sure all of them have put a hole in a German at one time or another. I'm not sure you're quite getting this, but this is kind of an off thing to say. Those Germans were human beings too. We aren't even talking about World War 2, so it's not even possible that they're, like, SS.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:21 |
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It's called gallows humor. Soldiers, firefighters, EMTs, and photojournalists deal with death in ways that seem callous to normal people.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:30 |
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:God forbid you elaborate on this. Sorry. Phone posting but the article has come up before. It's Orientalist poo poo. The Egyptians were successful in using deception to cross the Suez because their culture is subtle and indirect. It's Jordan Peterson style faux academics wrapping a stupid package.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:32 |
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I'm kind of interested in the breakdown of the Snow and Sand one, if someone's read it (and if it's any better).
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:37 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:It's called gallows humor. Soldiers, firefighters, EMTs, and photojournalists deal with death in ways that seem callous to normal people. Are you any of those things?
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:39 |
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Chillbro Baggins posted:One time we went to the range with DFW Goons with the SMLE, and InediblePenguin cooked a hot dog using the bayonet (mounted on the rifle) as a spit. IP joked "probably not the first time it's been stuck through a Frankfurter." Is this the lady that you can reform the Holy Roman Empire in HoI 4 with?
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:41 |
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Is this the lady that you can reform the Holy Roman Empire in HoI 4 with? yes
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:42 |
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feedmegin posted:I'm not sure you're quite getting this, but this is kind of an off thing to say. Those Germans were human beings too. We aren't even talking about World War 2, so it's not even possible that they're, like, SS. how dare he make a joke about killing people in this, the military history thread.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:50 |
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Xiahou Dun posted:Are you any of those things?
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 17:55 |
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Frog Act posted:Thanks! I had actually already read those via google searching (I was pretty impressed with them, almost all the tank sites I've found looking into this stuff out of a casual interest are, like, partisan, to say the least, and it influences their writing) and they made me want to seek out maybe a documentary or a single longer source, particularly something with some pictures or video. That source is also partisan, at one point there was stuff about Soviet Union not having invaded the Baltic countries.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:09 |
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Mycroft Holmes posted:how dare he make a joke about killing people in this, the military history thread. The thing is, it's hard for any private person to give a non-suspicious explanation to collecting guns. But when a gun collector masturbates to the thought that their pieces might have been used to take life out of human beings, it becomes really creepy very fast, and makes you wonder if the person is fit to own weapons and if you should report them to some authority or another.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:21 |
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Nenonen posted:The thing is, it's hard for any private person to give a non-suspicious explanation to collecting guns. But when a gun collector masturbates to the thought that their pieces might have been used to take life out of human beings, it becomes really creepy very fast, and makes you wonder if the person is fit to own weapons and if you should report them to some authority or another. You're reading way too much into this
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:31 |
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The Iron Rose posted:You're reading way too much into this nah
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:34 |
Cessna posted:The Brunswick Hussars did the black uniform/skull thing at Waterloo: These guys were pretty much a drat legion of Germans/Non Germans towards their end in 1815 with lancers, infantry and even light infantry. All they were missing were cannons.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:43 |
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Nenonen posted:The thing is, it's hard for any private person to give a non-suspicious explanation to collecting guns. Lol no it isn’t. “They’re fun to shoot at paper and having a bunch of types for different uses is fun” is the shooter explanation “I find the different mechanics interesting” is the tech geek answer and “i find think he history behind them neat” is they history geek answer.
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If they have a sadly out of control untreated mental illness or gravitate towards extremist right wing politics that is when you should worry.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:47 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:Lol no it isn’t. “They’re fun to shoot at paper and having a bunch of types for different uses is fun” is the shooter explanation “I find the different mechanics interesting” is the tech geek answer and “i find think he history behind them neat” is they history geek answer.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 18:51 |
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Indi Neidell's (The Great War channel) WW2 project has launched today. It'll follow WW2 week by week for the next 6 years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-A1gVm9T0A Although it is a different production team behind the project so he's the only person from TGW team working on it as far as I know. Due to it being a new crew behind the scenes they are on a but of a tight budget for the first few months until money starts rolling in, when they can move to animated maps and better video editing and archival searching, much like how the great war channel has improved over the last 4 years, take a look at this recent episode to see the quality difference: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=88fJG3pmzc4 So subscribe and get ready to tune in for 10 minute weekly videos over the next 6 years if youtube still exists by then.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 19:23 |
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HEY GUNS posted:"old metal has the prettiest color ever, and i find buffing and oiling it soothing" Just got a 16th century Japanese short sword for cheap because of defects collectors get up in arms about and giving it a rub down was legit relaxing.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 19:36 |
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Regarding military effectiveness of Arab armies I would recommend Arabs at war even if it was written by a Neocon https://www.amazon.com/Arabs-War-Military-Effectiveness-1948-1991/dp/0803287836 . It was quite a while since I read it but it avoids general orientalism and points out that most of the arab armies described were good at the following: - Logistics(Libya during the toyota war being especially impressive) - The strategic planning was solid - The individual soldiers were very brave However the problem mostly arouse from the politicized officer corps which led to the following issues: - Commanders in the field not being allowed to take initiatives of their own - Bad tactical leadership - Enlisted men and NCOs not being treated especially well - Officers hoarding the technical expertise In general the issues mostly stem from the countries being military dictatorships.
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# ? Sep 1, 2018 19:36 |
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Cyrano4747 posted:Just got a 16th century Japanese short sword for cheap because of defects collectors get up in arms about and giving it a rub down was legit relaxing. you can get 16th and 17th c european swords for like $300 if you go on czech websites and don't mind if they're beaten up then there's this dude, who has a shamshir made in isfahan and (probably) sold to poland https://imgur.com/gallery/rCxnYt5
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HEY GUNS posted:i love just like...staring at it Shoot me some links
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