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Cessna posted:7.62mm = .3 inches. But the Soviets don't use inches, I thought?
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Sep 4, 2018 19:32
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Fangz posted:But the Soviets don't use inches, I thought? Peter the Great engaged in mass Westernization of Russian science and politics. One of the units he used was the diuym, which was exactly equal to an inch. They likewise had a liniya, which was equal to the line (an obsolete measurement for 1/10th of an inch). The Mosin-Nagant was officially classified as a 3-line rifle, or .30 caliber. This also means the very first models of Mosin-Nagant Model 1891 have their sights marked in arshins, which are equal to 28 inches. On July 21st, 1925, the new Soviet Union officially standardized on the metric system and threw out all their old units. The Mosin had its sights changed to be marked in meters.
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Sep 4, 2018 19:37
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A lot of the Soviet calibers trace their lineage back to the Tsarist system. 152 mm is 6 inches, 107 mm is 4.2 inches, etc. Once you start seeing new calibers (5.45 mm, 45 mm, 85 mm) they no longer convert to inches nicely.
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Sep 4, 2018 20:01
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i'm not sure i'm comfortable killing fascists with munitions sized for imperialist weapons. it seems dangerously counter revolutionary.
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Sep 4, 2018 20:04
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Nomenclature for modern rifle and intermediate military cartridges has sort of settled on (Bore Diameter)mm x (Case Length)mm. But there's no real standard for that, and anything older or civilian is pretty much up for grabs.
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Sep 4, 2018 20:05
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Return to the cubit standard.
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Sep 4, 2018 20:10
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zoux posted:Return to the cubit standard.
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Sep 4, 2018 20:23
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I only recognize the arm length of Ramses II
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Sep 4, 2018 20:29
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HEY GUNS posted:it would be extremely weird if the kind of guns i like ever saw combat Didn't a bunch of Syrian militia roll up with black powder muzzleloaders at some point?
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chitoryu12 posted:Or go like Varusteleka and really emphasize the history. I order stuff from Varusteleka like every other month or so, but holy loving poo poo their “YUGOSLAVIA = GENOCIDE LOL” meme gets tired really fast. They pulled the exact same hilarious jokes when they were selling JNA army parkas and AK bayonets . Also, that canteen is cool and good and I bought two of them.  
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MikeCrotch posted:Didn't a bunch of Syrian militia roll up with black powder muzzleloaders at some point? I know jezails were still in use in Afghanistan up til at least the 80s.
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MikeCrotch posted:Didn't a bunch of Syrian militia roll up with black powder muzzleloaders at some point? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1QNG8lnxDs
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Sep 4, 2018 21:52
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Trin Tragula posted:Have you tried to move a body part which is in rigor mortis? Cold dead hands that are holding something smaller than themselves are no joke. Something something Alfred Hitchcock's Frenzy.
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Sep 4, 2018 22:09
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Does anyone know what book would be considered the closest to the "official" soviet history of the Great Patriotic War? I'm looking for a soviet source that particularly describes the role of collaborators and Bandera-ists in the conflict.
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Sep 4, 2018 23:27
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What was the most efficient way to kill Germans on a strategic level in ww2?
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Sep 5, 2018 00:48
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My Imaginary GF posted:What was the most efficient way to kill Germans on a strategic level in ww2? Going by what I think you are thinking, probably firebombing. The darker answer: The Holocaust itself.
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Sep 5, 2018 00:55
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Letting the SS have the pick of the best equipment.
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My Imaginary GF posted:What was the most efficient way to kill Germans on a strategic level in ww2? Invading Russia.
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aphid_licker posted:My dad is one of the most consistently insightful posters in the extended SA milhist nerd bubble so like cool it a lil i know who he is, but if cyrano didn't like a rifle he owned, why get so mad about it?
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:i know who he is, but if cyrano didn't like a rifle he owned, why get so mad about it? Cyrano also gave a reason, maybe you could think about it a little harder, or just stop pretending you had a real point to make besides being riled up about guns
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My Imaginary GF posted:What was the most efficient way to kill Germans on a strategic level in ww2? waiting 100 years
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:Invading Russia. Letting Hitler anywhere near a map.
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bewbies posted:Here's a test for milhist folks: Just use the symbol for a mechanized infantry division E: at the end of the argument, yield and draw a little (+) somewhere on it
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:amateur, you're supposed to open the window and then shoot out of it Can a building be considered a gun if a judge or a lord regent is launched from it can you technically say the building shot a catholic in that case
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Rocko Bonaparte posted:Going by what I think you are thinking, probably firebombing. The darker answer: The Holocaust itself. Is there any good books I can read detailing the strategic bombing campaign against Germany, and the efficiency of targeting German civilians in hindering war production?
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HEY GUNS posted:it would be extremely weird if the kind of guns i like ever saw combat HEY GUNS with his bat'leth bullshit again 
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I'm getting into medieval warfare again, and I recall us having a good chat on how fortifications were assaulted. Couple of extremely dumb questions, hope you can help: - Did taking a castle with multiple defensive layers involve taking each layer by melee every time? Or often? Would escape routes be used or some kind of bombing into submission like we see in later wars? - Was the throw-plague-corpses-as-weapons trope used often, or even at all? If it was, did the responsible commander(s) have a clear idea of the consequences? I mean, this is before germ theory after all. - At what point did sapping start coming into use? I recently saw Stronghold, and it would have me believe peeps straight up warmed a gigantic pig fat bonfire under castles to collapse them. Also: Military History Mk. III: I only recognize the arm length of Ramses II
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My Imaginary GF posted:What was the most efficient way to kill Germans on a strategic level in ww2? Soviet artillery. Slim Jim Pickens posted:Cyrano also gave a reason, maybe you could think about it a little harder, or just stop pretending you had a real point to make besides being riled up about guns I wish for a repost of his post detailing the who perception of Yugoslav wars stuff. We should definitely either link or repost those super great post that happens in here. Ah, if only inklesspen was into MilHist as she is into Fatal and Friends
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SeanBeansShako posted:Letting Hitler anywhere near a map.* Offer not applicable Dec 10th, 1941-February 12th, 1942.
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Tias posted:Castle attack How effective was climbing ladders? Like siege towers I kind of get, but sending your dudes up a ladder seems like a terribly inefficient way to get access. How does the dude survive when he clears the wall?
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Tias posted:- At what point did sapping start coming into use? I recently saw Stronghold, and it would have me believe peeps straight up warmed a gigantic pig fat bonfire under castles to collapse them.
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Oye, any of you gits know that site where people draw simple illustrations of military unit? I remember some dude had amazing Russian company and such illustrations made, very good for showing how TOnE looks.
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ilmucche posted:How effective was climbing ladders? Like siege towers I kind of get, but sending your dudes up a ladder seems like a terribly inefficient way to get access. How does the dude survive when he clears the wall? It was a risky bloody business and they'd have more than one ladder operating at a time, before hand though they would have really saturated the area they planned to attack with everything they could. Worse case scenario was the ladders which were constructed on site being shorter than the fortifications they needed to scale. This botched a few attempts at storming fortresses in the Napoleonic Wars especially with the British Army.
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would probably rather go in to a breach than participate in an escalade, that poo poo was bad
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Certainly not the thing you want to volunteer for unless you really are confident that luck/fate/god is of course on your side.
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Did the first guy through the breach/over the wall end up with special accolades (if they survived)
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that guy who took down douaumont did
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zoux posted:Did the first guy through the breach/over the wall end up with special accolades (if they survived) In my the era I am obsessed with, they usually got a sort of promotion to NCO/brevit promotion if they were an officer, a monetary award and the rights to wear a badge to prove you survived storming a breach and survived. Oh and if you died you still sort of would be remembered by your regiment if you did something brave/gallant. The downside to this is an unfortunately high chance of dying horribly and your corpse being trampled or buried under rubble.
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SeanBeansShako posted:The downside to this is an unfortunately high chance of dying horribly and your corpse being trampled or buried under rubble. Hmmm but you say there's a badge?
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