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GrunkleStalin posted:Tbf, soldiers will destroy anything they can get a hold of so letting them have access to only the parts needed to clean/field service the weapon makes sense. That’s kind of undercut by giving them two kids of lubricant though, one of which will seriously damage the weapon if used in place of the other.
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Frosted Flake posted:That’s kind of undercut by giving them two kids of lubricant though, one of which will seriously damage the weapon if used in place of the other. rate of profit tends to fall, hence self-destructing rifles
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Filthy Hans posted:apparently the same is true of the M-17, the regular Sig 320 it's based off of can be stripped by the owner but the military version has special bolts that can only be loosened with special tools so you can't get further than removing the slide without access to said tools It's the M16A1 all over again eh. At least they waited until Afghanistan was over so we didn't repeat the M16 while repeating Vietnam.
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Goast posted:did they really name it the loving panther lmao i always wonder how people never noticed that the original leopard 2 was basically just a tiger with its dumb square turret
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Senate Defense Authorization Bill Halts Half of Navy’s Planned Ship Retirements House Appropriators Want Navy to Save 5 Littoral Combat Ships From Decommissioning quote:The bill “directs a report on alternate uses of these vessels, such as missions in the [U.S. Southern Command] and [U.S. Africa Command] areas of responsibility; and permits the decommissioning of four ships, which would also allow the Navy and the Defense Security Cooperation Agency to explore the possibility of transferring them to partner nations,” according to a summary from the committee. Looks like the US Congress will force the USN to keep the LCS among others.
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gradenko_2000 posted:what if they just made the whole boat out of wood?
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razorscooter posted:i always wonder how people never noticed that the original leopard 2 was basically just a tiger with its dumb square turret if it doesn't have a swastika on it then it can't possibly have anything to do with the third reich  much like the people who ended up running west germany and its military industrial complex after the war, who I'm sure definitely couldn't be nazis because all the nazis mysteriously vanished after nuremburg Renaissance Robot has issued a correction as of 12:42 on Jun 18, 2022 |
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https://twitter.com/SilingWu/status/1538275578427613186 pla exercise with cool gadgets and drones
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Yeah its the same reasoning we keep building tanks despite the army not wanting anymore of them than we have already, politicians just want to keep milking that MIC cashcow on behalf of defense contractors.
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quote:In comparison to sport parachutes, military parachutes have very little maneuverability. The 82nd Airborne use two models, the MC1-1B with vents controlled by toggle lines that allow 360 degree turns and some forward motion, and the unvented T10, which can only be directed to a small degree "by spilling air out one side of the canopy or the other." "Airborne students make two jumps with [the MC1-1B] parachute, but they are not likely to use it much after that. Almost everyone in the 82nd jumps with the good old T10" (Halberstadt 1988:125-126). I was told the use of the less maneuverable T10 was considered the best method of minimizing mid-air collisions, although it obviously puts severe limitations on the paratrooper's ability to pick the landing spot.
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Rutibex posted:fancy new bullets mean someone gets to wet their beak I’m reminded of how apple invented the lovely lightning cable that slips out with the slightest bit of movement or a spec of dust in the contacts just so they could sell their own proprietary cable.
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i think usb c would be better if it wasn't a common physical connector with competing protocols(?), each supporting some mystery subset of features. president xi, my people yearn for freedom. please force a consolidation of the usb4 spec
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USB-C the C stands for "cucked by USB"
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The Atomic Man-Boy posted:I’m reminded of how apple invented the lovely lightning cable that slips out with the slightest bit of movement or a spec of dust in the contacts just so they could sell their own proprietary cable. exhibit A in the European Union's announcement about standardized data and power ports starting in a couple years
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SilingWu/status/1538275578427613186 meh
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SilingWu/status/1538275578427613186 it's like that scene in True Detective where that trailer park meth lab gets raided except not as good because the Chinese director didn't shoot it all in one take
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Filthy Hans posted:it's like that scene in True Detective where that trailer park meth lab gets raided It was actually in a ghetto housing complex and it was the white supremacist that he was undercover with
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Grandpa Palpatine posted:It was actually in a ghetto housing complex and it was the white supremacist that he was undercover with oh yeah I guess I need to watch it again
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Danann posted:https://twitter.com/SilingWu/status/1538275578427613186 I liked the front flip that guy did. The average Chinese soldier would likely dodge a lot of bullets thanks to their I-frames because the PLA makes sure everyone stays below 70% equip load. Our drat generals keep loading our troops up in heavy armor, and they’re fat-rolling all over the place. Shameful.
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More poo poo the troop has to carry = more poo poo the military has to buy for him/make him buy
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I watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday and there's something almost Ur-Fascist in the way that the movie tries to drive home this point of 'a piloted plane is still better than a drone because of the human element' as well as 'a better pilot can overcome a technologically-superior plane' as part of the fictional mystique of the American military... ... but in the real world of Ukraine they're hyping up these Memeraktar drones and those smaller switchblade drones and HIMARS and all this high-tech poo poo that's supposed to win the war against Russia, which is constantly portrayed as being the more primitive force
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that was the plot of stealth like 20 years ago
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Rutibex posted:wow globalism is a bitch eh. I guess you can't actually blockade half a continent yes there are many examples in history of hegemonic powers seeking to destroy russia through an economic blockade, a "continental system" if you will. it never works for those powers, they delude themselves into thinking it might... but it might work for us.
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Real hurthling! posted:that was the plot of stealth like 20 years ago and it was the plot to Deal of the Century 39 years ago 
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Mantis42 posted:yes there are many examples in history of hegemonic powers seeking to destroy russia through an economic blockade, a "continental system" if you will. it never works for those powers, they delude themselves into thinking it might... but it might work for us. lol
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gradenko_2000 posted:I watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday and there's something almost Ur-Fascist in the way that the movie tries to drive home this point of 'a piloted plane is still better than a drone because of the human element' as well as 'a better pilot can overcome a technologically-superior plane' as part of the fictional mystique of the American military... You got to remember that America is blessed by god then it makes sense.
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Mantis42 posted:yes there are many examples in history of hegemonic powers seeking to destroy russia through an economic blockade, a "continental system" if you will. it never works for those powers, they delude themselves into thinking it might... but it might work for us. not entirely sure how the analogy goes from there
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A Buttery Pastry posted:the continental system was against britain, which responded with a terror bombing against neutral denmark napolean famously conquered all of russia
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Rutibex posted:napolean famously conquered all of russia
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gradenko_2000 posted:I watched Top Gun Maverick yesterday and there's something almost Ur-Fascist in the way that the movie tries to drive home this point of 'a piloted plane is still better than a drone because of the human element' as well as 'a better pilot can overcome a technologically-superior plane' as part of the fictional mystique of the American military... Liberal excuse making is ur-fascism. Just make an excuse for what you want. When your whims change, make an excuse for that. The liberal is the eternal hero of a story they are telling themselves.
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