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Sturgeon

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  1. Probably enough M2 and M8 running around between the cartels that they'd want to protect against them. 20mm is also about the level of steel armor you want to decisively protect against .30 M2 AP, 7.62 M61 AP, and 7.62x54R B-32 API, and I'm sure there's plenty of both of those types running around too.
  2. Welcome! We have threads for most general subjects, so we appreciate it if most links/photos/etc are thrown into those threads rather than fresh ones started (no "thread reanimator" rule). However, I don't think we have a thread for this subject yet, so thanks!
  3. Yeah regular car sheet metal is toast against any centerfire caliber with a full metal jacket. Sometimes you get stoppages with really slow soft lead bullets, like you see with .32 S&W, but in TYOOL 2022 those are rare as hen's teeth.
  4. Actually come to think of it, I think that thread was the one that began the convention of all our aviation threads having a sarcastic title (e.g., Bash the F-35 is all a bunch of praise for the Panther).
  5. Just for the record we do already have an A-10 thread:
  6. Thanks to this Secret Projects thread, we have some images of the transitional forms of the Northrop fighter lineage which help connect the T-38/F-5/etc to the Cobra/Hornet. As is fairly well known, the this transition begins with the Northrop P-300, which is still firmly grounded in the Freedom Fighter. This is an important member of the family, which I left out of my original posts: This is a configurable study model of the late version (A43) of the P-300 (seemingly evidenced by the very difficult to read nameplate). Clearly visible is its resemblance to a high-wing F-5, but you can also see in the belly shot a very clear view of the flared out body-intake configuration that would follow the design all the way through the P-530 and YF-17, which was much more subdued in the F-18: In fact, the early P-530 looks much more like the P-300A43 than it does the later P530s: Note that by May '67 they haven't even ditched the single tail yet (that wouldn't happen until the summer of 1968)! By the end of the P-530 the aircraft gets looking very much like a proto-Cobra: You can see that in this very "Starfightery" series of designs, one of the big distinguishing features visually is caused by the location of the gun. Not in front of the pilot like in the Cobra and Hornet, but below the pilot: Speaking of guns, evidently the armament of two M39s in lieu of an M61 was being considered as late as 1973/4: The photos in that SP thread really clearly illustrate the evolution from the F-5 to the Hornet very well, and there's even a handy visual outline: But what's this? It mentions a single-engined P-610? Indeed:
  7. Well the A-10 costs about 50% more to fly than the F-16 so...
  8. Well, I think the Army is about to relearn some very silly lessons with NGSW, but one thing I doubt they'll regret is the M157 NGSW-FC.
  9. The pressure isn't a problem in theory, but I have serious reservations about their case head design. I fear we'll start seeing case head separations once it enters service and ammunition production ramps up. I also don't think the caliber is appropriate for an infantry rifle, and they're going to relearn some old lessons quickly.
  10. The improvements are there but they're pretty subtle. Stuff like changing to a sensible buttstock shape, the pistol grip finally covering the rear of the receiver, the "owie pin" going away, etc.
  11. Yeah that solution seems like a bandaid, and I wonder if the AM series is poised to take over once that becomes obvious.
  12. Just curious, aren't you the guy who got me banned from AH.com because I disagreed with you about the M14?
  13. Oh? What is your plan here? Will you report me to the moderators?
  14. I'm not even going to post photos of Ukrainian guys larping as Nazis, if you're too lazy to find that shit yourself, I don't really care to talk to you anyway.
  15. I don't understand, we both find the Russian claims plausible so why are you pointing fingers at me?
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