Bronezhilet

Vilayat Ameriki, our brothers hope for new Sheikh Abu Ibn Al-Trumpi winning Allakh's preference instead of dirty Hilariwi Ali Clintoni abu-Iraqi women who don't follow islam and do haram. We, the Vilayat Rusy make fatwa on Ali Clintoni. 

If somebody starts to whine about you using gold, just reply with "But did it help me win?". Usually shuts them up nicely.
 
 
Also, fuck arty and fuck everybody who defends it. I wouldn't classify it as OP, because it's not. It's fucking broken. It's fun neither for the arty player, nor for his target. Whenever I play arty (which is almost never nowadays) I'm tearing my hair out because a crapton of my shots miss. And when I play normal tanks, well, I get blapped because I should stop camping in the middle of Proho, right? Of course arty missed the first five shots on me, but since I only felt the fun-ruining sixth shot, I'm mad. But no, according to people it's totally okay to have a dice-roll mechanic to arbitrarily ruin other people's battles. "But Bronezhilet!", I hear you cry, "tanks can ammorack you as well, it's the same as arty!". No it is not.
1. It requires LOS.
2. It requires actual aiming.
3. Ammoracks with one ammorack hit are incredibly rare.
4. It can happen to anyone, by anyone.
 
Arty is also why people complain about XVM stats. Do I get focussed by normal tanks? Probably. Do I notice? Rarely. But whenever arty's after your ass, you fucking notice. Sure, whatever, 80% of his shots miss. But the 20% that's going to hit is going to ruin my day. And there is nothing I can do about it, except hide behind a big-ass rock or a house for the rest of the match. And guess what, that ruins my fun too.
Seriously, I have had battles where I had to hide behind a house for the whole match because arty outright refused to switch targets. I notice arty shells falling next to me, so I hide behind a house. I wait 30 seconds to let arty switch targets. I take a quick peek and sure enough, arty. So I wait a full minute. Peek again, and sure enough, arty. (Yes, they did have a nicely concealed spotter). But in the meantime my team is winning because their arty doesn't give a shit about winning. "OH I MUST KILL THE HIGHEST RATED PLAYER ON THEIR TEAM, SURELY WE WILL WIN", he thinks, while my team stomps his team because the arty on my team actually knows what they're doing. GEE, I SURELY HAD FUN THIS MATCH, SITTING STILL WHILE MY TEAM WINS.
 
And my WN8 isn't even that great.
 
No, I don't use XVM stats. Fuck that. I judge prio-targets on the fly and on basis of actual information, instead of bullshit non-relevant numbers accumulated over years. It's simply the direct opposite of that one famous quite by Sun Tzu. You think you know the enemy (because you know his stats), but you actually don't know the enemy because that XVM number isn't his actual skill level. The fuck do I care about how somebody played the past few years, I care about how he plays right now, in this very battle. I don't care about the previous one. I don't care about the next one. I care about the one here and now. Who gives a shit about the unicum in the Tiger 2 while there's a 400 WN8 E100 next to him. If that E100 is going to pen me, I'm fucked. I don't give a shit about that puny Tiger 2. What's he gonna do? Sit on me? Who gives a shit about that 400 WN8? He still has a gun, and that gun can do a fuckton of damage. A common argument is this: "But what if there are two identical tanks next to each other, shooting you?!". That never happens, get the fuck out.
 
If you want to know getting focussed feels, go play in an ultra-rare tank. No, not the CW reward tanks, those aren't rare. I'm talking shit like the Pz V/IV, ISU-130 and T95E2 and the likes. If you see two tier 8 tanks yoloing down the hill towards your shitty tier 6 ultra-rare tank, you know they don't give a flying fuck about winning or dying. They just want to fucking kill you. Yes, I have actually had people trying to yolo through my team to get to my Pz V/IV, just to kill me. And I'd laugh my ass off while pulling back to behind my teammates and watching them get blown apart.
 
On the EU server we've actually had people banned because they were in good clans. Pubbies reported them because "He's in FAME, he must be hacking". WG EU's reply? "Switch clans". I WISH I WAS JOKING, BUT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED. MULTIPLE TIMES.
 
 
 
 
Fucking useless.

Dear God...
 
If they should ever miniaturize a trebuchet and mount it in the back of a Toyota HiLux pickup...
 
Get our best man on this right now!

Dare to Compare: Arjun vs Syrian Trebuchet.

I had the honor of speaking to Bele when he was quite high and drunk. It was quite a challenge to keep the discussion on point. 
 
Have you ever tried to discuss the pliability of plastics explosives with somebody that was high and drunk? I have.

Send a request to C-BOO, please accept, whomever is capable of accepting.

I had the honor of speaking to Bele when he was quite high and drunk. It was quite a challenge to keep the discussion on point. 
 
Have you ever tried to discuss the pliability of plastics explosives with somebody that was high and drunk? I have.

I had the honor of speaking to Bele when he was quite high and drunk. It was quite a challenge to keep the discussion on point. 
 
Have you ever tried to discuss the pliability of plastics explosives with somebody that was high and drunk? I have.

I'm just going to say this: If for one reason or another Trump becomes US president, the US will lose all the respect I still had for them. Because fuck that guy.

Model 89 SPG
 
This was probably the only serious SPG in Romanian armory. 
 
This Romanian self-propelled howitzer is basically the turret of the 2S1 fitted onto the chassis of a modified MLI-84. The vehicle is lighter than the 2S1, should be cheaper and with better manueverability to travel on the flimsy roads and bridges often found in Romania, as well as better handling on the mountain paths in southern Romania.  There were also some Gvozdika from USSR but they're delivered without FCS. 
 
The 2S1 turret fits perfectly into the MLI-84’s turret ring, though the 2S1 turret itself is a bit larger than that of the MLI-84.  The 2A31 122mm gun itself is not the same as on the 2S1, but is a Romanian ground-mounted gun that has several common components with the 2S1’s 2A31 gun.  The gun itself is actually a gun/howitzer, meaning that the gun has deliberately low depression and can function as a tank destroyer as well as a howitzer.  The gun on the Model 89 has a semiautomatic autoloader, meaning that the loader must affix the fuzes and place the round in the auto loading train for loading into the breech; the breech block is also semiautomatic, and the loader must close the breech.  The Model 89 seems to be also optimized for the tank destroyer role, as the fire control suite is marginally more advanced than the indirect fire computer. Max Depression is -3 degrees with elevation +70 degrees. A Model 89 normally carries a few antitank rounds (about 10% of its total), but mostly carries howitzer-type rounds. The gun turret has 360 degree rotation and can also fire from any angle.  The Model 89 does not normally have a commander’s machinegun, though an optional one it figured into the entry.  The commander has a manually-rotating cupola, with all-around vision blocks and a night channel is borrows from the gunner.

 
Following the BMP-1 design, the MLI-84 has a driver’s hatch on the front right hull, and commander’s and gunner’s positions in the turret; the turret has one hatch for the commander.  All three have night vision equipment. The Model 89 has a new engine, the Perkins CV-8V-1240 DTS supercharged diesel developing 360 horsepower; this is larger and heavier, but is more powerful than standard BMP-1 engine, and is also uprated slightly from the MLI-84’s engine.  The fitting of its engine and the associated automatic transmission required rebuilding and enlarging of the engine compartment.  The increase in the length of the hull also allowed small fuel tanks to be incorporated into the walls, increasing the fuel capacity.  The gaps between the roadwheels are also wider. Unfortunately, the suspension is still of the conventional torsion bar type with shock absorbers only on the first and last roadwheels on each side, so the ride can be even rougher than that of the BMP-1.  The heavier weight of the Model 89 also reduced its amphibious capability; it is slow in the water.  The crew and passenger are protected by a fire detection and extinguishing system, and the commander also has access to a Geiger counter and chemical agent detector, which can be operated with hatches closed.
 
The Model 89 retains the MLI-84’s doors in the rear, but has no firing ports.  From the 2S1 turret, the Model 89 inherits the long equipment box on the left side of the turret.  This is large enough to carry ancillary equipment for the Model 89, and little more.  At the rear of the turret are slotted covers used to retract a portion of the suspension during swimming and fording operations.  This of course requires that the turret be squared up with the front when swimming and fording deeply. The Model 89 has an NBC overpressure with a collective NBC backup. Model 89 is amphibious, and has waterjets and bilge pumps.
 
There is very little info available about this vehicle as it was phased out pretty fast after 1989. 
 
Not those SPG are stored or even phased out:
 

 
Same as T-72s Ural:
 

Isn't it possible for someone in the US to become president with a minute amount of the vote anyway, given how screwy the electoral college is?
 
In any case; Brone, for your own sanity I'd suggest that you leave it. Otherwise these dudes will spend all day telling you about the five thousand-and-one rooms of the heavenly maze that is the US political system. You're better off using the neurons to understand transonic flow over non-rotating projectiles.

I'm just going to say this: If for one reason or another Trump becomes US president, the US will lose all the respect I still had for them. Because fuck that guy.

Paratrooper all day clothes (early 80s):

 
Caporal, 64th Para Regiment, Boteni, 1982
 

 
On the photo is written "With love" and a signature. Summer outfit, probably early 80s

 
Picture with Para training probably from an Army magazine, 80s:
 

 
Border guards shoulder patch:
 

 
Mountain hunters training 80s (probably Army magazine):
 

 

 
Evolution of Mountain Hunters equipment:
 

 
Guards and Protocol Regiment recruits during 1989 events, easily to recognize after their white belts:
 

 
Probably a signal unit, 1976:
 

 
1980, propaganda picture, infantry squad (red signs near neck, not sure how to call ém in English):
 

 
1983, MIGs during Unified Forces Exercises:
 

 
1989, probably infantry, hard to say without colors:
 

 
1989, PSL and scopes were quite common even in the armored/mechanized units:
 

 
1989, Infantry:
 

 
1980, Artillerymen
 

 
1989, Sergent-major, infantry:
 

 
Probably early 90s, Recon unit, Danube Delta:
 
 
 
Youth Defense of Country, propaganda picture:
 

 
middle 80s I thin, Patriotic guards propaganda picture:
 

 
80s, propaganda picture, Patriotic Guards led by Army officers during exercises:
 

 
1969, one Mountain Hunters battalion parade after receiving the honorific name "Avram Iancu"
 

Nanking was a crime on the Nationalist controlled territory, that doesn't change anything to the individual civilians that were affected directly. Those people still reside in the lands that were razed by Imperial Japan. Just because a bunch of high ranking officials fled to Taiwan doesn't mean the scars arent there anymore. 

The full scale prototype was first revealed to the public on a televised program last year, around May, if I recall correctly. So you've probably have seen it. Before that, it was a somewhat smaller black mock up built to test the stealth capabilities which was tested in France about 5 years ago or so. Before this black mock up was a smaller, 1/5 scale or so RC to test the designs ability to fly. The whole program has been going for a long time.
 
Originally, the earliest flight test for the full prototype was announced to be late 2014. But they kept on delaying, month after months, delays. It actually still hasn't had it's first flight test. The latest announced first flight plan is the earliest by the middle of this month, but could be later. The reasons they gave was restart-up issues with the engines.
 
After it's first flight, it's planned that the X-2 will fly at most 200 hours for 2016. And it is planned that a decision will be in 2018 as to whether or not to entirely develop a new F3 fighter from the prototype entirely domestically or to seek joint development with international partners. Decisions on whether or not should it be available for export will also be decided on in 2018. Entry into service of the F3 is currently aimed for the 2030s.
 
It's first flight is planned to be a flight from Nagoya airport to ASDF Gifu airbase. Here are some pictures of it in Nagoya.
 

 
 

 

Wait I thought Daigensui had access to all the secret Japanese archives. Could she have been (gasp) dishonest with us !!!?!!!!!???!!!?

"We knew the Fascists were up to something when they started digging a canal to Moscow."

On a sidenote, I recently (last week) discovered that one of the designs/developments I learned about during my time at the MoD isn't classified. 
 
So here's this:

A solid fuel ramjet in a 35x228mm round, Because why not?
 
I wish I took a photo of a round that was on display.
 
Yes I know it isn't exactly small arms, but oh well.

wtf

O-I
 
The O-I (オイ車 Oi-sensha) was a super-heavy tank prototype designed by the Imperial Japanese Army during the Second Sino-Japanese War after the Battles of Nomonhan in 1939. The O-I is one of the Second World War’s more secretive tank projects, with documentation regarding the tank being kept private for over 75 years at Wakajishi Shrine, Fujinomiya. Surviving files have been purchased by FineMolds Inc., and publicly previewed in mid-2015. The multi-turreted 150-ton tank was designed for use on the Manchurian plains as a supportive pillbox for the Imperial Japanese against the Soviet Union. The project was disbanded four years after the initial development began, deemed unsatisfactory for continuation in 1943 after the lack of resource material for the prototype.
 

 
History and development
 
 
After 1939, the Imperial Japanese Army quickly came to realize that previous forms of mechanized warfare were proved inefficient after their defeat at Khalkhin Gol.
 
Development of the super-heavy project was spearheaded by Colonel Hideo Iwakuro, the head of the Ministry of War of Japan (陸軍省 Rikugun-shō). Iwakuro opposed Japan’s advances towards the Soviet Union in 1939, and with the Japanese defeat, he decided to initiate a project to construct a heavily armored tank capable of withstanding large-caliber field cannons. Iwakuro assigned Colonel Murata of the 4th Technical Research Group to design and construct the super heavy tank in 1939. Colonel Murata noted Iwakuro’s words as described;
 
「満州の大平原で移動トーチカとして使えるような巨大戦車を作ってほしい。極秘でだ。」
“I want a huge tank built which can be used as a mobile pillbox in the wide open plains of Manchuria. Top secret.”
 
「今の戦車の寸法を2倍に延ばして作れ。」
“Make the dimensions twice that of today’s tanks.”
 
The 4th Technical Research Group began designing the super-heavy vehicle throughout 1940, attempting to meet Colonel Iwakuro’s vague instructions on the ultimate goal of the project. By March 1941, the research group had finished initial tank design and was ready to begin construction. The following month, a group of pre-selected engineers were chosen to partake in the building of the super-heavy tank. One recorded engineer was Shigeo Otaka, who stated they were sent to the 4th Technical Research Group’s previous headquarters in Tokyo. There, they were guided through a barracks containing multiple small fitting rooms, where they were to conduct meetings and reports on the progress of construction of the super-heavy vehicle. Towards the end of the barracks facility was a fully-enclosed room devoid of windows, with soundproofed walls to prevent external personnel from overhearing discussions related to the project. Each officer present possessed a portion of the project’s blueprint, which, when assembled, projected the full design of the tank, labeled "Mi-To". The name originated from a collection of the Mitsubishi industry and the city, Tokyo; given to the vehicle to uphold secrecy of the tank’s project.
 
 

Colonels Murata and Iwakuro 
 
The chosen engineers voiced their concerns regarding the Mi-To’s design noting that previously, the largest-sized Japanese tank had been the prototype Type95 Heavy in 1934. Issues that had been noted with heavy tank experiments in the years preceding the Mi-To showing Japan’s generally unsuccessful testing on multi-turreted vehicles exceeding the weight of standard armored vehicles. However, with the threat of a second Russo-Japanese conflict becoming more apparent, the project continued despite the engineer’s doubts on the size and mobility of the vehicle.
 

Four engineers who survived to record the dealing had with the project
On April 14th 1941, the engineers began the construction of the Mi-To under secretive means. This entailed privately-made mechanical parts and equipment being shipped to the construction zone. Colonel Murata’s original concept was to complete the super-heavy tank three months after the initiation of Mi-To’s construction. This, ultimately, did not come into fruition; as technical issues on the project began to arise. Due to the limitation on material consumption by the government, the amount of parts that could be secretly shipped-in began to dwindle. By the first month of construction, essential construction resources had been depleted and the issues with the vehicle’s cooling system further caused delays. The construction of the Mi-To was postponed until January 1942, a delay of nine months.
 
After the Mi-To’s construction was resumed, the hull was completed on February 8th 1942. The tank had reached near-completion and was being prepared for mobility testing. Mitsubishi built the four turrets for the tank in May of the same year. Initial assembly of the tank’s armament took place soon after the turret’s superstructures were completed. However; the project once again did not have the necessary resources needed for the few remaining parts required for the final assessment. Due to this, the primary turret was removed as it lacked a 35-millimeter-thick roof plate, which had not yet arrived. Thus, the project was put on standby, until further development could continue. The total weight of the vehicle at the time was 96 tons, due to the lack of remaining structural plates and absent 75mm bolted-on armor.
 

O-I documents previewed by FineMolds
 
The date on which the construction of the tank resumed is unknown, although active testing of the tank was scheduled for late 1943. The tank was unveiled to the Imperial Japanese Army’s highest command in 1943, and received a name change to O-I. This followed Japanese naming convention (O translating to Heavy, I for First, making it "First Heavy") that was standard. In his place was Lieutenant Colonel Nakano, Murata's assistant and colleague. Tomio Hara, head of the Sagamia Army Arsenal, was also present. Following the demonstration, senior officials within the IJA requested that field trials begin in August of the same year. The tank was disassembled at 2:00 AM one night in June of 1943 and sent to the Sagami Army Arsenal in Sagamihara, 51 kilometers from Tokyo. The vehicle arrived at the depot in June, and was reassembled and tested on the 1st of August.
On the day of the trials, the O-I performed satisfactorily until the second hour of the tests. While maneuvering on off-road terrain, the tank sank into the ground by up to a meter; attempts at traversing the hull to extricate the vehicle proved fruitless, resulting in further sinking due to the vehicle’s suspension coils compressing. The tank was eventually towed out, and further testing was continued on concrete. However, the earlier damage to the suspension resulted in vehicle’s movement damaging the concrete, which in turn, further damaged the suspension bogies to the point that further testing could not continue. The trials were postponed, and later canceled the following day.
 
Nevertheless, the trials conducted at the testing field were considered to be a success, and the vehicle was deemed ready for use in spite of its flaws. The engineers began disassembly of the tank on the 3rd of August due to resources being limited and the inability to maintain the tank in the field. Disassembly of the tank was completed on August 8th. Two days later, the engineers noted in a log that they were to inspect the parts and conduct research to fix the issues the O-I would face.
 
The fate of the O-I after its field-trials which took place on the 1st of August is unclear. Russian reports claim the Japanese were in possession of a wooden O-I mock-up mounting a Daimler-Benz DB 601A engine in 1945, however other sources point to the scrapping of the remaining parts of the same year. The remains of the O-I reside at the Wakajishi Shrine, with a track link of the prototype still present.
 

Remaining track link of the prototype O-I tank
 
Design
 
The O-I was conceived out of the necessity to produce an armored vehicle capable of withstanding modern weaponry being able to return fire with similar firepower. The O-I was designed to act as a mobile pillbox, supporting infantry and mechanized groups along the border  of the Soviet Union. The tank had a length of 10.1 meters, width of 4.8 meters, and a height of 3.6 meters. The dimensions of the vehicle closely matched those of the Panzer VIII Maus. The tank was envisioned to have a standard thickness of 150 millimeters front and rear, in order to protect against common anti-tank weapons of the time, yet it was constructed with armor 75 millimeters thick. However, an additional armor plate could be bolted on to bring the total thickness of the armor to 150 millimeters. The use of additional armor allowed for ease of construction and transportation, while also providing the tank with additional defense. Side armor on the hull superstructure was 70 millimeters thick. The additional armor plates were 35 millimeters thick,  but armor surrounding the suspension was only 35 millimeters thick. This made the tank’s theoretical armor on the side 75 millimeters.  There were eight wheel-supporting beams located on both sides of the suspension area which added an additional 40 millimeters of armor to specific locations on the side of the O-I. 40 ladder pieces were placed around the tank to provide crew with the ability to climb onto of the vehicle with ease.
 
The two 47mm cannons used in the two frontal turrets were also modified to fit the armor layout of the tank. The weapon’s barrels were reinforced with steel to secure them to the tank, due to the standard gun not adequately fitting into the turret.
 

 
 
The tank was both designed and built with two inner armor plates to divide the interior into three sections; walls with two doors each and an ultimate thickness of 20mm. This allowed the crew and modules to remain relatively safe while the structure was kept safe with supporting stands. These supports allowed the interior armor plates to stay stable and also prevented collapse. Inside the O-I were two Kawasaki V-12 engines, both located in the rear, parallel lengthwise, to give room for the rear turret operator and transmission. The transmission copied that of the Type97 Chi-Ha’s, but used larger parts and gears making the total weight heavier. The vehicle had a coil spring system, with eight 2 wheeled boggies, totaling 16 individual wheels.
 
 

 
 
Data Sheet
 
 
 
Sources   - O-I documentation, Finemolds - O-I project report notebook 1,2,3,4,5, and 6 (Finemolds) - JP Tank Perfect Guide - 日本の戦車　原乙未生 (Hara's book)   (Old sources) - 帝国陸軍陸戦兵器ガイド1872-1945 - 日本陸軍の火砲　野戦重砲 - 戦車と戦車戦 - 太平洋戦争秘録　日本・秘密兵器大全     ----------------------   ​Since the article Soukou and Daigensui wrote long ago is filled with inconsistencies and errors, decided to make something thats actually accurate to the reports. Wrote it on Google Docs initially, posted it to WT earlier. Will be present on Ritas blog and eventually Wikipedia. 

Sigh, at this rate, I may have to admit I was wrong about you if you keep making good, high effort posts like this.
 
In all seriousness, This is a great contribution.