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  3. The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines

    in Mechanized Warfare

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    11 minutes ago, Andrei_bt said:

     

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    1- building, 2 - superstructure, 3-crane equipment, 4 - coulter-bulldozer, 5 - hydraulic hammer, loading platform, 7 - left - driver’s workplace, 8 - right - commander’s workplace, 9 - landing hatch and  landings of sappers, 10 and 11 - quick-release metal-ceramic modules, 12 - support stand of crane equipment, 13 - bucket, 14 - handle, 15 - quick-change mechanism, 16 - hook suspension with a maximum carrying capacity of 7.5 tons, 17-22 - armored protection covers  hydraulic equipment of crane equipment, 23 - movable left wing of the opener-bulldozer blade, 24  - central plow of the opener-bulldozer, 25 - movable right wing of the opener-bulldozer, 26 - replaceable opener-bulldozer knives, 27 - unified combat module, 28 - 12.7 mm machine gun, 29 - compartment for camouflage kits on the summer vegetative background  and on a snowy background, a DKMV control unit, 30 - remote control panel for excavator boom equipment, laid in a box, 31 - remote control panel for boom excavator equipment, laid in a box to the left of the machine commander, 32 - winch control panel, located with  eva of the driver, 33 - blade pitch angle sensor, 34 - position sensors jib elements equipment 35 - matching device.

     

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    http://btvt.info/1inservice/ubim158.htm (in Russian)

     

    Armata engineering vehicle? 

  7. United States Gun Control Megathread

    in Open Discussion

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    1 hour ago, Ulric said:

     

    Also, I love the name "3D Firearms Prohibition Act". The language doesn't specifically state anything about additive manufacturing, so I will assume that it is for the prohibition of three dimensional firearms (which it basically is).

     

    :huh: Are there two and/or four dimensional firearms that I don’t know about, on the market? 

  12. European Union common defense thread

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    20 hours ago, Sturgeon said:

    Trump wanting the EU to spend more on defense does not imply the US will be attacking them. Macron is playing kindergarten games here.

     

    Perhaps they have the social depth of a Neanderthal? “If you are not my friend, the you must be competition, and therefore an enemy”? Wouldn’t surprise me considering “speaking in absolutes” seem to be the fad. 

  13. What are we playing?

    in Fiction & Entertainment

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    So, I've been playing a game called Star Wars: The Old Republic, or SWTOR for short. It is developed by Bioware, and published by the Evil Administrators (EA), and came out in December, 2011. It's an MMORPG in the Star Wars universe, but it is unknown whether all this is "canon" according to Disney (I haven't seen anything official, and no one in the game can give a straight answer. My guess is it's in limbo, as it still makes money). 

     

    Basically, this is back when the Sith lived in large numbers, and controlled an Empire that challenged the Galactic Republic. There are 8 character classes (4 for each faction), each with a different story, gear, companions, etc. Combat is... idk how to summarize it; it makes sense from a game play perspective, but I just don't know how to describe it... you have an ability bar at the bottom of your screen, with hot keys 1 through = set up for your actions (attacks, heals, buffs, etc.), and you lock on to enemies and allies with an autotarget feature, and you smash your keys and do more damage than the enemy does to you. I don't know how it compares to other games, as this is new to me. Characters have health bars, and stats that increase certain aspects of your character, like Endurance, Critical chance and damage, Alacrity (attack speed), strength (damage), armor ratings, etc.; and all these stats can be upgraded via gear and leveling your character, per usual. You also have dialogue options, as well as the choice as to which side of the force your character sides with (you can have light side Sith, and Dark side Jedi, among other things). There's a lot of stuff packed into the game (which is free to play, BTW), and I wish I had the motivation to do a nice, concise review and maybe even class specific series like what loooser did with Endwar, but I don't have the drive to do that. 

     

    I don't have any screen shots of my characters, as it doesn't work for me for some reason :wacko:, but I will leave you with one of the cinematics, which are pretty good IMO. They're nothing like the actual game, BTW. 

     

  15. Tank Myths

    in Mechanized Warfare

    Posted

    6 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

    Now, it is a heavy metal and not particularly good for you, especially in dust form. And not something you want to be fucking around with needlessly.

     

     

    I was mostly referring to the radioactive part, because something something uranium and radiation. 

  18. United States Gun Control Megathread

    in Open Discussion

    Posted

    In the indelible words of Benjamin Franklin: 

     

    He who is willing to trade freedom for safety, deserves neither. 

     

    Although, I would agree that there are exceptions to this, as the nefarious masses are always getting creative on how to subvert the law, using the law; there are some basic fundamental rights that should never be rescinded, and IMO (and many more), those rights are outlined in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution. This includes my right to own a weapon to defend myself, those I love, my property, and if need be, the nation as a whole. If someone else is willing to give up their rights, that’s fine by me, so long as it is THEIR RIGHTS, and not mine, taken away. 

  22. The interesting ship photos/art thread.

    in Naval Discussion

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    34 minutes ago, Belesarius said:

     

    Heh, if they still had the 8 inch guns they would have been OP as fuck in WoWS. DD thinks he's got a nice torpedo run flanking the battle line and can OMONOMNOM the carrier and all of a sudden eats a broadside of 8 8 inch HE rounds to the face.

     

     

    That’s IF the 8 inch guns are any form of accurate. The dispersion on most secondaries in WoWS often makes me nauseous. 

     

    And so so I don’t waste everyone’s time: 

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    a convoy of minensuchboots (minesweeper). 

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