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Tied got a reaction from LoooSeR in Picture Signatures
I find the lack of mig-23 sigs disgusting
can i have the same theme for this sig, same flag and tag
but with this picture
and please, please, please, if you do nothing else, make a Piechota zmech sig with this picture
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Tied reacted to T___A in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines
Object 279 autoloader and testbed. So it seems to me all the loader would have to do was press the button and the autoloader would load the shell into the breech and then put the propellent case in the breech himself.
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Tied got a reaction from CrashbotUS in Soviet Artillery Doctrine
Jesus H Christ
I can get you REAL Soviet artillery for that price
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Tied got a reaction from Belesarius in Soviet Artillery Doctrine
Jesus H Christ
I can get you REAL Soviet artillery for that price
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Tied got a reaction from Collimatrix in Historical Pictures Thread
A group of the defenders of Hegra fortress during the Norwegian campaign of WW2
Armada assembled for the Incheon invasion during Korean war on September 15, 1950
Camilo Torres, Colombian catholic priest and guerrillero who spent his entire life trying to reconcile Marxism and Catholicism. Crica 1960's
Soldiers clambering across shattered rooftops in a bombed-out area in the East End of London, 26th June 1942
A Confederate veteran examining a union water bottle in front of a Confederate flag in 1875
Lockheed NF-104A climbs under rocket power. 1960
Members of the press interview Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev during his visit to a farm in Iowa, September 1959
Nelson Mandela at a communist party rally, shortly after being released, 1990
WWI --- Austro-Hungarian fighter ace Godwin von Brumowski. The skull emblem is on his Albatros D.III aircraft
Samurai (Yokohama, Japan - 1860s)
WWII --- Sister says goodbye to her brother, after he volunteered to join the German forces and betray his native people (Western Ukraine - May 1944)
General de Gaulle and Admiral Auboyneau inspecting sailors on board the Free French destroyer Léopard at Greenock, Scotland - 24th June 1942
A procession of soldiers and tanks during a World War One victory parade in London in 1919
An American soldier offers his hand to a woman emerging from a cave with her child after the battle of Saipan, July 1944
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Tied got a reaction from LoooSeR in Historical Pictures Thread
WWI --- German submarine "U-155" (location unknown - c. 1917/1918)
P-61A-1 Black Widow, September 1944, Saipan
Waffenträger Ardelt, basically 88mm Marder
173rd Airborne Brigade Battalion member Larry Wayne Chaffin during the Vietnam War, Phouc Vinh airstrip in South Vietnam
First Flight of the Boeing 747 on February 9th, 1969 at Paine Field, Washington
WWI --- Crew of a British freighter abandon ship, repelling from ropes towards a lifeboat. The ship was torpedoed by a German submarine.
WWI --- Russian battleship "Tsesarevich" in a British port. In the background is the British warship "HMS Victory", flagship of the Royal Navy at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Luftwaffe aces meet Hitler after an awards ceremony at the Berghof, April 4, 1944
Royal Artillerymen at a 'Z' Battery load 4-inch anti-aircraft rockets into a mobile launcher, 18th June 1941.
Marine Cpl. R.L. Quisenberry carries lots of beer in Korea, July 25, 1951
Execution of greek civilians by Nazi pigs, Massacre of Kondomari on the greek island of Crete, 2 June 1941. The Germans were such sore losers over the fact that their precious para-dropped commado's got fucking rolled over by greek peasents with pitchforks and machete's and several rifles that they massacre them when they arent actively fighting or just trying to live their lives.
1886: Tolstoy on the road from Moscow to Yasnaya Polyana
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Tied got a reaction from LeuCeaMia in Historical Pictures Thread
There are only 2 known pictures of blues pioneer Robert Johnson. One of them was taken in a photobooth early 1930s.
Saturday evening bath, Spencer, Tennessee, 1939 - Kodachrome by J. Baylor Roberts
Young Bernie Sanders speaking at a sit-in he organized as protest of segregated campus housing
Adolf Hitler inspects the remains of Char B №442 "LIEUTENANT DE GISSAC" - Crugny, France, 21st June 1940
Muslim Bandits, Xinjiang, China, ca.1915
Waiting in Trafalgar Square for the coronation parade of King George VI, London, 12 May, 1937 - by Henri Cartier-Bresson
The National Space Invaders Championship held by Atari in 1980, I was probably enjoying a beer induced nap in a hammock in Western CSSR while this was happening
Soviet rockets being fired at German positions during the Battle of Stalingrad, Winter of 1942/43.
Portrait of Chief Flying Hawk, Oglala Lakota, undated
A church service being conducted beneath the forward 15-in guns of HMS Queen Elizabeth off the coast of the Gallipoli peninsula during the Battle of Gallipoli, Jun 19 1915
Serbian "Tiger" Paramilitary kicks a dead woman's body in Bijeljina, Bosnia, 1992
Russian children take cover as the Luftwaffe bomb their neighborhood. Stalingrad, 1942
The earliest known photograph of Abraham Lincoln. Taken by Nicolas H. Shepherd in Springfield, IL, probably in 1846
Japanese battleship "Yamashiro" launching a Sparrowhawk aircraft
Three members of the French resistance, 1944.
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Tied reacted to Donward in "Dementor Wasp", Hundreds of Other Animals Discovered In Mekong Region
The WWF is the World Wrestling Federation. Not the World Wildlife Fund. Until this travesty against justice and common sense is corrected, I will continue to internally voice every World Wildlife Fund sob story raising awareness for some critter or their hand-wringing pleas for donations in the voice of the "Macho Man" Randy Savage.
Besides, the WWF also raised awareness for animals...
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Tied reacted to Sturgeon in Is the AR-15 a good option for law enforcement?
A). Officers need rifles a nonzero portion of the time that is impossible to predict. B. ) 5.56mm is an excellent round. I can't think of any commercially available solution that would be better for law enforcement - maybe .300 Blackout if you wanted to be suppressed.
Depends what they're doing, but here are some major benefits of the AR-15 for LE:
1. Lightweight. The Colt 6720 for example is just about 6lbs flat, unloaded. Compare to a Remington 870 Police, which is something like 7-8 pounds unloaded. 30 rounds of 5.56mm weigh about the same as 5 rounds of 12 gauge. The balance of an AR-15 is typically much better, as well. Loaded with a full tube, especially with an extended magazine, the 870 is a lot more front-heavy. The weight advantage of the AR-15 begins to snowball once you start talking about mounting accessories.
2. Semi-auto. If for some reason the officer has one of his hands occupied, the gun cycles itself. With a pump, you need two hands, and in fact if you don't have the other hand on the action and you fire, you can cause a malfunction.
3. Superior accuracy. Absolutely no contest between an AR-15 with a red dot and an 870 with a bead or ghost ring sights. Snap accuracy is much better, meaning the officer has an easier time putting rounds where they need to go.
4. Superior precision. Buckshot is fine, unless you need to avoid hitting anywhere other than your target, then it can be a liability. With single projectile ammunition you can more readily control where the projectiles are going.
5. SHTF. I'm not talking about prepper nonsense, but in a Miami-Dade shootout situation, the AR-15 is hands down better than an 870. A rare occurrence, to be sure, but today I think most PDs want to be ready for an active shooter type scenario.
6. Safer. ARs are easier and quicker to unload and make safe, compared to an 870 which must cycle ammunition through the weapon to unload. This means the officer is touching his gun less to unload it, reducing the chance of an accidental discharge.
7. Easier to reload. God forbid an officer need to reload after 30 rounds, but shit happens. With an AR-15, just drop the mag, insert a new one, drop the bolt catch. With an 870, you have to load single rounds into the tube until full.
8. More reliable. AR-15s work, and work very well. Not only do 870s rely on human power to cycle their action (which is subject to things like short-stroking in the heat of the moment), but they also have a brazed in tubular magazine. If that tube mag doesn't work for some reason, that gun is toast until you can get it to a gunsmith. If an AR-15's mag doesn't work, just drop it and pop in a new one.
9. Softer recoil. AR-15s do not recoil very much, and this pays dividends for shooting quickly and accurately, and more importantly building shooter confidence. I've taught many people to shot, and my Colt AR-15 makes friends. New shooters are astounded by how accurate and easy to shoot it is.
10. Good ammo selection can give favorable penetration characteristics. If a department chooses certain kinds of 5.56/.223 ammunition, for example 45gr fragible types, the rounds may not penetrate some barriers well, which could reduce the potential for collateral damage. Likewise, a department can issue reserve magazines with excellent penetrative ability that work in the exact same firearms. Shotguns do not have this versatility.
Some disadvantages:
I. Evil, military look. Cops patrolling with ARs look like "militarized police", and cause great anguish to hippies. Sometimes the cops themselves even believe this and start wearing goggles and helmets and shit. To the gun-literate, an AR-15 looks like a lever-action rifle, but more modern.
II. AR-15s cannot fire larger specialty rounds like tear gas grenades or bean bag, that are useful for riot control.
The solution is to use both weapons. I would not be worried if your PD is buying AR-15s. $5000 per car is high for the rifles alone, but it may be including important accessories, optics, mounts, and ammunition.
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Tied reacted to T___A in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines
So It turns out the main reason the T-64 wasn't the main and only tank of the Red Army was that Kharkov was literally the only place that could manufacture the T-64.
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Tied got a reaction from Collimatrix in Aerospace Pictures and Art Thread
A mixed formation of Lim-6bis fighter-bombers and a SBLim-2 FAC aircraft. The Lim-6bis is a Polish development of the MiG-17F Fresco-C, configured for close air support role. The SBLim-2 often files a forward controller for Lim-6bis fighter-bomber formations.
A MiG-29 Fulcrum-A and a MiG-29UB Fulcrum-B of Romanian Air Force share the ramp at Kogalniceanu Air Base near Constanta on the Black Sea with a MiG-23MF Flogger-B and MiG-23UB Flogger-C.
An overall natural metal MiG-21U Mongol-A of Romanian Air Force. During 1985, the star insignia was changed to the same roundel insignia carried by Romanian aircrafts just after the Second World War.
Polish Mig-29s pilots brief for their next flight
A pair of Mi-6 Hook heavy lift helicopters of the Polish Air Force in flight over the Polish countryside in the second-half of 1980s. The Mi-6 was the largest helicopter in service with the Polish Air Force
Ground crewmen prepare a Polish Air Force MiG-21MF Fishbed-J, Red 8008, for another mission. The aircraft is armed with a UB-16-57U rocket pod on the inboard wing pylon. The aircraft behind it is a MiG-21PFM 'Fishbed-F' armed with a GP-9 gun pod which is visible under 'Fishbed-J' in the foreground.
A Polish An-12B and an infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1. In 1966 the Polish Air Force got its own strategic airlift capability, taking delivery of two An-12Bs which were serialled '50 Red' (unfortunately on 13th May 1977 it crashed on approach to Beirut) and '51 Red'. The Cubs equipped a squadron of the 13th Transport Regiment which was based at Krakow-Balice Air Bas
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Tied got a reaction from LoooSeR in The Soviet Tank Thread: Transversely Mounted 1000hp Engines
The Two Legends
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Tied reacted to Khand-e in So, Germany is a weird place
"I'm not paying my tab, what's mine is mine."
"But that's not fair!"
"FAIR? WHO'S THE FUCKING NIHILISTS HERE YOU FUCKING CRYBABIES?"
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Tied reacted to EnsignExpendable in So, Germany is a weird place
And that's why "more German than Germans" earned its spot on the Wehrabingo board.
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Tied reacted to EnsignExpendable in Ukrainian armor - Oplot-M, T-64M Bulat and other.
Glorious Dozor-B vehicle entered production! By which I mean they almost finished assembling one, in a year, whereas the order was for 100 units. And yet the Ministry of Defense claims that the Ukrainian defense industry will overtake the Russian defense industry by 2020.
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Tied reacted to EnsignExpendable in The M4 Sherman Tank Epic Information Thread.. (work in progress)
Best Sherman.
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Tied reacted to Donward in I Learned Something Today
If you want weight savings in a soldier's combat load, focus all the attention on making lighter and more protective body armor.
As for the armor, it's not like all of our infantry these days gets their bullets from these things called helicopters, trucks and APCs/IFVs. These cartridgeless guys act like troops are still marching across France on foot.
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Tied reacted to LoooSeR in The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.
Rebels from "Prizrak" (Ghost) team.
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Tied reacted to LoooSeR in The Small Arms Thread, Part 8: 2018; ICSR to be replaced by US Army with interim 15mm Revolver Cannon.
Must continue to spam...
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