File: usarmy.jpg (24KB, 600x400px) Image search:
[Google]
24KB, 600x400px
For a world hegemon, the US surely should have better uniforms. Modern military uniforms thread.
277 Posts / 112 Images
View this topic
>>
File: ljwongxkjp1ebvxcvg1e.jpg (84KB, 680x1016px) Image search:
[Google]
84KB, 680x1016px
>>
File: tarnmuster_neu_wueste1.jpg (269KB, 496x800px) Image search:
[Google]
269KB, 496x800px
>>
File: Their+best+weapon+must+be+giving+aids+to+the+enemies+_0719ee9e99dbfe1b774ada41d9492a77.jpg (280KB, 800x1142px) Image search:
[Google]
280KB, 800x1142px
/thg/ guy (ID: !!S1BNw9+0+KI)
/thg/ Treadhead General 2017-01-30 05:25:24 Post No.32821727
[Report] Image search: [Google]
/thg/ Treadhead General 2017-01-30 05:25:24 Post No.32821727
[Report] Image search: [Google]
File: Soviet_MT-LB.jpg (1MB, 3000x1974px) Image search:
[Google]
1MB, 3000x1974px
/thg/ Treadhead General
/thg/ guy (ID: !!S1BNw9+0+KI)
2017-01-30 05:25:24
Post No. 32821727
[Report]
[View this topic]
The last thread was axed
Tractor Tank Edition
> What's this thread about?
As usual this thread is for the discussion and pics of tracked and wheeled AFVs of all kinds from MBTs to supertanks to self propelled AA guns. Please keep it civil and cite sources for statistics.
The design that would become known as the MT-LB began in the 1960s as a direct effort to replace the AT-P range of dedicated artillery tractors, which had previously been utilised in the 1950s to tow 85 mm D-48 and 100 mm T-12 field guns. Expanding on the tried and tested PT-76 chassis, the replacement vehicle for the AT-P was spearheaded by the distinguished Kharkov tractor plant, with two key principles in mind. The first was an emphasis on very slim and low silhouettes, evidenced by the MT-LB's very squat profile, lacking any turret save for a lone single man MG position. The other principle was the need to allow the vehicle to cross water bodies under its own power, being buoyant and able to move through water via the movement of its tracks. The original unarmoured model was simply called the MT-L, whereas the ubiquitous MT-LB had up to 14 mm of welded steel for protection. Following its debut in Moscow parades in 1970, where NATO quickly attached the moniker of "M1970", it began to appear in substantial quantities in both the Soviet Union and export partners, branching out from its intended role of artillery transport to everything from combat engineering to ambulance work. Where it would be most commonly employed, however, was in a taxi role, as it could fit up to 10 or 11 soldiers with two crew members inside a relatively spacious canvas lined compartment with NBC protection. In fact, both former communist countries such as Poland or Bulgaria, and the Russian Federation continue to maintain fleets, with the latter boasting 1500 MT-LBs in restored condition.
> Gun
Rifled 7.62 mm PKT
> Dimensions (l w h)
6.45 x 2.85 x 1.87 m
> Weight
11.9 tonnes
> Engine
240hp diesel
> Speed
61.5 km/h
319 Posts / 114 Images
View this topic
>>
File: MT-LB_multi-purpose_tracked_vehicle.jpg (2MB, 2937x1969px) Image search:
[Google]
2MB, 2937x1969px
>>32821727
OP: As always, feedback, suggestions wanted and appreciated.
Little bit late on this week's thread, but I'm sure it's not a big issue. I wasn't quite sure where to go after the York thread, so I picked out suggestions at random and the MT-LB was where I ended up. Without a doubt, it is not a glamourous vehicle, but it played an important part in the Soviet Army of the 1970s-1990s and an absolutely critical one in the arsenals of Warsaw Pact members such as East Germany and Poland. The many, many variants of the vehicle, both for export and for specialised domestic use, are too many to count here, but it seemed that the humble MT-LB could be modded to fit every single vehicular role out there - as tank destroyers, transports, tractors and command posts. When NATO and the west first caught wind of the MT-LB in the 1970s, the first question that came to the minds of military planners was why the Soviet Union was producing the MT-LB, albeit in lesser numbers, when the excellent BMP was already in service. In hindsight, it is quite clear that a similar armed APC role was not envisioned for the MT-LB, but rather a versatile motor to support operations of all varieties with limited industrial and technological strain. The MT-LB certainly succeeded in this respect.
>>
File: lybmb-02.jpg (360KB, 1024x768px) Image search:
[Google]
360KB, 1024x768px
>>32821733
More tank news, as per the new format.
If you have more queries regarding a news story, just point it out, and I'll further elaborate and provide links.
Some of you may recall the seizure of Singaporean Terrex AFVs by customs officials in Hong Kong over a month ago. It has now come to light that the vehicles in question will be returned to Singaporean authorities, as HK officials have completed investigations into the cargo and licensing breach that triggered the seizure.
An Austro-Turkish deal birthed in October 2015 in which Austria's AVL and Turkey's TUMOSAN would cooperate to produce an engine for use in the indigenous Altay MBT, has now been scuppered after disputes over export licenses. Representatives from TUMOSAN declared that the conditions under which the Austrian government would issue such licenses were "interfering with the domestic politics of Turkey".
The UK government, as part of its large swathe of arms procurements, is now seeking to acquire the Oshkosh JLTV, with the primary barrier now being if the US will grant permission for export. Although the MoD has come under criticism from budgetary watchdogs over the prospective expense of modernising equipment, acquiring new aircraft from both Lockheed Martin and Boeing, all the while developing a new 8x8 AFV, it is now clear that an FMS letter is now being lodged.
The Defense Information Systems Agency, under the umbrella of the Pentagon, filed a letter of corrective action with the General Accountability Office last Wednesday in order to walk back its earlier decision to award the contract for an advanced artillery fire system to Leidos after complaints from two competitors. However, whether this letter implies a re-evaluation or a complete dismissal of Leidos' bid is not clear at this stage.
And that's all for now.
>>
File: mtlb2l.jpg (146KB, 1200x840px) Image search:
[Google]
146KB, 1200x840px
Morozov Bureau modernized MT.
Anonymous
Hearing protection in combat? 2017-02-09 07:28:50 Post No.32935953
[Report] Image search: [Google]
Hearing protection in combat? 2017-02-09 07:28:50 Post No.32935953
[Report] Image search: [Google]
File: ear plugs.jpg (175KB, 1500x894px) Image search:
[Google]
175KB, 1500x894px
Hearing protection in combat?
Anonymous
2017-02-09 07:28:50
Post No. 32935953
[Report]
[View this topic]
Should you /k/?
>hearing gets fucked up.
>have ringing ears rest of your life.
>might have better situational awareness though.
20 Posts / 1 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32935953
Yes?
>>
>>32935953
No?
>>
>>32935953
Maybe?
Anonymous
/k/ related experiments and findings. 2017-02-09 07:11:55 Post No.32935800
[Report] Image search: [Google]
/k/ related experiments and findings. 2017-02-09 07:11:55 Post No.32935800
[Report] Image search: [Google]
File: 16707114_1238563246178795_1501309414_n.jpg (210KB, 800x1060px) Image search:
[Google]
210KB, 800x1060px
/k/ related experiments and findings.
Anonymous
2017-02-09 07:11:55
Post No. 32935800
[Report]
[View this topic]
Does /k/ ever experiment or test stuff?
>Pic Related
the start of my newest T&E
.45acp spooned and hollowed out.
I will increase the width and depth of the hole in the hollow point and score the jacket.
The hole is a little over 3mm wide and 3mm deep.
18 Posts / 6 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32935800
Results?
>>
>>32935800
your and idjit. enjoy ur hook hands
>>
>>32935800
There is more to hollowpoints than the hole. The brass has a different thickness to aid in expansion. A lot of time has gone into making them work well, I don't think you are going to stumble onto anything. Be safe OP.
File: images.duckduckgo.com(8).jpg (20KB, 500x256px) Image search:
[Google]
20KB, 500x256px
What song would you play over loudspeakers while flying over the jungle?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9eybY9qFfY
28 Posts / 7 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32935708
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxM8Kf5SeiA
and they did wew
>>
>>32935708
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdWCLT7kccY
>>
>>32935708
I'd shut the fuck up so I could fly away without waking up the guys below with the comm gear and the ground-to-air weapons.
File: BFnNAfztk9I.jpg (127KB, 1366x768px) Image search:
[Google]
127KB, 1366x768px
>Russian """"Tech"""'"
lmao https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e1sMbLTPQK8
37 Posts / 7 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32934851
Bump
really intresting vid btw
>>
Does every rifle have to be a fucking SCAR nowadays?
>>
>>32934943
It's SCVARD
File: mongol-horde.jpg (99KB, 480x320px) Image search:
[Google]
99KB, 480x320px
The entire Horde of Genghis Khan
versus
(You)
Who wins?
FYI you have access to any funs you may currently own
13 Posts / 4 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32934146
oh some fat neckbeard on /k/ who cant run a mile with his shitty old sks would defiantly win
>>
File: smugpooskin.jpg (46KB, 225x225px) Image search:
[Google]
46KB, 225x225px
>>32934158
But he can grab his SKS and go innawoods
What's the horde gonna do then huh?
>>
>>32934146
So id have an AK and 100 rds versus an army
And an M48 with 100 rds that don't quite fit in the chamber for SOME FUCKING REASON
Vs more than 200 people
H-how much prep time do i get?
File: M1911A1.png (64KB, 300x188px) Image search:
[Google]
64KB, 300x188px
Does anyone know the price difference in buying firearms off the street and buying them in the stores
11 Posts / 1 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32933972
10 to 20 years.
>>
In one case your dog dies
>>
>>32933972
A visit from the friendly folks at ATF.
And a pupper.
File: Century---Renaissance---Front--Side-Elevation[1].jpg (232KB, 850x600px) Image search:
[Google]
![Century---Renaissance---Front--Side-Elevation[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/LSUlv4L.jpg "Century -Renaissance -Front Side-Elevation[1]")
232KB, 850x600px
Have you ever thought about bullet-proofing your home? What would be some cheap ways to go about it?
25 Posts / 7 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32933714
It would be heavy but I've considered putting steel plate in the walls next to my exit doors. It would be cheap but extremely effective bullet proofing.
>>
waste of money, waste of effort, waste of time
unless your a high profile person or extremely rich, whats the point?
>>
>>32934472
fun
File: usmc is a pretty cool guy.jpg (65KB, 521x677px) Image search:
[Google]
65KB, 521x677px
any stories of edgy or assholes in the military
what happens to them do they get beat up ?
54 Posts / 5 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32933447
>what happens to them do they get beat up ?
No, they're the majority.
>>
>>32933447
If you're very lucky, they get a grenade flung in their lap whilst on a short halt in Afghan, after an insurgent was on the other side of one of the compound walls whilst they were patrolling through Sangin.
Har fucking har. No fucks were given.
>>
>>32933447
>Marine going to a gay bar
Oh, he'll shoot up the place, if you know what I'm sayin.
File: img_5171 (large).jpg_thumbnail0.jpg (63KB, 900x600px) Image search:
[Google]
63KB, 900x600px
The police are threatening to go on strike here, so I need to make my own gun. ZGuns are illegal here, so it's not easy to find ammo either. I can get gunpowder from fireworks, but I do not get caps, so I thought I would use electricity to fire the gun, has anyone here ever tried anything like that?
17 Posts / 4 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32933269
Buy a ferro rod and use that as your flint
Hell you could just use matches instead
It'll be far less complicated than using electricity
>>
File: 0223_gas_light.jpg (209KB, 3356x2328px) Image search:
[Google]
209KB, 3356x2328px
Use a barbeque lighter for the spark, it's what I used to use as a kid on my spud guns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oegbv-1cKCA
>>32933274
>It'll be far less complicated than using electricity
Shut up, you.
>>
>>32933269
Ah, Brazilian?
Do you have access to spent casings?
You could remanufacture primers using match heads and the striker pad on the side of the box.
There's a youtube video for it.
Finest ar maker edition
12 Posts / 2 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32933059
Too bad the AR is a shitty flawed design.
>>
>>32933065
> Shitty Flawed Design
> AR
We're talking about AR's not about your teeth Fuckface
> Fuck right I'm mad
>>
For me its the Colt AR-15, the ultimate battle rifle.
File: muay-thai-fighter-throwing-jab-630x315.jpg (37KB, 630x315px) Image search:
[Google]
37KB, 630x315px
What have you done to make your body into a weapon?
46 Posts / 3 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32932832
My farts are pretty deadly.
>>
>>32932832
What have you done to make your thread weapon related?
>>
>>32932832
I strap a gun and knife to it everyday.
File: Turtle-Gun-29936.jpg (124KB, 700x566px) Image search:
[Google]
124KB, 700x566px
This should really be a thing.
17 Posts / 6 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32932781
my son!
>>
>>32932781
>/k/ makes a pokémon
>>
>>32932827
I call it Stuggle
Anonymous
How to defeat Vatniks? 2017-02-09 10:06:31 Post No.32932717
[Report] Image search: [Google]
How to defeat Vatniks? 2017-02-09 10:06:31 Post No.32932717
[Report] Image search: [Google]
File: Vatnik_meltdown_imminent.jpg (58KB, 1280x720px) Image search:
[Google]
58KB, 1280x720px
I live in Eastern Europe and i can't stand it anymore when Vatniks circlejerk about the following:
>muh T-72 is too old, you can't compare it with ABRAHAMES
>"Amrims tenk burns like a WW2 ronson!"
>Export model abramos are the same as the US ones
>real T-72 indestructible, export models are all monkey models
>AK can't jam, your video proof is UShit propaganda
>Walmart M16s blow up if they get dirty
How to shut them up?
>Inb4 don't acknowledge them
They see me looking at a thread on mobile or my laptop and gather like vultures to jerk about "muh shit emm-wan abramos tenk"
20 Posts / 15 Images
View this topic
>>
>>32932717
Ignore them because they are untermenschen.
>>
Those are true though
Except AKS will jam sometimes
>>
File: 1485524374795.png (206KB, 353x423px) Image search:
[Google]
206KB, 353x423px
>>32932717
You stop being so extremely butthurt, stupid and divisive that you have to create strawmen of people with different views than you. Ie. stop acting like a nigger.