Archived threads in /k/ - Weapons - 4568. page

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News is slowly coming out of Syria that Russian robots have been sent into combat over the past few days during the Salma offensive and they're saying that robots scored >10 kills. They're also using other kinds of robots (PackBot equivalents) to hunt for IEDs since AlQaeda left several dozen boobytraps but those are different from combat robots.

Have they gone too far? Using robots to kill people is one step too far.

Thoughts?

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SEALs/SBUs captured by Iran Coast Guard
Iranian military forces seized two U.S. Navy boats Tuesday and are detaining them on Iran's Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, senior U.S. officials told NBC News.

The officials said it's unclear whether the 10 American sailors aboard two small riverine vessels had strayed into Iranian territorial waters before they were captured.

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/pentagon-2-u-s-navy-boats-held-iran-military-n495031

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Post your sexy sidearms.

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Name a better home defense weapon than an M92 SBR with a folding stock.

30 rounds of 7.62 goodness

That AK reliability

Light and manuverable for indoors operating

Can switch from an SBR to a fireball throwing pistol of death

Protip, you probably can so let's hear what you guys think tops this.

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WA fags, write to your representatives NOW.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/billinfo/summary.aspx?bill=2354&year=2015

This bill effectively bans ALL semi-automatic long guns with a detachable magazine, even grandpa's trusty old BAR and 10/22s.

If it has a detachable magazine and ONE or more of the following:
>Pistol OR thumb hole grip
>Folding/collapsible stock
>Vertical foregrip
The usual bullshit.

The next one is the kicker (Exact text):
>A shroud attached to the barrel, or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the nontrigger hand without being burned, but excluding a slide that encloses the barrel
IE: any goddamn fore-end

>A semiautomatic pistol, or a semiautomatic, centerfire, or rimfire rifle with a fixed magazine, that has the capacity to accept more than ten rounds of ammunition

A semiautomatic shotgun that has one or more of the following:
>A pistol grip or thumbhole stock;
>Any feature capable of functioning as a protruding grip that can be held by the nontrigger hand;
>A folding or telescoping stock;
>A fixed magazine capacity in excess of five rounds; or an ability to accept a detachable magazine;
>A shotgun with a revolving cylinder;

There is a silver lining though, .22 cal magazines have been exempted, though the rifle hasn't...

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Well who wins /k/? Both dropped into an urban environment the size of a village. US troops can take any kit they want with them excluding anything aerial and have no support.

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To what extent is China's military development based on stealing US research? Is there any area where China is actually ahead?

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What would be your weapon of choice if you had to assassinate someone?

Pic related, the PSS silent pistol

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Has there been an uglier plane?

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>IRC Channel

#MEG on Freenode
If you're on mobile look up AndroIRC for the app. Any questions, ask in the thread to get you set up.

Resources:

>Armyranger.con
For Ranger info, obviously.

>Shadowspear.com
All around SOF website. Great info and run by former/active members of every SOF unit. Mentor program. Also has forums for international SOF.

>Professionalsoldiers.com
For all Army SF info.

>http://www.corpsman.com
For Navy Corpsman info.

>http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/showthread.php?115180-MARSOC-Force-Recon
This is an all-inclusive thread for MARSOC/Force Recon stuff. Good site for Marines info too.

>http://www.uscg.org
For Coast Guard info. Good site, lots of vets able to answer questions.

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Before you ask a question, check the FAQ
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Which branch are you enlisting/enlisted/considering?
http://strawpoll.me/4671253

Ask questions, answer questions, bitch about Air Force recruiters. Just keep it contained to this general

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Why can't foreigners join US armed forces and earn citizenship through service?
In France you have that option. Why not in America?

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i'm serbian ask me anything

also my father knows the accordion guy from remove kebab

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Did the germans have better weapons durring ww2 ?

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Why does these two aircrafts use different nozzles anons?

F-35 is an aircraft that is around one and a half decade younger than Raptor but it still uses conventional nozzles. So my question is, why?

1- Did they realize that trust lost with RCS reducing design was not worth the reduction if there was any trust lost

2- Did it cost too much for a ''light weight multirole aircraft''

3- Was stability an issue with that design in one engine configuration

4- Or did they had to design a new nozzle because F-22 had trust vectoring and trust vectoring nozzle effected radar cross section of the aircraft too much to not to add it?

t. Curious Military Acedemy student from Turkey.

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Federal Courts have officially ruled that the 1st Amendment covers wearing military awards you haven't earned and lying about service

http://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/us-appeals-court-wearing-unearned-military-medals-is-free-speech-1.388241

This apparently also extends to lying about your military service on the stand during witness testimony in a criminal case

>Swisher testified that David Roland Hinkson offered him $10,000 to kill the federal judge presiding over Hinkson's tax-evasion case. Swisher said Hinkson was impressed after Swisher boasted that he killed "many men" during the Korean War.
>Prosecutors say Swisher enlisted in the Marine Corps a year after the Korean War ended but was never wounded in the line of duty. Swisher was honorably discharged in 1957, and discharge documents indicate that he didn't receive any medals, according to the 9th Circuit ruling.
>During his 2007 trial, prosecutors showed the jury a photograph of Swisher wearing several military medals and awards, including the Silver Star, Navy and Marine Corps Ribbon, Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with a Bronze "V."