What military helmet is the most aesthetic? And why is it the PASGT?

>>34623848
M-35.

>>34623848
Because it looks most similar to German Stahlhelms,

>>34623848
god the modern ACH looks like ass compared to the PASGT.

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>>34623848
WRONG.

>>34623872
They really do look like shit

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>>34623848
best helmet

>>34623887
hello grandpa

>>34623887
The young will outlive the old my friend

>>34623895
*runs out of funding*
SCHEISSE!

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>>34623848
That looks fucking stupid buddy. Why are they wearing wooodland camo vests with desert clothing? Does that not defeat the purpose of the camouflage?

Anyway. German stahlhelms look pretty nice with covers.

>>34623901
>runs out of funding
wat?

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>>34623848
Swiss

>>34623931
Boi im talking about the helmet not the vest. If you dont like the camo, get a different cover.

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>>34623848
Model 1916 helmet is best

>>34623944
The helmet looks fucking stupid and so does the camo buddy.

>>34623931
camo doesn't have to be perfect as the environment is not perfect. there are trees, and bushes in the middle east.

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>>34623848
Shank helmet dude.

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The use of M1 helmets after Vietnam is pretty aesthetic

>>34624080
Thats actually pretty fucking aesthetic

>>34624547

Is that a doll?

>any answer but opscore or other light helmet
have fun running around with a bucket on your head that gets even worse with nods

>>34623939
Too goofy and bulbous for me

>>34623887
Chauchat? The hell?

>>34623887
Is that a chauchat?

>>34624615
>>34624616
No it's that one special snowflake SS antitank rifle Ian made an episode on not to long ago

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>>34624080
This

>>34624616
>>34624615
>>34624766

No, it's definitely a chauchat

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>>34623848

M1 helmets with camo cover are aesthetic as FUCK

Pith helmets are a close second

>>34624080
what watch does that guy have on the left

>>34624990
Name of Helmets ?

>>34624572

i thought this too

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>>34623931

The US Military only had a limited number of DCU vests available on hand at the start of the War on Terror.

Hell, some of the troops sent into Afghanistan in 2001 were still wearing six color DBDU.

>>34625216
Why do these spec ops types always run around in rock climbing helmets? They don't look particularly effective.

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>>34625249

They're intended for room-to-room combat where you're gonna be bumping your head a lot.

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I love my pasgts

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>>34625233

I think its the same helmet just with the face cover, the name might be Knight?? - i remember some Russian dude was here long time ago

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>>34623848
Vopo's helmets.

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>>34625286

>most aesthetic

M1 with woodland cover

PASGT in black with ski mask + goggles

>>34625286
>>34624990
well since knight in russian is Vityaz I'm gonna go ahead and say they're vityaz helmets.
>>34625308
thats of the atlyn variety

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>well since knight in russian is Vityaz I'm gonna go ahead and say they're vityaz helmets.

I didn't know their names in Russian. So Vityaz - Knight.
Thanks.

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>>34625407
no problem man

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>>34623895
>that Flecktarn
Is there a more aesthetic camouflage pattern (other than Tiger Stripe, obviously)?

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>>34625216

The idea at the time was that kevelar was too hevy, and if you got head shotted, you were out of the fight anyway... also the 1st gen little birds could not handle the weight of all the operators, so wight cuts were made to protective equipment to get necessary lift.

(now these problems have been overcome)

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>all these plebs

BEST HELMET IS THE MANGO CEAN XT4 HELMET

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>>34625548
Yes.

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>>34625662
Best camo coming through.

>>34623848
What's with the mullet patch?

>>34625218
Looks like your regular Casio digital watch to me

>>34623937
>Check SGAMMO
>7.62X51 RealFuckinNATO manufactured in 2016 on surplus status on sale

BUNDESWEHR YES!

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>>34625548
>>34623895
>bought one of those German flecktarn flak jackets for like $40 5 years ago in a store
>they go for $100 on Ebay now
Feels good, man. Aesthetic as fuck too.

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M56

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>>34630782

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>>34631367

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>>34623848
>PASGT

But that's wrong, you moron.

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Ops Core Maritime is pretty prolific

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>>34623848
Yes

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I'm a bit partial to American flight helmets personally.

>>34623887
Is that guy at the top of the picture John fucking Oliver?

>>34627332

Hawaii Army National Guard

>>34631655
HEY RANGER IS THAT A PERSONAL PATCH ON YOUR ASSAULT PACK YOU GOT THERE? NOW WHY DONT YOU TELL ME WHY KNOCKING OUT SOME PUSH-UPS WHAT THE BLUE BOOK SAYS ABOUT PERSONAL PATCHES ON KIT?

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Always loved US Navy flight deck helmets

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Bose CVC master race reporting

>>34625600
No its just that Delta preferred lightweight helmets to reduce fatigue.

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>>34625216

Fuckin Delta and their skateboard helmets.

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>>34631903

Why do the deckhands always look so fucking filthy? Do they not have uniform standards to maintain? That fucker in the background has grease ALL OVER himself. Holy shit.

>>34632015
that happens when you work

>>34632043

They're just dancing around waving their arms all day, there's no excuse for that.

Get your shit together America, your military is embarrassing.

>>34632050
>some 3rd world country who hasnt even contributed half of what the navy alone has to the current conflict
>bitching about workers having dirty uniforms

no, anon, you are embarrassing

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>>34623848
Ceremonial helmets count

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>>34624990

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Think the Blue helmet is pretty iconic

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You recognize the blue when you see it, I don't care for the UN's peacekeeping operations, but they do have a look.

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>>34623848

That's not the M56

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>>34623848
i am an 80s 90s aesthetic fag but the pasgt does not look good. modern helmets look much better then the psgt.

the best 80s/90s helmets are the protec skate board helmet and modified CVC helmets.

>>34632050
Are you autistic?

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>>34625216
you know they didnt actually wear those right? they wore the version of the protec with the ear loops

here is a picture that was taken in Mogadishu a few days before black hawk down.

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Not gonna lie, I really love how these look

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>>34632988

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The good old days.

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>>34624990

>>34631933
i dont think ive ever seen or heard of this one before>
>34632970
god damn i love the 80s/90s high speed look, goggles, flight suits, kevlar gloves, kevlar/tac vests and mp5sds

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Prussian Garde Du Corps Officer's Spiked Helmet is best one

>>34631903
They look like they don't shave yet.

>>34633144
because they are women

>>34633144
Her name is Elaine.

>>34624080
>>34624934
These make me moist

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>>34632988
>>34633013
They also wore the no ear looped version

>>34633662
Those ranger panties

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how can other helmets even compete?

>protip: they cant

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us brits look ridiculous in comparison to all this

>>34632015
Their uniforms are getting saturated with with oil, fuel, hyd and jet exhaust all day.

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>>34633688

>>34632909
wtf is up with the SA80 in this photo? It looks like a really bad replica that's been shopped in.

>>34633084
It's a tanker helmet but it has like a level IIIa shell like an ach, but an immensely good/bulky earpro/coms system mean't for the inside of tanks so it has better hearing protection than standard peltors/msa sordin.

>>34633701
>what is a cheek weld

>>34633688
>Quartermaster: What do you want?
>Queen's Highland Bongshire Fife Yeomanry: Mr. Bean goes to war.
>Quartermaster: Say no more.

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>>34633701
It's not that bad, this guy is just an exception

>>34633124
Ah, I don't have that particular one, but I do have the Prussian cavalry helmet in silver w/ lobster tail.

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>>34625287
BOI

>>34623848
>PASGT
It has the best shape. I have worn the PASGT, MITCH, ACH, and Op Core. I think the USMC got it right with the Lightweight Helmet. Lighter weight, improved suspension system. A good ground combat helmet should have a brim, full coverage, a 4 point suspension system, and be light enough and comfortable enough to wear all day. I would love to see a good modern full cut thermoplastic helmet. I do not like trend toward making everyone look like they opr8.

>>34623848
>>34623887
>>34623895
>Helmet looks like the end of a cock

no wonder /k/ likes it...

>>34630775
where the fuck do you live? most EU milsurp jackets go for like 30 bongdollars here, we might not be able to into funs but we can get other such millsurp cheap as hell

t.picked up the same jacket for £29 last year

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>>34625216
AND HERE I AM

>>34632988

Story behind this photo?

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>Not loving the M1 steel helmet

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>>34625242
>>34623848
Early war on terror American aesthetic is way underappreciated.

This is probably one of my favorite pictures from Iraq. Just fucking look at it and take in all the little details.

>>34632923
>chick with a saw
I bet she put it in the back of the truck as soon as this picture was taken

>>34634700
FLAK jacket, pal

>>34634509
I'm convinced these are just toy Darth Vader helmets

>>34634893

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Gothic_Serpent

>>34635675
still even flak jackets shouldn't cost that much

just googled and you can get them for 30ish bongdollars here. Maybe I should set up an import company selling this stuff to burgerfat wehraboos

>>34634700
Huh, didn't notice that. Then again I don't think about dick 24/7, nor sucking them...

>>34635721
The main thing holding back mass surp import if shipping, rising fuel costs and conglomeration of international frieght means that even if you et a bulk order for 15 dollars per you'd need a business account and a distribution network that will bump up the costs to at least 60-70 dollars per vest putting you more or less at current market prices.

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>tfw iraq is retro now
i'm old

>>34635899
>tfw desert storm was vintage by the sequel

it's an ancient feel

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>>34635899

Friendly reminder that it only gets worse from here

>>34635715

I mean, what were a bunch of Deltas doing patrolling a market.

Not the kind of thing you see every day

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>>34635626

The fact they didn't at least have the Marines switch to woodland helmets so everything at least match sends me into an autistic rage every time I see.

I mean if you're gonna be making everyone wear woodland MOPP and body armor, at least give them woodland helmets so it looks slightly less retarded.

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>not having a supercomputer strapped to your dome

>>34636034

Desert helmet covers and woodland everything else makes a little bit of sense to me. If you pop your head out of cover, you've at least still got the important part camouflaged.

>>34635626
The guy with brass knuckles on his kit

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What's with all of the goy helmets?

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>>34633662
>not protecting your Beats™ by Dre

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>>34636372

Redpill me on Israelis' use of woodland camo

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>not choosing Ops-Core Maritime

>>34635626
>Guy with knuckledusters on his kit
>PEQ zip tied to M16A2
>SAW Gunner picking his nose

Beautiful

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>>34633685
by being the original

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>>34636936
>Not strategically removing a bogey during a maneuver

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Stahlhelm pattern 1918.

>>34636034
>woodland
>3 tones
>marpat
>olive drab
>coyote brown

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bersaglieri

>>34624080
Is Vietnam the most aesthetic war?

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>>34636764

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>>34624547
>>34624572


Nope she just purdy like one

>She makes muh dick diamonds

>>34632291
gotta admit, that shit is tight

>>34632050
That's only part of the job you fucking retard most of the time you are getting soaked by various chemicals during your 14 shifts

>>34636764
Early on, lack of standardization in the use of camo meant a lot of French camo was used, along with sporadic use of M 81 US surplus camo. Nowadays, the IDF tends toward using desert/urban as appropriate, though woodlands will be seen near green zones.

>>34636764
It was on sale.

>>34633817
cool, sounds like a badass helmet

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>>34634893
its from before the mission. The task force did other shit in mogadishu like gather intel


this is like the only photo we know about that was take during the mission.

>>34632988
>>34633013
You can still buy Protec Full cuts with NVG mount holes drilled in

>>34635973
just a reminder you're retarded and humans will become obsolet- oh wait you're old. got it

>>34627310
*noneffective camo

>>34624990
fuck i really want a ballistic one of these

>>34637743
lel

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>>34638634

There's probably a lot of photos of the raid, they're just classified.

60 Minutes released some color footage of Super-61 being shot down a few years back.

>>34638903
yep that was footage from command and control helicopter tho. this was a photo take on the ground by a soldier.

i'm sure delta took pictures of the people the detained inside the building but w will never see shit like that.

>>34633733
it's from some liberal hippy-dippy gay photo contest or something. Probably complaining about how white nations aren't taxed at 100% so more money can be thrown away in Africa

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>>34634509
space balls assault team

>>34636179
i wonder if anyone figured to how to get porn to play on it

>>34639355
Enjoy getting v&, you just exposed TS/SCI about the AU waifu program.

>>34634509
>surrounded by asshole
>"keep firing, assholes."

The Swedish m21

>>34624080
I have one

K-POT

>>34633870
>implying it isn't being developed to be used in tandem with Smartlink technology as it is developed further

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qCsvtrMbzI&t=52s

>>34631818
>It's 1940 already.

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>>34623848
>>34631749
Certainly one of my favourites

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Personally I like the entire aesthetic of veitnam era military gear

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>>34635555
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA
Nice try, Amerifag.

>>34625216
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9IbnC5ovQNM

Everytime I see D-force in those.

>>34633870
thats actually been adopted for vehicle gunners and jackal drivers

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>>34632923

>>34642366

>patrolling the mojave almost makes you wish for a nuclear winter

>>34635989
They weren't patrolling a market, though.

>>34635689
There was a joke that one of Saddam's sones really loved Star Wars or something.

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/b/ helmet

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>>34632923
>>34642775
I want to see blue peacekeeper helmets with all the "born to kill" shit written on it Vietnam style
>I believe I was trying to make a statement about the duality of man, sir

>>34630782
This x1000

>>34636372
The chef hat (forgot what they're called) cover protects you from the sun and also disorients the shape of the helmet so you can hide better in the distance.

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>>34642421

>>34642421
>The eye goggles are actually in safe and channel and spear point into your eyes were a glancing blow off your cheek can turn into being blinded for life.
It's true, all the western marial arts and sca stick fighters don't allow them.

>>34632050
I bet you like macs over pcs. because all you seem to care for is appearance.

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why haven't we attached these to helmets yet?

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>>34634509
Pros: Unrivaled neck protection from fragmentation and vampires. Looks pimpin'.

Cons: Black not ideal colour for +60c Iraqi summer.

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Cameron got it right.

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"Wärtsilä woolly hat"

>>34624080
M1 Helmet:
>VietNam: '65 thru '66.
> Leftovers from WW2.
>Lip on rear of helmet drops water directly down your back in monsoon conditions.
>Heavy & poorly balanced.
>Chinstrap uncomfortable & useless.
>Damn glad I had it though.
>Semper Fi!

>>34632923
She must be looking for a husband

>>34634509
GI Joe vs. Cobra

>>34624547
boy is she ugly

>>34632050
we get it: you vape

>>34623872
The new ECH is even worse

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>>34635626
>woodland camo
>innadesert

because we weren't in an Iraq war ten years before 9-11, not to mention Somalia in 1993?

>>34625662
>look at file name
>not dark helmet
I am disappointed in you anon.

>>34633733
So then what a SA80 actually looks like.

>>34625268
A regular ballistic helmet will do fine with bumps, and more.

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>>34625270
Where can I get that

>>34647962
but it's heavier.

>>34635899
>>tfw iraq is retro now
>i'm old
The US Army has adopted two new camo uniforms since I got out.

>>34648152
my wife made it out of spare rhodie camo from the kommandostore run for me.

If you knew the weight of these helmets compared to newer shit you wouldn't even be able to look at these objectivley, fuck carrying shit on your neck.

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>>34635626
This this this. Gulf War - Early GWOT is comfy. Gives me retrofuture vibes for some odd reason.

>>34635626
What a wonderful picture. I mean it when I say camo is useless for infantry and should only be issued for special operations and marksmen. We should go back to blue coats but I would settle for drab anything.

>>34636764
It doesn't matter when you're infantry.

>>34636764
The US will into meztnefetz soon I'm calling it.

>>34625548
CADPAT

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>>34647886

>>34636764
parts of Syria, especially the cooler mountainous areas, have woods. Afghanistan is the same way

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It has its own kind of ugly quirk

Otherwise 1916 stahlhelms

>>34623848
Fuck aesthetics, which is the most comfortable?

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>>34639355
I know some engineers who upgrade and maintain weapons systems for the air force. Cool job and a nice pension but yearly pay is quite low for a computer engineer. Anyway, One of the funniest things I've heard they had just integrated some bullshit into an f-35 when the military decided to send it over to the Netherlands or some shit for training/cooperative exercise. So, engineering team is monitoring the flight system while they have a pilot fly it over the Atlantic when all the warnings start popping up. Everyone starts to freak thinking they were about to brick a X hundred million dollars. Turns out, some idiot (none of them would fess up) added a pilot accessible usb port to the new and improved touchscreen interface that was supposed to replace a bunch of the old mechanical/analog instrumentation. The pilot who was ferrying the plane then decided, hey, why not plug in my pocket flash drive on which I keep my porn stash and beat one off while the plane was on auto over the ocean. Needless to say, no more usb connections on the instrument panel.

>>34646330
I stick these on guys' shoulders all the time in my sci fi doodles cause you really don't want that weight+recoil on your neck

>>34649668
The old M1 is apparently really comfy compared to other helms of its time

>>34649683
Now that I repeat the story, it sounds strange... but apparently even the f-35 hasn't always been flying with all the computers running or even on board. I've got some other anecdotes regarding engineering/pilot fuck ups if anyone is interested.

>>34649720
Yes.

>>34649683
Hey, can't really blame him for trying.

>>34634739
Came here to post this

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>>34643130

>>34649738
Military software testing standards are nuts because bugs an be catastrophic. Worst bug team has ever encountered was some sort of pointer error which could cascade and result in releasing weapons from rails without a fire command being issued.
>TLDR team was trying to reproduce a bug and ended up bouncing a dummy bomb across a particularly crowded stretch of interstate highway. Luckily it happened at night.

>>34649738
I'm lazy and going to tldr my own story.
>That one time when the entire building the civilian engineers were working in lost power for 2 days because an idiot pilot thought he was coming in too low and dropped his external fuel tanks on their generators and transformers. Apparently the blast was awe inspiring.

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Not a single patrician in this thread

>>34650080
Boi, if i wanted a fireman's helmet, i'd go join the firemans

>>34650107
uhhhhh adrians are sick dude

>>34624934
That transitional period is so based
>Sheridans
>M60A3 and original M1 together
>M16A1, mix of OD gear and woodland camo, M1 helmet, PASGT
>Mix of M151 and Humvee
>Super Cobras, Hueys
Just thinking about this makes me want to play Wargame to early 80s pop rock again

>>34632015
are you fucking stupid? imagine being in the persian gulf where its 120 degrees with all that fucking gear and working 14 hours straight. literally no shade when you're in the middle of the ocean and there's fucking jet exhaust all around you. you're a fucking moron

>>34650107
Boiii if you don't get that disrespect outta here

>>34648312
How would this have been aimed?

>>34650182
B-boi, fou shizzel...

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>>34648312
Ever since I saw that early GWOT aesthetic in MGS4, I was in love with the M81 Interceptor with 3-pattern desert BDUs.

>>34631903
She is qt

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>>34642233
Underrated