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Waroduce
Aug 5, 2008
im the ical sync snafu

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Diarrhea Elemental
Apr 2, 2012

Am I correct in my assumption, you fish-faced enemy of the people?

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

i like how the spec ops guy looks like a spetznaz

:spergin: Some of the more recent Russophile gear queer photo ops I've seen had dudes you were almost indistinguishable from our tier 1 guys at first glance. Crye and Magpul as far as the eye could see, railed receiver covers, pretty much a geardo's wet dream come to life.

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Diarrhea Elemental posted:

:spergin: Some of the more recent Russophile gear queer photo ops I've seen had dudes you were almost indistinguishable from our tier 1 guys at first glance. Crye and Magpul as far as the eye could see, railed receiver covers, pretty much a geardo's wet dream come to life.

I think the numerous Russian special forces have more Glocks than native Russian pistols in their inventories.

MrYenko
Jun 18, 2012

#2 isn't ALWAYS bad...

chitoryu12 posted:

I think the numerous Russian special forces have more Glocks than native Russian pistols in their inventories.

I would too, if I were their armorer.

Hexyflexy
Sep 2, 2011

asymptotically approaching one

Every time I see one of these videos, I end up trying to work out what blew up. Hmm, I know roughly how big that building was, so I know roughly how much earth was thrown up, and we have a video so I know how it was accelerated, and I can tell how fast the "heavy" bits of reinforced concrete are going vs the stuff that got turned to a dust / air colloid rather rapidly...

And then my brain times out and goes "lol".

bij
Feb 24, 2007

Most of these tunnel bomb video seems to show the dust cloud blowing out a bunch of what looks like NO2. I wanna know what is doing that but I also don't want to end up on more watchlists.

Edit: Apparently unwanted clouds of NO2 are a super common problem with ANFO used in mining. In short, ANFO will fart out a bunch of orange poison when subjected to all sorts of outside factors that are probably present in 100% of videotaped instances of muds blowing up tunnels.

bij fucked around with this message at 18:05 on May 5, 2016

Booblord Zagats
Oct 30, 2011


Pork Pro

Potential BFF posted:

Most of these tunnel bomb video seems to show the dust cloud blowing out a bunch of what looks like NO2. I wanna know what is doing that but I also don't want to end up on more watchlists.

I assume anyone not getting taken aside at the airport security line isn't using the internet correctly at all

Arrath
Apr 14, 2011


Potential BFF posted:

Most of these tunnel bomb video seems to show the dust cloud blowing out a bunch of what looks like NO2. I wanna know what is doing that but I also don't want to end up on more watchlists.

Edit: Apparently unwanted clouds of NO2 are a super common problem with ANFO used in mining. In short, ANFO will fart out a bunch of orange poison when subjected to all sorts of outside factors that are probably present in 100% of videotaped instances of muds blowing up tunnels.

Yeah in the video you can see the tunnel chock full of what're likely 25kg sacks of ANFO*. Like to the ceiling. A bit of water and poor confinement for incomplete detonation and hey-o presto clouds of nasty gas.

*Or just sacks of AN fertilizer drizzled with a bit of fuel oil. Either way.

davecrazy
Nov 25, 2004

I'm an insufferable shitposter who does not deserve to root for such a good team. Also, this is what Matt Harvey thinks of me and my garbage posting.




http://imgur.com/a/9xCdB

Hot Karl Marx
Mar 16, 2009

Politburo regulations about social distancing require to downgrade your Karlmarxing to cold, and sorry about the dnc primaries, please enjoy!
Is that Palau? I've always wanted to dive there and see the wrecks

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus
Stolen from the warthunder thread


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68s-QtYNnNw

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
Was that a dud or just not a direct enough hit to detonate? Edit: Or kinetic only, I guess.

Chinatown
Sep 11, 2001

by Fluffdaddy
Fun Shoe
u gotta call yourself out when you play airsoft

honor system

chitoryu12
Apr 24, 2014

Godholio posted:

Was that a dud or just not a direct enough hit to detonate? Edit: Or kinetic only, I guess.

It looks like it might have been a KE penetrator fired by another tank.

Grem
Mar 29, 2004

It's how her species communicates

Holy gently caress the headache that must have induced.

Arishtat
Jan 2, 2011

Godholio posted:

Was that a dud or just not a direct enough hit to detonate? Edit: Or kinetic only, I guess.

The shell was far too large in diameter to be a sabot round. It looked like a HEAT round that failed to detonate because it struck / skimmed the turret roof at an angle such that the fuse didn't go off. In short that tank crew are a bunch of lucky motherfuckers because if it struck an inch or two lower it would have exploded, penetrated the turret face and turned the turret into a Roman candle powered by the detonation of the ready ammunition in the tank.

Lead Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2004

I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?
From Assassination Complex, Jeremy Scahill's new book based on leaks concerning the drone program.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
Why is the CJCS involved?

Tiny Timbs
Sep 6, 2008

That has to be the most retarded way to graphically represent a chain of command I've ever seen

Lead Psychiatry
Dec 22, 2004

I wonder if a soldier ever does mend a bullet hole in his coat?

Godholio posted:

Why is the CJCS involved?

He's a member of the NSC Principals Committee. https://fas.org/irp/offdocs/nspd/nspd-1.htm, which is why his head is shown beneath Obama lined up with other members. The other time he's shown, in the middle-lower left, is due to him just kicking up the chain any info collected on potential targets for strike approval.

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
The Unified Commands do not fall under the Joint Chiefs. I didn't notice Dempsey in the NSC line, but you're right about that. He shouldn't be in the diagonal line though, if this is a chain of command representation.

iyaayas01
Feb 19, 2010

Perry'd

Godholio posted:

The Unified Commands do not fall under the Joint Chiefs. I didn't notice Dempsey in the NSC line, but you're right about that. He shouldn't be in the diagonal line though, if this is a chain of command representation.

IIRC the explanation is something along the lines of "while he's not in the formal chain of command, CJCS reviews all the assassination targeted killing strike requests from the CCMD's prior to forwarding to the SECDEF."

Of course because it's DRONZ all the reporting is colossally stupid from top to bottom anyway

Buca di Bepis posted:

That has to be the most retarded way to graphically represent a chain of command I've ever seen

It's because it's not a formal chain of command, it's the approval process for assassination targeted killings...which is extremely convoluted.

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -
keepin the thread title scene alive

http://i.imgur.com/4Gio2IH.webm

Duke Chin
Jan 11, 2002

Roger That:
MILK CRATES INBOUND

:siren::siren::siren::siren:
- FUCK THE HABS -
I title this piece: Ooohrah Garbage Debbah Dawg

http://i.imgur.com/zRT0yty.webm

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


Buca di Bepis posted:

That has to be the most retarded way to graphically represent a chain of command I've ever seen

Lead Psychiatry posted:

Jeremy Scahill

Rude Dude With Tude
Apr 19, 2007

Your President approves this text.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVGx7LX2Nvs&t=48s

lol russia

Mike-o
Dec 25, 2004

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed


Grimey Drawer
Сука Блят, товарищ.

Frosted Flake
Sep 13, 2011

Semper Shitpost Ubique

Had the tires come of a gun while towing it on the highway once.

Then this happened the same year.

EBB
Feb 15, 2005

I half expected somebody to try the insurance fraud thing on one of the trucks.

ded
Oct 27, 2005

Kooler than Jesus

In soviet russia, artillery tow you!

Godholio
Aug 28, 2002

Does a bear split in the woods near Zheleznogorsk?
I was positive that guy was going to get run over.

bij
Feb 24, 2007

That video made me think of those giant rear end "gently caress Siberia" trucks the Russians use. I want one, I bet I could run it on turpentine and piss.

Сука Блять


bij fucked around with this message at 01:20 on May 10, 2016

BrutalistMcDonalds
Oct 4, 2012


Lipstick Apathy
I heard from somebody that The Intercept is really good at constructing journalistic narratives but you can always count on them flubbing details if it's anything involving the military.

Cabbage Disrespect
Apr 24, 2009

ROBUST COMBAT
Leonard Riflepiss
Soiled Meat
Have some blurry, shaky T-90 snuff porn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PKTXByLGUg

A Handed Missus
Aug 6, 2012


https://twitter.com/OnlineMagazin/status/730113666507485184

Handsome Ralph
Sep 3, 2004

Oh boy, posting!
That's where I'm a Viking!


Wikkheiser posted:

I heard from somebody that The Intercept is really good at constructing journalistic narratives but you can always count on them flubbing details if it's anything involving the military.

Not shocked. Scahill is really bad about taking the most minor of military protocols or practices and overblowing them in a myriad of ways. His book about Blackwater was decent enough, but the other book he wrote a few years back about the drone strikes was god awful. Mostly in that while he brings up some very valid and legitimate arguments, you still roll your eyes at them due to how childish he is when writes about them. It honestly reads like it's written by a 16 year old who just read Howard Zinn for the first time.

Also both him and Greenwald have terrible habits of taking completely rational and legitimate critiques, and then ruining them with really dumb ad-hominem attacks or hyperbole. See Greenwald's column from a few years back equating people not being super incensed about Obama's use of drones being completely OK with the idea of Obama raping a nun on live television.

Craptacular
Jul 11, 2004

Mr. Showtime posted:

Have some blurry, shaky T-90 snuff porn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0PKTXByLGUg

What's the popping noise that happens a second before the missile launches?

Kung Fu Fist Fuck
Aug 9, 2009

Craptacular posted:

What's the popping noise that happens a second before the missile launches?

thats it getting a murder boner

Mike-o
Dec 25, 2004

Now I'm in your room
And I'm in your bed


Grimey Drawer

Kung Fu Fist gently caress posted:

thats me getting a murder boner

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Seizure Meat
Jul 23, 2008

by Smythe
normally that's a great 1-2 but the avatars sell it

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