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A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Splosions



http://youtu.be/-jKMzklJlb0

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A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Hell Diver posted:



Holy poo poo this owns so hard haha.


I remember being on raids for the juba sniper. Good times.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
The champagne of beers.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin



No joke I have worn this shirt on missions.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Godholio posted:

Inflatables and other mockups (wooden tanks, jeeps dressed up to look like tanks) go back at least as far as WWII and were used by just about everyone.

http://www.amazon.com/Ghosts-Eto-American-Tactical-Deception/dp/0971170959


A good read. A little dry but very interesting history.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

MonkeyLibFront posted:

Love being Brit army, I just use trouser twisties


I hope you mean these. Because they are now called trouser twisties until the end of time for me.






(On a different note this picture is from ebay, some dude was selling 8 pair for 12.50)

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

ded posted:

More like a bunch of wanabe SOF guys made fun of him. I doubt real operators would care enough to make a bunch of high school comments.


You have obviously never been on some of the sof message boards.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Brown Moses posted:

From Syria, if life gives you lemons...



Stuff like this is really common in former warzones too.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

grover posted:

Speaking of EO Tech, what is this? I gather it's a green laser of some kind, but why 4? Non-lethal dazzler?



Yeah its an EOF laser. I don't think they use this system anymore, it was limited release.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Godholio posted:

If he were a chemical attack victim I would expect either visible burns (they wouldn't have that sheet over a burned area) or at least some kind of breathing equipment.

Thats not how they work.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Frosted Flake posted:

Yes. They're the oldest and the simplest and there are larger stockpiles of them around the world. Nerve gas is complicated, and even if you side has good CBRN training and equipment (which I doubt the Syrians do) it's still dangerous to use on the frontline.

This is mostly true-ish. I wont give a chem lesson but the reason no one uses blister for anything other than area denial is that dispersing it is retarded. Also there is probably way more nerve agent than anything else. Nerve agents aren't THAT hard to manufacture. It's just super powerful RAID.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Didn't that picture get posted in TFR and its the congresswoman who got shot in the face?

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Jimmy Smuts posted:

Whoa, is that confirmed as real? Looks photoshopish...but going off other vids/pics coming out of Syria, I wouldn't be surprised if it's legit.


Looks real to me. Probably a suicide bomber.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Looks like a dog we had jump off a 3rd story roof on accident. He survived and recovered.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin


Haha I love 2001/2002 SF pictures.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Kryptek needs to win because they already make super comfy shirts.



Also saw this posted in TFR

http://io9.com/the-bizarre-phenomenon-of-mass-photography-477602933







UGH.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
The NEW Military Pictures & Youtube Thread - A bunch of air force talk about planes and a bunch of people who have never seen ana get blow'd up

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Discount_Bees posted:

Can confirm this 100%.

One of the first military videos I saw in my life was a thermal of a couple banging in the back of a pickup from an apache down at JRTC.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Air item.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Saw this floating about Facebook


A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

hailthefish posted:



Why the gently caress don't they get used more? :iiam:


Edit: Well they probably don't get used because they're loud as gently caress, have even more obnoxious logistical requirements than just loading infantry in the trucks and humvees that are already around in huge numbers, don't offer appreciably more mobility over doing that, and the clusterfuck that is military procurement and defense contracts means they probably cost twice what they're actually worth.



They are used but for rather specific mission sets. The polaris rzrs are becoming "A Thing" in a lot more units now.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
That is the old recruiting video.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Dead Reckoning posted:

Have a link to the new one?

Yeah as far as I know the one currently on YT wasn't supposed to get posted so I doubt the newer ones would.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

DinosaurWarfare posted:

Does that mean the picture was taken by the guys that killed him?
It doesn't look like the first time in recent history.
:smith:


Yeah the guys in Mali killed him and posted that swag shot

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

holocaust bloopers posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zORT4TgGAoA


Holy lol that gunner gives absolutely zero fucks.


So I guess if you want to shoot people like a boss the Brazil police is the place to be.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Ferremit posted:

In that brazilian pizza bar video, did the cops put another round into the guy with the white tee while he was flopping around on the ground like a beached fish?


Yeah I thought they put a finishing shot into him.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

Dead Reckoning posted:

Forget that. Is this

a goddam nuclear EFP? :stare: Was someone bugfuck enough to think that would work?


Really, that is what you think that is?



No it isn't.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

Poncho liners are awesome, smoking jackets doubly so.

This guy knows what's up.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
http://kitup.military.com/2013/11/proper-battlefield-application.html

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
I think that is a good way to describe them actually. I think I may steal that reference.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

8lbsofanalsex posted:

The 1st Cav one sounds the closest to the one I'm thinking of, so that's probably it.


One of my friends on CSAR was telling me about them having to pull dead guys out of a helo crash and the charred remains only filling up about 1/2 to 1/3 of the body bag. CSAR could definitely be a pretty lovely job at times.



All recovery ops are terrible.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin
Looks like it's on the back bed, you can see the feed system back there too.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

EVA BRAUN BLOWJOBS posted:

It's an IRL Warthog.


Holy poo poo.

A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

by vyelkin

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A Bakers Cousin
Dec 18, 2003

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This has been my favorite story from sled driver forever.

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