/AKM/ - Guns, weapons and the art of war.

>>5448
>If the Toyota war proved anything, it was that armies have no excuses not to be fully equipping all their soldiers with trucks these days. Trucks are cheap, easy to make, easy to find, easy to modify, and are easy to use.
Your answer makes way too much sense and is too logical for high ranking military officers to listen to /srs.
>vidrel
tl;dw Dude could snipe and kill a target with a bullet that costs pennies to make, but instead the fatass-general decides to use millions of dollars worth of muntions to smoke them. I'm not a jarhead myself, nor have I ever enlisted, but if this movie clip and what the comments say are accurate, military officers may be too privlleged and confident to employ something like a Toyota truck, on both sides, NATO and Russia. I mean, look at the picture in your OP. It gets the job done, but it's DIY as shit, even a lowly-Marine wouldn't want to be caught dead in a NATO-supplied Toyota truck they could likely drive on their own back home in borgerland. No, they need a billion-dollar humvee with topgear beer coolers and iPhone chargers, and anything less is too ghetto to cut it. Another point, unrelated, could be that they may have tarrifs or something on the vehicles.

>>5377
It is a piece of equipment, not a fashion item, I don't think soldiers give a shit as long as it is lighter with the same protection that is to be expected.

I imagine that thing in the front in for attachments, could probably make something neat out of it.
That said, function over form.

>>5335
I'm starting to suspect that you've never been an infantryman and are just talking out your ass.

>>5338
Thank Christ I’m not. Even with endurance training I’d likely get hurt first from a back or ankle injury from carrying around so much garbage for days to weeks on end than I would be from a bomb made by some half-illiterate jackass whose lucky enough to never have seen a tank in his life. Manual labour is awful.

Does this post glow like me?

>>5337
They’d probably make more money by selling ammo if the flashlights, binoculars, radios, microphones, and other electronic and mechanical junk was made smaller. The reason why ammunition sales should increase is because the decreased sized would accommodate more space for more rounds. This change might also prevent the weight of the average rifleman today to actually change.

>>5309
The reason the electronics are so big is because they need to operate at higher power for a longer duration, while also being more rugged than standard consumer devices.

>>876
Just strapping it on to an already existing product. The only other commercial robot Ive seen uses two wheel legs and a balancing system but it would be too shaky for a gun.

drones are much more effective for the police state than these

I can't wait for the passive aggressive responses blaming the machine
>Ooopsie, it was an automatic response, you must have done something that indicated to the killbot that you were a threat. A team of experts has been assigned to investigate this incident. You may be prompted for additional information <citizen>. In the meantime you can review our killbot policies and terms of service in this page <link explaining how basically nobody is responsible for the robot's actions , under impossible standards of proof>.

Imagine social media algorithm/copyright/smear fuckery but it's bullets instead of bans lol. On the plus side "Dogged" or "Botted" sound more casual than than "Swatted".

>>954
These battle dog bots are not realistic, because the opportunity cost, you can get a Toyota hilux that has a 50cal cannon mounted to it for the same money, or equip 10 guys with but loads of infantry weapons. If you buy 10 battledogs and your opponent buys 5 cars with light canons and equips 50 infantry guys, you're going to loose very badly.

>>970
These look like they are more useful for sniper missions, they might end up replacing human snipers to some capacity, as the Ukraine war is proving that to be an increasingly dangerous job, there is too many thermal devices being used on overhead drones.

>>5394
He nationalized his countries resources and industries. Then he went on to reclaim around 10% of his country back even when under sanctions. He’s one of the best leaders west Africa has had in a while.

bro is goated

he needs to be assasinated

Moved to >>>/leftypol/1987380.

>>5389
I’m sick of seeing the ak family fucking everywhere man. I’d rather just take a modernized Dane gun or another g3 variant over seeing that type of gun spammed in every god damn conflict.

so you dont like AK47?

>>5391
I’m just tired of seeing it and its variants everywhere. Also I just hate the fact that there are still Aks being made out of wood.

Oh ok, thats how life works.

>>5383
If you call people living in bunkers to be safe from drones as siege warfare then maybe.

>>5386
Sorry for the ancient reply, but if that’s true, then wouldn’t handheld guns become irreplaceable? The problem with most drones, heavy weapons, and vehicles is the issue with size. Guns are generally compact, and can be used basically anywhere. Those two properties would make any form of future warfare perfect for guns to dominate in all conflicts.

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1991-09-12-mn-2959-story.html

Using plows mounted on tanks and combat earthmovers, the U.S. Army division that broke through Saddam Hussein’s defensive front line buried thousands of Iraqi soldiers–some still alive and firing their weapons–in more than 70 miles of trenches, according to U.S. Army officials.

In the first two days of ground fighting in Operation Desert Storm, three brigades of the 1st Mechanized Infantry Division–”The Big Red One”–used the tactic to destroy trenches and bunkers being defended by more than 8,000 Iraqi soldiers, according to division estimates.

While 2,000 surrendered, Iraqi dead and wounded as well as defiant soldiers still firing their weapons were buried beneath tons of sand, according to participants in the carefully planned and rehearsed assault.

“Once we went through there, other than the ones who surrendered, there wasn’t anybody left,” said Capt. Bennie Williams, who was awarded the Silver Star for his role in the assault.

“This is war. This isn’t a pickup basketball game,” the official said.

Not a single American was killed during the attack on Feb. 24-25 near the tip of the diamond-shaped neutral zone that straddles the border between Saudi Arabia and Iraq. No Iraqi body count was possible after the assault.

“For all I know, we could have killed thousands,” said Col. Anthony Moreno, commander of the 2nd Brigade, which led the assault on the heaviest defenses. A thinner line of trenches on Moreno’s left flank was attacked by the 1st Brigade, commanded by Col. Lon Maggart. Maggart estimated that his force buried about 650 Iraqi soldiers.
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>non-lethal

bold of you to assume the moment you threat with non lethal violence they won't resort to lethal violence and then make a day with a case of how it was a "patriot exercising self defense against those antifa terrorists"

What you want is a "handheld struggle ender"
or like we like to call it down here a "farm knife" but what we're thinking is "cuchillo saca tripas" (gutting knife)

heard you can get a couple used ones on ebay and shit.
if you know how to hit a gut shot fight's over before anyone knows because what you're doing is quite literally hooking someone's innards inside out.

heard you can get one at mexican "hood" stores
but if you can't find one cus they are a bit difficult to come by (which is why i'm forging mine)
you can just go for the "csgo kiddie" version the karambit which i'm convinced you can get quite literally anywhere.
not even half as devastating but you can get a couple good cuts to come out on top anyway.

The Wasp non-lethal pistol is used in Russia.
https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9E%D1%81%D0%B0_(%D0%BE%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B6%D0%B8%D0%B5)?useskin=vector

>>1719
NaNO3 is sometimes easier to get than KNO3 and you can turn the former into the latter using metathesis with KCl from low sodium salt
https://www.pyrogarage.pl/ sells KNO3 in Europe
t. /chem/ on >>>/edu/
also may I suggest picrel but with a not too sharp wooden tip

>>1722
This is why we download stuff like this when we see it. Can't depend on corporations to act like an archive. If you want it, save it.

>>1724
Taoe sparklers to bottles with a screw cap, that will make it storable.For thermobarics, flashpowder squib taped to plastic bottle. Put matchheads on the fuse and tape a striker pad to your glove or wear it as a necklace so you can just strike them without lighters.
>>1741
Make a simple large firecracker of a smaller diameter than a toilet paper tube, pit it in and fill the gap with pieces of tire or other hard rubber. Again, matches on fuse, strike, throw and theres a homemeade stingball.
>>1752
I may or may not have one buried somewhere. The pepper blanks need a special license but if you have street connections will get you far. The guns will be confiscated if found, even though you can buy them without a license. Weird country, weird laws.

You can make battery powered one shot pistols with a piece of curved pipe. Loaded with rock salt. Easy to conceal and only a misdemeanor if discovered. If you are doing a funny ticking clock thing only do a small cardboard tube charge and use it to blow a box filled with bags or baloons of red paint. And always remember. Fascist clubs and cars arent immune to a plastic gas bottle tied to a flare, made in a sterile room with full surgical protection. The window gets smashed with a rock and the device is thrown in, the thrower runs several blocks while constantly making turns and shortccuts, the outer layer of winter clothing is taken of and thrown into a pre-placed plastic tub of bleach, and the thrower then blends in and goes home. Glives over gloves will block gunshot residue and they are discarded on the spot because they dont have dna and have only been touched by another glove. Everything prepared is cleaned with bleach and never touched with bare hands. The throwers hair is tucked under a swimming cap so no hairs are left. Shoes used are cheap and are burned or discarded far away after the action. Touch dna, fingerprints,hair,shoeprints all exist. All of this is educational and whoever follows it is a fool that risks jail and other peoples safety. Be careful of what you decide to listen to on the internet. All of those actions are illegal and should never be performed.

>>5372
>The ruskies did it
Not really.

>>5343
TBQH the main problem with it is just weight. At least concerning the modern battlefield, weight is by far one of the biggest concerned of any major military. Otherwise, its fine like 90% of all rifles in service of all countries.

>>5343
is it caseless? no? then I don't care

>>5374
Well that’s going to be hard to fix. The average marine in the 2000s used to carry over 200+ 5.56 rounds. The idea of bumping up the calibre is definetly going to cause some issues with ammo capacities. The gun may be able to penetrate some armours, but the limitations the weapon puts on firepower and costs are apparent.

>>5375
true and factual