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

If modern armies were faced with someone that had air superiority(its a hypotethical, dont answer ensure air superioty)
What evolution in doctrine,… would be needed to win anyway?

Concealment is always a good idea.

Thread for hating on the F-35 "Lightning II" stealth turkey a.k.a the most expensive military project in history to date.

The USAF declared it ready for service in 2016
As of that date the following problems I can list just off the top of my head
- Vulnerable to lightning; it's practically a lightning rod https://archive.is/QSIii
- 0 redundancies in the cyber or mechanical aggregates; any malfunction
- RADAR glitches means it literally ahs to be turned off and on again https://archive.ph/EEd9y
- Ejection seat is banned for anyone 136 pounds or below and anyone not above 150 pounds has significant injury risk, it literally can break your neck.
- F-35 helmets glow too brightly for air-to-air refueling https://archive.is/pKE0Y
- F-35 helmets are so heavy at nearly 5 kilograms so that maneuvers cause them to bang their heads on the inside of the cockpit https://archive.ph/WsRxA https://archive.ph/dE1gP
(keep in mind these helmets are 400,000 dollars each).
- The oxygen system is unreliable (something that the F-22 shares) https://archive.ph/kGGKq

The Plane was supposed to be ready by 2010-12 having been projected in the early 2000s
the list of problems in its past and that are remaining in various levels of urgency number over 800.
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What's the tackiest handgun I could buy?

For context, flamethrowers have been around for over a millennium. The weapons are necessary to destroy fortresses. Before flamethrowers, torches, slingshots, and other flammable devices were used to destroy things in war. Currently, incendiary missiles, thermobaric bombs, white phosphorus-based weapons, and other flammable explosives are much better at destroying fortresses than modern flame thrower. One has to wonder, is the future of war entirely projectile based?

Did the Soviets actually expect much from the Poles, Hungarians and Czechoslovaks if war broke out for real? Like how the fuck did they expect these guys to be loyal and fighting alongside the USSR given the debacles with 1956, 1968, and everything pertaining to Poland's occupation postwar? What role would the WP armies outside of East Germany actually play in a conflict?

"If I was allowed to carry my gun inside that bank when it was getting robbed I would've killed him!!!"
>Proceeds to blow a 9mil into your thigh when unholstering

what would be your standard squad equipment?

when are we gonna develop em again?