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[Cknarf]

A Single Action Army on your hip is required to complete the look if you ask me. But hey, what do I know? I'm from Illinois. I couldn't pull off a Stetson around here...

 

Or cowboy boots.

 

Or open carry an SAA.

 

Or afford an SAA.

 

*sigh*

[Cknarf]

This one's been on my list for awhile. I think it's one of the coolest AK variants out there.  They're usually under $500, too.

 

Hungarian AMD-65

 

 

I had an AMD muzzle brake on my AK awhile back. Muzzle flash was absurd, and it made my rifle crazy loud.  People at the range hated it, but I sure had a good time.

[Voxr]

I'm gonna bring my post over from the guns thread to here. Just cause it's relevant.

 

I'm no firearms connoisseur. My grandfather did teach me how to shoot and every summer I usually go skeet shooting a couple of times (I may be going in a couple of weeks here pretty quick actually). But of the few firearms that I've ever had an interest in. Nothing really stands out more to me than the 1911. Sure many other more modern side arms can do it's job and then some. But the history and the fact that it's still remained popular for the last 112 years says something about it's character. And it has character. One of the most iconic firearms in the last 150 years for sure.

 

Eventually if and when I decide to get one for myself the one I'd really like to get is the AMT Hardballer Longslide .45 ACP

 

I even put it on my birthday and Christmas wishlist this year, but alas I don't think my family and friends want to spend that kind of money on me. But I can dream can't I? 

[Cknarf]

It's called Hardballer because it balls hard.

 

For real. Look at that thing! It's beautiful.

 

If I got a 1911, it'd have to be one of the barebones Rock Island guns.

 

[bEVEsthda]

I suppose no one likes 19th century warships, because they're "unsexy"!

Here we have:

 

 

HMs warrior1860 Interior (under deck):

 

Also the French Ironclad 'Vauban' is cool but I can't find any available picture of it, just a painting:

 

 

 

These ships look so weird because they had a very short time, during a period when ship design changed very rapidly-

 

But I gotta ask: What was the idea with those sloping sides?  I can't think of any good reason.

[bEVEsthda]

Continuing the quiz game, here's an obscure mystery for you (aircraft, of course).

I believe this is pretty hard? I think I'll be impressed if any identifies this: 

 

[Serza]

It appears to be the American "school."

 

Considering the technology used to make the picture, I'd imagine circa 1960s America.

 

Reminds me of the F-105 Thunderchief. It might be a Republic aircraft then.

 

*pulls out a huge book of Awesome*

 

Nope. I still think it's American, though. Twin-engine. 1960s may be too generous, but no sooner than 1950s.

 

It also bears a certain resemblance to the P/F-80 Shooting Star.

[Serza]

This one's been on my list for awhile. I think it's one of the coolest AK variants out there.  They're usually under $500, too.

 

Hungarian AMD-65

 

 

I had an AMD muzzle brake on my AK awhile back. Muzzle flash was absurd, and it made my rifle crazy loud.  People at the range hated it, but I sure had a good time.

 

Yuck. You want a good AK, you go Vz 58. Partially because it's NOT AN AK.

[Cknarf]

So far I've got Polish, Romanian, and Russian variants of the AK.  I could always add a Czech pseudo-AK to that list. They're still very affordable.

 

The  proprietary mags kinda suck, though.  That's what I love about AKs, all the mags are interchangeable!  They make excellent bottle openers too.

[Commander Rpg]

The M4 is probably the best for urban and indoors combat, while the AK-47 is today unbeaten because of its resistance to usury (both due to normal use and to natural factors).

[Cknarf]

I think it's funny reading articles about countries testing out new weapons for their military.

 

"So and so is testing the AUG, the G36, and the SCAR."

 

And I'm like, "AR or AK. Pick one, and be done with it."

 

The Stoner and Kalashnikov rifles are the best designs of our lifetime, if you ask me. They've been around for over 50 years, and I'm willing to bet they'll be around for another 50.

[Fidite Nemini]

I think it's funny reading articles about countries testing out new weapons for their military.

 

"So and so is testing the AUG, the G36, and the SCAR."

 

And I'm like, "AR or AK. Pick one, and be done with it."

 

The Stoner and Kalashnikov rifles are the best designs of our lifetime, if you ask me. They've been around for over 50 years, and I'm willing to bet they'll be around for another 50.

 

It isn't necessarily design excellence that makes them so widespread. None of the widely used AKs and derivatives have particularily impressive ballistic performances for example. What makes them so popular is that they are easy to get by (USSR had millions in stockpiles that went to the markets and blackmarkets after the Cold War ended), cheap, easy to maintain (no shortage of replacement parts), are resilient in design thanks to very few moving parts and ammunition is likewise in plentiful supply.

 

If there's anything the AK series can claim to be very good at, it's cost effectiveness. But I'm not knowledgable enough to say if that was always a thing, or if it's really only due to the fact that the USSR built so damn many of them during the Cold War arms race because it was cheap, or simply because they wanted many of them.

[Cknarf]

Cheap to make, easy to maintain and operate.  I think that's exactly what they were going for. The fact that they had just participated in a big ass war might have had something to do with it. Especially since the Germans were running around with stuff like these newfangled assault rifles.

 

 

 

Although you probably won't see AR accuracy in an AK,  it is still plenty capable of hitting a man sized target at several hundred meters, and that's exactly what it is supposed to do. Besides, when people are fighting door to door, I'm sure they're not worried much about accuracy at 400 meters.

 

Also, the Russians have been using 5.45x39 instead of 7.62x39 for awhile now.  5.45x39 ballistics are much closer to the AR's 5.56x45 than 7.62 ever was, so that issue isn't as much of an issue anymore.

 

From what I understand, 7.62x39 is still used, but it's not as widespread.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

^ That pic is just glorious!

 

These ships look so weird because they had a very short time, during a period when ship design changed very rapidly-

 

But I gotta ask: What was the idea with those sloping sides?  I can't think of any good reason.

 

Fashion? I think it provides or they thought it provides better Armor.

[Kaiser Arian XVII]

You might find these wallpapers interesting:

 

http://www.desktopwa...s4.me/aircraft/

 

[Serza]

So far I've got Polish, Romanian, and Russian variants of the AK.  I could always add a Czech pseudo-AK to that list. They're still very affordable.

 

The  proprietary mags kinda suck, though.  That's what I love about AKs, all the mags are interchangeable!  They make excellent bottle openers too.

 

The story's actually kind of funny. The Soviet Union wanted all the allies to have pretty much the same weapons.

 

So we went full on hipster with the Vz 52 (essentially an SKS, the original using a 7.62x45, quite different in looks), the Vz 58, and some other weapons (Uk 59, that's nowhere near a PK)

 

Yup. Feels good to rebel againist eastern commies.

[vometia]

Although I don't generally buy into the "German awesomeness" thing, they are two really neat-looking weapons.

Kinda sad that the top one was used as the basis for the M60. "... and we'll stick an MG42 belt feed on it, and man, all that German awesomeness in one place, it's gotta be good."

[PhroXenGold]

I suppose no one likes 19th century warships, because they're "unsexy"!

 

 

 

Heh, what can I say, I like big guns, and pre-deadnoughts just don't have enough.

 

That said, cool post, and I'll add to the theme of 1800s warships with one from right at the end of the century (well, if you want to get really technical, she wasn't lauched until 1900, but she was designed in, and construction started in, the 19th century...), IJN Mikasa, Admiral Togo's flagship at Tsushima, now a museum ship in Yokosuka - the only pre-deadnought to be kept as such.

 

 

[Lotion Soronarr]

You might find these wallpapers interesting:

 

http://www.desktopwa...s4.me/aircraft/

 

 

F-14 is pure sex.

It's sabotage and removal from service was a crime.

[Lotion Soronarr]

And speaking of older ships:

 

The last US dreadnaught types:

Wyoming

 

New York

[Hrulj]

I just love strange and unique weapons of their time.

Yataghan being first and foremost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who doesnt love ivory hilts

[Serza]

I just love strange and unique weapons of their time.

Yataghan being first and foremost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Who doesnt love ivory hilts

 

Wait, is that designed to be held... uh... backhand, for lack of a better word?

[Hrulj]

Wait, is that designed to be held... uh... backhand, for lack of a better word?

No, it is held like a regular blade, its just curved inward, rather than outward, for more mass on strike

 

You can see a video here:

 

Of a person using one

[Aimi]

You might find these wallpapers interesting:
 
http://www.desktopwa...s4.me/aircraft/
 

  

F-14 is pure sex.
It's sabotage and removal from service was a crime.

Ha!

Ahahahahahahaha

Awesome.

That's a cropped version of a wallpaper produced by Namco to promote the game Ace Combat 5: The Unsung War. There's an extremely wide variety of planes to fly in that game, but the 'canonical' aircraft flown by the player element - "Wardog Flight" (108 TFS OADF), later "Razgriz Flight" - is the F-14. You can even see that the aircraft use the symbol of the Osean Federation on the fuselage, and not the US military.

Here's the original image.

Spoiler

I'm kiiiiind of an Ace Combat fangirl, so.

[God]

F-14 is pure sex.

It's sabotage and removal from service was a crime.

 

My dad hated it. Thought it was the worst jet he ever flew. He transferred over to the S-3 Viking when he got the chance, believe it or not.

 

It's a plane that is purely a product of its time. Big and unwieldy, hard to repair and get replacement parts for, not serviceable for most conditions, limited mission scope, and just plain out-of-date compared to more modern fighters like the Hornet. It has speed, but it has all the maneuverability of a brick. It was also used by the Navy in a role that it wasn't fit to fly in (namely as a fleet defense superiority fighter, rather than the ranged interdiction interceptor it was meant to be used as.) 

 

Plus, I just never thought it was a pretty aircraft. And the plane is just mired in the 1980's.