The MI-26 is about the size of a C-130 not counting the tail and tail rotor
131 ft long vs the Ch-47's 98ft
nope. they have to be converted to shoot "Hollywood" blanks and function properly or fitted with an adaptor. On Automatic weapons a blank doesn't produce enough pressure to cycle the bolt on an unconverted weapon.
Watch the start of Shooter with mark walberg, when He is shooting at the helicopter with the Barrett .50 cal he has to manually cycle the bolt despite it being a semi-auto. that is due to issues with the blanks.
Watch the start of Shooter with mark walberg, when He is shooting at the helicopter with the Barrett .50 cal he has to manually cycle the bolt despite it being a semi-auto. that is due to issues with the blanks.
To convert an automatic or semiauto to shoot blanks they have to constrict the barrel so the propellent gases have a smaller area to escape out of the barrel thus raising the gas pressure to a level sufficient to cycle the weapon.
Just more proof that if we ever meet an Alien species, we will try to have sex with it as our role model Captain Kirk would have.
Earth will probably become some sort of Galactic red light district.
I've always wanted to conduct a PETA experiment. Find one of their protests and toss a jar full of Roaches on them and see how the "every animal has rights and equality" protestors react to the roaches. Will they let the Roaches crawl on them or will the scream and try to kill the roaches.
Also I have just wanted to go and eat a big juicy burger right in front of them. But I'm too lazy
the EMP would fry any unshielded electronics. a nuclear detonation at 300 miles would fry most electronics in North America. newer cars would not work due to the computers in them. Shielded systems, older cars and old vacuum tube electronics would have a higher survival rate.
hate Glocks. Haven't found one that feels right in my hand. Now My H&K that fits like a glove.
Chunky grip and no safety. I bet that if you looked at the statistics of Police accidental discharges, Glocks are responsible for 60-70%.
Remember a Glock started Waco. little known fact. ATF agent shot himself in the foot with his glock then all hell broke loose.
There is nothing irrational about being afraid of Clowns.
Project Thor on steroids
Where I work, We build the wings of the Global Hawk and this is not entirely accurate. They are killing the block 30 Global Hawks not the Block 40 aircraft. And then there is the Navy's BAMS version.
Yeah I know I started off trying to describe the Aegis system then kinda drifted off on to weapon systems.
but yeah
Type 42 Destroyer with Sea Dart Missiles vs Exocet does not equal Ticonderoga or Burke class with Standard missiles vs Exocet.
Besides an Exocet warhead(165 kg) is too small to do serious damage to a Nimitz.
The Russians planned to use dozens of supersonic missiles with warheads that weighted nearly a ton.
Plus navies have learned a lot about the effects of anti ship missile hit from the Falklands.
this is part of the hand over ceremony. one of these carriers is leaving that station while the other is replacing it. they normally do not sail that close together in war time and regardless of the hostile territory there are still a dozen or so Cruisers and destroyers sailing around them and up to 4 LA/Sea Wolf/Virginia Class Attack Subs assigned to these 2 CBGs.
look up aegis combat system. electronically scanning phased array radars, long range missiles, RIM116 rolling airframe missiles and phalanx close in weapon systems, jammers and Chaff.
Plus the E2 hawkeye AWACS for over the horizon detection.
Plus the E2 hawkeye AWACS for over the horizon detection.
The HMS Sheffield didn't have anything like these systems
of course not. That is it. That is all of the food in North Korea.
Some times I think that those Navy Blue Digi Cammies are to make it impossible to find a sailor who went overboard.
Cost savings measure life insurance payout vs cost of search by ships and aircraft of the CBG.
I think I can top that. 2 days ago while playing Karkand, I was shot by an assault rifle from the 2nd capture point while I was in the back of the US spawn with multiple buildings between the shooter and me and inside of an LAV. And the server admin was on his team and didn't care.
yeah I was wondering if that would be on the list.
and I'm also looking forward to J L Bourne's next day by day armeggeddon book.
well it did lead to the development of the universal (or Bren gun) carrier that was an excellent vehicle.
The M15 GMC was an anti-aircraft Halftrack, not that photoshopped monstrosity
and they made over 2000 of them.
that thing is just a photoshopped M-3 Lee/Grant Tank
Your M15 GMC is wrong. That is a photoshopped M-3 Grant/Lee medium tank.
the real M-15 GMC was a anti-aircraft variant of the M-3 Halftrack mounting a 37mm AA gun and 2 .50 caliber M2 Browning Machine Guns.
the real M-15 GMC was a anti-aircraft variant of the M-3 Halftrack mounting a 37mm AA gun and 2 .50 caliber M2 Browning Machine Guns.
the big object on the horizon looks like a large satellite dish. like a Very Large Array dish. But since it appears to be a single dish, I would say deep space tracking/satellite tracking radar or long range transmitter
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