What really forced Japan's surrender? The atomic bombs or the Soviet invasion of Manchuria and the Sakhalin island?

>criminal shot 14 times with .45 ACP in fatal locations, continued to shoot at cops >wasn't on drugs https://www.police1.com/officer-shootings/articles/why-one-cop-carries-145-rounds-of-ammo-on-the-j...

China has just demonstrated a master class in joint operation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=US8GaSiGjBM&t=110s pretty based. That's how they used their flight hours with reliable real engines.

cleaning my gun :)

I now realize picrel - used, with threaded barrels - could cover all pistol bases for cheap. The golden pair, really. But I failed and did buy something else. I believed I knew better. I did not. I no...

I hate Clown World with a burning passion, you have no idea. Everything has resorted to Glocks and ARs. >inb4 MUH SOVL

Arrest of retired Air Force officer in Greece with 174 illegal weapons >174 firearms (pistols, revolvers, automatic rifles, machine guns, shotguns, special purpose rifles) >Over 15,500 cartridges of ...

Canadian Firearms General >New here? Read this: https://pastebin.com/Ndb2jSAu https://howtogetagun.ca/ >What was banned Dec 5th 2024? https://pastebin.com/CB69hUn0 >Want to hunt? CFG Hunting license...

>moving barrel in an infantry rifle just for some recoil reduction >results in abhorrent accuracy and a complicated gun What the fuck were these retards thinking? They could have achieved 80% of the r...

Range report edition Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdf Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNik Previous: >>64063306

Revolvers are simply cooler. And you can make them spin.

If Russians are still depending on ERA for defense how they still didn't develop anything as good as Nizh?

>try to hold your position >just get grenades tossed at you >try to run away >just get shot in the back if you're the zigger, how the FUCK are you supposed to survive this situation?

if i want a pdw-type home defense gat, is literally the only argument in favor of 300blk that it does better at 100+ yards and i can run supers in it for ak-like performance? if it's basically going t...

Dog Surp Edition Post whatever you want. No rules. Previous thread: >>63934208

Questions That Don't Deserve Their Own Thread Previous: >>63994763 I know there's already a PCC and FRT related threads but since the last one died I'm asking here. Since the Vector has a FRT coming ...

Soldier of Fortune Edition Old: >>64063423 Soundtrack: https://youtu.be/lXHnRbNU2AU

40k+ feet in a triplane, imagine that. Flying a Fokker Dr1 must have been the greatest experience of your life, if you went high enough you could see the curvature of the earth before you ran out of...

>average Napoleonic War era soldier was a 5'5" gigamanlet >let's give him a 5 foot long musket with a 20" bayonet Who the fuck thought this was a reasonable idea? >average WW1/WW2 soldier was still 5...

Some negligent engineering choices made by a Swiss-German-American firearms manufacturer, let's say Company A, has rekindled my interest in gun design. The current state-of-the-art for striker-fired h...

To take advantage of the better engine and reverse gear on the former and the better turret and optics on the latter? How hard would it be?

I find it highly unusual that cost was the only driving force as to why the Musket remained as the default active firearm given to people who served in a military. I understand even all the way back t...

Implessive. With this most recent achievement, fate has, in a single stroke, marked the decline of the wicked and bestial Boscali and spelled a new era of wondrous prosperity and peaceful global domin...

If a T-800 Terminator appeared at a modern U.S. police station, would today’s officers fare better than those from 1984? Modern police have access to AR-15s equipped with red dot sights, lasers, and w...

In a recent civil court ruling on a ND by a Sig P320 by a Massachusetts Police officer (Desrosiers v. Sig Sauer Inc) a jury found that: >sig had defectively designed the p320 >defective design is wha...

Would (You) have the courage to fight a duel?

The sharpest general on /k/. Estate sale edition! >"Yeah, baby, I know this KA-BAR belonged to your grandpa, but your dad with dementia just sold it to me for $14 and an expired Walmart deli sandwich...

What is the benefit of having a red dot so far forward? I feel like the closer it is to my eye the easier it is to get the housing to ghost out when I have both eyes open

continuing from >>64043395 since we hit the image limit

luftwaffe is getting israeli lasers for their planes

They're magazines, not clips. Previous: >>64045707 >image limit reached https://github.com/rcc11/4chan-sounds-player >this is a sound player that lets you hear nostalgic songs when you click on pict...

Post gear, discuss gear. Military life edition Previous: >>64022782

Is there anything better than a shitty metal screen to keep an armed intruder from breaking in and raping my cat? For doors and windows. Ideally something that doesn't cost a ton of money.

Our obsession with aesthetics will be our downfall.

Is the best beach defense to have soldiers at or in the waters edge? Grenadiers to throw ordinance into the landing craft or neutralize soldiers submerged below the water. Flamers to take out anyone t...

This is a longshot, but I'm looking for a photo of a dog outdoors wearing a boonie hat with a M79 grenade launcher leaning against it. It may have been taken during the vietnam war, as the photo looke...

What if you could use 100% of your brain?

Mali insurgent kit, r8 Reminds me of Runescape wizard. https://files.catbox.moe/v4aogq.mp4 https://files.catbox.moe/df3dde.mp4

>postal inspectors tactical team is banging on your door what do?

Shitehawk Custom edition Guide: https://files.catbox.moe/9g5sv2.pdf Pastebin: https://pastebin.com/gs6mLNik Previous: >>64057654

The Russians just built the Rammtiger with their latest evolution of the turtle tank

>Crisis happens >"What are you gonna do? Nuke us? You won't do shit, it's the same I'm gonna nook for the last 60 years" >Does just that - launches a nuke what happens then? You know sooner or later ...

AK General /akg/ Reasonable Men Edition >Thread #2071 Old thread here >>64029564

What's up with russia state media leaking war plans pre invasion? How would you defend Japan? https://vk.com/militarychronicles?z=photo-219928383_457255327%2Fe450664948c252fac0

Would it be possible for a billionaire to start a PMC, purchase an armed corvette/frigate as a business expense, and do cool anti-piracy (or pro-piracy) stuff with it?

The most advanced rifle in the world. You can convert it into the best bullpup in the world in 3 minutes by swapping 3 modules Available in the US in 4 months. Will you buy it?

Trade, create, and sell your patches! Post good design ideas and maybe a patch store will make them. >Previous Thread >>¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >Where can I buy that sweet patch/ find patches? https://patchfeed.c...

>banned his troops from using SMGs, said it was only a police weapon >denounced combined arms/mechanized warfare >sabotaged the production of the KV-1, T-34 >what the hell do we need rocket artillery ...

Can any anons give a non biased analysis about what is going on at Pokrovsk?

>Long reach >Light weight >Armor piercing >Can be used as a club in close quarters >Can be used two-handed or one-handed with a shield >Can be thrown >Durable >Easy to make

Blue sky edition. Discuss optics, rifles, cartridges, shooting tips, etc. >previous thread >>63964996

Unironically, Turkey's 5th-gen fighter holds more promise than the Russian Su-57. If you disagree, you’re likely out of step with the latest developments.

Is it kino? Is it garbage? Is it just ok? Im interested in it as my first .45 acp, any thoughts from current or former owners? Obviously wouldnt get it in Fag Dark Earth and im not a black person

Can the Aegis system shoot down nukes launched at us by Russia? Do we have anything else to protect us from nukes?

Interesting account of a home defense situation TLDR: >guy wakes up in the middle of the night from his home security app >sees 2 masked men in his driveway >gets rifle and goes downstairs to con...

AK General /akg/ Spess AK Edition >Thread #2070 Old thread here >>63990441

russia calls for aid and mali WILL answer

Holy shit guys! It's VDV day(commemorial at this point) today! I got new PC and lost my VDV collection. Anyone wants to post some?

>take sea drone >Make it low observability like the costal ironclads the US used in 1860 against european powers >Give it the ability to go submerged >Allows it to launch sea skimming drones >Make it ...

could heat pipes & vapor chambers be the future of cooling tech on barrels? wouldn't it be great to slot a heat pipe into the flutes of a barrel to actively cool it down? maybe have a hand guard with ...

>striker fired polymer frame pistols Honestly, most of them are just ugly as shit. The M&P and XD series sort of look ok, but the Echelon replaced the XD anyway so it looks like shit along with most o...

how comfortable are you honestly with taking another humans life if it came down to it?

When will the US military switch to glocks? It is inevitable.

total sigger humiliation continues (he says sigger in the video as well) https://youtu.be/Dxj85puRDZw

>Crossing the Mediterranean salt wastes in the mad max apocalypse where the oceans are all gone for some reason >Out of the haze of heat distortion along the horizon a shape appears, blocky and tall >...

after the unprecedented success in gaza will israeli-style armor be adopted in other countries?

I know Syria had some Panzers, but that's the extent of what I know about. Excess Soviet and American equipment ended up everywhere and still turns up in the shittest of third world shitholes.

Thoughts about transporting infantry on top of tanks?

retard here: how do you turn a mortar shell into a grenade? or do you just toss it so it lands nose first where the percussion cap is?

>meanwhile, on Bizarro /k/

>it took the US Army 70 years to admit that the brits were right all along with the .280 british Better late than never I guess.

Can any anons give a non meme answer on whats going on in pokrovsk? Is this actually a repeat of Avdiivka/Vulheder? impossible mode: use actual analysis instead of just repeating propaganda youre pa...

>tfw sig sauer so based it shoots niggers by itself why do we hate it?

How did Israel just completely take over Iranian air space and start bombing whatever the fuck they felt like bombing? Explain the kinda weaponry and technology behind such a feat to a layman.

the u.s army dropped their second RWOW(russia way of war) https://api.army.mil/e2/c/downloads/2025/07/11/f2b1e75e/how-russia-fights-a-compendium-of-troika-observations-on-russia-s-special-military-op...

16th-17th centuries > Practical and impressive armor and gear. > Tasteful ornamentation. > Varied materials, from absolutel /k/ino buff leather coats, to steel cuirasses, to guns inlaid with ivory and...

Would they be good tanks?

Hurt Feelings Edition Pastebin https://rentry.org/sa6c4m Summary https://files.catbox.moe/91lvkc.jpg Soundtrack https://youtu.be/FPoeEA0yu08?t=17 Previous >>64058812

Post obscure ammo

new warriors of europe just dropped

*BOOM* 3+ armed nogs have just kicked your door down. From where you are right now, what's your next move? You are prepared for a home invasion, right?

https://www.ans.org/news/2025-04-14/article-6931/us-advances-microreactor-program-for-military-sites/

DO. NOT. USE. MUZZLE. BRAKES. THEY DO NOT WORK! >B-b-b-but look at this video evidence. Nope, not real. It was faked. Muzzle brakes don't work, fuck you muzzle brake boy

Havent had one of these in awhile. I wanna see the shitholes you anons post from

It would be a good time to invest in hesco walling in storage containers on your homestead property. They just werk for fortification if you have a family you could easily setup a secure base. Not eve...

>https://tni-au.mil.id/berita/detail/kunjungan-kerja-kasau-ke-leonardo-di-italia-untuk-tinjau-opsi-penguatan-kapabilitas-udara The Chief of Staff of the Air Force (Kasau) recently conducted a visit of...

>Buy Sig M18 from gun store earlier this year >Decide to sell it back after the recent news >They won't buy it at all, not even for $100 >They still are selling them though How is this legal?

Are clubs and maces the best melee weapons? >Ease of manufacture Can be made from a simple stick, stick with a knot/ball at the end, stick with a metal or stone mace head, hollow steel shaft with mac...

What’s the best tactic to break free of a chokehold. Assume you’re unarmed and you were caught completely by surprise by the attacker.

How much of whatever this guy wrote about is applicable to modern military strategy?

What happened to the wiki for /k/? I remember there buying guides on which guns or knives to buy based on your budget and use case. Is there a backup of it anywhere?

>rhe russians drop a KAB >on top of their own position >it fails to explode >an FPV drone detonates it instead

The Gods are bored. They are placing you in command of a random military. Spin the wheel, pursue your fate. >Our Glorious Military https://random.country >Our Best Weapon https://google.com/search?q...

/3dp gen/ Havent seen one of these in a sec so I thought I'd post one Anyone know what happened to the /3dp/ and gatalog telegram channels? Useful links: - maf-arms.com/ - odysee.com/@HulkHoganHH:f ...

>decloaks in front of your starship what do you do, /k/aptain?

>learnt nothing from Iraq

>the Americans captured this along with the engineers and the full data package >after 20 years of consideration they adopted the M14 Has US army small arms procurement EVER made good decisions?

Why does the US refuse to look into the future? Why is the US still stuck in desert storm?

Forced Reset Trigger & Super Safety General /frtssg/ General to discuss fully semi-automatic devices, such as the forced reset trigger (FRT) and super safety (SS). News: >Atrius did round 2 of order...

Many seething Australians on /k/ have already been sounding the alarm since the US decided to sell the F-35 to Singapore as they believe it compromises Australia's air defense to China. While the US c...

>peep all the fucking way out there eww

Rock, Rock On! edition LYING ABOUT MEDICAL HISTORY: GOOD (YMMV) LYING ABOUT CRIMINAL HISTORY: BAD >Resources: >Before you ask a question, check the FAQ pastebin.com/Rx0nDuga >Free ASVAB Practice Te...

Would you ever buy a rifle in 6.5 creedmoor?

Alright I'll start I think most people in this community simply cannot ever think for themselves and are most of the time nowadays entirely driven by a lack of emotional intelligence and the foresigh...

I don't know...Long live /nvg/! Old >>63856052 LAM/MFAL comparison: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5V9qYxITW0 Resource on what these spec terminology mean https://www.nite-walker.com/post/2019/11/...

/brg/'s closed editon Post Wood (furniture) Apply to your local GNAA Google what sci-fi movie came out in 1992 Rule 1 & 2 (315 club) Frens sticks together thread theme ~ https://youtu.be/8WQCWOTDLI...

>your favorite anime >the lead characters have been teleported to a field just outside Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on the early morning hours of July 1, 1863 >the Union and Confederate armies are minutes...

Why has the security situation actually worsened in Africa in the last 20 years despite African militaries overall becoming more competent and modernized?

>Kerala Congress MP K. Francis George stunned Parliament by disclosing that India lost three Rafales, one Sukhoi Su-30MKI, and one MiG-29—all reportedly downed within Indian territory. >the downing of...

What to do when you live in gunless places like western europe?

Instead of buying A29s or crop duster, why the US can't produce a new P-51 variant with new composite materials and avionics? Also new engine. This beauty would mop the floor of A29s or another simila...

The humans in Avatar are sick of RDAs constant fuck-ups - how would you solve the Na'Vi problem ONCE AND FOR ALL?

1. Buy one full size and one subcompact Glock. Used, under $400 2. Never bother with anything else ever again. Put good sights on them, grip tape if you have to. Maybe a light if you feel like it. 3. ...

Shotgun General. Discuss all things shotgun. (First time starting a thread, so PLZ be nice ^^) To start things off, I need recommendations for a light switch to mount on the left side of the VOA pum...

Should military branches open positions for comfort women? They get basic military training relevant to their branch, but their main objective is to be a cumdump for the men they're accompanying. Ma...

Looks like the slight trigger pull and slide wiggle makes most strikers go off. https://youtu.be/LKD0S3KhwdI?si=7Np6aQx6pS62130d

What would aerial combat of stealth fighters look like? I read somewhere that stealth planes have tiny radar cross sections, can they be detected by good radars like AEW&C aircraft anyway and can mis...

It's Friday you fuckers. Starts at 6pm EST What was learned last week? learned >.44 recoil isn't that bad >wear eye and ear protection when shooting stuff I fell asleep around this part >autoloaders ...

so if a light armored vehicle with a overpowered gun is called "a glass cannon", how do we call the opposite, a tank with sufficient armor but with absolutely shit gun?

India has a surprisingly powerful airforce

Why does Starfleet think it is appropriate for away teams to beam down to potentially hostile planets with dress shoes, no pockets and a thin layer of cloth for uniform?

Muzzle brakes don't work, if you think they do you're a gay pussy faggot bitch, muzzle brakes are for pussy pansy losers. >Bbbbbut I feel like they work, no you do you gay boy. >Bbbbbut look at this v...

>Or perhaps he was wondering why you'd shoot your own leg while drawing your pistol.