Thread 64450053

hi /k/ this is my cat rupert, hes a very smart and cozy cat, i was wondering has anyone ever used cats in warfare, i know dogs are used

could he be trained to use weapons, and if so what weapons would be best? thank you

They were tied to the shield

>>64450053 (OP)
is this the same cat that was with all the anime girls?
get him a shotgun

>>64450053 (OP)
Cats have killer instincts and are the weapon. In WWI cats were often kept around trenches for companionship but also deal with rodents. This is still the case today in Ukraine. Say hi to Rupert for me, I hope he's doing well.

>>64450053 (OP)
postan in a rupert bread
love this lil nigga
cats claws are pretty dangerous already
I think you should train him to sharpen them more than cats already naturally do.

>>64450053 (OP)
hello rupert, big fan

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>>64450075
hmm okay so hes already very deadly.. Interesting maybe leaving him as is the best

>>64450062
yeah he knows anime girls, a shotgun might be hard for him to operate

>>64450095
me too

>>64450053 (OP)
>anyone ever used cats in warfare
The tried. At least supposedly. There are accounts of the OSS trying to build a cat-guided bomb.
The idea was that cats hated water and would instinctively try to land on a solid surface, do they developed a bomb that could be steered by a cat to target enemy ships. The project was a complete failure and canceled early in development.
>>64450061
There's only a single source for this (Herodotus), and it ties in neatly with the overwhelming strong negative stereotypes the Greeks believed about the Egyptians. It also recounted an event that supposedly happened like a millennium before the Author lived. It's most likely bullshit.

>>64450053 (OP)
Hello Rupert !

>>64450053 (OP)
5 out of 6 ends on Rupert are sharp, so the only reason you aren't dead is because he chooses not to kill you.

Cats are indeed the ultimate weapon. Only problem is controlling one.

>>64450053 (OP)
Ukraine has thousands of cats helpin>>64450053 (OP)
to de-mouse their trenches. Topic's been discussed for the last couple of years.

The War Against Birds

Cats make excellent assistant BREN gunners, I assume they're quite good on other automatic rifles and light machineguns.

>>64450053 (OP)
as other anons have pointed out the only real world example coming to mind is mouser duties, which i know there are examples dating back to at least WW1 of, but it's typically a static defense situation that requires that sort of defense.

no rodents in this ammo can

>>64450331
I would bet soldiers had cats (and dogs) with them in war from the moment they were domesticated.

>Pic related; battle kot from the civil war.

>>64450281
Ship cats are also a tradition dating back to antiquity. In fact early sailors are probably how cats got proliferated all over the world.

They primarily dealt with pests, but also lifted spirits and were considered good luck because of their surprising propensity for surviving shipwrecks. It is also believed that they can keep the weather calm, which is obviously a stretch but their inner ears are very sensitive to changes in barometric pressure so they can function as a rough warning sign of falling pressures which can lead to a storm.

>>64450357
more civil war cat stuff
>Soldiers exhibited a remarkable protectiveness toward animals and even put their own safety at risk to keep their pets from harm. When the 150th Pennsylvania engaged in battle, the dog Jim was typically sent to the back and even tied to the axle of a wagon to prevent him from following the men into danger. In 1864 during the battle of Resaca, Federal artillerymen heard the plaintive cry of a kitten. They spotted the feline right in the line of fire. Incredibly, despite the mortal danger, one of the cannoneers leaped over the breastworks and rescued the cat. He remained with the regiment during the remainder of the war, was bequeathed the name “Resaca,” and could often be spotted perched on the shoulder of one of the artillerymen.

Hello

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450357
The record is still unclear on domestic cats, cats arguably not ever being fully domesticated.
But there's clear and undisputed evidence of dogs being kept as beloved domestic pets some 15,000 years ago (some were respectfully buried with their owners, presumably to follow them into the afterlife), they were probably domesticated as early as 30,000 or even 40,000 years ago but this is somewhat disputed.

Regardless, people most likely brought pets (dogs for certain, probably also cats) with them to war long before the concept of career soldiers even existed. Long before writing or even civilization as we'd recognize it existed.
Just isolated communities nomadic hunter-gatherer tribes. Mammoths, saber-tooth tigers, cave lions, giant ground sloths, wholly rhinos, were all still around at this point, with homo-sapiens being the last surviving species of humans since the Neanderthals would have died out a few thousand years earlier.

>>64450402
ikn but I appreciate the autism

>>64450429
This photo is attributed to Unsinkable Sam, but I think it's a different cat.

>>64450062
>get him a shotgun
Cat found shotgun.
Immediately engaged NODS.
'Good Kitty'.

>>64450361
>Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450452
I think you're right, I have a B&W version of that saved somewhere and while I can't remember the name of the cat/ship, it was not Sam. I think it was an Australian ship, IIRC.

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS RUPERT

SAFE TRAVELS RUPERT

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert my nigga!

>>64450104
Rupert looks like he’s got what it takes. Report to briefing right meow!

>>64450053 (OP)
i love my kitty even more than my guns. she is precious to me

>>64450251
>>64450385
he said meow

>>64450256
yeah we are friends he only scatches me when we play

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

>>64451576
cutie

>>64450343
adorable

>>64450361
safe travels Rupert

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450053 (OP)
Like the other anons mentioned ITT, cats are natural-born killers. Keep his claws sharp and letting them hunt and devour vermin, he will serve you well.
>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

Where's the anon that hunts cats in his neighborhood? He has a damn tail collection. You guys better keep a close eye on your cats

>>64450466
Found it.

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert.

Rupert told me to buy BTC in 2023.

>>64450053 (OP)
Meester says “hi” to Rupert!

>>64450053 (OP)
if nobody has mentioned the real world attempt. there was indeed studies done to see if cats, and more specifically large cats, could be trained for war and police duties. it was found that unlike a dog, one could not turn the cat's hunting and killing instinct off. thus they ended up with a large pack of man-eating large cats that would hunt everyone. thus they are blatantly too effective and the modern armies decided to continue with dogs.

also, yes cat's can be trained. the major problem is that where a dog learns doing the trick because the command was given gets them a treat (or just good boy status), the cats quickly learn that doing the trick is the cause of the treat being given. Thus, if you teach Rupert to ring a bell to get a treat, you will need to throw away all bells in your house or Rupert will hunt down that bell and proceed to smack at it until you give him his treat.

>>64450283
>Filename
Kek

>>64450361
Safe travels rupert

>>64453507
As a former Baltimoron, TYFYS

Cats aren't loyal enough to be trusted in wartime, they're known to be selfish and scaredy.

Dogs will stay with you til the bitter end. They've fought alongside humans in wars for thousands of years.
A dog is more loyal than the man next to you.

Say thank you doggo. He fights for your freedom.

>>64450053 (OP)
>>64450361
Hi Rupert, this is Sherman, he'll provide overwatch for you. Safe Travels, Rupert!

>>64455133
>>64455150
>>64455159
Holy autism, just start a pupper thread you dork

>>64450361
Safe travels Rupert! Ivan and Millie wish you well!

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

>>64450450
veri nyce hohol kit

Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64455997
>Ivan and Millie
Chesnokov and Thompson?

If cats developed opposable thumbs how fucked would we be?

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64457099
Not very. As for the catgirls, however...

>>64450361
safe travels, rupert

>>64450361
Safe Travels, Rupert

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450378
>Soldiers exhibited a remarkable protectiveness toward animals and even put their own safety at risk to keep their pets from harm
White man's war.

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64453279
>>64450053 (OP)
Ship's Cat was technically a fairly important position since you dont want to suddenly discover that the x sacks of supplies you assumed you have, are now a rat nest.

>>64450075
Finding a cat the size of a jet is unheard of but its now flying on TOP of a jet without oxygen? I really dont think this photo is real man.

>>64452635
I understand the unpleasant necessity of removing outdoor cats from the local ecosystem in order to preserve it, but taking trophies is barbaric. That's the act of a sociopath.

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS RUPERT!

>>64458041
I swear Unsinkable Sam was some sort of German saboteur considering how many ships he was on that ended up sinking.

>>64450357
This guy wrote cursive as badly as I write print.
My cursive was damn near King's English legible by comparison.
Funny thing to think in a handful of decades there might not be anyone of the general public still alive who could read these kind of things.

That is a very nice /k/ot

It has been a while since a good comfy /k/ot thread

>>64450053 (OP)
>>64450104

Hiiiiiiiiii Rupert

>>64450361

Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

I love cats so much bros

>>64450389
aw fuck
i cried

>>64450053 (OP)

hi Rupert

Hello /k/ this is my cat binky. She is very unkind to me even though I am so nice to her.

>>64450308
RIP Dirt! Ely Nevada.

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert the kot!

>>64450456
Based kot and shotgun enjoyer.
This is Hector, my battle kitty

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Sage travels Rupert!!

>>64450053 (OP)
He gets mouse cleaning duty

>>64450361
SAFE TRAVELS, RUPERT!

Nobody gonna mention Acoustic Kitty?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_Kitty

Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450053 (OP)
I LOVE RUPERT :)))

>>64450053 (OP)
I got banned for a thread on the Royal military police being shit and this gets to stay?

>>64466274
Kill yourself nigger faggot, rupert is a true chud and you are a fakecel

>>64465154
this would be a lot easier nowadays with a small go pro, or even just a microphone on a collar.

>>64450361
Safe Travels, Rupert!

>>64467140
honestly why didnt they try that instead

>>64450294
Doesn’t the gun fire bother them lol

>>64453507
>we wuz catchin’ mice n’ shit

>>64466274
total rupert victory

>>64466274
/k/ stands for /k/ats.

Godspeed Rupert!

>>64467910
It is what it is

>>64466274
>he doesn’t know where he is
Leave, nigger.

>>64465060
>someone posted my webm

>>64464201

Hi Binky

>>64450361
safe travels rupert

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64450361
Safe travels, Rupert!

>>64464201
Sometimes cats are like baseball and German chicks. You can love them, but they won't always love you back.

does anyone have that one webm of a cat munching the back of a dead russian laying down? It was drone footage.

cats are niggers, enjoy your literal brainworms you retards

>>64466274
cat website

>>64474538
brown

>>64474538
>canine paws typed this post!

>>64450053 (OP)
Meet the cat. His nickname is “Puck”
He serves in the Ukrainian trenches and catches mice.

>>64474538
dude weed lmao

>>64474455
there's more than one like that