@WankHandLuke @Landeur No the penny was to allow the working parts to move as normal when no rounds were in the mag for training purposes
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Warge
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@Warge6
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Tunnel under the Kremlin Katılım Kasım 2019
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It’s a decent workhorse rifle, tbh.
The A2 was a bit heavy for a modern rifle, but that’s about it.
fill your boots@MilitaryBanter
The SA80 is perfect, reliable, durable, and the contract is good value for money. it’s only when user error occurs like pulling the trigger that the rifle has issues.
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The last time I was drilling with my EOD unit, filled with mostly pro-Trump macho types, I told them I was going to a concert that evening.
Without hesitation, I told them it was a Kesha concert and more than 5 guys asked if they could join.
LoLNothingMatters@DastDn
One of the weirdest discoveries I've made socializing with veterans is their disturbingly comprehensive familiarity with white girl pop music.
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@markmay2hew @WG_RumblePants Can’t have been worse than tuffers bloke wouldn’t have caught a cold
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@WG_RumblePants Yes. I might need to concede Vs Devon M. Vaughan was rubbish.
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I’ve been critical of Michael Vaughan chasing headlines and trying to manufacture clickbait quotes. I think he’s tarnished his 2005 legacy a bit by doing that. I’m one of many fans that he’s blocked.
But, having said all that, credit where it’s due. Having listened to him on the TMS podcast and his own pod today, he sounds a lot more competent and capable than Rob Key.
He clearly has a vision for England. He is a proven performer. I don’t think he would take any crap. He might even knock a few heads together.
Would you like to see him take over from Key?
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@KlaynRogue @LaundryGuy1945 Their is a reason that by 1600 cavalry are only basically wearing a cuirass arm protection and a helmet the cuirass will stop a bullet the helmet and arms protect you from slashes in a charge but even then you can’t armour them heavy enough to stop bullets
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@LaundryGuy1945 Plate armor is light because it's extremely thin, like 3mm in some parts
It won't stop modern rounds
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Modern armor has to be thicker to protect against modern bullets. Also no matter how much armor you wear you’re still gonna feel the force of the impact. Pretty sure rifle rounds hitting level IV plates can still break ribs if they’re stopped by the plate.
Medieval Diesel@TimothyEveland
Medieval plate armor is super flexible and it's also lighter than modern tactical gear. Seriously, why hasn't any military copied medieval armor design yet? Imagine a suit made from the most advanced bullet-proof materials.
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@minishcap999888 @LaundryGuy1945 And to be fair if it’s powerful enough by just impact on a plate to break a rib level 4 probably won’t stop it
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@LaundryGuy1945 the breaking ribs thing is extremely overemphasized by random tweets and reddit posts. VERY few rifle rounds could break a rib if you are wearing hard armor. Most wont leave a bruise.
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@CWilson96132511 @peterrhague Same thing they did when the wet farts in Whitehall banned smoking on camps and attempted to ban regt bars and the like
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@peterrhague Stoppage of grog was a severe punishment going back centuries. Then naive, feminized do-gooders lurking in the halls of power decided to institutionalise it because they know what’s best…
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This is what you get for taking away their rum
Politics Global@PolitlcsGlobal
🚨🇬🇧 NEW: Dozens of British sailors have been caught doing drugs on nuclear submarines [@Telegraph]
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@RAF_Luton Tangerine Micro Mushroom is that a British rainbow code for a semi nuclear bomb
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Photo of the Day: B-21 Raider passes over planespotters at RAF Lakenford as it returns for a fresh load of semi-nuclear bombs to drop on the baddies as part of Operation Deranged ShitGibbon and the wider Operation Tangerine Micro-Mushroom #BombingForFreedom
📸 from a Canberra
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@ThackhamJosh @FennellJW They are definitely still built in the UK not sure about parts
That’s the thing though a full militarised chassis for defender and it basically becomes a totally different vehicle
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@Warge6 @FennellJW A full off road chassis on new defender would be great, has to be 🇬🇧 built though, maximum 🇬🇧supply chains to, not sure much if modern LRs: defender, Disco, RR etc are either made in 🇬🇧 or have many 🇬🇧 made parts right?
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Landrover replacement contenders (probably more than one type)..
GM Defence / BAE Team Lionstrike are offering the Chevvy S10 at one end of the requirement and the GM Infantry Squad Vehicle at the other.
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@FennellJW @BenGrahamUK To be fair the famously devout Cadbury family no longer own Cadbury it’s been owned by Kraft for about 10 years maybe more
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@BenGrahamUK The egg is a pagan pre-christian symbol, you wont find it in the Bible anywhere. As for the famously devout Quaker Cadbury family, they are selling chocolate not religion.
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Britain has been a Christian nation for over 1,400 years.
Through wars, plagues, and countless kings, Easter has always been celebrated.
Yet now, Cadbury won’t even use the word ‘Easter’ on their eggs.
When did celebrating British traditions become controversial?
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@AtRealBen Who died in 1996 Liverpool fans would 100% be voting for bob paisley but I’m not sure he’d count
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@Sentinelx42 @AtRealBen Na he didn’t kiss the wall the wall kissed him as a sign of respect
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@AtRealBen Norris is a wall kisser.
You worship Zionists. This makes you unlikeable.
Cunt
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@NadsDogs @Osintcollection Starstreak 2
Starstreak is already at minimum on the A5 model which is drastically different to the original
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@Osintcollection LMM replaced Starstreak 2 in production (it used the budget assigned)...which was spectacularly prescient.
Starstreak 2 was fully developed and trialled, ready for production at the time. UK Gov will be ordering new Starstreak in due course, presumably this will be Starstreak 3
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The U.K. ordering more Martlet/ LMM is more testament to the fact that FINALLY the U.K. actually has a decent counter UAS system which is reasonably affordable and deployable. I do wonder where Starstreak fits in this mix…
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@FennellJW @Szlater2 @bwj123penne @Osintcollection It’s still 100% capable of downing shaheed size drones I believe the biggest issue is its cost it’s a much more expensive missile due to the speed it’s designed to fly at speed makes it brilliant for things like frogfoot at low level or helicopters but becomes a doubleedge sword
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@Szlater2 @bwj123penne @Osintcollection Has several tungsten darts that use kinetic to destroy the target, not really optimised for slow drones.
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@Ubique2078 @FennellJW @Szlater2 @bwj123penne @Osintcollection Yes designed to explode with a very small amount of explosives inside the target using the KE to penetrate the transfer of KE to the airframe+ the explosion despite being small is basically enough to down anything it would be used against
A proxy explosion is useless
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@FennellJW @Szlater2 @bwj123penne @Osintcollection HVM darts have a relatively small HE charge on a delayed-action impact fuze.
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Rumours abound that the MoD’s DIP was delayed until this YouGuv poll was out. Funding will now be apportioned according to the vote share. Treasury gets 41%….
YouGov@YouGov
Which do you think is the most important branch of the armed forces for UK national security? Royal Air Force: 22% The Army: 21% Royal Navy: 16% Don't know: 41% Results link in replies
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@WillyPete300 @Maks_NAFO_FELLA Never actually took the whole city and Ukraine has been launching effectively small spoiling attacks to try and break up the coming offensive
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@Maks_NAFO_FELLA Wait what? The Russians "liberated" Kupiansk months ago!!
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@NadsDogs @jmcsms @wraggi74 @thinkdefence @UKDefJournal I’ve seen it quoted all over the place to be fair some people claim it’s as high as multiple 100k
Others anywhere from 30-50k 40k has been quite a common quote as well as 50k
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@Warge6 @jmcsms @wraggi74 @thinkdefence @UKDefJournal Its a very, very hot production line...but I've never heard anyone mention a price close to that low before.
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Turns out Martlet and Starstreak, able to use the same launch system, is the counter drone don
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@NadsDogs @jmcsms @wraggi74 @thinkdefence @UKDefJournal 30k pounds not dollars was the last price I heard people quoting which puts it at roughly the same price as a shaheed
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@Warge6 @jmcsms @wraggi74 @thinkdefence @UKDefJournal $30k is too low...with inflation if we could turn them out at volume for £40k it would be a great result.
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