Yep and the Raider X was probably the perfect platform. Extremely fast, much more appropriately sized.
This is something I never bought, the total amount of jews allegedly killed in the holocaust. I've seen this map from an official jewish source, and it's basically inconceivable. There's also a 4chan post breaking down the math for how quickly and how many jews were allegedly killed at Treblinka, it doesn't add up.
TFW you create a high tech air burst grenade launcher but then cancel it because it would actually win beat the goat herders and end the war.
- Vladimir Vladimirovich, how much is 2 + 2?
Lawl. NATO doesn't stand a chance once history legitimacy is to be a factor.
Yeah, what could be more useful than a grenade that's even less lethal than a regular 40mm and costs 30x more per shot?
Read it yourself.
It's the fact that he didn't say anything particuarly controversial that makes it all so amusing. The Ukraine shill accounts are livid that he got any screentime at all and so they're trying to compensate by mocking his history lesson (which, by the way makes it very clear that they only watched highlights if anything).
This whole war can be described as "The russians aren't trying very hard"
Mortars fill that role infinitely better (and cheaper).
I don't think the US ever thought trench warfare would make a comeback, but those air burst 25mm grenades would probably do wonders for clearing trenches and fox holes. It's biggest flaw is that it's not a bigger caliber. 25mm can only carry so much thunder, especially compared to the dumb 40mm grenades infantry units are already carrying.
The F-35 program should demonstrate just how hard and expensive it is to force anything through military procurement. And that's a program saddled with trying to deal with the different requirements of three different services and three different variations, which was basically a way to sneak in the three different planes it should have been. Part of why the whole thing was so damn expensive. Still pretty successful, if just retardedly expensive, people don't realize just how rough some of the previous US planes were back in their development phases. There's a reason the F-16 was nicknamed the Lawn Dart after all.
There were rumors of a 40mm standalone version but then the whole project was cancelled in 2018.
Are you mistaking it with the AV-8B? We were always told our aircraft was the lawn dart. VSTOL aircraft have to use downward sloped wings in order go generate a stable pocket of air under the airframe. The gun pods are shaped like fins, and when removed, they have to be replaced with "strakes" that mimic the shape of the gun and ammo pod. The benefit of this design is that you can hover, but the downside is it doesn't glide. The AV8 uses a single Pegasus II engine, so if it fails, your nose points at the Earth and won't pull back up. Most of the times you see an AV8 pilot eject, they do so before the aircraft has even lost control. As soon as the failure is confirmed, you get the fuck out.
If I'm not mistaken the F-16 had zero uplift or maneuverability if the engine is off. The moment the engine dies the thing is in a free-fall and the pilot has to eject or pray they can restart the engine and stabilize their deathspin. Coming from a history of prior airplanes that had always had some gliding ability, it was rather alarming.
I guess it wouldn't surprise me if numerous US aircraft have been given the nickname. Ballistically, it seems appropriate.
This is why you can't apply a combat situation like Afghanistan to a war like Ukraine. They have different requirements and need different types of things. I guess fighting in a war like that would at least expose you to being shot at and being extremely careful but as far as teaching you about modern warfare it is completely useless.
