I saw a couple of other videos of this, but why does the Cambodian military look like some broke rebel militia while the Thai military actually looks like a functional military? Yeah, their gear is archaic, but they at least seem somewhat trained and competent.
That's a spring-powered air rifle, not technically a firearm. It uses ball bearings or pellets either .177 or .22 inches in diameter.
The context of calling 1911 obsolete was as in a military service handgun. And in that role, it's obsolete. And the AK is obsolescent.
They have a purpose in the civilian world, but I don't think the military has much use for Glock 43s, shields, or J frames. 1911s are obsolete for the American military, but they are also a proven, reliable, and effective handgun platform that absolutely will serve as an effective sidearm for any civilian that uses it. These are not mutually exclusive ideas. You can say the same for the Colt Single Action Army; it will absolutely be effective in the hands of a trained shooter, but it is still obsolete from a military perspective. A lot of people seem to think that "obsolete" means "bad" or "ineffective", but that isn't the case.
Well, the discussion was about modern military situations, my man. I agree with you, I just think you might have misunderstood the context of why people were saying that the 1911 was obsolete. I definitely think that the 1911 and 45 ACP have a place in any civilian, police, militia, security, or rebel armory. I just don't think they are a good fit for a modern military that has long standardized around 9mm, and increased capacity for all firearms.
Thailand has decades of US military training and weapons transfers since the end of WW2 and the Japanese occupation. Cambodia on the other hand was ruled by the Khmer Rouge or actively fighting an insurgency until the late 90s. Until then they didn't really have any good options because both the US (allegedly) and China (openly) had supported the Khmer Rouge which complicated any potential relationship with the two largest arms dealers in the region. It was only after a coup in the late 90's that Cambodia starting receiving major support from China (again). In short Cambodia was either a pariah state and/or on bad terms as a result of war with anybody who would've cared to sell weapons.
Real men carry a G17L.
He got half the equation right. Going to listen in tonight and judge harshly.
I thought the Desert Eagle was the official pistol of Kiwi Farms.
Old post, but this seems great. I've been using the inserts from Gun Formz for years and they're alright but this looks worth a try.
And tremendously fucking gay.
Plus his tiny hands, weak upper body, the fact that ammo and mags for that thing are stupid expensive, and how he can't shoot for shit could be issues too.
The hand fit line is such bullshit. Children can shoot full sized handguns fine. If you have more room for your support hand, it’s actually an advantage.
The saving grace here is that a micro compact is going to be something he gets milage out of no matter what. Yes, he should have gotten a 19X. But he can still do that.
He did on the podcast and in this subforum as well. IIRC this particular subforum was born partially because Null was starting to get into guns in preparation of moving back to America.
The idea of a handgun being obsolete is funny, because its quite clear that its parts and materials that go obsolete.
Not a myth, some general back when it was Imperial Russia, decided it took as much time to fix a bayonet as it did to load and fire five rounds. Therefore bayonets were expected to be on anytime combat was likely and the rifles were sighted with that in mind.
Why would you ever go hunting with cheney!?
From what I understand, if you emigrate to Israel, you have to serve in the military for a period of time.
And the ironic part is we switch right over to a Mauser action because of how fast it was to load!
Everything the US military procures has to be over engineered. The switchblade drone has existed, and been in use since 2012. It is neither cheap (initial program was 10 million), or easily used (requiring compressed air to launch). Its like the sigger rifle, the AR-10 exists, fires an already accepted round, and could be easily mass produced by several existing companies. So of course the Army had to do it the hard way.
I own an M95M, which is a converse of a Austro-Hungarian M95 to fire 8mm Mauser. This was done by the Yugoslavians during the run up to world war 2. If a bunch of balken slav niggers can figure out how to swap barrels and covert en bloc to stripper clip; than someone in America can figure out how to swap .277 barrels for .308.
Completely agree. Russia is in the middle of a massive war, and they still haven't figured out how to mass issue good body armor, (or they simply don't care).
The technological advantage that came with a high price tag is no longer applicable, so the suppliers need to take that on the chin or get fucked. It's time for maximizing efficiency, and achieving what they've been putting off for years. The electronics warfare advantage isn't the be all, end all. The Sig M18 is a perfect example. An M9 beretta and its issued holster works perfectly fine. The M18 doesn't. Somehow all of that tooling up and boondoggling didn't result in a product that gave us a clear advantage, and this is proven by the Russo-Ukraine war.
