CurtSibling
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Allied heavy hitter! A Mitchell bomber!
Wonders of Destruction 2
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CurtSibling
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One of the greatest and most versatile fighters of WW2, the Fw190...
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Nice picture of the US M270 MLRS. It is not the multiple launch rocket system, but simply arguably the best going around at the moment (although it would have been improved with MSTAR).
In terms of power of an artillery piece, it cannot really be compared to a conventional howitzer, and certainly not to a fuel air bomb.
The role of the M270 is to distribute its thousands of bomblets, which make life rather uncomfortable, and unlikely, unless the lucky sod is inside a bunker or particularly well armoured MBT. The role of the fuel air explosive 'daisy cutter' bomb was originally to clear landing grounds for helos, and later used as a heavy impact , even psyops weapon.
It is one of the best artillery pieces on land; but howitzers can put a greater amount on target by sheer virtue that they are easier and faster to reload. The MLRS is the divisional commander's personal shotgun; the howitzers are the semi automatic rifles, with several clips of ammunition in close reach. Rocket and tube are both essential parts of the king of the battlefield; one cannot properly replace the other.
And now, some rather nice pictures:
In terms of power of an artillery piece, it cannot really be compared to a conventional howitzer, and certainly not to a fuel air bomb.
The role of the M270 is to distribute its thousands of bomblets, which make life rather uncomfortable, and unlikely, unless the lucky sod is inside a bunker or particularly well armoured MBT. The role of the fuel air explosive 'daisy cutter' bomb was originally to clear landing grounds for helos, and later used as a heavy impact , even psyops weapon.
It is one of the best artillery pieces on land; but howitzers can put a greater amount on target by sheer virtue that they are easier and faster to reload. The MLRS is the divisional commander's personal shotgun; the howitzers are the semi automatic rifles, with several clips of ammunition in close reach. Rocket and tube are both essential parts of the king of the battlefield; one cannot properly replace the other.
And now, some rather nice pictures:
it's a M829 120mm APFSDS I think
here are two other pictures of it.
cool how you can see the mach wave coming off the mooving ones.
but like Turner_727 said just wait till they get scramjet tank rounds going. check that graph at the bottom up to 3km/second!
CJ_Backfire
Chieftain
Hi all
heres a real ship! the first stealth ship its the swedish visby corvette this is the first to be built and is called HMS Visby
enjoy
Below is the JAS-39 Gripen is as you might now a swede aircraft and extremly cool
heres a real ship! the first stealth ship its the swedish visby corvette this is the first to be built and is called HMS Visby
enjoy
Below is the JAS-39 Gripen is as you might now a swede aircraft and extremly cool
insurgent
Exhausted
Ahh, I see the old mutant child of mine has revived, the WONDERS OF DESTRUCTION! 
So, let me just post a pic of one of the two prototypes of the futuristic German two-gunned mega tank, Panzerkampfwagen VIII 'Maus':
It has a mighty 128 mm German high velocity main gun, and a smaller short-barreled gun, 75 mm of size - it can barely be seen behind the big one.
Despite the impressive stats of the unit, it most likely would have been a failure on the battlefield, as it was simply too huge, too easy a target of aircraft, too slow, too clumsy, and it would have been a nightmare to put into mass production...
BTW, didn't they terminate the Crusader programme?
So, let me just post a pic of one of the two prototypes of the futuristic German two-gunned mega tank, Panzerkampfwagen VIII 'Maus':
It has a mighty 128 mm German high velocity main gun, and a smaller short-barreled gun, 75 mm of size - it can barely be seen behind the big one.
Despite the impressive stats of the unit, it most likely would have been a failure on the battlefield, as it was simply too huge, too easy a target of aircraft, too slow, too clumsy, and it would have been a nightmare to put into mass production...
BTW, didn't they terminate the Crusader programme?
CJ_Backfire
Chieftain
Below is a Organ Gun, its kinda lika a medival machine gun. In medival total war it really rocks
I'm not worried about the ramjet shells. The Syrians haven't got them. I'm most definitively worried about their Gazelle choppers armed with a wide variety of AT missiles as well as Egyptian SABOTs.
Those are realistically my potential threaths.
Yes, I intend to enlist to armor. Tanks rule.
Those are realistically my potential threaths.
Yes, I intend to enlist to armor. Tanks rule.
G-Man
A One Man's War
I don't think you should be worried about them old gazelles. The IAF has shown it's capabilities when fighting choppers, and due to the new systems they have Merkava MK III & IV are more likely to shoot down the gazelle than he'll shoot you. Strangly the Syrians had some success with their choppers, but today they seem to want to invest in advanced Migs and SUs and in Sam systems than in helicopters. Not that they can invest in anything serious, as the Americans won't sell them anything (for obvious reasons), Russia won't sell them anything (because they want Syria to pay off it's 10 billion dollars debt to them) and they're not likely to buy anything from China, India or any other country.
G-Man
A One Man's War
I always wondered why Sweden invested so much money in developing a stealth ship.... What do they need it for?
G-Man
A One Man's War
Why does Sweden need such capabilities? Who's gonna attack it?
Every country needs to be able to defend itself. Even though it's not likely to expect any hostile relations with the neighbouring countries within the next ten years, it is necessary to be able to put up a fight if faced with invasion or the like. Better safe than sorry, as they say.
These five ships will have many roles to fill, anti-air defence, anti-submarine duties and surface confrontations.
That they are stealth designs only helps them in their would-be duties.
These five ships will have many roles to fill, anti-air defence, anti-submarine duties and surface confrontations.
That they are stealth designs only helps them in their would-be duties.
LesCanadiens
Deity
Aboard the H.M.C.S. Warrior, with aircraft launching from the Canadian carrier in the Pacific in mid-1945.
LesCanadiens
Deity
Canadian Ram tank
And no, we don't still use these!
And no, we don't still use these!
