Well, we're going to war, so POST AWESOME MILITARY PICS

[Chemical Ollie]

Tesla towers rule!

The helis above remind me of this picture that I ripped from the long gone "funny pictures thread" here on ACS. Some other Apolytoner should have credit for it, but I can't remember who.

[Lonestar]

Don't forget the Hundreds of USMC King Cobras in the Middle east....

[ColdWizard]

USS Abraham Lincoln and F/A-18E

[ColdWizard]

and a weapon that I hope won't need to be used...

[MichaeltheGreat]

Originally posted by Azazel
7.62? weird.

7.62 mm was the NATO standard round from the mid 50's to the mid-late 60's when 5.56 mm was phased in.

7.62 is still used in MMG's and sniper rifles, and is accurate to twice the range of the 5.56 mm, with much higher mass, but lower tumble.

The G-3 was an excellent piece.

[SpencerH]

Everybody else but the Americans (who were the major force for the adoption of 7.62 for their great rifle the M14) stayed with with 7.62 until at least the early 80's. The Brits the canadians and the Belgies used the FN(when did the brits change).

There is also a 7.62 precursor to the M16 that was also a fine rifle (cant remember the name).

[MichaeltheGreat]

The M-14.

The US Navy still uses them for shipboard defense, and they're damn good rifles all around.

[Alexander's Horse]

I prefer 7.62 ammo - M16's are just toys.

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by ColdWizard
and a weapon that I hope won't need to be used...

You're right, a bomb kills a much more cleaner way. Gatlings just dispatch blood everywhere, and it is really messy. At least, bombs only produce cool explosions to watch on CNN, you don't get to watch the corpse.

[SpencerH]

Originally posted by MichaeltheGreat
The M-14.

The US Navy still uses them for shipboard defense, and they're damn good rifles all around.

The M14 is a very good rifle, its a mystery why the M16 was adopted.

I think the rifle I'm thinking of was the M10? It looked like an M16 on steroids. Wood stock, 7.62NATO and about 10lbs. I had the oppurtunity to buy 2 in 1979 but didnt. They're probably worth a great deal now.

EDIT: I was thinking of the AR10

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by Spiffor

You're right, a bomb kills a much more cleaner way. Gatlings just dispatch blood everywhere, and it is really messy. At least, bombs only produce cool explosions to watch on CNN, you don't get to watch the corpse.

apparently you fail to grasp the purpose of a CIWS

[Drake Tungsten]

apparently you fail to grasp the purpose of a CIWS

That or he just wanted to be a whiny little *****...

[ColdWizard]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten

apparently you fail to grasp the purpose of a CIWS

That or he just wanted to be a whiny little *****...

you are undoubtedly correct

[Spiffor]

What is a CIWS ?
Yes, I am a whiny little ****. People are going to die today, and you are looking this with excitement as a good entertainement show. I feel I have to remind what war is about. It is about death and suffering.
Maybe the people who criticized Sept. 11 explosions were whiny little ****s too ?

[ColdWizard]

rather than respond to Spiffor's post and get myself banned, i choose to post another pic instead.

Semper Fi