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Aha, thanks.

I prefer what C&Rsenal said: Good enough and we can make them.

Craiglxviii wrote: ↑Tue Dec 02, 2025 12:54 pm They had a superb SMG and some excellent automatic pistols. Their rifles were also-rans but their MGs were utter, utter cack. Many WW2 strip-fed Bredas still kicking around in their reserve infantry when I was a young child over there, and they were hated with a passion.

The Italians had an impressive record on machine guns. The Fiat–Revelli Modello 1914 can be excused as a rather early one, but by the late 1920s gas operated guns with tilting blocks and box mags were pretty common

BAR, FM24*, Berthier 1922, ZB-26, maybe Hotchkiss 1922 too

*Ripped off BAR

jemhouston wrote: ↑Tue Oct 14, 2025 1:34 am When was the last time Iowa was rejected?

That would be the Korean war. The Norks on the receiving end definitely rejected Iowa's attention.

Given that the Vikings were raiding constantly throughout the Dark Ages and into the early Mediaeval period… they were after more than just women. I’ve always firmly believed that Britain was producing more valuable resource than was being accounted for traditionally. Stop being misogynistic. :mrgr...

Wow, this is idea is retarded on steroids.

The only question is who would have gone (possibly literally) nuclear first: Ronnie or Maggie?

PS: I know US doctrine on WMD use, so Buffy would have dropped no artificial sunshine but she doesn't need to to make a point.

Motorbike Maniac?

No, because Diesel. Brother of a friend did that on a bike.

Late 1940s USA 🤔 How about. 380 ACP for a semi automatic pocket pistol? And the Remington Model 51 for the gun. Bit of an oddball because of it's mechanics but doesn't an extraordinary character need an extraordinary gun? PS: Talk about not seeing the biggest tree in the forest: the Savage 1907! Dep...

Looked at and turned down by the Luftwaffe on the grounds of being resource hogs. The ratio was 3 or 4 medium bombers for every heavy and mediums were badly needed.

https://youtu.be/IfaPp0f2wv8?si=XgcQCFDCxBTQ_r8a

Exactly. The US Expeditionary Forces were using the French Chauchat machine gun, the French 75 artillery, and both British and French planes. They may even have been using French and British shovels. More, the gun in the picture is the Canon d'Infanterie de 37 modèle 1916 TRP. On the other end of t...

Don't they have a third strategy bomber?

Hasn't Iron Beam been operational for some time already?

What the ever loving F&#K did they do to make the ship rotate in two dimensions during the launch? Forget to remove the stops in the middle or something? I've seen videos of a bunch of sideways launches because I like to see the idiots watching from the opposite shore get chased away by the wav...

Would a ship with regular frames not be twisted after something like this?

Close up picture

https://x.com/PeterOlsson/status/1925808572916506642


https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Zubian

Looks like the biggest warship they previously build are 1.6k ton frigates and corvettes. Is it such a big jump from there to 5k or was that just bad luck?

No idea what that yard is doing with regard to merchants.

With Opera Mini only when i switch between WiFi and mobile data.

I just leave that here for no particular reason.

https://youtu.be/h3JCloXoaPE?feature=shared

Not enough. The 105mm gun is too big for the desired weight. The amount of armor is too much for the desired weight. The extra crew person probably only accounts for around 500 lbs at most, and an autoloader would weight at least that much. What they needed to do is scale the gun down to something ...