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DNP...HEMI...Robo...get your roadtrip ready.

this has potential for greatness....

Jon...you are awesome. that's the first thing I thought of when I saw it.

mmm....ESEE good review!

wonder if I can get one for my Taurus curve? edit: the comments are awesome . "if Darren Wilson had this trigger, mike brown would still be alive" lol

I can see that. but I still don't like troy ;)

the missiles were stored in the drivers hole at your right shoulder, so you would need to spin the turret so the "door" in the screens was there and then slide it to the loader. then get back on target. that thing was suppose to be air droppable. you would pull the torsion bars out of the road wheel arm sockets and drop it on a sled out the back of a plane from very low altitude. I seriously doubt this was ever done successfully lol. even if it was....it would take forever to get all the torsion bars back in place. those things were the reason I reclassed. just miserable.

is it sacrilegious to say I like the look of some of those SOCOM 16s?

cg bears can't smell silly. a tree is perfectly safe.

Photoshop brilliance

ugh. Sheridan. what a pile lol. I was in the interesting position of being part of the recon company. had its good and bad, but maintenance time was bad. we were responsible for our Abrams that we did gunnery and training on, our Sheridan that sat in the motorpool most of the time, and our BMP that sat at the MI motorpool. the M551 was a pile. slow, awkward, night vision sucked if it worked at all. cramped. broke constantly. if you made it 3 months on the same engine you were doing great. we didn't have any that were duty ready though so we never fired one. would be cool to see that Shorty 155 go bang. I don't know how we did as well out there as we did, but I can only think of 1 rotation that we definitively lost. around late 97 1st cav flattened the entire regiment. other than that we always seemed to win, or at least break even.

M2 vs BMP. disclaimer...I only have experience on BMP 1&2. my understanding is the 3 has much better fire control. start with maintenance....the Russian stuff runs long and hard. better than our stuff. problem is that when it breaks, you just give it a bullet in the head. not field level maintenance friendly at all. lots of special tools and funky access hatches. us stuff breaks all the time, but its easy to get it running again. chassis..the BMP blows the Brad out of the water. its fast and handles like a racecar. its sleek and low and easy to hide. blends well into terrain. I've outrun Abrams in bad terrain on several occasions in my BMP1. turret...Brad hands down. the BMP had Shitty night vision. no stabilization. its single missile sucks. you need to keep the crosshairs on the target the whole time its in the air...not an easy trick, and only works while stationary. the exhaust port is on the right side of the track so the exhaust can obscure your sights when aiming the gun at 2 oclock. inside....BMP is very cramped. no room for extra stuff. guys in the back are like contortionists. ever notice the video footage tends to have the rear hatches open and troops standing up.the rear doors are fuel tanks. also, the seat back that runs down the center of the crew compartment is the main fuel tank. bye bye crunchies. its a death trap. if you have no dismounts...the back of the bmp will hold a respectable amount of coolers and bbq equipment, golf clubs, any other field essentials, and the rear seats make a great place to sleep.

I've never had the pleasure of firing a Brad...but I think its weapon system is gtg. the 25 will wreck anything short of a MBT, and nothing on the battlefield can stand up to a tow. you nailed its biggest issues. the armor is crap. and it looks like a house on tracks. I had a few years as OPFOR so I have an enemy perspective on our equipment. brads skyline everywhere. they are impossible to hide. they are easy targets. additionally, they put off a huge exhaust plume. I've literally tracked them from behind a ridge by the plume and soon as they poke their nose out or take a peek with the gun....BANG. Easy pickins. the gun Ports do suck....but anyone not familiar with the firing port rifle version of the m16 should check it out. glorious.

actually,this is a first for me. its been other guys the last few of your threads ;)

brads are junk. they have adapted to the role, but should have never left blueprint stage. we could have done more. I'm guessing alot of people with no knowledge of combat had a hand in those decisions. the Abrams is fantastic....and the diesel engine retrofit concepts will fix some of its shortcomings. its been the king of the jungle for a long time and I don't see anyone else fully unseating it any time soon. the leopard is a bad beast too. rolling across broken terrain at 40mph and keeping the crosshairs dead on a target 1500m away is a powerful feeling.

this thread made my instigate my father in law to start looking for a 30-06 because he doesn't have one in his otherwise impressive arsenal. I used many of the above talking points. thanks guys :)

soooo...you were rooting for the nazis because an American contemplated (but didn't commit) rape? keep digging. I watched it last night and thought it was awesome. best movie I've seen in a long time. certainly made me thankful the tank I was on is the reigning king, and not the underdog. also, I watched a pirated copy so none of my money went to Hollywood which made it even better. best job I ever had

I don't see it as getting around anything. its just a pump gun that looks like the coveted evil military grade assault rifle that kills babies. I see it as a marketing ploy to regain a little lost revenue, while further pacifying the poor bastards who live in nanny states. I see it as something the antis can point at as use as an example of why we don't NEED semi auto weapons of war on our streets. its not taking advantage of any loophole, its a complete concession. this rifle might as well come with a white flag hanging off the end of the barrel, and a shipping label to slap on the box you plan on surrendering your 30rd mags in for the next round of concessions.

spare parts have a tendency to sprout into new guns around here. you have been warned. looking forward to seeing your 14.5" 308 build pop up in the next few months.

another + for tacops is that my phone keeps auto correcting it to tacos, and I love tacos. think I'm going to have to order one for my AR pistol now.

the tacops is nice....I just can't get past the size. the raptor unlocks just by pulling the right side, same as the left. the tacops requires you to hit the lever with your thumb if pulling from the right.. the raptor is more complicated and double the price though. just depends on what you want to spend. havnt seen anyone disappointed with either. I like the raptor on my 308. I also like the BCMs and PRI on my 5.56 guns. I never really had an issue with USGI handles. I put alot of sugar in my coffee. you will be good either way.

I chose to waste money.....with no regrets ;)

damn. that sucks, but thank you for writing that up. very educational.

when I got out I left my uniforms and class As hanging in my wall locker. I should have ebayed those babies! seems there is a thriving faker market!

because it will be marketed as a fashion accessory as much as a defensive weapon. I can see alot of finger Fucking going on with this one "look at my cure little gun" I see it comes with kydex, but ill bet that pocket clip gets alot of use. I don't see the design as particularly prone to ND, just the demographic.