I'd love to see a gatling system mounted to a rudimentary exosuit with a few K rounds on a thousand pound backpack. I'm thinking closer to an Aliens m56.Nah that's all Hollywood and will stay all Hollywood. Can you imagine schlepping around that much steel, that eats that much brass, and needs a car battery connected to do it? That high a rate of fire is a liability if you're not in a vehicle with deep mags. You'd need 5 or 6 Jesse Venturas just to carry the ammo, and it would provide roughly 1-2 min of shooting time.
Closest you can get to that would probably be an Ironman like backpack system but a gun with a much lower rate of fire, something air cooled and recoil operated. Like this 1919 maybe.
That 30mm is just a single shot rifle. Probably like other huge novelty cannons where you have to attach the base of the cartridge to the face of the bolt, then insert both slowly into the chamber. There is a need for anti material rifles, but 30mm seems excessive. I think General Dynamics made a 20 or 25mm one awhile back, 4 round magazine I want to say. More of a proof of concept, I don't think they were ever adopted by any group. Now you can just send a drone and stay far enough away to not die.
I think they are.I'm looking at the Polish thing a bit differently....I don't think they are working up a defensive wall.
Rumour... so take salt... but...
Word has it Russia is supposed to have 35-40k troops north and south of that Ukrainian breakout.
Not so certain they'd abandon it without a fight. Waiting for confirmation.
It's always possible Russia's secret good army is just waiting in the wings.Russians could be letting them form a salient which they'll look to nip at the base.
Fun fact, those were originally camera mounts, the costume designers just repurposed them as a gun mount, which is pretty brilliant.Always loved how they did that in Aliens, the heavy stuff mounted to a swivel arm like that.
Such a great movie.
I'd only argue against this point, Russia has no negotiating power, and China will likely buy their resources at rock-bottom prices, if only to resell to everyone else. Russia will likely become a vassal state in all but name to China unless they go through sufficient political reform to unlock the rest of the world again.If Russia is able to sell its gas, oil and coal to China, it will be able to fund a modern rebuilt. Its internal corruption will probably stifle its attempts again, but a strong leader with a few executions could nip that in the bud.
Word has it Russia is supposed to have 35-40k troops north and south of that Ukrainian breakout.
Not so certain they'd abandon it without a fight. Waiting for confirmation.
Seems to good to be true:
Top Russian Commander of Invading Army Captured by Ukraine—Report
Social media users were among those who speculated Lieutenant General Andrei Sychevoi had been captured by Ukraine.www.newsweek.com
but would explain why the Russians are getting rofl stomped. Everyone is waiting for orders from command, and command no longer exists. Or even better, "russian" command is still issuing orders ...
May as well use claymores as armor.Look at these morons putting ERA on their thin skinned vehicles. Why not just tape dynamite to the outside and douse them in fuel?
May as well use claymores as armor.