Suppressed Maxim in Ukraine.
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A Maxim with a Maxim… surely there has to be some kind of military Maxim that relates to a Maxim-equipped Maxim.
Puns aside… I don’t believe half the things coming from Ukraine… but somehow that looks like some crazy person pulled it off.
What it’s good for… that’s a different story!
Cheers!
Puns aside… I don’t believe half the things coming from Ukraine… but somehow that looks like some crazy person pulled it off.
What it’s good for… that’s a different story!
Cheers!
That is Ukraine's newest hero, "the ghost Maxim sniper of Kiev." He single handidly eliminated a Russian battalion with nothing more than shear will, courage, and his trusty Maxim.
I have to admit, I was looking closely at that video thinking “kid outside Erie Pennsylvania with an airsoft…”.
Can’t be real. But the gun is… from the video. I think.
But, yes, to ArcLight’s point. Hard to believe what’s real in Ukraine… you can buy a lot of deep fakes and hero stories with a half trillion of our dollars.
Sirhr
Can’t be real. But the gun is… from the video. I think.
But, yes, to ArcLight’s point. Hard to believe what’s real in Ukraine… you can buy a lot of deep fakes and hero stories with a half trillion of our dollars.
Sirhr
I thought that was the Dali Lama?
I am sure Clausewitz will have something to say… oh, wait, it’s irregular warfare…
Sirhr
obviously that last pic is fake because i was told the only pro-russian separatists in the donbas were actually professional russian soldiers that snuck in over a period of a hundred years.I'm pretty sure it's real. The Uke's are using everything they can get their hands on .
This is the one I have questions about...
You visit Western Europe and everyone has machine guns hidden on their farms and in their closets.
They handed in to Allies broken caplocks, Napoleon pistols and rusty junk from ww1. The MG 42’s got oiled up and put in the attic with 5000 rounds.
Sirhr
I am intrigued by the mortar suppressor. A mortar, as portrayed in movies, appears to make a sound like a dull thump when fired. In reality, they are about the loudest, nastiest thing you can fire. When you drop the shell, the noise and muzzle blast are horrendous. It looks like the device they are using deflects the muzzle blast away from the vicinity of your head, which is only about two feet below the muzzle. After hanging the shell, and dropping, you move your hands downward along the tube to the base plate...at least that was how I was taught and how I dropped shells for the 81mm mortar.
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Handheld mode with a charge 0 on a 60mm is pretty quiet. All things comparedI am intrigued by the mortar suppressor. A mortar, as portrayed in movies, appears to make a sound like a dull thump when fired. In reality, they are about the loudest, nastiest thing you can fire. When you drop the shell, the noise and muzzle blast are horrendous. It looks like the device they are using deflects the muzzle blast away from the vicinity of your head, which is only about two feet below the muzzle. After hanging the shell, and dropping, you move your hands downward along the tube to the base plate...at least that was how I was taught and how I dropped shells for the 81mm mortar.
The old 81mm was a nightmare, and they actually did add a cone to it to try to mitigate the blast.
old 81mm (Brit L16A2)
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I’ve hung rounds on the old style 81s in trashghanistan. They are a beast indeed and will rattle your teef hard. I’ve seen the 120s with that deflector fire, but didn’t hang any.The old 81mm was a nightmare, and they actually did add a cone to it to try to mitigate the blast.
old 81mm (Brit L16A2)
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