>>113060

New stuff!

>>112780
That's bullshit Skip, and you know it.

>>109749
Heh, well it's now led me to starting a PhD this monday, so I guess it was good for extracting more cash from me :P

This thread promising great improvements that are 'just around the corner' was founded in March of 2017

The main thing I'd like to see is a mobile friendly /b/ /t/ /k/ dmz whatever type thing that keeps an active and largely unmoderated (minus illegal activity of course) thread rolling so we can see and engage in something that's continually active.

Not everything needs to be categorized, what we're missing a crap filled chan style thread that has any and everything from the latest shot in hoboken news to whatever other irrelevant bs we might want to discuss that day with other anons.

After that whatever, make it a social app with an opchan themed wiki or something.

This site offers 2 things, social banter for like minded people and a database of their combined knowledge and opinions. What it lacks is the /k/ type thread that brought many of us here nearly a decade ago when other chan was down.

Let's be real there's a community here of those us who have been on mIRC, meet, gaming community etc. Let that be what it is and then let us have our "anon" banter. I miss this place but I can also see posts I made on here 5 years ago...

A knowledge archive is great, so is the weird community thing, but we also need that dynamic ever changing thread that's continually relevant for the day, but not for 2010, and if it's accessible by phone all the better.

Here's a pressure vessel with a titanium jacket.

Nuclear Reactor Pressure Vessel being forged.

Now that's a sturdy water pipe!

Gotta keep those jerk X-Wings away from this pressure vessel.

Although there are other cars that boast being able to break 300 mph, such as the new Hennessey Venom F5 and the Koenigsegg Jesko that produces 1600hp from its 5.0L twin-turbo V8 and has a theoretical top speed exceeding 300 mph.

If this were the 1950s, the top car makers would have a 300+ mph race to see who is the champion driver in the best car, heedless of blood spilled or money spent!

The Koenigsegg Jesko - Full Review https://youtu.be/MDWIXbgHCwM

May need an eject switch.

  How did the Bugatti Chiron reach 300mph? https://youtu.be/YaI4HFVYR7s

>>113046
Already accepted Bats.

I'll get you some cheeky OC pics when I visit archives etc ;). Currently looking for accomodation in a Student city. Awful.

Well I'm too old to be a stripper, at least in my own mind. I have a "real" job now. I sell oilfield parts in PA, money is good. Live in a camper in the middle of nowhere.

Life sucks, I basically work for a bunch of people with cushy 6 figures jobs who constantly cry about how hard their live are... I used to work with crackheads and people dying of aids who were less miserable than corporate America... It's a pretty soul crushing experience.

Where do you go from there?

Anyways, it's good to see everyone comes back here from time to time. A great and many thanks to those of you who have kept opchan up throughout the years.

I'm tired of this economy.

I'm tired of this economy.

British EOB armor
Designed by the Munitions Inventions Board c.1915-17.
Steel breastplate and additional plates in canvas, 40-layers silk neckguard also wrapped in canvas.
The Standard Model Breastplate 1916-17 was produced and issued in large number starting in 1917, although there were never enough of them to equip more than 2% of the British army. These protections were developed following a studies of wounds received by soldiers on the front, showing that beside extremities the neck body and head received an equal amount of hurt. Although even the slimmest amount of head protection could save a life, making a body armor which advantages outdid its encumbrance.

I read years ago how thick layers of silk proved effective in bulletproof vests.
In the late 1800s, both Japan and Korea developed some of the first modern bulletproof vests when they discovered that 30 layers of silk fabric could stop the black powder bullets of the day. This "soft armor" laid the foundation for numerous inventors who tried to improve upon the idea as firearms became more powerful.
A priest from Chicago named Casimir Zeglen, with the help of fellow inventor Jan Szczepanik, devised a special way to weave a 1.6mm steel plate between four layers of silk. Zeglen claimed his 1/8" thick, 1/2 lb. vest could stop a .44 caliber—and he proved it when he volunteered to be shot before a live audience in New York City. When he was struck by the bullet at only 10 paces, he said he felt just "a tap." Zeglen and his "bullet proof cloth" became an overnight sensation. Egged on by the positive publicity, Zeglen left the priesthood in order to pursue his new business venture. https://mentalfloss.com/article/24039/brief-history-bulletproof-vests

Sadly, he never made his fortune, in part due to bad timing and bad luck. When the U.S. Military tested his invention, they found that it was too hot and too expensive thanks to the amount of silk required. Undaunted, Zeglen then offered one to President McKinley in the hopes it might spur interest. After contacting the White House, Zeglen was told he could meet the President in a month, as McKinley was going to be too busy traveling. Two weeks later in Buffalo, McKinley was shot and killed by an assassin's bullet that ripped through his abdomen. Zeglen's vest would have easily stopped the .32 caliber round.

Zeglen did manage to get Archduke Franz Ferdinand to accept one of his vests.

Unfortunately, Ferdinand was killed while wearing it. The kill shot hit him in the neck, well above the vest itself, but it didn't matter—the bad publicity didn't help and Zeglen was soon out of business.

  Cheap AR-15 Meltdown! https://youtu.be/7cr9e3N6HEw
Special thanks to our friends at Quiet Riot Firearms in McDonough, GA for providing the M16 lower for this video. In this Meltdown, we take an entry level upper from Palmetto State Armory and shoot it full auto until failure. It's very interesting to see how various levels of quality in the components really make a difference in these tests. Stay Tuned, much more on the way.

440 rounds until the gas tube melted.

  Ultimate AK Meltdown: Reloaded! https://youtu.be/EwSJiAwoMpY
In this video we meltdown a *REAL* AK-47, a Russian VEPR. The results are simply astonishing.
895 rounds until it seized up.
- 630 more than the WASR-10 and 65 more than the AR-15.

  AK-74 Meltdown! https://youtu.be/bAQ8l22Ge8U
Moving along in the Meltdown series we take a VEPR 5.45x39mm rifle converted by Definitive Arms to the breaking point. Lets see what happens...
Primer lacquer from Wolf ammo built up on the bolt face.

  AK-74 Meltdown! Revisited https://youtu.be/vDP5qi2fHSY
Take two...let's see what happens to the old 5.45x39mm VEPR from the first video with some fresh ammo.
692 rounds until a bullet blew out the side of the barrel, behind the gas block. It fired 799 rounds in the previous video.

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I was reading about Frida Kahlo and Leon Trotsky recently. Haha, the only good commie is a dead commie, even if he was murdered by another commie.

>>113004

Even Beria ended up on his knees, blubbering like a little bitch in the basement of the Lubyanka. But they never seem to learn, do they?

>>112985
Lmfao shut the fuck up about communism

STFU Commie filth.

Move to China faggit.

We need the Brazilian perspective.
- Brazilian Model 1908 Mauser Rifle in 7x57mm Mauser (Mfg by Deutsche Waffen und Munitions Fabriken, Berlin [DWM])
The Mauser Modelo 1908 long rifle became the standard infantry rifle for the Brazilian Army in 1908. The rifles were produced by DWM, then owned by the Ludwig Loewe Company. DWM, in turn contracted some rifles out to Mauser Oberndorf, which was also owned by Loewe at the time. The maker of any particular rifle can be determined by looking at the address – if Berlin, it is made by DWM. If Oberndorf, it is made by Mauser. The DWM made rifles are more commonly encountered. The contract ran from 1908 until the outbreak of war in 1914. The rifles are essentially the same as the German Gew98 with the most obvious exception being the tang style sight employed in lieu of the Lange-Vernier sight used on the Gew98. The receiver and bolt were left in the white, as was the bayonet lug. The remainder of the rifle was either chemically blued or heat blued. The stocks were made of walnut and retain the pre-1905 Gew98 style stock washer as opposed to the bolt takedown disk then in use on the German issue rifles. https://www.milsurps.com/content.php?r=265-Brazilian-Model-1908-Mauser-Rifle-(Mfg-by-DWM)

Nice crest.

>>113026
The guns from that are all have nice crests. I had a griend whose grandpa had a revolver from that time period (or it was a 1930s one, can't remember) with the same crest. Glorious.

An interesting Brazilian plane is the Embraer A-29A (aka EMB 314) Super Tucano, an inexpensive turboprop counter-insurgency and light attack aircraft that's also used as a trainer.

Another interesting turboprop light attack plane is the Piper PA-48 Enforcer close air support aircraft built by Piper in the 1970s. It is a development of the World War II-era North American P-51 Mustang fighter. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Piper_PA-48_Enforcer

- DAYTON, Ohio -- Piper PA48 Enforcer at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo)