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guh?! Do I even want to know what this is about?

I've heard this rumor before, but I'm fairly positive that it's just wishful thinking. Russia and its communist allies did warehouse a lot of German arms after the war, but most of that stuff has already appeared for sale, as evidenced by the heaps of "Russian Capture" Kar 98k's on the market. I think if there were these mythical warehouses of other German arms, their contents would already be on sale here. Anything's possible, but I think these mythical stocks of Stg-44's and G-43's are just that; myths.

And just because I'm in a good mood....

...and before anybody asks, the Ep III cover is fake.

I think that the best last chance for a truly revolutionary weapon died with the G-11. It must have been heartbreaking for the engineers, who had spent a couple of decades working on the weapon, when it got shitcanned just as it was finally approved for use by the German army.

Nobody likes Zardoz. Not even John Boorman.

I wonder what AgentONE will have to say about this.

Minmay in DYRL didn't play any stupid games with Hikaru. Once she decided she liked him, she actually wanted to see him and *gasp* date him. TV Minmay was a flightly, flirty, spoiled little bitch.

Easy. .30 caliber, M1906 cartridge. Today, it would be represented as 7.62X64

Looks like the Yukikaze had a baby with the old GI Joe stealth fighter.

With the difference being that Hubbard was a complete and total loon. Seriously. After a discussion about Scientology, a friend and I did some net research and found that Hubbard appears to have been completely delusional. Still, you may have a point. Protodevelin = body thetans?

Who wouldn't? And then Crom did laugh, and bade them "Go back to Sailor Moon, fruitcake." Thus shamed they left his hall, and never were they seen again by the eyes of men until they were found by a queer in a red Valkyrie. But that is another tale.... Seriously though, I always thought that the Protoculture's backstory as it relates to earth had more in common with Arthur C Clarke's 2001 novel. Both feature an ancient spacefaring race that visits earth, who then tinker with evolution before returning to the stars. By the time mankind discovers their existence, both races are long extinct.

And yet....who does Conan get his sword from? The burial mound of an Atlantean giant. duhn duhn duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuunnnn!!

So you wanna now what's been "Special Editioned" into the new version of THX 1138? Look no further than Here. Just don't expect the pictures to load any time today. It's reeeeeeeeally slow.

Heh....are you new here? You have read his posts, haven't you?

It sould also be pointed out that the 7.62x39 is really limited in accuracy by the AK-47 design. If you ever see the old slow motion footage of an AK firing, you'll be shocked at just how much the AK design rattles around during firing. It almost looks like it's going to shake itself to pieces. And another factor in its effectiveness against "soft" targets, ie humans, is that the bullet weighs nearly twice as much as most 5.56 Nato rounds. I think one of the standard loads is something in the order of a 123 grain bullet, compared to 50-60 grains for the various 5.56 loads from the past 40 years.

The basic Mauser 98 action is considered one of the best and strongest actions ever, even today more than 100 years after its introduction. It wa so successful that it became one of the most licence-built rifles ever produced, probably up until the Ak-47. The key to its strength lies in the third locking lug at the rear of the bolt, which was pretty revolutionary at the time. The Lee Enfield action gets its praise mainly from the short bolt throw, supposedly the shortest in a military rifle ever. The story goes that a trained soldier could fire up to 30 aimed shots per minute, which is pretty substantial when you multiply it by 10 or 12 soldiers. As far as the ammunition, their performance is pretty similar. The 7.92x57 JS was the inspiration for the American 30-06 cartridge and can be loaded to nearly the same velocities (although you won't find factory ammo like that on this continent). The British .303 was actually a black powder cartridge that survived in service relatively unchanged through the Korean war. By WW1 it was somewhat outdated in design, but it was still effective. Which one is better? I'd say they were pretty evenly matched. The Lee Enfield gave you 10 shots, so it may have a slight edge in sustained fire. But I should note that both rifles are limited (or should I say hindered) by their awful sights. Leaf sights suck unless you have perfect 20-20 vision, and even then they're a pain. Give me the peep sights on my M1 Garand any day.

Which one? 7.62x51 NATO or 7.62x39?

What's this about the YF-19 FP again...?

Nah, there's lots of converts here, myself included. Some are just further along their 12 steps than others. One or two are still in outright denial.

Hey, that's my airbrush!

Did the pirates get to use their flintlocks? Because flintlocks beat shuriken every time.

Skull Leader's right. We ALL have to stop right now and get bock on topic, or some mod will lock this topic faster than you can say "Quadrono."

I think some people are getting too bent out of shape by the "looks" of it. If I had to wear it, I'd be more concerned about...oh, I don't know....how well the camoflage actually worked. For something a soldier has to wear in combat, I'd assume that "looks" would be pretty secondary. If you want to look pretty, isn't that why they issue dress uniforms? Here's a fun fact about camoflage: When the Waffen SS was first formed, they were among the first German forces to get the now distinctive camoflage smocks and helmet covers. However, the older veteran commanders of the regular whermacht scoffed at their "goofy" uniforms because they were't field grey like any real German soldier wore.

Some kindly mod needs to make these two threads merge, like the Constructicons. Edit: ask, and ye shall receive.