The NS Infantry Discussion Thread, L5A1

[New Tsavon]

Disposable nuclear launchers for everyone or git out.

Well, I could always issue nuclear spaceLAWs.

How many atomic riflemen per unit would you suggest?

Ideally all of them should be

Calm down there, Heinlein.

I'll consider it, though.

knife WIP

It looks far more practical than the previous model.

You can't be serious in thinking that I'm serious.

I don't like katanas, but I know enough to accept that they had very good edges.

Are you seriously serious about thinking I'm serious?

The katana was alright for what it did, that being slashing unarmed peasants. The fact that it was constructed of folded pig iron didn't help it a lot.

[Gallan Systems]

Yeah but it's worth like 10 longsword edges

You can't be serious.

Katana edges rate somewhere above prison shanks, but not a lot more.

They're AR10s, fwiw

I figured that much.

It wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to issue all your M16A1's wood furniture.

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Also, Tsavon can into francscale. Not sure if I should include a dedicated AT guy or grenadier or something of that sort.

why do these 1950s soldiers have plate armour?

[New Tsavon]

why do these 1950s soldiers have plate armour?

For protecting against close-range atomic blasts while outside of the trench.

[Fordorsia]

You can't be serious in thinking that I'm serious.

I don't like katanas, but I know enough to accept that they had very good edges.

Are you seriously serious about thinking I'm serious?

The katana was alright for what it did, that being slashing unarmed peasants. The fact that it was constructed of folded pig iron didn't help it a lot.

They had decent iron and enough good steel to give them the edges they had. Is was a good cutter. Disputing that makes you just as bad as the fanatics who think it was magic.

Getting away from the katana. Sabre stomps bro

[Sediczja]

Was browsing the Army website and saw this in the FAQ. Dunno why but it kinda amuses me that those questions are common enough to be in the FAQ.

[Fordorsia]

Was browsing the Army website and saw this in the FAQ. Dunno why but it kinda amuses me that those questions are common enough to be in the FAQ.

I'm surprised "do I get to shoot people" isn't there.

[Aqizithiuda]

Grumble grumble katanas are of a composite construction grumble grumble cutting edge folded so that the heterogeneous becomes homogeneous grumble grumble high carbon, high hardness grumble grumble sharp but brittle.

[Greater-Arabia (Ancient)]

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main service rifle
just to be sure you saw it

[Drekka]

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Very Interesting. What is it btw?
(It looks somewhat like a Robinson XCR...)

[Greater-Arabia (Ancient)]

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main service rifle
just to be sure you saw it
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Very Interesting. What is it btw?
(It looks somewhat like a Robinson XCR...)

Iranian Fateh modular rifle.

[The Akasha Colony]

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main service rifle
just to be sure you saw it
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Very Interesting. What is it btw?
(It looks somewhat like a Robinson XCR...)

The Iranian Fateh assault rifle.

[Greater-Arabia (Ancient)]

Very Interesting. What is it btw?
(It looks somewhat like a Robinson XCR...)

The Iranian Fateh assault rifle.

It's named the Nasr (Victory) rifle in Greater Arabia however.

[The Archangel Conglomerate]

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Finally got them to where I like it.

Would the M2 really be capable of launching rifle grenades?

[Nachmere]

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Finally got them to where I like it.

Would the M2 really be capable of launching rifle grenades?

Wiki says:
"The M1 carbine was used with the M8 grenade launcher, which was developed in early 1944. It was fired with the .30 Carbine M6 Grenade Blank cartridge to launch 22 mm rifle grenades. Stress from firing rifle grenades would eventually crack the carbine's stock. It also couldn't use the M8 launcher with a M7 auxiliary "booster" charge (to extend its range) without breaking the stock. This made it a type of emergency-issue weapon."

[The Archangel Conglomerate]

Wiki says:
"The M1 carbine was used with the M8 grenade launcher, which was developed in early 1944. It was fired with the .30 Carbine M6 Grenade Blank cartridge to launch 22 mm rifle grenades. Stress from firing rifle grenades would eventually crack the carbine's stock. It also couldn't use the M8 launcher with a M7 auxiliary "booster" charge (to extend its range) without breaking the stock. This made it a type of emergency-issue weapon."

Fancy that. I'd have thought the ,30 Carbine too small to effectively launch grenades.

[Alfegos]

Was browsing the Army website and saw this in the FAQ. Dunno why but it kinda amuses me that those questions are common enough to be in the FAQ.

I once worked a recruiting event where a guy came up to me and asked what the army was. I thought he was taking the piss, till I realised he actually did not know what the Army was, and hadn't heard of it before. I was impressed.

[Kouralia]

Was browsing the Army website and saw this in the FAQ. Dunno why but it kinda amuses me that those questions are common enough to be in the FAQ.

I once worked a recruiting event where a guy came up to me and asked what the army was. I thought he was taking the piss, till I realised he actually did not know what the Army was, and hadn't heard of it before. I was impressed.

"'tis a magical place, full of bullshit and boot polish!"

[The balkens]

I once worked a recruiting event where a guy came up to me and asked what the army was. I thought he was taking the piss, till I realised he actually did not know what the Army was, and hadn't heard of it before. I was impressed.

"'tis a magical place, full of bullshit and boot polish!"

BOOT POLISH!?

[The Archangel Conglomerate]

Hey,
Does anyone know what became of the VBR-PDW? It was a fairly decent looking concept, but you never see or hear of it outside CoD these days. I checked the sight, but everything but for a few pictures had been pulled "To comply with Belgian weapons laws."

Interesting funfact: My phone is fairly insistent on converting VBR-PDW to CBRN, despite there being nearly no similarity.

[Korva]

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Nuclear testing must have taken its toll, codpieces should be about 3x larger in order to intimidate their foes and attract mates.

[Spreewerke]

Wiki says:
"The M1 carbine was used with the M8 grenade launcher, which was developed in early 1944. It was fired with the .30 Carbine M6 Grenade Blank cartridge to launch 22 mm rifle grenades. Stress from firing rifle grenades would eventually crack the carbine's stock. It also couldn't use the M8 launcher with a M7 auxiliary "booster" charge (to extend its range) without breaking the stock. This made it a type of emergency-issue weapon."

Fancy that. I'd have thought the ,30 Carbine too small to effectively launch grenades.

.30 Carbine and .357 Magnum are very, very similar out of an 18" barrel.

[San-Silvacian]

I once worked a recruiting event where a guy came up to me and asked what the army was. I thought he was taking the piss, till I realised he actually did not know what the Army was, and hadn't heard of it before. I was impressed.

"'tis a magical place, full of bullshit and boot polish!"

I hate all civvies thanks to the army

Literally don't understand how I survived as one.

[Spreewerke]

"'tis a magical place, full of bullshit and boot polish!"

I hate all civvies thanks to the army

Literally don't understand how I survived as one.

Show me your hands.

[The Archangel Conglomerate]

.30 Carbine and .357 Magnum are very, very similar out of an 18" barrel.

I wouldn't have figured the Tree-fiddy-sevn for grenade launching either, to be fair.

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Has anyone got a case capacity for the .22 WMR? The internet is reluctant to tell.

[Puzikas]

Problem is its a rimfire so its kind of a shit for reloading so little data exists.


I say 9.5-12gr/.64-.84cm³. I'm probably a bit off though.