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• 1.
  • 4x heavy duty wheels w/ run-flat tires
• 2.
  • 2.1 2x headlight wire mesh screen
  • 2.2 2x taillight wire mesh screen
  • 2.3 1x lightbar
  • 2.4 2x side window wire mesh screen
  • 2.5 1x snorkel
• 3.
  • 3.1 6x vertical rollcage tube
  • 3.2 1x weapon ringmount
  • 3.3 2x transversal rollcage tube
  • 3.4 6x horizontal rollcage tube
  • 3.5 2x diagonal rollcage tube
• 4.
  • 4.1 bullbar
  • 4.2 roof weapon pintle mount
  • 4.3 roof side-open hatch
• 5.
  • 5.1 2x side front ⅓ 'rd ballistic blanket
  • 5.2 2x side middle ⅓ 'rd ballistic blanket
  • 5.3 2x side back ⅓ 'rd ballistic blanket
  • 5.4 1x rear ballistic blanket

going from front to back, you have the following mods:

bullbar - this would be preferably bolted/welded to the chassis itself
headlight mesh screen
snorkel
window mesh screen
light bar
hatch (side-opening)
pintle mount
rollcage
ballistic blankets
ringmount (rollcage-integrated)
folding bench seats (not visible, mounted along the sides of the bed)
taillight mesh screen

The point behind the bullbar is obviously to be able to smash through light barricades. The ballistic blankets would be secured to the rollcage through straps and/or loops. they would feature zippers to allow ingress/egress and operating the pintle- and ringmounted machineguns. The ringmounted machinegun would ideally be a HMG on a high elevation mount, which would allow for comfortable true 360 transverse and engaging aerial or high targets in urban/mountainous environments. the pintle mount would ideally be telescopic or collapsible/foldable (to allow for a completely free field of fire for the HMG if desired) and mount a GPMG/MMG. mounting the hatch would involve cutting out a portion of the roof and welding/bolting it on (possibly topped off with some sealant like silicon to keep rain out or w/e). it would be used for observation purposes or to fire small arms.

i'm currently looking at ways to lightly bulletproof a car that is on a budget and (semi-)diy . one thing i had in mind was to line the floor of the vehicle with ballistic blankets and also drape them over the doors (on the inside). the only significantly bulky/costly/complicated bulletproofing left to be done would be to do something with the windows but hey something is better than nothing. even frag/spall-only protection would be a huge improvement over stock.

i actually once calculated the payload required to armor an F-150 with mild steel plates completely (w/o windows) and it was well under the listed maximum payload iirc. however, i only took into account the weight of the plates themselves, and the problem with this is that the panels themselves are not designed to carry that kind of weight and would probably require sub-structures, also welding could prove problematic if you go that route

for arming rebels you want to go as simple as possible so i'd reckon bolts should do the job. then if you want to be really anal about it you could e.g. supply each "hatch kit" with a small, single-use silicon bottle and applicator for waterproofing the thing. if you want to be really really anal you could also have sound and thermal deadening integrated into the hatch to maintain the stock feel but that's a lot of anal

i'm thinking how much of this requires actually supplying them with kits and what could be taught to them e.g. supply them with technical sheets and have them weld their own rollcages with their own metal or w/e (this would require them to be semi-competent however)

Taihei Tengoku wrote:Some sperg about banks:

Taihei Tengoku's banking system occupies a middle ground of sorts between central and free banking. Private banks are allowed to print and issue new money, and work with clearing houses to regulate the money supply. The largest of these is the Bank of Nara, which is not a bank but a clearing house. The money is backed by bank capital and liquid assets approximating a basket of goods. I am almost inclined to just say that each tael (the national currency) is really just a share in a huge index fund of sorts but I'm not sure how that'd work out.

Currently the BON is a quasi-private, quasi-public entity like the Fed. Would it be possible for a first-among-equals clearinghouse to perform targeting (specifically NGDP targeting) by interfering with the asset pool backing the currency?

Taihei Tengoku wrote:If you have full reserve banking why even have banks

The Macabees wrote:I don't want to involve myself too much in this discussion, but the problem is with the over-issue of money, not with fractional reserve banking. That being said, there's also problems with under-issue of money (which central planners are just as bad at handling as monetary over-issuing).

Here are some links you may be interested in: Fractional reserve banking made simple

Also, a more general resource:

The Theory of Free Banking

Kazarogkai wrote:Yes I did take my economics class in Highschool and passed with atleast a B I can assure you of that.

The Macabees wrote:

Kazarogkai wrote:Yes I did take my economics class in Highschool and passed with atleast a B I can assure you of that.

Impressive.

Kazarogkai wrote:

Taihei Tengoku wrote:If you have full reserve banking why even have banks

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Banks still perform the same role as they do in a full as they would in a fractional reserve system. They just do it a little differently. For example Lending: rather than taking it out of on demand accounts The way a bank would get money to fund loans would be from revenue they generate from fees on said on demand accounts but also money they get from timed deposits which they can loan out at will until the time runs out. Look at the video I linked it more or less shows the way it would function. The big thing you need to understand though is that contrary to a fractional system in a full reserve system the bank cannot artificially create money(M2,M3,etc) technically as such the only way for the money supply to grow is via government action(printing, minting, etc).

Taihei Tengoku wrote:

Kazarogkai wrote:
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Banks still perform the same role as they do in a full as they would in a fractional reserve system. They just do it a little differently. For example Lending: rather than taking it out of on demand accounts The way a bank would get money to fund loans would be from revenue they generate from fees on said on demand accounts but also money they get from timed deposits which they can loan out at will until the time runs out. Look at the video I linked it more or less shows the way it would function. The big thing you need to understand though is that contrary to a fractional system in a full reserve system the bank cannot artificially create money(M2,M3,etc) technically as such the only way for the money supply to grow is via government action(printing, minting, etc).

No they don't. M2 and M3 are important because they can dynamically adjust to demand. In full reserve banking there is no way to create money besides the state physically creating banknotes and no way to contract the money supply without physically destroying them (and demonetizing some of the bullion).

DnalweN acilbupeR wrote:french police has Crown Victorias WAT

Padnak wrote:Would it actually be possible to run a state financed primarily with the sale of illegal drugs, specially in the manor in which Kyrat is run?