Land War stuff (Tanks, guns and anything else that doesn't fly or float)

[Mr. Daystar]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/theodore-roosevelt-1898-revolver-sold-210000013.html

I'm not much into antique or collectible weapons, but I would like to own this. I think it's pretty cool, and it was owned by a former president, which is a big part of my reasoning, like owning Billie The Kids 6 gun, or the gun Hitler killed himself with.

 

[Orban89]

 

[tvstrip]

https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/theodore-roosevelt-1898-revolver-sold-210000013.html

I'm not much into antique or collectible weapons, but I would like to own this. I think it's pretty cool, and it was owned by a former president, which is a big part of my reasoning, like owning Billie The Kids 6 gun, or the gun Hitler killed himself with.

You could always try to buy it off this guy
https://news.yahoo.com/chechen-warlord-kadyrov-claims-possess-122000848.html

 

[Mr. Daystar]

You could always try to buy it off this guy
https://news.yahoo.com/chechen-warlord-kadyrov-claims-possess-122000848.html

It sold years ago at auction, for $75k. Even though it was never truly known, the Ivory handle had blood on it, and the serial numbers were from around the time it was produced, That's all they had to go by, a couple of assumptions, and it still sold for $75k. If you want to front me $75k, and put me in touch with the guy.

 

[tvstrip]

It sold years ago at auction, for $75k. Even though it was never truly known, the Ivory handle had blood on it, and the serial numbers were from around the time it was produced, That's all they had to go by, a couple of assumptions, and it still sold for $75k. If you want to front me $75k, and put me in touch with the guy.

Ask @Lee Van Queef
He seems to be a fan of the guy.

https://www.freeones.ca/forums/thre...-leader-in-entire-world.1003858/post-11074763

 

[Orban89]

 

[Theopolis Q. Hossenffer]

I just watched that vid tonight. He has an informative channel.

 

[Orban89]

The T-14 Armata: The Next-Gen Russian Supertank that Never Seems to Come​

 

[Orban89]

 

[Orban89]

The PIAT: History's Worst Ever Rocket Launcher?

 

[Mr. Daystar]

John Browning has more patents then any other gun designer in history. This is his legacy.

 

[tvstrip]

John Browning has more patents then any other gun designer in history. This is his legacy.

I sometimes wonder what it would have been like if Arisaka was allowed to thrive after the war like Mauser was.
A modern Arisaka assault rifle would have been something.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Well Strip, to be honest, it likely wouldn't matter. Chances are like most other allied countries, they would have M4 carbines. Israel used to make their own rifles, and eventually switched to M4's, probably because we gave them to Israel. Mauser was sold in 1995, and I think the only thing they produced were bolt action rifles. They never produced anything other then bolt action, after the war, that I ever heard about. Which is not to say they didn't. Walther stayed in business, and continues to make semi auto hand guns. I think the major difference there is, Japan was a direct aggressor towards the US, where as Germany declared war on us, because we declared war on their alley, Japan.

But honestly, my post is pure speculation, and to be honest I know almost nothing about Japanese weapons, other then a little bit about the Zero.

Now on Gunbroker .com, they have about 20 pages of Mauser's for sale, and they range from affordable, to holy fuck, I can't afford that. Some beautifully finished stocks, some made for safari, some war relics. You don't have to join to browse.

 

[tvstrip]

Keep that in mind that you know infinitely more about guns than I do, so anything I post about this is pure conjecture.
For sure, there probably would have been standardization with the M4, but reputable gun manufacturers have brought us their own Unique contributions when allowed to thrive. Israel is a good example - like you said, they switched to the M4's, but that country also gave us the Uzi. Like any major power, the Japanese military complex gave us their own Unique take on guns, subs, tanks, etc. I'd like to think that that Arisaka would have brought us something Unique and cool if they were given the chance.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Keep that in mind that you know infinitely more about guns than I do, so anything I post about this is pure conjecture.
For sure, there probably would have been standardization with the M4, but reputable gun manufacturers have brought us their own unique contributions when allowed to thrive. Israel is a good example - like you said, they switched to the M4's, but that country also gave us the Uzi. Like any major power, the Japanese military complex gave us their own unique take on guns, subs, tanks, etc. I'd like to think that that Arisaka would have brought us something unique and cool if they were given the chance.

The company that gave us Uzi's, was called Israeli Military Weapons. They developed their own main battle rifle, the Galil. And the Uzi, and the Desert Eagle hand gun, plus a couple others. When they switched to American arms, they stopped producing weapons, and the name Desert Eagle was sold, which is now owned by Kahr arms, and production of those never stopped, because it was so popular. The Uzi and Galil just sat there until a few years ago, an American company named Ace Manufacturing, in Florida bought the rights to names, the tooling and some parts, and are currently producing very nice rifles, that have very high end features, at a lower price then most higher end rifles. The new company is called Israeli Weapons Industries. I checked them out, and they are VERY nice. I've had a .44 Desert Eagle for decades. In fact it's so old, they don't even have a record of it, at the factory.

 

[Pornfan99]

The Galil is a good weapon in .. Call of Duty: Black Ops 1.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

The Galil is a good weapon in .. Call of Duty: Black Ops 1.

Good weapon in real life too. Made like a tank. It takes all of the best parts of the AK47 and the Swedish Valmet, and improves upon them. The originals from Israel even had a bottle opener built into it, so soldiers wouldn't screw up their magazines, prying off beer bottle tops, A pre ban is worth upwards of $3500, and the .30 caliber a little more. If it has Hebrew writing on it, you can add even more. If in that game you have, or eventually get the FN Scar, that's about the best main battle rifle in production today. a civilian version is going to run you about $4k. The precision sniper variant is about $7k.

 

[Pornfan99]

Interesting. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has the SCAR, heavy caliber. COD: MW3 has the SCAR, light(er) caliber.

 

[Mr. Daystar]

Interesting. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 has the SCAR, heavy caliber. COD: MW3 has the SCAR, light(er) caliber.

The scar only comes in 2 calibers. The mdl 16 is ,223 -- 5.56x45 NATO, or the mdl17 .308 --7.62x51 NATO. They come in 16" barrel, which is minimum legal length without tax stamp, or the short barrel (sbr), which is 13" and can be owned by civilian, if they apply for the permit, like you would for suppressors, and other class 3 firearms.

 

[Pornfan99]

The article has a short, embedded video basically showing Ukranians taking out a formation of (6?) tanks with Javelins. NOTE: The audio music is LOUD!

https://www.yahoo.com/news/video-shows-ukrainian-marines-destroying-090158421.html