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scalable design-agnostic manufacturing for complex structure vehicles and components

Today, I visited SF-88, one of a handful of surviving intact launch facilities of the Nike Missile program. I brought my camera along. Let's take a tour.

So I've heard for years now about the 4 SEALs killed by Panamanian airport guards during Operation Just Cause, and finally decided to actually learn about the casualty demographics. However, DCAS annoyingly doesn't have casualty demographics for OJC, so I took an hour or two to list them myself.

23 servicemen died in Operation Just Cause. 2 of these were friendly fire, and 1 was arguably non-hostile (static line broke during a jump; RIP Pfc. John Mark Price)
2 deaths were at or around Torrijos Airport
4 deaths were at Rio Hato Airfield (both friendly fire deaths and the non-hostile one)
4 deaths were at Paitila Airport during Operation Nifty Package as previously mentioned
Finally 9 deaths were in Panama City, 5 of which occurred in or around the La Comandancia. That means Panama City accounted for 39% of the fatalities during the operation.
The DNTT Facility, Check Point-12 in Diablo Heights, Fort Amador and Colon all had one death each.

2 of the deaths around La Comandancia were from the shot down AH-6G #84-24678 (1st Lt. John Hunter & CWO2 Wilson Blace Owens), while the death at Fort Amador was from the shot down OH-58 #70-15586 (CWO2 Andrew Porter); these are the only deaths from aircraft crashes.

Just wanted to share for those interested so I didn't spend this time for nothing. Also general purpose Operation Just Cause thread.
Thread theme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuKDBPw8wQA

ou are about to embark upon the Great Crusade, toward which we have striven these many months. The eyes of the world are upon you. The hope and prayers of liberty-loving people everywhere march with you. In company with our brave Allies and brothers-in-arms on other Fronts, you will bring about the destruction of the German war machine, the elimination of Nazi tyranny over the oppressed peoples of Europe, and security for ourselves in a free world.

Your task will not be an easy one. Your enemy is well trained, well equipped and battle-hardened. He will fight savagely.

But this is the year 1944! Much has happened since the Nazi triumphs of 1940-41. The United Nations have inflicted upon the Germans great defeats, in open battle, man-to-man. Our air offensive has seriously reduced their strength in the air and their capacity to wage war on the ground. Our Home Fronts have given us an overwhelming superiority in weapons and munitions of war, and placed at our disposal great reserves of trained fighting men. The tide has turned! The free men of the world are marching together to Victory!

I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty and skill in battle. We will accept nothing less than full Victory!

Good luck! And let us beseech the blessing of Almighty God upon this great and noble undertaking.

D-Day thread, post anything D-Day related

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/pol/tards stay in your containment board

In Europe they get a handful of models of single shot bullpup rifles, which are indisputably the absolute perfect firearm for hunting in the woodlands. Not to mention that suppressors are even easier to acquire in many parts of Europe.

Yet, in America we get 100 models of Glock pistols, and bullpupping is reserved only for benchrest bolt actions, tacticool autoloaders, and 22LR toys.

How do I cope with knowing that perfection has so far eluded the American gun market? Yes, I'm aware that the NFA makes these guns tricky. But you're telling me not one manufacturer has even attempted this? The closest effort so far is the KelTec RDB Survival, which is hampered by being an autoloader and is probably 2lbs heavier than it would be otherwise.

I would love to make it myself, but alas I am simply a poorfag only with enough expendable income to buy such a rifle, but not start a manufacturing business.

I have started an autistic fascination with single shot rifles recently. I have made up my mind on what I want, A CVA Scout in 357 magnum, only issue is that they don't exist.

So these are my options:
Rossi Single shot 357
CVA scout 350 legend
CVA Scout 44 mag
Henry 357 mag

Not sure what I should go with. Dont like that the rossi has a safety but you can easily get folding sticks for them. CVA does not have a 357 but I am thinking maybe I should get something with more power instead? Henrys are nice just a tad overpriced for a single shot.
The rifle would be used for deer and general fucking around. I am not stocked up on any of these calibers but have a preference for 357 as I getting more guns in 357

train how you fight

The battle of Lissa, whatever happened there..

This is a no-assembly 22LR for printing at home in one piece, with a wood screw for the firing pin. Lately I've been wondering: what's the future for low-end handguns?

With the whole industry racing to Business Class - trying to capture their piece of the overpriced 1911/2011 market – amid a wider reactionary turn away from carry minmaxing, what happens to plastic? Where does the race to the bottom actually bottom out, and does something new start from there?

It seems like the polymer-and-steel perfection™ paradigm is currently dying. But it's mostly dying from ever-cheaper clones and pushback against strikerslop as premium firearms, not from actual counterexamples making use of either more interesting metals (Al/Be/Mg/Sc/Ti) or better substitutes for Polymer 2 and its analogues.

So. Which way, western hand?

Paint jobs. Finishes. Roundels. Nose art. Victory marks. Aviation symbols. Old: >>63136566