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Posted: 9/10/2016 8:38:57 PM EDT
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Half the people in this thread would be disappointed to find out their idea already exists. We have a GLCM railgun? Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 8:44:17 PM EDT
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low orbit ion cannon
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Posted: 9/10/2016 8:53:50 PM EDT
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Ditch M203s in favor of a modernized Japanese Type 89 "Knee" Mortar. This exists in the form of the French LGI Mle F1. Posted Via AR15.Com Mobile |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 8:55:53 PM EDT
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This with lasers and flamethrowers and shit.
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:01:54 PM EDT
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:06:58 PM EDT
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:13:06 PM EDT
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Yes and yes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. Lol And Lol |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:24:01 PM EDT
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Diesel electric subs. A bunch more of those nifty coast guard cutters. OV-10 outfitted for COIN in large numbers. A cheap bomb truck jet. Something like the arsenal ship concept - cheap, simple and carrying huge numbers of missiles.
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:24:08 PM EDT
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Yes and yes. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. So will the railgun on the missile launch missiles? |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:42:37 PM EDT
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an A-6 replacement. Needs same range and payload.
30 modern nuclear powered cruisers, and 60 modern DD's. Hell, we could just make gearing hulls w/ updated electronics and AA missiles. A dedicated CAS aircraft able to operate off of a wasp class. A pack that just works, no whiz bang shit. More F-22's Modern engines for B-52. More packs for army that just work. Non emissions bull eco bullshit cockfag ect duece and a half. |
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Posted: 9/10/2016 9:54:04 PM EDT
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There would be a lot of pilots and tank crews looking for a new MOS as their automated replacements come online. Hell yeah. Automation managed by guys with asthma, heart murmurs, and shitty vision. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:12:13 PM EDT
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So will the railgun on the missile launch missiles? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. So will the railgun on the missile launch missiles? It's multi-role. Epitome of synergy. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:22:11 PM EDT
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choppers that are harder to shoot down and survive crashes better.
better lighter gear for the grunts. better support for the wounded healing. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:39:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryBuild a thousand. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:41:00 PM EDT
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phalanx system, scaled up to 120mm, and an airframe to make it mobile.
Also, phalanx system scaled down to just bigger than microscopic, to protect against mosquitos. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:47:03 PM EDT
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Also some of these.
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:49:55 PM EDT
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Air craft carriers with battle ship turrets CWIS on a Bradley frame Half tracks Some big gun turrets on a marine LHD might work. They could provide their own fire support. 
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:51:23 PM EDT
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I would refit/retool/remodel the remaining Iowa class battleships. Yes I know they are useless in today's modern warfare but nothing looks cooler than a big boat with a lot of 16" guns.
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Posted: 9/11/2016 6:51:52 PM EDT
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Small drones at squad level that shoot mini missiles that are basically air burst grenades.
"Guy on hill, 500 meters with an RPK" *Cpl Schmuckowitz grabs computer* *BANG* "All clear." Also, larger airships that can basically stay on station indefinitely with hellfires and mini-missiles like above. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:06:29 PM EDT
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Small drones at squad level that shoot mini missiles that are basically air burst grenades. "Guy on hill, 500 meters with an RPK" *Cpl Schmuckowitz grabs computer* *BANG* "All clear." Also, larger airships that can basically stay on station indefinitely with hellfires and mini-missiles like above. Pretty much this, basically a iPad device that has your location and has a google maps overlay and that allows you to pick a location on the maps to send a missle/bomb. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:10:13 PM EDT
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This exists in the form of the French LGI Mle F1. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Ditch M203s in favor of a modernized Japanese Type 89 "Knee" Mortar. This exists in the form of the French LGI Mle F1. Does the LGI Mle F1 have a fixed firing angle and variable gas expansion chamber? Doesn't seem like it to me, but English language search results on it are limited. Also, the bombs are way, way too large. Doesn't really fill the same role in my opinion, as a dismounted section can't carry a significant number of bombs. With the Type 89 the grenades aren't much larger than existing 40mm grenades, and the fixed firing angle and variable gas expansion chamber make it much faster and easier to get rounds on target so you're not wasting a dismounted section's limited ammunition on "walking it in" like you do with the M203. Just dial the range, use the built-in spirit level to set the tube at a 45, and fire. Need to adjust? Keep the same angle and just dial the range up or down a bit. Way, way faster and easier than a M203 and less ammo expenditure for the same effect on target, plus up to double the range. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:19:19 PM EDT
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Something that would smear Saudi Arabia off the map without sacrificing the oil.
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:48:07 PM EDT
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Diesel electric subs. A bunch more of those nifty coast guard cutters. OV-10 outfitted for COIN in large numbers. A cheap bomb truck jet. Something like the arsenal ship concept - cheap, simple and carrying huge numbers of missiles. To whom are exporting SSKs? Because why would the Navy want them? |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:48:38 PM EDT
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Something that would smear Saudi Arabia off the map without sacrificing the oil. ISIS will do that soon enough. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:49:02 PM EDT
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Something that would smear Saudi Arabia off the map without sacrificing the oil. Enhanced radiation weapons. |
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Posted: 9/11/2016 7:49:31 PM EDT
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ISIS will do that soon enough. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Something that would smear Saudi Arabia off the map without sacrificing the oil. ISIS will do that soon enough. Personally, I'd say start with Iran. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 7:55:49 AM EDT
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Diesel electric subs. A bunch more of those nifty coast guard cutters. OV-10 outfitted for COIN in large numbers. A cheap bomb truck jet. Something like the arsenal ship concept - cheap, simple and carrying huge numbers of missiles. Regarding the arsenal ship concept, why not have an entirely self-contained VLS in the same dimensions as a stack of shipping containers? Then you can just load them directly onto an existing container ship. Replenishment at sea would be impossible, but you would have such a deep magazine that it wouldn't matter, and when you do need to reload you can do so at any container port with an appropriate crane simply by removing the whole system and putting in a new one. You wouldn't even need to keep the ship in commission. Just buy one off the market whenever there's a country you need to level. ETA: Looks like you could theoretically fit two Mk 57 GMVLS in a stack of three 40' containers. So something like a Maersk Triple-E could carry 5000+ missiles. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 8:13:10 AM EDT
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Regarding the arsenal ship concept, why not have an entirely self-contained VLS in the same dimensions as a stack of shipping containers? Then you can just load them directly onto an existing container ship. Replenishment at sea would be impossible, but you would have such a deep magazine that it wouldn't matter, and when you do need to reload you can do so at any container port with an appropriate crane simply by removing the whole system and putting in a new one. You wouldn't even need to keep the ship in commission. Just buy one off the market whenever there's a country you need to level. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Diesel electric subs. A bunch more of those nifty coast guard cutters. OV-10 outfitted for COIN in large numbers. A cheap bomb truck jet. Something like the arsenal ship concept - cheap, simple and carrying huge numbers of missiles. Regarding the arsenal ship concept, why not have an entirely self-contained VLS in the same dimensions as a stack of shipping containers? Then you can just load them directly onto an existing container ship. Replenishment at sea would be impossible, but you would have such a deep magazine that it wouldn't matter, and when you do need to reload you can do so at any container port with an appropriate crane simply by removing the whole system and putting in a new one. You wouldn't even need to keep the ship in commission. Just buy one off the market whenever there's a country you need to level. I had actually wondered if this was possible because if the chinese do it we are toast. Quoted:
To whom are exporting SSKs? Because why would the Navy want them? See above. The idea is a smaller, cheaper, quieter sub that is faster to produce than an SSN for coastal/harbor protection in order to free up the SSN's to attack their harbor. I don't necessarily thing we should build them in large quantities at this time but we should have a working design up and running should the day come when we need to produce a lot of them quickly. If we are going to fight a big war it will be with china. We should be husbanding our best resources instead of frittering them away in wars on mud huts. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 8:25:34 AM EDT
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I'd take an Abrams tank, remove the 120mm gun, and replace it with that GE 30mm cannon that's on the A-10 Warthog.
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Posted: 9/12/2016 8:56:50 AM EDT
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I want a set of binoculars. A very handy and no doubt expensive set of binoculars. These binoculars:
I want to look at something, press a few buttons, and then have that something explode in a few minutes. Basically a completely integrated and more advanced version of the Vector + DAGR combo, and commanders that aren't sackless micro-managers. Kinda the ground combat equivalent of what a fighter pilot acquaintance called an I-Wish-You-Were-Dead missile. Me? I'd build the JanePlane - think the forward half of the RAH-66 fuselage hanging under the wings, engines, and empennage of a modernized, up-engined OV-10. Where the helicopter's engine wasn't, I'd put a side-firing, multi barrel in .338 Norma. And the pièce de ré·sis·tance: a small, inward opening window in the pilot's canopy so he could old-school grenades in Peter Pan jars just for sport. Once I got it operational, I'd spend my days masturbating and yelling "Allahu Akbar, motherfuckers!", while I watched realtime video feeds of my creation killing people and blowing up their shit. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 9:49:10 AM EDT
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Kinda the ground combat equivalent of what a fighter pilot acquaintance called an I-Wish-You-Were-Dead missile. Me? I'd build the JanePlane - think the forward half of the RAH-66 fuselage hanging under the wings, engines, and empennage of a modernized, up-engined OV-10. Where the helicopter's engine wasn't, I'd put a side-firing, multi barrel in .338 Norma. And the pièce de ré·sis·tance: a small, inward opening window in the pilot's canopy so he could old-school grenades in Peter Pan jars just for sport. Once I got it operational, I'd spend my days masturbating and yelling "Allahu Akbar, motherfuckers!", while I watched realtime video feeds of my creation killing people and blowing up their shit. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I want a set of binoculars. A very handy and no doubt expensive set of binoculars. These binoculars:
I want to look at something, press a few buttons, and then have that something explode in a few minutes. Basically a completely integrated and more advanced version of the Vector + DAGR combo, and commanders that aren't sackless micro-managers. Kinda the ground combat equivalent of what a fighter pilot acquaintance called an I-Wish-You-Were-Dead missile. Me? I'd build the JanePlane - think the forward half of the RAH-66 fuselage hanging under the wings, engines, and empennage of a modernized, up-engined OV-10. Where the helicopter's engine wasn't, I'd put a side-firing, multi barrel in .338 Norma. And the pièce de ré·sis·tance: a small, inward opening window in the pilot's canopy so he could old-school grenades in Peter Pan jars just for sport. Once I got it operational, I'd spend my days masturbating and yelling "Allahu Akbar, motherfuckers!", while I watched realtime video feeds of my creation killing people and blowing up their shit. I want to bear your children. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:11:54 AM EDT
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Drones. For all branches.
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:14:01 AM EDT
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Viruses that are only lethal to those of Russian Descent. Followed immediately by a vaccine for Americans who are russian
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:16:00 AM EDT
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Some big gun turrets on a marine LHD might work. They could provide their own fire support.
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Air craft carriers with battle ship turrets CWIS on a Bradley frame Half tracks Some big gun turrets on a marine LHD might work. They could provide their own fire support.
Pretty sure the Tripoli Class boats used to have 5" guns that were removed. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:18:58 AM EDT
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Viruses that are only lethal to those of Russian Descent. Followed immediately by a vaccine for Americans who are russian And the Russian ladies of Viking descent, right? 
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:29:25 AM EDT
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A mind control machine that makes our enemies off themselves at will, and it will work on both foreign and domestic enemies.
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:39:28 AM EDT
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I've shared most of my zany ideas in GD before... I'm basically Percy Hobart, except with no engineering background or military experience.
Flea Bombs: Re-tooled 81 and 120mm mortar shells modified for airdrop. Get "enough" ass-kicking on to the bad guys, even when they're crazy close to good guys (or other stuff you can't blow up). PGM packages for the shells already exist. I'm pretty sure DoD has already studied this. OV-10X: modern turboprop engines, modern avionics/sensor suite. Loaded to the gills with 2.75" rockets, Griffin, AIM-9X, SDB, Flea Bombs by the truckload. Ventral turret with GAU-19 and the best laser designation and most sensor/targeting equipment you can stuff in it. M8 Bradley Infantry Support Vehicle: Re-purposing scheme for some of the Brads. Remove dismounts, replace with ammo storage and simple AA gun control radar. Re-worked turret replaces M242 with GAU-12 with selectable rate of fire (slower for ground targets, faster for AA use, crazy fast for CIWS-type use). Replace TOW with a CROWS-esque "weapons arm", capable of mounting Javelin, 2.75" rocket pods, possibly a 120mm mortar system... whatever the mission requires. A "trailer" module" could also be developed containing a dedicated radar and additional 25mm ammo, for use in the CIWS role. AC-2 Hellhound: Basically turning the venerable C-2 into a mini-gunship that can operate from carriers. You couldn't do the 105mm, but you could still cram a bunch of hate and discontent into the COD. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 10:44:15 AM EDT
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AC-5 gunships.
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Posted: 9/12/2016 11:53:15 AM EDT
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See above. The idea is a smaller, cheaper, quieter sub that is faster to produce than an SSN for coastal/harbor protection in order to free up the SSN's to attack their harbor. I don't necessarily thing we should build them in large quantities at this time but we should have a working design up and running should the day come when we need to produce a lot of them quickly. If we are going to fight a big war it will be with china. We should be husbanding our best resources instead of frittering them away in wars on mud huts. So, how does a slow submarine that cannot transit quickly to the battle help up in a war with the Chinese, in the Pacific, which is rather large? We're down to basically two half submarine yards. We're not going to be producing anything, quickly. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 11:54:19 AM EDT
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I'd take an Abrams tank, remove the 120mm gun, and replace it with that GE 30mm cannon that's on the A-10 Warthog. So the shells will just dig a small divot in the front a T-90, and then T-90 kills the M1 at its leisure. Who's side are you on again? |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 11:56:06 AM EDT
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So the shells will just dig a small divot in the front a T-90, and then T-90 kills the M1 at its leisure. Who's side are you on again? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'd take an Abrams tank, remove the 120mm gun, and replace it with that GE 30mm cannon that's on the A-10 Warthog. So the shells will just dig a small divot in the front a T-90, and then T-90 kills the M1 at its leisure. Who's side are you on again? This. The high-rof rotary cannon does have a place on the battlefield, but not in an MBT turret. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 11:57:41 AM EDT
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So the shells will just dig a small divot in the front a T-90, and then T-90 kills the M1 at its leisure. Who's side are you on again? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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I'd take an Abrams tank, remove the 120mm gun, and replace it with that GE 30mm cannon that's on the A-10 Warthog. So the shells will just dig a small divot in the front a T-90, and then T-90 kills the M1 at its leisure. Who's side are you on again? Why you gotta harsh GDs buzz, man? |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 12:17:48 PM EDT
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Marines
Triple the size of the infantry and air wing. Dramatically increase amphibious assault abilities Army Triple the size of all infantry and combat mos. Shift cas to army Shift A10s to army and start making more lower cost of cas with super tacanos Navy Full refit and more of everything Air force More F22s Next Crush China and Russia. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 12:23:50 PM EDT
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. Lol And Lol It's not as retarded as the 30mm Abrams. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 12:33:47 PM EDT
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It's not as retarded as the 30mm Abrams. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Remind me if you were launching missiles with the railgun or putting the railgun on the GLCM? Yes and yes. Lol And Lol It's not as retarded as the 30mm Abrams. True |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 1:31:00 PM EDT
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Marines Triple the size of the infantry and air wing. Dramatically increase amphibious assault abilities Army Triple the size of all infantry and combat mos. Shift cas to army Shift A10s to army and start making more lower cost of cas with super tacanos Navy Full refit and more of everything Air force More F22s Next Crush China and Russia. So how does a bunch of infantry kill Russian mobile ICBMs and Chinese SSBNs? |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 1:33:01 PM EDT
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So how does a bunch of infantry kill Russian mobile ICBMs and Chinese SSBNs? Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Marines Triple the size of the infantry and air wing. Dramatically increase amphibious assault abilities Army Triple the size of all infantry and combat mos. Shift cas to army Shift A10s to army and start making more lower cost of cas with super tacanos Navy Full refit and more of everything Air force More F22s Next Crush China and Russia. So how does a bunch of infantry kill Russian mobile ICBMs and Chinese SSBNs? You have to win the coin toss and call "no nukes".
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Posted: 9/12/2016 1:36:25 PM EDT
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On the low end, drop 556 and go to 6.5 Grendel. Replace the saw and m240 with a 6.5 Grendel LMG. Makes logistics a bit easier.
On the high end, like Raven said, rods from god. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 1:45:13 PM EDT
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I'd build a high quality professional soldier; by making military service competitive with civilian pay and incentives. Better benefits, better living conditions, and top-notch training.
Too much money is spend on BS weapons programs and not enough on the soldiers expected to operate them. |
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Posted: 9/12/2016 1:50:21 PM EDT
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Drone fleets with the same flight characteristics and radar cross sections as the fighter and bomber fleets.
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