White House directs officials to draft proposal to lift US sanctions on Russia
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The moron that tried used an AR-15 which shoots a tiny little bullet and not the appropriate calibre. If he had known anything about ballistics we wouldn’t be dealing with this.
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That's what you get with a bad education system.
I was taught how to consider bullet velocity and trajectory by the government when I was 20.
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Russia used to be godless commies, but now it's viewed as a white, Christian capitalist state with a strong leader. It's not, but that's the bullshit Fucker Carlson and other Russian sponsored propagandists have been spewing for the last decade or so.
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Only 22% voted for him, and a large portion of those fall into the 'no idea what's happening' camp.
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[From interviews in 1953] The author determined that his interviewees had fond memories of the Nazi period and did not see Adolf Hitler as evil, and they perceived themselves as having a high degree of personal freedom during Nazi rule
I never considered some Germans still favored the Nazi regime after WW2, or at least not a significant number, especially not otherwise normal people. I've ordered a copy of the book
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Also, don't aim for the head. Jesus. Aim for the chest.
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You probably also were taught to use at least a 30 calibre bullet like the M21 (which is what the Secret Service used to return fire)
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And why only one shot? Keep pulling that fucking trigger.
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If this is about ending the war, where's Ukraine's voice in these discussions?
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I wasn't being trained as an assassin.
Choosing the calibre wouldn't be my prerogative.
What we were shooting with was just 7.62. Which now that I check equates to a .30cal actually. Never knew that, huh.
I did handle some .50cals, but not a sniper rifle, and I don't know how sneaky I could be with a tripod mounted .50cal AA machine gun.
Tldr basic conscription but I did go the longer way voluntarily and am an NCO. I just recalled some basic ballistics lectures from your comment.
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Exhibit A.
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You don't have to be sneaky, just not fucking miss like the gormless cretin that last tried.
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But he missed because the bullet he used was too small and too light and didn’t have a proper ballistic trajectory
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I mean, if you're not sneaky and you're setting up a .50cal turret where they're holding a speech from POTUS, I'm pretty sure someone would have some notes on that.
I mean I'm not Finnish and I do understand American gun culture is pretty liberal, but is it that liberal?
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The AR bullet is less than one third the weight and much smaller than the 7.62 round which is why I said it was a shitty choice (and specifically why we still use Korea era armament to this day in the M 21, and 60, mini gun etc (NATO 7.62).
NATO 5.56 Is for ground troops and is designed more to incapacitate
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7.62 and 5.56 is basically just a choice.
Thats what made us Finns joining NATO so hard (as in a side from all the politics and just practical matters), because we use 7.62 for all ground troops, especially because Russia uses it as well and wed like to be able to scavenge their ammo if they try any special military operations this way.
We've fucking tons of our own make of a AK variant, the RK. RK62 is decent but the sights are shit, RK95TP is awesome. That was my main weapon, had to keep a -62 for 2 months when I was in a poorer regiment for trainining. (Their boots sucked as well everyone from our brigade got a permit from the doc to wear holiday boots for normal service because they were just so much more comfy, like walking on air vs walking in glass.)
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In a few small outlets. I have not seen a big headline on the front page of a national paper, or an opener on the nayor TV networks news.
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That 7.62 is not the same as NATO 7.62. The AK round has the diameter but not the length, weight or amount of gunpowder.
You are right that it doesn’t matter that much compared to 5.56, for a battle rifle, but NATO 7.62 is much more powerful and weighs a shitload more. It’s what I use to shoot 700m (and as I said above what US special forces still use as the standard sniper rifle M21)
Russia has been using 5.45 since the 70s (The ones with the brown magazine instead of black). I know the Czech SAR models were available in 5.56x45, 5.45x56, and 7.62x39 (NATO is 7.62x51)
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Russian agent doing the Russian agent things.
