>Is anyone using the Five Seven as a service pistol?
I think the armed forces of Saudi Arabi bought like 12000 of them, so I assume they've got plenty in service for daily carry.
Besides that though most customers were police departments or smaller military units or guards, and those orders were much smaller and undisclosed quantities.
Some Belgian police/military units might also use them.
>Germany
I generally think our military is ok in how it's set up in theory, I just wish we had a bit larger army and air force and most importantly much better combat readiness
also our pretty large budget should be spent better. E.g. our navy has a decent number of frigates, corvettes, and submarines, but they're pretty weakly armed.
also what we really need is more combat experience. In the war against ISIS for example, we sent reconnaisance and support troops (recon Tornados, tankers, a frigate, some medics). I wish we had sent special forces and used our aircraft for airstrikes to directly kill ISIS tards too.
also we need more cruise missiles, better air defense, and armed drones
Given Germany's position inside a modern friendly Europe, with Russia busy neutralizing itself, I think you guys would benefit a lot from pivoting towards more air and naval power and cutting back on the army a touch. I can't see a real land war in western Europe anytime soon, and if you picked up a couple helicopter carriers, or one or two real ones given that you probably could honestly afford it, you'd have a lot more weight to throw around diplomatically.
I wish we had a schwerer gustav in a museum. Or a BIG battleship. Imagine if we captured the Yamato intact... HOLY FUCK IT MAKES ME SO HARD having the former arch enemy's grand capital ship as a museum on your own coastline.
Yamato & Musashi were overrated and probably wouldn't be worth the cost of upkeep. There's a bunch of museum battleships to visit, don't get greedy. Think of the poor Euros.
Just forget the fact that Canada is a nation of perennial gays for a moment and imagine it. A dedicated interceptor, or at least as dedicated as planes get now. Fast, long legs, with room for long range weapons and modern stealth, electronics, and communications gear. Ideal for denying the northern airspace to hostile interests and participating in coalition air campaigns. Of course they would hope that with enough tech transfer from LockMart or whoever, Super Arrow could restart a hope for Canadian military aerospace.
I'm sure something like this would do something like that just fine. It'd be great to see how many JSMs can fit in big honkin' delta like that. It wouldn't even cost so much at this point in F-35's lifespan. Call it a 5.5th gen plane.
The new ones carry such a rediuclous amount of weapons I'd want them anyways. And there are some real long lads coming up in development, new F15s are probably the only export planes that are gonna be launching those.
US, the Danes had really nice winter camo I wish we had. There's an image floating around of UK commandos in it where they practically blend into the trees. >inb4 camo isn't a weapon
Weapon of subterfuge.
I really wish Ireland had bought at least 2 second hand F-16's. We have no interceptor capabilities and I don't really trust Britain to guard our air spaces properly. Friend of mine is a pilot in the air corps and he says as of a few months ago the prospect is completely off the table, government wont shill out the money for it.
I could understand an Irishman not trusting us British, but I really believe that we would never allow such airspace violations to happen, and the vast majority of Irish know that British will have their back in some kind of third party situation, no matter what. If not because we would genuinely be outraged by some other country bullying Ireland (that's our job!), but also because any time Britain has been invaded, it has been done through Ireland.
It's strange how the government are so against investing in the Guard to have real defensive capabilities, despite the Irish proving again and again through history that they are true warriors and some of the best men the British have had. >t. Englishman of Irish blood
>I don't trust Britain to gaurd our airspace >Britain defends Air space and Irish seas since Ireland was a Republic with 0 incidents
The state of you dumb cunts >Wish we had 2 F16s >To gaurd the entirety of Ireland
The state of you dumb cunts
>tfw watching the Siege of Jadotville, then finding out that the Irish military is basically nonexistent as of today
It's like finding out Santa isn't real.
Honestly I found that movie a little obnoxious. >Ireland never colonized anyone
moron you were in the empire with the rest of us. It's not a fucking accident that half of amerimutts identify as "irish."
>What weapon from another country's military do you wish your country's military had?
Absolutely nothing, I just wished we've had three aircraft carriers again and the plateau of Albion active with nuclear missiles pointing at Britain, Germany, Russia, Israel, Turkey and North Africa >t. French
Don't forget the Jeanne d'Arc, and add more surface ships and SNLE for the Pacific ocean, so we can obliterate China and make New Zealand seethe at us a bit more
B-1 is kinda ass tbh. The requirement changeup between the A and the B left the B going a lot slower than the A would have, it has 20,000 pounds less payload than the B-52, and it obviously isn't the fucking 2, no explanation needed there.
B-52s are going to be even more terrifying than they've ever been once AGM-181 LRSOs start coming out. It's fucking hilarious.
As an American, my single point of envy is the Russian nuclear battleship.
Russia used to have four of 'em and America used to have nine smaller cope equivalents, now its the very last of its species. Going to be heartbroken when some smoker or Finnish missile turns it into a reef.
As an American, my single point of envy is the Russian nuclear battleship.
Russia used to have four of 'em and America used to have nine smaller cope equivalents, now its the very last of its species. Going to be heartbroken when some smoker or Finnish missile turns it into a reef.
>her sister ship, the Nakhimov, has been docked in Arkhangelsk since the year 1999, continuously undergoing modernization and repairs
Imagine how powerful it will be when they're done, it'll probably have lasers and be able to go into orbit
In reality it sat for about a decade, then was given some basic maintenance and repairs between 2010-2013 when they stopped doing anything again because there was no actual modernization path decided on yet, finally they got back to work in 2014/15 repairing the hull and removing old shit that would be replaced with upgraded stuff, that has continued up until today and is expected to continue until 2023 when it is supposed to start sea trials.
Japan's combat e-bois
i wish America had empty, presumably decoy tanks like Russia
Jealous of the ability of euros to put out decent small combat ships.
The F-15 STOL/MTD and YF-23 from the US
The SU-47 from the Russians
Is anyone using the Five Seven as a service pistol? I love that fucking thing, hell of a lot better than the Sig crap we swapped to.
>Is anyone using the Five Seven as a service pistol?
I think the armed forces of Saudi Arabi bought like 12000 of them, so I assume they've got plenty in service for daily carry.
Besides that though most customers were police departments or smaller military units or guards, and those orders were much smaller and undisclosed quantities.
Some Belgian police/military units might also use them.
Jealous the endless subservient anglo cannon fodder of the Israelis
I know they're secured, but it always freaks me out seeing planes with their asses hanging over the edge of the deck.
Not sure if it counts but I'm jealous about the swiss being able to buy their service rifle
>Germany
I generally think our military is ok in how it's set up in theory, I just wish we had a bit larger army and air force and most importantly much better combat readiness
also our pretty large budget should be spent better. E.g. our navy has a decent number of frigates, corvettes, and submarines, but they're pretty weakly armed.
also what we really need is more combat experience. In the war against ISIS for example, we sent reconnaisance and support troops (recon Tornados, tankers, a frigate, some medics). I wish we had sent special forces and used our aircraft for airstrikes to directly kill ISIS tards too.
also we need more cruise missiles, better air defense, and armed drones
Given Germany's position inside a modern friendly Europe, with Russia busy neutralizing itself, I think you guys would benefit a lot from pivoting towards more air and naval power and cutting back on the army a touch. I can't see a real land war in western Europe anytime soon, and if you picked up a couple helicopter carriers, or one or two real ones given that you probably could honestly afford it, you'd have a lot more weight to throw around diplomatically.
I thought I had seen recently that someone was floating the idea of German carriers for an EU military.
I love artillery. We have a few K9s (the hot new thing) but wish we had like 500 more.
>K9s (the hot new thing)
Stop trying to make Korea happen, it's never going to happen.
HIMARS is the new hot thing. Sorry you missed the boat
https://twitter.com/ausgepowert/status/1571404532239720449
WTF
I wish we had a schwerer gustav in a museum. Or a BIG battleship. Imagine if we captured the Yamato intact... HOLY FUCK IT MAKES ME SO HARD having the former arch enemy's grand capital ship as a museum on your own coastline.
Yamato & Musashi were overrated and probably wouldn't be worth the cost of upkeep. There's a bunch of museum battleships to visit, don't get greedy. Think of the poor Euros.
They're finally giving Texas some much needed love. Bless 'em.
imagine what an american version of the j-20 would look like
long range stealth interceptor. man. imagine that with proper engines and actually modern electronics.
like the F-22?
no not the f-22, something optimized for long range and high speed, not just coincidentally good at it.
aesthetically i just want to see what a not kinda ugly J-20 would look like
My dear friend, can I interest you in my favorite bullshit flight of fantasy that will never fucking happen, the Super Arrow?
Just forget the fact that Canada is a nation of perennial gays for a moment and imagine it. A dedicated interceptor, or at least as dedicated as planes get now. Fast, long legs, with room for long range weapons and modern stealth, electronics, and communications gear. Ideal for denying the northern airspace to hostile interests and participating in coalition air campaigns. Of course they would hope that with enough tech transfer from LockMart or whoever, Super Arrow could restart a hope for Canadian military aerospace.
It's kinda kino to imagine it, I won't lie.
stop, i can only get so depressed
Sorry brother. I wish our hat wasn't so anti-fun-and-cool-things.
Australia here, yes please. 240 thanks. Hows $24b over 10 years sound? We need them to have naval strike capability tho just FYI.
I'm sure something like this would do something like that just fine. It'd be great to see how many JSMs can fit in big honkin' delta like that. It wouldn't even cost so much at this point in F-35's lifespan. Call it a 5.5th gen plane.
Let the Ukrainians have the design, lol.
Why? What would they do with it?
They can't even produce a proper IFV.
Alle
t. Ukraine
KF21 when they start selling it
I wish we had Ukie medicfus.
I kind of wish Australia had bought F-15s back in the day. Now that we've got F-35s, it's kind of a moot point.
The new ones carry such a rediuclous amount of weapons I'd want them anyways. And there are some real long lads coming up in development, new F15s are probably the only export planes that are gonna be launching those.
US, the Danes had really nice winter camo I wish we had. There's an image floating around of UK commandos in it where they practically blend into the trees.
>inb4 camo isn't a weapon
Weapon of subterfuge.
Armata tank.
I'm genuinely curious. Also I'm so tired of everyone stealing our technology, I want to steal someone's back, lol.
This pic is good for the most part, but the Z-19 is much more a copy of the OH-1 than it is OH-58
Burger here.
How about MREs from literally any other civilized nation?
I really wish Ireland had bought at least 2 second hand F-16's. We have no interceptor capabilities and I don't really trust Britain to guard our air spaces properly. Friend of mine is a pilot in the air corps and he says as of a few months ago the prospect is completely off the table, government wont shill out the money for it.
I could understand an Irishman not trusting us British, but I really believe that we would never allow such airspace violations to happen, and the vast majority of Irish know that British will have their back in some kind of third party situation, no matter what. If not because we would genuinely be outraged by some other country bullying Ireland (that's our job!), but also because any time Britain has been invaded, it has been done through Ireland.
It's strange how the government are so against investing in the Guard to have real defensive capabilities, despite the Irish proving again and again through history that they are true warriors and some of the best men the British have had.
>t. Englishman of Irish blood
>I don't trust Britain to gaurd our airspace
>Britain defends Air space and Irish seas since Ireland was a Republic with 0 incidents
The state of you dumb cunts
>Wish we had 2 F16s
>To gaurd the entirety of Ireland
The state of you dumb cunts
>tfw watching the Siege of Jadotville, then finding out that the Irish military is basically nonexistent as of today
It's like finding out Santa isn't real.
Honestly I found that movie a little obnoxious.
>Ireland never colonized anyone
moron you were in the empire with the rest of us. It's not a fucking accident that half of amerimutts identify as "irish."
Correct. I'm partly Irish myself (albeit just one-seventh).
>me trying to figure out exactly how inbred someone has to be to be a seventh something.
He has different dads, you know?
If somebody were to ever conquer us you're either the starter or the dessert
>What weapon from another country's military do you wish your country's military had?
Absolutely nothing, I just wished we've had three aircraft carriers again and the plateau of Albion active with nuclear missiles pointing at Britain, Germany, Russia, Israel, Turkey and North Africa
>t. French
Basé compatriote.
Don't forget the Jeanne d'Arc, and add more surface ships and SNLE for the Pacific ocean, so we can obliterate China and make New Zealand seethe at us a bit more
I want Noooooks. I wont use them I swear 🙂
t. Poland
I bet some Slav general could be bribed to sell you some SS-18s that "fell off a truck" or something.
Burger here. I'd love us to have more supersonic air-to-ground missiles. Frog ASMP-T and nip ASM-3 look pretty nice. CV90 is also undeniably sexy.
Bong here, I'd like some B1's for global missile spam.
B-1 is kinda ass tbh. The requirement changeup between the A and the B left the B going a lot slower than the A would have, it has 20,000 pounds less payload than the B-52, and it obviously isn't the fucking 2, no explanation needed there.
B-52s are going to be even more terrifying than they've ever been once AGM-181 LRSOs start coming out. It's fucking hilarious.
F-22 Raptor.
csa here
As an American, my single point of envy is the Russian nuclear battleship.
Russia used to have four of 'em and America used to have nine smaller cope equivalents, now its the very last of its species. Going to be heartbroken when some smoker or Finnish missile turns it into a reef.
It's like the world's last true Surface Combatant
>her sister ship, the Nakhimov, has been docked in Arkhangelsk since the year 1999, continuously undergoing modernization and repairs
Imagine how powerful it will be when they're done, it'll probably have lasers and be able to go into orbit
In reality it sat for about a decade, then was given some basic maintenance and repairs between 2010-2013 when they stopped doing anything again because there was no actual modernization path decided on yet, finally they got back to work in 2014/15 repairing the hull and removing old shit that would be replaced with upgraded stuff, that has continued up until today and is expected to continue until 2023 when it is supposed to start sea trials.