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  1. Fuck these hoes. It’s time for Texas to drop the god damn hammer.
  2. If you go this route, keep it locked up but chambered. It should be ready to go.
  3. PCC? Pistol caliber carbine like the Ruger PC? Uses standard pistol mags. Has a safety. It's a carbine so the "long gun" feel is there to be able to use both hands and anchor to your shoulder and you can get higher capacity mags for the invariable first few shots that miss. Just pull back the oversized handle to chamber a round and you are good. Very little felt recoil, not "too" loud, easy to handle, lightweight. AND a big ass can of bear spray or mace to keep by the doors just in case. In case the dude has a knife or something or a bat. Don't need to put holes in them, just get them to move on.
  4. Revolver is the easiest to understand (double action) - has obvious limitations with capacity and reload times. I'd look at a .38sp No on the shotgun. Big, loud, hard to handle quickly. First shot will disorient her. She'll probably "short-stroke" the second. Limited capacity, over-penetration with surrounding walls with 00 shot (which most suggest) If you do get a pistol, I'd get a .380 S&W semi-auto she can keep in her purse in a holster. Does she live alone? I'd start with reinforced doors/windows, a can of mace, an alarm/camera system, and a territorial dog. Even a small, yappy dog will let you know people are near the house
  5. Hard times make hard mem, hard men make easy times, easy times make weak men......rinse, wash, repeat.
  6. Key point here. German Tigers and later King Tigers were so damn large, they have to have specially designed rail car just to move them. They only made around a thousand or so, and most saw action on the Eastern Front. BUT, it's the iconic German tank, so every damn movie made has to have one in it. I read that the one in Fury is among a handful left that are actually operational, so they had to baby that old girl something special in the movie.
  7. All of this, and it was still the SECOND largest amphibious landing of the war, behind Okinawa and in front of Iwo. The size and scope of these operations is staggering to think about, especially at that time in history.
  8. Ironically, the scattered paratroopers that messed their landing zones caused such confusion with the defending Germans that they estimated the numbers to be many multiple larger than what they actually were....causing delays in responding and confusion with leadership.
  9. All this. It was also like the T34 in that it was easy to mass produce and extremely reliable. German tanks were so ridiculously overly-engineered that they were hard to mass produce, hard to maintain, and hard to keep in the field. The later models were too big, too heavy, and ridiculously hard to move on rail to the front lines. Another little factoid from the podcast. All Germans were raised to the right-handed. There were no lefties. Yet all German tank turrets positioned the loader on the right side of the main gun....meaning they had to use their left arm much more than the right. Making them invariably slower to fire/load. To this day, there is no reason given for such an obvious design flaw.
  10. Uhhhhh.....who are these people. I need to have a long talk with them
  11. New favorite WWII podcast I found: "We have ways of making you talk" with Al Murray and James Holland Just finished up there 'Top tanks of WWII' episode with Steve Zaloga. Sherman T34 Panzer Four They also illustrated that outside of the Battle of Kurtz, VERY few tanks destroyed other tanks. Or how many American crews didn't prefer the 76 over the older 75mm gun. To accommodate the higher velocity gun the turret was much more cramped, they tank held fewer shells, and most importantly the venerable 75 was much, much easier/faster to reload. One story the men spoke about was American training and how early on after the invasion how a single Sherman took out a German Tiger in a standoff fight. Both tanks came around a corner and faced one another. The better trained American tank commander had a round in the pipe, and immediately fired and hit the Tiger turret, sending the German commander diving inside. It of course didn't penetrate, but send shards of metal flying around inside, injuring the driver. The American gunners were so fast they got off ten rounds into the Tiger....who never got off a single shot. They scrambled out, were captured, which effectively knocked the Tiger out of action. I think this group will love the listen.
  12. You might be right - if so, this MENSA candidate has a broken clavicle AND busted eardrums.
  13. First officer grouped a decent size on the windshield, problem was, the driver wasn't behind the group. You can assume he'd ducked down below the window and line of fire. To hit him you'd need to fire through the hood, and penetrate the car console/steering column. Either way he wasn't going anywhere. Even if he was upright, the angle of impact causes significant deflection and even yaw of the round. Think trying to hit a fish underwater. You also might also assume they're using HP's, which are highly unpredictable on hard surfaces vs. standard ball-ammo. Then you have the adrenaline dump after the car chase and your fine motor skills go to shit. Point of the story, hitting anything with a pistol is fucking hard.
  14. It was used (among many applications) to raze cities, as were almost all subsequent incendiary devices.
  15. Or look up Greek fire? Look up medieval incendiary tactics, attacks, and material such as tar and pitch.
  16. Hard cast I'd assume?
  17. Always laughed at the scene in The Highwaymen with Costner going into the gun store and walking out with an arsenal of Thompsons, BAR's, 1911's, shotguns, etc.
  18. Seriously, what's the backstory here with this apparent serial killer?
  19. "Los Diablos Tejanos" - The Texas Devils. Empire of the Summer Moon goes deep into the orchestration, implementation, and efficacy of the Rangers against the Comanches and Apaches that had fought conventional army units to a standstill. The above-mentioned Paterson and later Walker pistols, were originally scoffed at by the Army. The Rangers realized they needed the same capabilities to fight Indians from horseback and be able to travel for extraordinary lengths of distance. Revolvers gave them this capability and it changed the face of warfare forever. Comanches were so adept at using their mounted archers they could fire from under the neck of the horse at a full gallop and put dozens of arrows on target to a single musket ball in return, who also had to dismount to fire and reload. The new Walker pistols also had a faster reload, larger powder capacity, and much longer range. Combined with Comanche and Apache tactics, it was game over compared to a rider with just a bow and a lance or Mexican soldiers with cap & ball rifles. The first true "special forces", akin to what the SAS did in N.Africa.
  20. Nice, I'd swap out the sights for something you can see in low light situations, but other than that nothing more iconic that a clean 1911.
  21. Late to the party, I know - but just started season one. The ITK (Ice Truck Killer). SO hooked....
  22. Seems to be confirmed this fuck is the perp.
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