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Ukraine weapons thread General Military Discussion
From: stancrist
3-May
17thfabn said:The modified Maxim looks very bulky. Maybe best to leave it as it was and just add optics?
In its original format, the Russian Maxim is extremely heavy, better suited to firing from a fixed position.
Also, the original version is a water-cooled weapon, which complicates logistics and increases the weight.
I think the reason the modified Maxim looks so bulky is because of the relatively poor video quality.
Here is a better view with higher resolution. IMO, it does not look much bulkier than the M1919A6.
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Of course it would be simpler and easier to not do the air-cooled conversion, as per this modified Maxim:
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I guess it boils down to whether -- and how much -- importance is placed on reducing the soldier's load.
From: Mr. T (MrT4)
4-May
Someone had a Bayraktar TB2 do a low pass over Kiev ending in a shootdown .
- Edited 04 May 2023 17:53 by Mr. T (MrT4)
From: gatnerd
4-May
Weird / cool RPG Mortar MLRS type device being employed. I don't really get why this exists vs just a mortar, but its cool.
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More broadly there have been a number of RPG launched mortars from the shoulder as a sort of direct fire frag round. Apparently these are the adapters that attach the mortar shell to the RPG rocket
From: stancrist
5-May
Almost right. Try this:
Don't have a mortar, but have plenty of rounds for one and plenty of RPGs?
From: farmplinker2
5-May
I was more responding to the top of the post, but your explanation for the bottom picture sounds right.
From: stancrist
5-May
farmplinker2 said:I was more responding to the top of the post...
Oh? In that case your comment makes no sense.
"Don't have a mortar and/or rounds for one, but have plenty of RPGs?"
If they don't have mortar rounds, they would be unable to assemble the hybrid RPG/mortar rounds shown at the top of the post...
From: Mr. T (MrT4)
5-May
RPG 7 has proven to be most versatile
Friends of mine manufacture a carbon fiber version, savings in weight are about 35% 4.2kg for carbon RPG-7
Now they are looking at making CF wishbones for Nexter Titus, which seems to be suffering from having low payload capacity so shaving off weight everywhere except the armor plate is on the menue
From: gatnerd
5-May
Mr. T (MrT4) said:Friends of mine manufacture a carbon fiber version, savings in weight are about 35% 4.2kg for carbon RPG-7
Super cool man.
Never thought I'd see a luxury RPG 7 :-)
