Painted these 3D printed orcs up with a mix of craft and hobby paint. Not my most detailed work, but good enough for tabletop; this is one of the loaner warbands for a local Mordheim group.
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What (if anything) is the goal of the setup in terms of driving choices like barrel, optics, handguard, accessories?
Yes, M576 buckshot (and some other similar ideas like flechette loadings) exist/existed. However I'm talking about GP-25 compatible rounds being developed and used for anti-drone. While NATO style 40mm has had a lot of experimentation in the past, the 40mm for GP launchers didn't have as much experimentation in the past.
With the BCG as the adjustment method for putting a can on, what do you think? I'm used to adjustable gasblocks, though I suppose for your handguard setup the BCG is more accessible.
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In response to the threat of heavy firearms, armorers made the breastplate and helmet to be thick enough to resist the impact of musket fire. The dent on the breastplate under the right arm is a "proof mark," made by the armorer by firing at his own work, This was intended to guarantee that the breastplate was indeed shot-proof. Remarkably, the small size and girth of this armor suggest that it was made for a teenage boy, for use either in training or in actual war.
I was making a small, sleepy island with a just barely visible sea monster in the ocean. Unfortunately I messed up the resin, making it come out cloudly and milky, and scrapped this iteration. I want to try the same idea again, but with a fresh start on materials.
Colt ACR duplex rounds.
There is validity to trying to make ammunition variants for weapons already being carried instead of introducing a whole different weapon.
The next step up would be something like an underbarrel anti-drone weapon. I'm honestly surprised not to have seen a scattering type load for a GP-25.
Ubisoft moment.
That's more or less how I feel about the first game. I really liked the setting and characters, but found the gameplay underwhelming. Combat was especially boring, which made me go towards stealth or dialog resolutions just to skip it, except the game had a long chunk where fighting the local wildlife was the only option.
Statistical armor against modified PG and other PIBD warheads being seen on FPVs would actually help, however Russia's seeming inability to make simple stat armor nets is really baffling. They seem to create everything except lightweight blocks of net armor.
These "porcupine" tanks that are showing up may have some success in stopping some of the FPV drones coming in with some types of munition, but at what cost? The tanks are now gigantic more visible blobs that are almost certainly more difficult to drive and fight with. Given that tank-on-tank (or tank on any other armor vehicle capable of killing the tank) fights are historically usually determined by who fires first, these porcupine setups seem to be a bad tradeoff.
Wheels was using cheese tactics that allowed him to deploy his army after the opposition had deployed their entire army. Being able to control initial deployment compared to the opponent is a big advantage. Big enough that Shooter had to come up with a counter cheese army specifically designed against Wheels.
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If you're looking for US built, then PSA has been the most recent company giving making AKs from scratch a shot, and from what I've heard succeeding where past US attempts have failed.
If you just want something that's on the market, then you've more or less got to look around and see what's for sale and crosscheck it against the reputation and specific pitfalls to inspect for and about what a good price looks like. Even rifles like WASRs or InterArms AKs have mixed reviews depending on when they were imported, due to differences in quality of things like pressing the front sight block on. Those are things you'd have to inspect for in-person, and therefore something to check out at a gunshop rather than ordering online to an FFL. Or you just get dumb lucky with somebody trying to get rid of their worthless Chinese knockoff rifles (buy the AK for any reasonable price if this happens).
I'd say look for the gun not the rails. You can add the rails later. For a 7.62mm AK, I generally wouldn't even think about adding a vertical grip and just keeping unrailed wood or polymor lower handguards so that the space in front of the mag is as free as possible. For optics rails onto common AKs, there are three entry level ways I think to go about it. First is an Ultimak gastube with a rail. It really only works for red dots, it doesn't support magnified optics or magnifier for red dots. But if you're going with 7.62mm specifically, I'd figure a simple red dot probably fits the realistic ranges. Ultimak doesn't disrupt the silhouette much and is completely reversible. Second option is a hinged dust cover like a TWS. It can fit magnifiers or magnified optics on the longer and closer section of rail. Something really heavy and long like a LPVO is going to make it concerningly flex while open and the optic can bump against the receiver. It also means removing the rear sight and effectively losing any way to use the front iron sight as the provided railed backup iron sight isobscured by even the smallest optics. The third way is to pick up an AK with a Warsaw side rail installed. From that you can get an adaptor from companies like Midwest Industries that use that side rail as a mounting point to put a Picatinny rail or scope rings over the dust cover. A really solid option for heavier magnified optics especially ring mounted ones.
It's been a while since I shopped for AK mags, but do check the reputation of certain mags on sale, as so many are made and the quality of feeding really does variety. I don't trust fully polymer AK mags with the grudging exception of Magpul. Something like a Tapco mag is just a waste.
You're going to want an AK sight adjustment tool, the cheapo Tapco one is fine for this, a cleaning kit, and a solid cleaning rod is the rifle didn't come with one (specifically a solid rod for popping out stuck brass), and a cleaning kit.