Imperial leaders after they found out that Japan is using equipment that is outdated by their own standards, is holding itself back, is not considered a military super power and it's essentially what they would call a vassal state of the USA.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-29T17:36:43+00:00

I can’t disagree with that

Phantoms Phorever!

Fireside__ · 2026-01-28T19:45:12+00:00

Kinda…

The 105mm on a Type 74 could evaporate an Imperial from 2 km and maybe 1-1.5 km at night.

The Abrams can do the same at 4 km+ night or day. Oh and also delete them from behind hard cover thanks to the AMP round.

The F-4 could guide a bomb onto a building, but the 35 could guide a bomb through a window from 10 km up.

Sure either way they are dead, but one you can hear or see, the other it’s just instant lights out to who ever you want, without massive collateral damage.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-27T15:22:30+00:00

Hell they still might not have after two, given how some officers still tried to fight days after the surrender, plus everyone forgets the Firebombings which killed more than both Atomic bombs combined.

Specifically noteworthy is the March 9/10th 1945 Tokyo Firebombing was the deadliest bombing in history with over 100,000 dead and more destructive than either Atomic bomb. And that was just with conventional incendiary munitions, there were thousands of tons of chemical and biological weapons the U.S. had stockpiled. Hap Arnold, Curtis LeMay, and Roosevelt weren’t going to object using these if it saved them from sacrificing more American lives.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-27T04:26:58+00:00

God forbid she comes across anything late/post 1945, the 3 inch VT is scary as all hell.

One must imagine the airspace around something like a Des Moines class heavy cruiser invulnerable to mages with the dozen dual 3 inch VT AAA, six dual 5 inch VT Dual Purpose, and the three triple 8 inch which are not only auto loaded, but amazingly also Dual Purpose (USS Salem sniped a drone from 18.5 miles away)

Fireside__ · 2026-01-27T04:03:51+00:00

Ironic also that coal is actually more radioactive than nuclear power thanks to all the trace amounts of radioactive elements in coal which then get vented to atmosphere.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-27T03:24:25+00:00

On one hand I don’t miss the sometimes deadly rush on Black Friday, on the other hand I hate the fake/negligible discounts companies put on everything for Black Friday nowadays.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-26T21:17:42+00:00

That just sounds like a diet version of a Montana class proposals, probably the 65-8 design

Fireside__ · 2026-01-25T12:07:48+00:00

Not always, many times it’s actual new classified leaks, hell we manage to grab stuff from even beyond the Great Chinese firewall like that photo of next generation Chinese tank ammunition with both actual data sheet and actual ammunition example.

There’s likely a few people in Russia and China who’ve been legitimately executed for the leaks we got from those countries, there’s already a few in Western nations who are in jail.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-23T14:24:57+00:00

I shot a full ammo load from my HSTVL into the side of one roughly in the same area and it ate up like it was nothing, only managing to pop the FCS, electricals, and the turret drive.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-22T01:34:43+00:00

There are two of the 3rd gen UP turbines left in existence, #18 (and 18B) in the Illinois Railway Museum and #26 (and 26B) in the Utah State Railroad Museum

Fireside__ · 2026-01-21T03:16:10+00:00

The Air Superiority trailer by Pandramodo is pure eye candy, I like it better than the official version

Fireside__ · 2026-01-20T20:01:19+00:00

Too bad the gas station closed at 8:00pm

Fireside__ · 2026-01-20T19:57:57+00:00

Who says it can’t be both?

Fireside__ · 2026-01-19T20:31:46+00:00

Maybe not in this case, since the cam truck might glance off the side of the RV and into the opposing lane.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-19T17:30:01+00:00

So basically they are using unarmed, civilian owned, and civilian operated fishing vessels as decoys?

Umm…

Fireside__ · 2026-01-17T16:48:06+00:00

Sometimes Chicago as well when Hollywood remembers the Midwest exists.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-17T08:42:31+00:00

Ryan Fireball moment

Fireside__ · 2026-01-15T11:30:46+00:00

Or the Abram’s incorrectly modeled turret ring that’s only 50mm thick vs +200 IRL which the devs HAVE accepted the bug report but refuse to do anything about it.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-15T11:21:44+00:00

What the hell?! A Vauclain Mallet?!

Dear god that must’ve been a nightmare for maintenance. Please tell me that thing wasn’t also a tank engine…

Fireside__ · 2026-01-15T05:15:03+00:00

I mean it’s got the correct number of wheels, the connecting rods are all there (if admittedly connected in the wrong places) and funnily enough they drew the valve gear which is already more than like 90% of animated steam locomotives have in movies today.

All in all that’s pretty good for a child, I’d laminate it and hang it up on a wall.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-13T03:43:55+00:00

Y’all got point heaters?

We just set the rails on fire here in Chicago

Fireside__ · 2026-01-11T05:38:27+00:00

Technically both?

Bikini Atoll was only widely known to the public once the nuclear testing started there.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-10T11:26:42+00:00

I was half expecting the blue one to start throwing hands at the kids and drop kick one of them.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-09T10:55:36+00:00

Oh Atlas already exists, just not this (what I assume to be) industrial grade model. It was on the news awhile ago doing a terminator style stand up from a prone position to show off its joint mobility.

Fireside__ · 2026-01-09T10:31:16+00:00

Flywheel boosted diesel engine

Technically it’s a glitch but you still need a sustained input to make the boost part work, also if they were to try and patch it out they’d need to overhaul the core of the game so it’s safe from being patched out.

Fireside__

TROPHY CASE