The correct answer is FN FAL.

With all the awesome stuff like this floating around, why isn’t anyone thinking about giving a modern tech update to this epic machine:

It’s all in the comments, especially the wmdix’s one.

Yeah, the F-8 was the Navy’s F-104. I’ve read somehwere that early in the service it was nicknamed “ensign killer”. It was a great fighter but not so great carrier-borne fighter.

Best land-based application of Merlin: Centurion tank.

Rolls Royce Merlin. 27L of hell yeah! It literally won the WW2. And it was even used in tanks until the 80s (see RR Meteor).

That’s a great find! And all that from a single squadron!

If in doubt, flat out. I see, either a lot of doubt, or some really heavy:

I would also like to add that it is the best looking 3-series.

And E9 CSL is the best BMW, ever.

Your VTEC is misfiring today.

I don’t remember the details, but the story goes: an F-8 from Constellation was landing at Guantanamo and had some sort of a failure on the main landing gear. As the result, it slided off the runway and onto the rocks. The pilot was OK, and he didn’t eject.

Any landing you can walk away from....or swim. Or abseil.

I have to point out (like many others) that you don’t have to sink a ship in order to kill it. Bismarck was disabled and rendered combat ineffective long before it was sunk (or scuttled?). And you can have as much armor as you want, but with a torpedo detonating under you keel, your CIC, or propulsion knocked…

If I would see this particular scene in person, I’d be like:

I don’t know why, but this particular mishap came to my mind:

If someone need a lighter:

I wonder why is it not on this list? It should be number 1 as most of the stuff on this list are actually quite pointless, aside from the Arrow.

Just pointing out to your lack of knowledge on the aforementioned things. You seem to like the idea of a modern battleship and can’t let it go, even when confronted by people who seem to more know than you do. There are plenty of good reasons why large (200+ meters) warships with guns as their main armament are…