Night Ops

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Welcome back! Now onto unusual gear. I'm working on upgrading my LBV, and I'm thinking of adding a shotgun scabbard to the back to act as something to carry bolt cutters. Thing is, most bolt cutters have wide handles, and aren't super long. The scabbard is about 74cm long. Which is a lot for a bolt ...

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Ghost wrote:Here's a random update: NOPCON skill tabs for those who attended will be inbound very soon. A general Night Ops patch will follow shortly.

Finally! Action. What are skill tabs again?

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Welcome in! Nice to find someone out of the blue like that.

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Right... that's actually a marvelous idea. I'd have myself a nice set of night camo-ish clothes.

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http://img.rodastjarnan.com/faltuniformer-ttsko-tank-uniform-byxor-och-jacka-12058-c1.jpg There's a sale on this, so I could get both pieces for the price of the jacket. However, I dunno where the hell that would blend in. Sure, wheat field/dry vegetation. But not urban or leafy green areas, unless...

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Quick question.

Whenever I try to make something double edged with my angle grinder, the tip becomes round. Just round. "Sharp", but round. What the hell?

Been trying to make a dagger and a push dagger, both got rounded tips. It's annoying the hell out of me.

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Welcome in, Shade!

I believe that a healthy portion of night ops is about screwing around on rooftops and enjoying yourself, and don't worry, that's plenty of fun too. Leave the B&E to the Bad Ideas section

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Shade wrote:Yeah, stealththief's guide gave me the idea of stuff like that to screw with a guard's vision.

Whut? He has a guide? I skimmed through his posts before, probably inattentively. Got a link?

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Ghillie suits are pretty awesome. I remember you posted a link to a leaf-suit of sorts, suited for the woods. That looks so much more mobile than a full ghillie suit. You can't really bunch up into a ball and pretend to be a bush, but in the woods, that would be useful as hell. My main concern with ...

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Well, flash grenade. Unusual and probably never used. Jesus christ that will destroy anyone's night vision, and probably seriously confuse any pursuers. I've tried something like it on myself. Spent 20 minutes in the woods at night, then took a powerful LED flashlight and flashed myself in the eyes....

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Damn, that looks useful. And that's cheap as hell too. I wonder if I can still attach a red filter to it, if I get one...

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I really wish I had myself some camo, now that It's summer.

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You ain't throwing hard enough.

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The difficulty of crossing any fence depends on what sensors or alarms it has. Electric fences can be outfitted with fiber optic cables, mercury vibration sensors, strain sensitive cables (which can work using either a magnetic or physical switch) as well microwave fields, e-fields and such around t...

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My country has about two shooting ranges in total :) Gun laws are pretty strict here, the only exception is hunters - who are allowed to own .22 rifles in safe boxes. Other than that, I've tested the vest against punches, kicks, knees, hammers and knives (away from vest). Duh, it stops the knife. Pu...

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What you actually wear.

The only wrong thing is that the monocular is handheld, not attached to my face.

http://www.innawoods.net/

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Eh. You never know.

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http://i.imgur.com/uEOJr58.jpg Figured I would need this sometime... made out of the same steel as the unfinished Kukri above. Basically I cut it out, filed away on the edges, brass brushed the rust off of it and spraypainted it matte black. I know it will 100% certain stop a knife. No way a knife ...

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Far from done, but the rough outline is complete in 4mm steel. I'm not fully sure as to how I cut out those curves. And one of them isn't exactly round... I'll have to work on that.

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Normal day in the life of an opper

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I'm like a kid the night before Christmas now.

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As far as I've experienced, the effectiveness of camouflage is completely reliant on where you are conducting your ops. I live in Western Europe. So during Winter/Fall, it gets dark very fast and very hard. As in - pitch black by 9PM. However, during the summer, it's bright as hell at night. Like a ...

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I always wanted a Kukri around for when I do ops in the bush, which happens most of the time. http://i.imgur.com/kzmMK1u.png Xanatos wanted me to make a longer, front heavier blade. So here's my suggestion. I think this will turn out very nicely. The hard part will be doing all of those curves with ...

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Call me crazy, but I'm doing this one. 4mm steel with a hard temper. I'll see how it goes.

And I know this looks weird, but trust me, the final result will be good.

Edit... it will probably turn out vastly different in terms of blade shape.

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I love to necro threads. The older the better. The smartest, most reasonable thing anyone would do is not to add any identifying marks/patches/signatures/insignia to their gear. Because patches on your vest are mall ninja and I know it, no matter how much I want a nice NO velcro patch. But perhaps, ...

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Xanatos wrote:'Spose you don't have enough for a longsword, do you?

If you promise to op with a big ass black longsword slapping around, then yeah!

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Alright, the knife looks really different now. I done goofed with the grinding, as I said before, so I made the tip differently. Still not pleased - gonna grind some more and make it needle sharp. And for some more good news, I now have a lot of high carbon 4mm metal that I can use freely. So if any...

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I'm trying the vinegar thing with a piece of metal that was left over from my knife. I just put it in a jar with apple cider vinegar. So far, it works, to a small extent. It's noticeably darker - kind of a darker shade of grey. Not satisfied yet, so I'll try boiling it and then dunking my whole knif...

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Yeah, practice really makes perfect with the angle grinder. I learned that the hard way. I was beveling the edge like Xana proposed, and accidentally ended up with a round tip. So now I'll have to file the spine of the blade back into a tip... Reducing blade width, sadly. But oh well. Also, I need i...

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Welcome to NO! Don't wait a year, jump right into it! Even if that means taking walks alone on a lit sidewalk. I suggest you read Psychlonic's Way of The Shadow, It's in the library section. A very nice guide for beginners. As for gear, just like Xana said. I'm gonna piggyback him and say that black...

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That's a really nice design. I love the thickness of the edge, as well as the double pommels at the bottom of it. I might get myself another one of these, I really like having them on me at all times. Already filed up on the finger wells, they're a bit deeper now. Also I'm scared of messing up with ...

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I'm not sure what to call it, really. It's a blend between a Tom Brown Tracker and a Karambit. Skip the curved blade part. Ever since I got scared shitless by something angrily growling at me when I was alone in the middle of a dark field, I decided that I needed a bigger and more versatile knife. T...

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The worst kind of cliffhanger.

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Alright, I'm posting the two calisthenics routines I've been doing this year. Fitness is a large part of opping and I'm dedicating a lot of time to it. I'd rather make my time spent more efficient, rather than doing pointless stuff for extended periods of time. Also I'm procrastinating on my work to...

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This would be amazing to have, yes. You can't go wrong with something like that on your forearm.

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Well... If I was put into the scenario, without being hypothetical, I believe I'd actually try to make contact with the operative. Of course, I'm not dumbass enough to yell "Hey guys!" to a bunch of men in overalls and 3-hole masks shoving things into a white van. But if I saw someone 'casually' opp...

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I suppose once you start doing the really fun stuff, posting about it isn't such a great idea. Incriminating yourself is the last thing anyone would want to do. That's my two cents.

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Turner Diaries and Hunter obligatory.

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http://i.imgur.com/5xogbf5.png I can see how FLIR would be a problem, as specially if they spot a human lying on the ground behind a house. It isn't that common... so even if they aren't looking for you, they might send someone to investigate. Sounds a bit extreme to have regular helo patrols going...

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You're in pretty much the same environment as me

Can you wash it without the colors going off, or are you not planning on washing it? Because after a night of crawling in crop fields, I looked like an enlightened mudman.

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Well, this is beautiful. Kudos to your spraypainting skills. This is actually super close to atacs. What environment are you opping in? Can you take a picture to show us how it looks in pitch black? On the other side, the white spots seem to be just a little to bright for an LE pattern, but with all...

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Psychlonic, welcome back. I memorized Way of the Shadow and read most of your instructional posts. I'm just really glad that you're back, and I didn't realize that you replied to many of my posts... I'm full of questions. I've basically held you as a role model for my ops, doing things by the book. ...

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8chan allows users to create their own boards, and seems 'open' for the time being. But I don't think they support Tor or anything like that. Please, can we not transition to eany chan whatsoever? They don't last overly long thes days either. 8Chan is under close investigation for very well based p...

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Welcome back, Neuro!

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"Wait. Cardio kills gains, and SL helps with cardio, therefore SL = nogains." Broscience go home. Strength is a large function in anaerobic cardio, and anaerobic is a large function is long distance cardio. Also, what happens if you get 6-7 reps? Your muscles don't get worked? Last I check Vince Gi...

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Supposedly the valsalva maneuver increases your cardio, right? Supposedly. You should be using that when doing squats, many people do it naturally when squatting heavier weights. I meant more that weight lifting trains the anaerobic system, especially when doing heavy weight sets with low reps, lik...

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Anthony Sykes wrote:Oldish topic, but if you take the time to do a solid barbell training regime like Starting Strength or StrongLifts it will greatly increase your cardio ability.

Supposedly the valsalva maneuver increases your cardio, right?

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Zoklet? Gone? As far as I see, It's still up.

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Looks deceive - we're not posting because we are actively invading your place of residence.

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Looks like you got yourself a real-life Riley! I don't think that anyone has ever tried this before, other than the other guy who had a dog with him during his op. His dog wasn't participating, it was just tied to a tree nearby. Didn't go too well, as the dog got bored and sad. It probably won't hap...

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