Does that come down to lower surface area then?
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A lot of it is down to the bubble of high pressure air created by hitting the front sliding over the low pressure “hole” behind the cab. Long noses dont create this low pressure area as well as a cabover due to the high pressure area being broken up by the nose, windscreen and longer chassis
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So…umm…this?
The one of the right as less drag?
(I already was admonished today about derailing…not that it will stop me… 
)
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I say…it has more to do with men preferring curves?
Whoa. The things one learns when playing vidya games!
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The bigger sister looks better with age. 
finally found the photos of the remnants from the mi-26 (halo) crash.
just another picture for scale, Im 187cm tall & I could only just reach the underside of the nose
we parked the land rover 110 under the tail, spewing we were’nt in a unimog, even those we could drive them straight into the back… BIG
this was the remnants of the Polish Military truck, just the chassis, rims and drive train.
there was more of the truck left than there was of the halo.
main rotor mast/hub/transmission with my F88 for scale
the TR hub… also massive
my mate Chris standing next to the MR mast,hub & transmission for scale
keep in mind this pile of scrap was all that was left after the fire was all over
other than a nice layer of aluminium ‘sheet’ on the tarmac that was now a permanent feature.
the Cambodia experience was good for us, as it exposed us to a lot of Russian kit by some of the other attending nations as well as the local Cambodian military factions, which we otherwise would never have seen.
Russian Mi-17
look familiar?
who’d have thought decades later, after riding around in these rattlers, I be happy to find them a home away from home
Bulgarian BTR-70 (i think, stretching my memory and armour recognition recollection, might even be a 60?)
Cambodian (CPAF) BRDM-2
Cambodian (CPAF) ZU-23-2
when we visited this same gun position a week later which was on a hill above our UN compound, I discovered it lowered and pointed directly at the Satellite dish and communications shelter where i occasionally worked…
Type 63 107mm rocket
unfortunately, all too often I seemed to be on the wrong end of it.
Khmer Rouge liked to lob these rockets & the occasional RPG into the town near the border checkpoint that i was stationed at for a time.
The Uruguayan Battalion security detachment with us had located a defensive position set up & ready to go that they took us out to.
These rockets were all just lined up on the dirt berms of the crawl trenches, along with spare RPG rounds.
I grew to hate these things passionately
turns out the hilux isn’t ‘indestructable’ UN civpol reversed over a mine near the driveway of their HQ
idiot knew it was there, it was marked & scheduled for demo, & they were told not to use the driveway, but this idiot was too lazy to walk an extra 20m… he was sent home.
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I was not aware that you guys used the Steyr AUG.
@sobek our SF troops dont (M4 or HK41x) & they get much more ‘screen time’ than our standard infantry units 
its made under license at Lithgow small arms factory
called the F88 Aus-Steyr, there is now an EF-88 (F90) enhanced version
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Never seen that thing, but the rails probably make sense nowadays. Back when they introduced it, the fixed sight was all the rage for a standard issue infantry rifle. I only shot it a couple of times before i transitioned to the P80/Glock 17 as medic, but i assume the fixed sight sucks in close quarters.
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yeah i wasnt a fan of the fixed sight, particularly in the jungle, (dark reticle on dark target on dark background), there was an S model that had a removable sight (same as the standard sight) that would leave a picatiny rail for mounting of a night vision sight, at the first opportuntiy i got hold of one and put an Armson OEG sight on it.
This made the steyr a lot more usable in the jungle & excellent for snap shooting which as a scout and in recon pl was more our bread & butter
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How are magazine changes on that thing? I’ve never held one, but it looks like you’d have to move it away from your body and kit to get access to the mag.
there is a slight fwd movement required, but the butt plate → pistol grip is slightly longer than say an M16, so only a slight action (if standing), the process of laying the rifle over to the right at the same time is a smooth bio mechanical movement that wasnt counter intuitive at all, & the bullpup design keeps most of that weight under your armpit (again whilst standing, firing from the hip) whilst in any firing position with the weapon correctly in the shoulder it is simply a rollover action not a fwd movement, indeed lowering it from the shoulder and tiliting the weapon to the right was identical to using an L1A1 or M16/M4 (conventional) firearm. 
The biggest issue we had with the magazines was the army issued insect repellent… if the 2 came into contact, the magazines would melt into goop. 
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I was fooling around with the DCS ME…hmmm…can I recreate this photo?
Let me try this…
Couldn’t get. a UN Land Rover…a UN-blue truck will have to suffice…and the Russian paratroopers are wearing UN-blue berets!
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nicely done, a good comparison for size (in DCS) would be park a C-130 next to it
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Coming up!
I debated as to whether or not I should answer over @gadget since I own a semi version of the AUG, but my experience is that once the button loosens up a bit, it’s pretty easy. You can use a fresh magazine to press the button and the empty will drop free or you can grab it and release with a quick press of your thumb.
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Noyce…
there was a bit of negative feedback with the steyrs when they first came in
in the infantry you are taught, when you place your weapon on the ground
(in the field, tactically & as a RH user) it must be placed with the pistol grip to the right
so that you can quickly & easily place your master hand on the pistol grip
pick up the weapon & engage any target immediately & instinctively
(obviously LH - pistol grip on the left) for those not familiar with the steyr,
the cocking handle is on the left of the sight mount, so placing the weapon down left side down so that the pistol grip to the right, resulted in many rifles suffering damage
inadvertant weight or pressure applied to the rifle
(something falling or dropping onto the rifle, or some careless muppet stepping on your rifle)
would cause the cocking handle to snap off, NOT good.
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I got an aftermarket fix for that potential issue; it replaces the stock charging handle with an aluminum folding one. It became necessary because of my optic arrangement which made the stock handle difficult to use, especially when pushing it into the holdback recess.
