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Offline Cthulhu

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #90 on: October 21, 2014, 01:56:40 PM »
Since 2002 I always wondered why you guys had no interest in one of the most important instruments to this kiddy shoot-em up game. Here you bunch of lectus habitaculo barbarorum.

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #91 on: October 21, 2014, 03:57:17 PM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #92 on: October 21, 2014, 04:21:30 PM »
V2 guidance computer...
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #93 on: October 21, 2014, 04:31:47 PM »
No no no, its not the guidance computer its the de-bugger for the guidance computer.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #94 on: October 21, 2014, 04:52:31 PM »
No no no, its not the guidance computer its the de-bugger for the guidance computer.
Literally   :lol

Come on guys, the guy behind this program is quite famous.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #95 on: October 21, 2014, 04:54:18 PM »
Project Pigeon, I'm guessing...B.F. Skinner ( SKINNNERRR!!!!) trained bird to peck at a specific point thereby guiding the bomb to its target. Cancelled because let's face it who's gonna trust a pigeon?

I don't have any cool pictures of weird stuff, so someone else can take my turn if I'm right. :)


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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #96 on: October 21, 2014, 05:06:08 PM »
Project Pigeon, I'm guessing...B.F. Skinner ( SKINNNERRR!!!!) trained bird to peck at a specific point thereby guiding the bomb to its target. Cancelled because let's face it who's gonna trust a pigeon?

I don't have any cool pictures of weird stuff, so someone else can take my turn if I'm right. :)
Yep. Skinner was a genius.  He advanced the behavioral sciences more than anyone.
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« Reply #97 on: October 21, 2014, 05:16:44 PM »
Yep. Skinner was a genius.  He advanced the behavioral sciences more than anyone.

Too bad his grandson ended up a high school principal. :)


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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #98 on: October 21, 2014, 05:33:53 PM »
And proud of it! Now, can you insult us in Kanji too?

Lets hope Waffle is interested. It was mounted in the Raiden because of it's compact size. It was a copy of the Revi25 which should be the gunsights in the back seat of the 410.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #99 on: October 21, 2014, 05:46:57 PM »
Looks like something we all know very well doesn't it?

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Looks like IJN's Type 3 gunsight for obliquely mounted weapons.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #100 on: October 21, 2014, 05:51:42 PM »
Lets hope Waffle is interested. It was mounted in the Raiden because of it's compact size. It was a copy of the Revi25 which should be the gunsights in the back seat of the 410.

AFAIK Raiden had either the regular Type 98 or Type 4.

I certainly wouldn't want to have that sharp edge of the Type 3 in front of my face in the event of a crash landing...
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #101 on: October 21, 2014, 06:47:33 PM »
Pad is missing. Was mounted in the Gekko because it had a FoV for aiming the upward firing two 20mm.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #102 on: October 22, 2014, 10:03:26 AM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #104 on: October 23, 2014, 12:19:44 PM »
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