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Offline VoX

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #15 on: September 22, 2010, 07:08:48 AM »
Nice pic but I agree with Tom, if it had landed there then there would be a dirty great hole as the kinetic energy is transferred to the surrounding ground. Throw a pebble at some sand and see what happens to the sand around it when it has landed.

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #16 on: September 22, 2010, 07:43:49 AM »
I seriously doubt that a time life photographer had the time, and equipment, to stage 2,000 pound cannon round shortly after the invasion of Saipan. I know it seems odd, how clean it looks, and that there's not a big crater, but I suspect there's some other explanation. 
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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #17 on: September 22, 2010, 07:56:18 AM »
Who took the photo???     :O

Was he more drunken then the other 'smart' guy?   :O :O

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #18 on: September 22, 2010, 08:00:38 AM »
The really intresting thing would be to know if the marine survived the war.
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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #19 on: September 22, 2010, 08:02:29 AM »
Thats one of those smart weapons.  The marine on it is the anti handling detonator.   If the enemy tries to sneak up and disarm it he pulls out his hammer and pings it on the fuse.
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Offline Slate

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #20 on: September 22, 2010, 03:23:52 PM »
   He tested it already. It was a Dud.

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #21 on: September 22, 2010, 04:15:02 PM »
Hes a Marine, that shell wouldnt dare go off, It might make him mad  :aok

Man thats just nuts   :lol
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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #22 on: September 22, 2010, 06:14:48 PM »
Quote from: Baumer on September 22, 2010, 07:43:49 AM
I seriously doubt that a time life photographer had the time, and equipment, to stage 2,000 pound cannon round shortly after the invasion of Saipan. I know it seems odd, how clean it looks, and that there's not a big crater, but I suspect there's some other explanation. 

There is also the good possibility that it isn't a US Navy round and could have come from a IJN naval gun that was set up to defend the invasion beaches. 

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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #23 on: September 22, 2010, 06:33:22 PM »
Obviously Photoshop v0.001a (military-grade beta version).
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Re: Hmm..... I think there's something in my boot.
« Reply #24 on: September 22, 2010, 08:29:19 PM »
Quote from: Ack-Ack on September 22, 2010, 06:14:48 PM
There is also the good possibility that it isn't a US Navy round and could have come from a IJN naval gun that was set up to defend the invasion beaches. 

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It's an US navy shell (looks like HC Mark 13). It has been fired, you can see the rotating ring is rifled, that happens only when shell goes through the barrel. I think they fired over 2000 of 16" shells in that battle, many did not explode.

In addition, in book "Breaching The Marianas: The Battle For Saipan" caption of the very same picture claims it as unexploded shell
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