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Offline GScholz

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #150 on: October 30, 2014, 05:25:37 PM »
Ok, I got one...


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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #151 on: October 30, 2014, 06:08:21 PM »
Quote from: GScholz on October 30, 2014, 05:25:37 PM
Ok, I got one...


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OK, now you're just making sh*t up.  :lol
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #152 on: October 30, 2014, 06:19:01 PM »
 :lol

Lol no. It's a real WWII device. A weapon in fact.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #153 on: October 30, 2014, 06:55:19 PM »
German AA-Wind Gun

Heh, pretty optimistic and radical idea. :)
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #154 on: October 30, 2014, 06:55:36 PM »
It's an artillery piece with the barrel bent so it can shoot around corners?  :headscratch:
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #155 on: October 30, 2014, 07:03:01 PM »
Nope. Wmaker got it right. It's the windkanone. A huge air gun meant to blow planes out of the air, literally.  :lol
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #156 on: October 30, 2014, 07:30:42 PM »
Next one...
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #157 on: October 30, 2014, 08:11:16 PM »
Norden bomb sight, sans stabilizer.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #158 on: October 30, 2014, 08:15:54 PM »
Quote from: Scherf on October 30, 2014, 08:11:16 PM
Norden bomb sight, sans stabilizer.

Close but no cigar. ;)

Bit of trick question, sorry. I knew someone would fell for it. :D

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #159 on: October 30, 2014, 08:23:00 PM »
 :(  :mad:





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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #160 on: October 31, 2014, 12:25:27 PM »
M9 made by the Victor Adding Machine Co.?
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #161 on: November 01, 2014, 09:58:41 AM »
Quote from: bustr on October 31, 2014, 12:25:27 PM
M9 made by the Victor Adding Machine Co.?

Nope
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #162 on: November 01, 2014, 12:48:11 PM »
It's a gunner sight made by Norden for the gunner-less turret (electric turret)?
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #163 on: November 01, 2014, 01:01:03 PM »
Quote from: Mister Fork on November 01, 2014, 12:48:11 PM
It's a gunner sight made by Norden for the gunner-less turret (electric turret)?

Nope :)
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #164 on: November 01, 2014, 01:09:22 PM »
Lukas Harold manufactured Mark 15 Mod 7 sight head (L-518)?

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