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Offline Oldman731

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #240 on: November 18, 2014, 04:23:02 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on November 18, 2014, 03:50:39 PM
Proximity fuse.

Yup.  Build one as your science project!

First photo was a WWI German 77 on a very elaborate antiaircraft mount.  I would have felt uncomfortable sitting on the gunners' seats, they were way up in the air.  Saw it at the Royal Armed Forces Museum in Brussels:  http://www.euro-t-guide.com/See_Coun/Belgium/Brussels/B_See_Armed_Forces_Museum_03.htm

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #241 on: November 18, 2014, 05:25:56 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on November 18, 2014, 03:50:39 PM
Proximity fuse.

I'm guessing ..... the Mark 53, to be precise.  :D
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #242 on: November 18, 2014, 07:11:04 PM »
Quote from: Arlo on November 18, 2014, 05:25:56 PM
I'm guessing ..... the Mark 53, to be precise.  :D
Yeah... but I didn't wanna show off.  :D
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #243 on: November 18, 2014, 07:27:04 PM »
Quote from: Cthulhu on November 18, 2014, 07:11:04 PM
Yeah... but I didn't wanna show off.  :D
lol

You're up Cthulhu :)
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #244 on: November 18, 2014, 09:18:43 PM »
Quote from: Arlo on November 18, 2014, 05:25:56 PM
I'm guessing ..... the Mark 53, to be precise. 

The one with the amplifier thyratron bundle.

...I think...I think I may have one of those myself....

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #245 on: November 19, 2014, 08:29:37 AM »
Something slightly different... He's still a thing right?

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #246 on: November 19, 2014, 11:52:59 AM »
It's still in use today.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #247 on: November 19, 2014, 12:05:05 PM »
Mel Brooks.

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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #248 on: November 19, 2014, 01:55:52 PM »
Russian sheep immobilizer
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #249 on: November 20, 2014, 02:58:16 PM »
charge - you're up :D
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #250 on: November 20, 2014, 05:36:31 PM »
Easy?



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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #251 on: November 20, 2014, 05:40:04 PM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #252 on: November 20, 2014, 06:08:27 PM »
I'm surprised nobody has guessed my pic yet. I gave a good hint, not many things still in the us army inventory since wwII. I know some of you prior service guys must have laid eyes on one of those before.
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #253 on: November 20, 2014, 10:52:07 PM »
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Re: Name that WW2 Thing
« Reply #254 on: November 20, 2014, 11:07:00 PM »
Buchon with 20 mm Hispano-Suiza and Oerlikon rockets.
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