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General Forums => Aircraft and Vehicles => Topic started by: Mister Fork on October 15, 2014, 10:09:21 AM
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While we have our airplane naming topic, I want to introduce a name that thing - either a piece of military hardware, ship, tank, or weapon from WWII.
Let me start off with something that will fool most but for the hardy historian zipperhead - an easy one. If you guess correctly, you get to post the next guess.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/30ug2tl.jpg)
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Not sure what it is but I'm feeling the sudden urge to request it's inclusion into the game.
if it isn't giving too much away, are those four 20mm's or .50cals?
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Not sure what it is but I'm feeling the sudden urge to request it's inclusion into the game.
if it isn't giving too much away, are those four 20mm's or .50cals?
20mm, but only one Skink ever saw combat and it never entered production due to lack of need.
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So Skink is he answer?
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So Skink is he answer?
It is a Skink, unless there is a Sherman to quad 20mm AA vehicle with a sealed turret conversion that I am unaware of.
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Then tag, you're it.
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I am no good at these things, so I'll toss an easy one out:
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/122028497/Daimler.jpg)
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Japanese Daihatsu-class landing craft
The rifle is .........
(http://www.history.co.uk/sites/default/files/images/episode_guide/Soviet-Storm-640x360.jpg)
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Looks like a Mosin-Nagant.
(With a PE scope. :D )
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Japanese Daihatsu-class landing craft
The rifle is .........
(http://www.history.co.uk/sites/default/files/images/episode_guide/Soviet-Storm-640x360.jpg)
.....about to be fired? :neener:
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Never mind. :old:
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I hope they have a stout parking brake.
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/bdfde481a71d_zpsoftf4tec.png)
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S18 Dragon (i think)? the WW2 german infantry S-18/100 20mm anti-tank cannon......on a motorcycle side car
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S18 Dragon (i think)? the WW2 german infantry S-18/100 20mm anti-tank cannon......on a motorcycle side car
You know that monster's a bullpup right? How would you like to rest you cheek up against the bolt and chamber of that beast? :uhoh
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yeah, no thanks. I like my shoulder attached to my body and fully functional. :)
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/12345_zps4c54c5c2.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/12345_zps4c54c5c2.jpg.html)
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Those are Goliaths.
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Dang! was hoping the US soldiers would be a small stumbling block at least
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Dang! was hoping the US soldiers would be a small stumbling block at least
Actually, they're sailors. :D
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Actually, they're sailors. :D
What gave the beach-masters away 9other than the 'USN')? :D
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I'll just leave this here....
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-15-18-02-07_zpsteucytij.png)
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Actually, they're sailors. :D
well there's the problem! :D
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20mm, but only one Skink ever saw combat and it never entered production due to lack of need.
Total lack of foresight on their part. We need that in game.
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I'll just leave this here....
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-15-18-02-07_zpsteucytij.png)
Mark 4 giant table mover.
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Mark 4 giant table mover.
Close... Come on guys, the modern day versions of these types of vehicles are pretty impressive.
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Looks like a engineering version of the Type 95 or 98 tank for bridge laying..
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Looks like a engineering version of the Type 95 or 98 tank for bridge laying..
That's a bridging vehicle based on the Pzr 1 chassis. Called a Brückenleger. Pretty useless given the small size of the Pzr 1.
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Try this...
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-16-13-26-57_zpsyrhoa3wt.png)
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That's a bridging vehicle based on the Pzr 1 chassis. Called a Brückenleger. Pretty useless given the small size of the Pzr 1.
But the name's cool. Klause! Bring the Brucken Leger!
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Try this...
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-16-13-26-57_zpsyrhoa3wt.png)
M 05 Maresal Tank Destroyer. Picture was hard to figure out.
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Up again.
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2mhyd8i.jpg)
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Up again.
(http://i61.tinypic.com/2mhyd8i.jpg)
"the bat" US guided bomb
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how about this contraption?
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/123456_zps3334f776.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/123456_zps3334f776.jpg.html)
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how about this contraption?
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/123456_zps3334f776.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/123456_zps3334f776.jpg.html)
Bat bomb :D
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Bat bomb :D
Waging war was so much more fun before PETA. :D
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-16-17-38-49_zpscrujrmjl.png)
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russian anti-tank dog :confused: but i think it's coalcat's turn to post up
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Easy one
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/03/RF-8.jpg)
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Crazy when I look at the post i see a krupp model k 44 but when I went to reply I see the funny swamp boat on skis..
Now that I posted it changed to the correct picture.
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Crazy when I look at the post i see a krupp model k 44 but when I went to reply I see the funny swamp boat on skis..
Well, it said the damn name on the pic, was too easy.
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Didn't know about the anti tank dogs till today. Pretty messed up, but you do what you gotta do.
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Well, it said the damn name on the pic, was too easy.
Yeah, ya gotta watch that.
Look at the image info on this one:
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/Pinkpanties_zpsa3638d02.jpg~original)
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:rofl
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Didn't know about the anti tank dogs till today. Pretty messed up, but you do what you gotta do.
If you read more into them you will see it didnt work as expected! The dogs were trained to be fed and/or find food under a tank that was running,problem was the dogs prefered the sound of their own tanks! :O
The Ruskies should have used German tanks to train the dogs!
:salute
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If you read more into them you will see it didnt work as expected! The dogs were trained to be fed and/or find food under a tank that was running,problem was the dogs prefered the sound of their own tanks! :O
The Ruskies should have used German tanks to train the dogs!
:salute
Apparently it was more the smell than the sound. The Russian tanks were diesel's, whereas the panzers ran on gasoline. With all the dogs running back to their handlers when spooked, I'm guessing nearly as many were shot by the Russians as the Germans. The real losers were definitely the dogs.
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what is this one? (hopefully this one lasts a little longer than the 5 minutes I have been getting)
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/quittryingtocheat_zpsf657923e.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/quittryingtocheat_zpsf657923e.jpg.html)
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Luftfaust
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dang it cthulhu!! quit stalking meeeeeeeee!!!!!!! :lol
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what is this one? (hopefully this one lasts a little longer than the 5 minutes I have been getting)
(http://i1164.photobucket.com/albums/q569/bryguyw/quittryingtocheat_zpsf657923e.jpg) (http://s1164.photobucket.com/user/bryguyw/media/quittryingtocheat_zpsf657923e.jpg.html)
The problem is you can just open images.google.com in another tab, drag and hold the image from this tab to that tab, and have the answer instantly =/
(Example: http://www.twitch.tv/x80hd/b/579052098)
Curse you, Google! :old:
I got around it a long time ago by obscuring pictures then uploading them to an image hosting site so Google had never seen them before. It's amazing how many experts fall silent once you do that hahaha
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The problem is you can just open images.google.com in another tab, drag and hold the image from this tab to that tab, and have the answer instantly =/
(Example: http://www.twitch.tv/x80hd/b/579052098)
Curse you, Google! :old:
I got around it a long time ago by obscuring pictures then uploading them to an image hosting site so Google had never seen them before. It's amazing how many experts fall silent once you do that hahaha
That's why I do screen shots then upload the file to Photobucket. No filename, no metadata, zip, nada. :)
And FYI, some of us "experts" ARE that good.
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That's why I do screen shots then upload the file to Photobucket. No filename, no metadata, zip, nada. :)
And FYI, some of us "experts" ARE that good.
Easy, chief. No need to get defensive.
And yeah, I do/did the same thing.
Here's one you can get in your sleep (Mostly a test to see if that's enough to fool image search):
(https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-gbM0b0rq0jA/VEFQmuFhQjI/AAAAAAAAHCs/Fo8y6bbr_PU/w480-h158-no/plane.gif)
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Curtiss-Wright CW-21
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Curtiss-Wright CW-21
I can see that when dealing with one of the Elder Gods, I must dig into the special arsenal hahaha
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I can see that when dealing with one of the Elder Gods, I must dig into the special arsenal hahaha
It's weird. Even if I don't know the specific type, there are usually features that are a dead giveaway. That vertical tail is classic Curtiss, or possibly Republic. And it's obviously pre-war. From there, it's pretty easy. :)
You see the weight and climb rate of this thing? It's a frigging butterfly.
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-17-13-53-22-1_zpsjurjhrv4.png)
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It's weird. Even if I don't know the specific type, there are usually features that are a dead giveaway. That vertical tail is classic Curtiss, or possibly Republic. And it's obviously pre-war. From there, it's pretty easy. :)
You see the weight and climb rate of this thing? It's a frigging butterfly.
Yeah, it kind of reminded me of the Model 299 at first glance (the tail, I mean)... I am not good with most of the really obscure stuff myself, but I still love trying... end up learning a lot in the process.
Just looked up the weight/climb rate... man you ain't kiddin... neat plane. Had no idea these were better climbers than even the Ki-43!
I wonder how different things would have been had they had them in numbers back then.
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I wonder how different things would have been had they had them in numbers back then.
Probably not much. They developed structural problems almost immediately after the Dutch got them. The airplane seems a bit fragile.
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I have no idea what that tankette (?) is... the front and the lights + coloring said early Panzer, but the superstructure says something British.
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I have no idea what that tankette (?) is... the front and the lights + coloring said early Panzer, but the superstructure says something British.
Polish TKS
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Polish TKS
Afraid not...
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Afraid not...
TK-3
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TK-3
It's British.
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Carden-Loyd 'Infighter'.
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Carden-Loyd 'Infighter'.
You da Man. :aok
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(http://i.imgur.com/vbC3gwW.jpg)
What is this?
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An early Abercrombie and Fitch ad?
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(http://i.imgur.com/vbC3gwW.jpg)
What is this?
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Looks like an early optical range finder.
An early Abercrombie and Fitch ad?
:rofl
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The German army seemed to prefer slip-on boots, while the Americans and British preferred lace-up boots. In my experience from marching and hiking, lace-up boots are far superior. Any thoughts on this?
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An early Abercrombie and Fitch ad?
Winner! :lol
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You're up -C+ :aok
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The German army seemed to prefer slip-on boots, while the Americans and British preferred lace-up boots. In my experience from marching and hiking, lace-up boots are far superior. Any thoughts on this?
Nazi's had fashion
Just look at those hats
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(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/abercrombiechitchat_zps235f08fe.png~original)
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(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/abercrombiechitchat_zps235f08fe.png~original)
:rofl
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Lichtsprechgerät 80/80. The device was inventer pre WW2 and it is attached to an audio amplifier system. It has a highly directional IR system and the lens system is party used to direct the transmitter to receiver. Communication distance is max 4km and what is the best feature of this system is that you cannot detect or intercept its communication.
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Ed. http://www.bluehaze.com.au/modlight/OpticalComms4Amateur79.htm
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Ouuuu. Interesting. Being xArmy signals that is a very cool comms systems. And secure to boot.
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(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/abercrombiechitchat_zps235f08fe.png~original)
:lol :aok
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Here is an easy one
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bb/Calghighrsmonument.jpg/200px-Calghighrsmonument.jpg)
But what is it's also called... :headscratch:
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But what is it's also called...
Bren Carrier on a Pad?
Someone brings one of those to WWII Weekend in Reading, PA. It really scurries along.
- oldman
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Bren Carrier was actually a nickname. It's official name was Universal Carrier.
So do we need to identify the rocks around it too? :)
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Bren Carrier was actually a nickname. It's official name was Universal Carrier.
So do we need to identify the rocks around it too? :)
:lol no
Oldman - yer up. :P
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While we're waiting on Oldman, give this one some thought. This picture cracked me up when I first saw it. :lol
(I took some leeway, since this is actually from WW I, but I figured you guys would like this )
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-18-21-12-56_zps1jhotqye.png)
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While we're waiting on Oldman, give this one some thought. This picture cracked me up when I first saw it. :lol
(I took some leeway, since this is actually from WW I, but I figured you guys would like this )
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-18-21-12-56_zps1jhotqye.png)
"Shhhhh I hear someone coming."
"I'm not talking."
"Shhhh I hear someone talking."
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This shouldn't be tough:
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/Oldman731/download.jpg) (http://s1234.photobucket.com/user/Oldman731/media/download.jpg.html)
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Type 89 "Knee Mortar".
Hint: Don't try this at home. :uhoh
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Looks like something we all know very well doesn't it?
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/KDavis6030/Reflex.gif)
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Looks like something we all know very well doesn't it?
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/KDavis6030/Reflex.gif)
Could you not find an older, crappier example? What was this thing mounted on? A Roman ballista?
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Looks real familiar but, just a little wrong.......... :neener:
A clue. It's the only Revi design that ever saw a B-29.
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Looks real familiar but, just a little wrong.......... :neener:
A clue. It's the only Revi design that ever saw a B-29.
A Japanese! That narrows it down.
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The Japanese really didn't have very many original designs, and most were redesigns of German Revi2, Oigee, Revi12 and Revi25.
You guys said name that ww2 thing........or was it things you guys were familiar with??
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A ballista would have been an improvement over a lot of the Japanese hardware.
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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.
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanfrt.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanside.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanrear.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/catapulta/ballistaplantrigr.jpg)
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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.
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanfrt.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanside.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/ballistaplanrear.jpg)
(http://www.legionxxiv.org/catapulta/ballistaplantrigr.jpg)
And proud of it! Now, can you insult us in Kanji too?
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-21-15-50-13-1-1_zpslskvyebu.png)
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V2 guidance computer...
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No no no, its not the guidance computer its the de-bugger for the guidance computer.
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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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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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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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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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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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Looks like something we all know very well doesn't it?
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/KDavis6030/Reflex.gif)
Looks like IJN's Type 3 gunsight for obliquely mounted weapons.
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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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Pad is missing. Was mounted in the Gekko because it had a FoV for aiming the upward firing two 20mm.
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-22-09-59-33_zpsoqeuiiag.png)
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http://www.forgottenweapons.com/submachine-guns/japanese-model-ii-type-a/
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Up next...
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2ciee0o.jpg)
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That would be Enfield Mk2.
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(http://i.imgur.com/V6CTVl6.jpg)
What is this?
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U boat snorkel
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(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/cobia38/German-V3-Super-Gun-e1286589201235_zps5f80a06a.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/cobia38/media/German-V3-Super-Gun-e1286589201235_zps5f80a06a.jpg.html)
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U boat snorkel
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(http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c150/cobia38/German-V3-Super-Gun-e1286589201235_zps5f80a06a.jpg) (http://s26.photobucket.com/user/cobia38/media/German-V3-Super-Gun-e1286589201235_zps5f80a06a.jpg.html)
Forget the exact name of that, but it's an artillery gun that was designed to fire on England, from the beaches of France.
Hell of a gun had it been completed.
Easy peasy one here.
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SsHJLBKi3Ik/TcfSS_cgItI/AAAAAAAAOwk/h9vPCiuLknI/s1600/Stalingrado.jpg)
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Simonov PTRS-41
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-27-09-29-21-1_zps1lihd91y.png)
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Forget the exact name of that, but it's an artillery gun that was designed to fire on England, from the beaches of France.
Hell of a gun had it been completed.
The name was the V3 project, often referred to as the "London" or "England" gun. the idea was very smart but I don't think they would have been able to get the timing sequence for firing all the secondary charges to work reliably without first developing a computer controller for the job. Had the Germans started this project earlier in the war when they had the resources, infrastructure, time and the luxury of a luftwaffe that could still effectively oppose the allied bomber streams, who knows how the war would have turned out.
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They did successfully build two of those super guns in Germany very late in the war. Used them successfully (as in they worked) during the Ardennes offensive.
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The concept predates the Nazi's by many years. You don't need a computer to control the firing sequence. The passing sabot, or a conductive bore rider can close the individual firing circuits for each squib, while automatically correcting for velocity variations in the bore.
You gotta give them credit though for claiming a rate of fire of 5 rds per minute.
Yeah right. :rolleyes:
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You gotta give them credit though for claiming a rate of fire of 5 rds per minute.
Why would that be a problem?
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Each "squib", or solid rocket motor, has to be reloaded before the next shot.
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And with a dedicated crew at each station, what would be the problem? The V3 was only a 150 mm gun. That's a smaller calibre than many field guns.
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It's extremely optimistic to think that 25 separate crews could coordinate and complete a reload within 12 seconds AND sustain it for any length of time. You'd also have to find guys willing to open the breech on what would undoubtedly be a very hot barrel after firing @ 12 shots per minute, and insert a solid rocket motor squib. Even with a fume extractor and some mechanism to clear the bore of hot debris from the last shot (most likely using compressed air), it would be a risky proposition. And remember that the guys in WW2 didn't have anywhere near the kind of insensitive munitions that we have today. Accidents would practically be a given.
Granted it was essentially a prototype, but taking over 5 weeks to fire 183 rds at Luxembourg is nothing to brag about. That's more like one round every 4 1/2 hours.
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You're making a lot of assumptions from ignorance. When batteries of separate artillery pieces could sustain coordinated fire with greater rate of fire I think it would in fact be easier to achieve a coordinated effort with a V3 type gun. 12 seconds is a long time. Also, by WWII cordite was already a 50 year old technology and very safe. Gun propellant technology has hardly changed much since WWII.
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I never mentioned Cordite. The V3 used solid rocket propellant (probably double base), which although more stable than Cordite, must still be handled with respect. I learned this firsthand while overseeing a rocket sled test at China Lake in the early 90's. The technicians there told me of an earlier accident where one of the old Zuni rocket motors ignited prematurely when they were installing it on the sled. The poor guy was cut in half by the exhaust plume.
We could debate the potential effectiveness of Germany's V weapons till the cows come home, but the one thing they all shared, other than usually landing "somewhere over there in the general vicinity of the target most of the time", is that they had zero impact on the outcome of the war. Anything more than that is just wild-eyed conjecture.
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We're not debating the potential effectiveness of Germany's V weapons. We're debating your, rather peculiar belief that a trained crew could not load a 150 mm gun in 12 seconds.
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Guys - please take your disagreement energies to figure out what this is... you're highjacking my post :P
(http://i58.tinypic.com/30avreh.jpg)
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Sorry about that.
Looks like a tank periscope, perhaps the Vickers mk4?
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Yep, Vickers MK. IV
Any guesses for the "light bulbs" I posted earlier?
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Nope. Perhaps vacuum tubes of some sort?
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Yep, Vickers MK. IV
Any guesses for the "light bulbs" I posted earlier?
German Blendkorper 2h glass smoke grenades.
(http://i1197.photobucket.com/albums/aa433/arloguh03/fun_zps8162c6a8.jpg~original)
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Maunsell Sea Forts
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Maunsell Sea Forts
Tag, you're it.
(http://subterrain.org.uk/maunsell/maunsell23.jpg)
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-28-09-27-05-1_zps0ys6vrqo.png)
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Sorry about that.
Looks like a tank periscope, perhaps the Vickers mk4?
Actually, that is only partly correct - that is the British name for their version. Its actually called the Gundlach Periscope. I saw Fury on Sunday and saw all the guys in the Sherman using it. A simple but effective tool for all WWII tanks.
From Wiki -
The Gundlach Periscope, usually known under its British designation as Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV, was a revolutionary invention by Polish engineer Rudolf Gundlach, manufactured for Polish 7TP tanks since end of 1935 and patented in 1936 as Gundlach Peryskop obrotowy. It was the first device to allow the tank commander to have a 360-degree view from his turret with a single periscope. By rotating the periscope and allowing the tank commander to look backwards through the second eyepiece, he no longer had to change position to look behind the turret. Early tanks had small turrets and fixed seating, without an independently rotating cupola, and so the commander wasn't easily able to move himself to another rear-facing periscope.
The design was first used in the Polish 7TP light tank. Shortly before the war it was given to the British and was used in almost all tanks of WWII, including the British Crusader, Churchill, Valentine, and Cromwell and the American Sherman. After the German and Soviet attack and fall Poland in 1939 it was copied entirely from captured 7TP and TKS Polish tanks and used in all 1940 and later tanks of the Germany (including the Tiger) and later by USSR (including the T-34 and T-70).
As a part of Polish-British pre-war military cooperation, the patent was sold for a penny (actually 1 Polish Zloty) to Vickers-Armstrong. It was produced as the Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV (pictured), and built into all British tanks (Crusader, Churchill, Valentine, Cromwell). After the fall of Poland, Germany, USSR and Romania captured some equipment, allowing them to copy the invention. In USSR the Gundlach periscope was known as MK-4 (harking to the British designation, as Russian sources openly confirm that it was copied from samples acquired with British-supplied tanks) and implemented in all tanks (including the T-34 and T-70). All Axis tanks and APC (including tanks of Italy, Romania, Hungary, Finland and Japan) were equipped or retro-fitted with this periscope till 1941. Later technology was transferred to USA and as a periscope M6 implemented in all US tanks (M3/M5 Stuart, M4 Sherman and others). At the end of WWII this technology was adopted throughout the world and used basically unchanged for almost 50 years, until it was replaced by electronic devices.
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Ok, but I'm pretty sure the one in the picture you posted is the Vickers version, not the Polish original. If you took the picture from wikipedia it even says so in the text you quoted: "It was produced as the Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV (pictured)". Pretty cool, and telling of how brilliant it was, that it was used by just about everybody in WWII in one version or another.
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Ok, but I'm pretty sure the one in the picture you posted is the Vickers version, not the Polish original. If you took the picture from wikipedia it even says so in the text you quoted: "It was produced as the Vickers Tank Periscope MK.IV (pictured)". Pretty cool, and telling of how brilliant it was, that it was used by just about everybody in WWII in one version or another.
Yeah, that's the Vicker's version. If you look closely at it, you can see how the secondary mirror pulls down for viewing the rear 180 degree arc. This thing was so common that you could probably scavenge a compatible spare from enemy tanks.
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(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-28-09-27-05-1_zps0ys6vrqo.png)
British tobacco pipe and conviently a .22 pistol. Cept you would want to make sure it wasn't loaded before smoking some 'backkie':D
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Undoubtedly from the early Q-Branch...
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British tobacco pipe and conviently a .22 pistol. Cept you would want to make sure it wasn't loaded before smoking some 'backkie':D
Funny that the british expected the Home Guard to confront German Paratroopers with this gadget. :uhoh
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Not sure if you guys will get this... I'm looking for what it is and where it's from. I was there this past summer to see it.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/fmhn46.jpg)
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Got closeups of the gauge labels?
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Does this help?
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2ikv0o3.jpg)
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Ok, so it's a steam turbine on a warship. Looks like cruiser size. HMS Belfast? Only preserved cruiser I know of (I'm sure there are others).
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Ok, so it's a steam turbine on a warship. Looks like cruiser size. HMS Belfast? Only preserved cruiser I know of (I'm sure there are others).
Yep. :aok That's exactly what it is. Well done.
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Awesome. Always wanted to visit her, but never had the opportunity.
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Awesome. Always wanted to visit her, but never had the opportunity.
Me and my boys visited her while in London this summer. Impressive ship for it's size.
(http://i58.tinypic.com/x6bzmr.jpg)
My boys in the command seats...
(http://i57.tinypic.com/1dzt0.jpg)
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And you're up GScholz :)
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I'll come up with something, but give me some time. In the meantime someone else should feel free to post something. :)
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In the meantime someone else should feel free to post something. :)
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(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whatsthisss_zps80984418.jpg)
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Mata Hari Flight Recorder
A fine piece of FINNISH Engineering :aok
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Mata Hari Flight Recorder
A fine piece of FINNISH Engineering :aok
WTG Cthulhu!!
I thought it would last longer, well done!
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WTG Cthulhu!!
I thought it would last longer, well done!
I got nothin'. Maybe GScholz has something for us.
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Ok, I got one:
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-30-15-48-20-1_zpsokx5w2vl.png)
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Ok, I got one:
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-10-30-15-48-20-1_zpsokx5w2vl.png)
Japanese Type 89 "camera gun". Used for aircraft gunner training.
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Ok, I got one...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/huh4.jpg)
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Ok, I got one...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/huh4.jpg)
OK, now you're just making sh*t up. :lol
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:lol
Lol no. It's a real WWII device. A weapon in fact.
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German AA-Wind Gun
Heh, pretty optimistic and radical idea. :)
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It's an artillery piece with the barrel bent so it can shoot around corners? :headscratch:
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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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Next one...
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whatss_zpse39edd17.jpg)
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Norden bomb sight, sans stabilizer.
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Norden bomb sight, sans stabilizer.
Close but no cigar. ;)
Bit of trick question, sorry. I knew someone would fell for it. :D
I'm such a b*stard! :devil
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:( :mad:
:bolt:
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M9 made by the Victor Adding Machine Co.?
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M9 made by the Victor Adding Machine Co.?
Nope
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It's a gunner sight made by Norden for the gunner-less turret (electric turret)?
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It's a gunner sight made by Norden for the gunner-less turret (electric turret)?
Nope :)
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Lukas Harold manufactured Mark 15 Mod 7 sight head (L-518)?
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Lukas Harold manufactured Mark 15 Mod 7 sight head (L-518)?
The proper term of sight head mentioned for the first time, points for that.
...but, nope. :)
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Air Corps M-7 with AGLD missing. It is possible it is a very early Norden training sight head.
(http://www.twinbeech.com/images/bombsight/DSC09253.JPG)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whatss_zpse39edd17.jpg)
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Those norden bomb sights are neat, I worked on a lady's house several years back whose husband was a bombardier and had his sight in his office. He flew b26s and was shot down, the plane next to him in formation had taken a picture of it
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Air Corps M-7 with AGLD missing. It is possible it is a very early Norden training sight head.
(http://www.twinbeech.com/images/bombsight/DSC09253.JPG)
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whatss_zpse39edd17.jpg)
Sorry for the late reply,
Nope.
A strong hint: It is indeed a Norden copy but not a "legal" or licenced one...
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Would this be the Japanese NORUDEN made as a copy of a Norden taken from a downed B25?
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(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/scan0006.jpg)
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/scan0005.jpg)
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/scan0003-1.jpg)
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/scan0002-1.jpg)
(http://i755.photobucket.com/albums/xx199/homersipes/scan0004.jpg)
sure wish I could have talked to her husband, imagine he had some stories :salute
:furious :furious dang photobucket kills photos
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Next one...
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whatss_zpse39edd17.jpg)
Soviet OPB-5 (Norden copy) ?
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Would this be the Japanese NORUDEN made as a copy of a Norden taken from a downed B25?
It is a Japanese Norden copy, yes. Do you know the exact name? ;)
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There were eventually three models, no real production.
Type 4 Automatic Bombing Sight, February Showa 19 (1944)
Type 1 Model 2. Type 4 improvement Showa 20. Officially adopted by wars end.
Model 10, Showa 20. Performance improvements.
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There were eventually three models, no real production.
Type 4 Automatic Bombing Sight, February Showa 19 (1944)
Type 1 Model 2. Type 4 improvement Showa 20. Officially adopted by wars end.
Model 10, Showa 20. Performance improvements.
Yeh, this particular model is the Army Model 10.
Japanese got a hold of a Norden from a crashed B-24 at Rabaul in 1942.
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Your up Bustr :salute
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WMaker was very kind to help me see how rude I was with my gunsight post. This is more in line with the thingy silliness.
(http://i1231.photobucket.com/albums/ee508/KDavis6030/PeekaBoo.jpg)
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Romanian semi-portable combat latrene!
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That's looking down a propeller shaft at the muzzle of a MG 151 :x
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Whatever it is, I'm pretty sure we're on the wrong end of it.
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It's smooth bore, not rifled, so I'm not sure it's any kind of barrel - maybe a shaft of some kind? Prop shaft? Periscope? There is also some what looks like of reddish-orange rust - and bearings...so it must be some kind on motorized device - like an engine to a tank or a plane.
P-39 prop shaft? Or maybe something German? Messerschmitt engine? Or Maybach?
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Damn, Fork, if that isn't a shotgun answer. :lol
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Close enough for horseshoes and hand grenades. :D
Fine, prop shaft from either a Tiger 1 or a Bf109. :neener:
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Ok, I got one...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/huh4.jpg)
Was that the tornado gun that the Germans made?
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OK - it's a prop shaft of the Bf-109 but in the end is a MG 151/20. (http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=86930&stc=1&d=1378062510) The MG fires through the prop shaft of a Bf-109. I was partly correct and completely fracking wrong at the same time. :lol
This is the finished product...
(http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=86931&stc=1&d=1378062510)
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Ok - I'm up.
Should be easy...
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2qbhu3a.jpg)
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Yes its the barrel end of an MG151\20 in the blast tube of a DB605. Good sleuthing.
The most important part is you can clearly see the Stützstern or "supporting star" bolt on washer that keeps the barrel centered in the 65mm blast tube. Early blast tubes were 57mm and the washers were pressure fit. This is why in our game's convergence application, the ability to adjust the range of the HUB mounted 109 canons is a gamey reality allowing up tilting of the gun barrel. Same for the yaks 20\37mm and P39. La's were installed level and the round had a 6cm drop at 200m.
With HUB mounted cannon and the mounting in the La, if you wanted to adjust for a range. It was done by adjusting the gunsight so the center of the reticle corresponded to the IP point at your chosen range. The 109 IP for 20mm was set for 700m while for the 30mm was set to 400m. Yak and La were set to 200m. The best I can tell with the P39, the 37mm IP was set for 2000ft by adjusting the gunsight to the 37mm IP point at 2000ft. While the 30cal and 50cal being set to intersect and converge the gunsight sight line at 900-1000ft.
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Ok - I'm up.
Should be easy...
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2qbhu3a.jpg)
There IS one image on the web like it (I checked) and we all know it's a field artillary piece...(of course the terrain and uniforms will help). Do we need any more help/tips? It came out of my Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons and Warfare. (There are 24 volumes :P)
Hint - the wheels are a dead giveaway.
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Was that the tornado gun that the Germans made?
Yeah... Those crazy Jerries!
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There IS one image on the web like it (I checked) and we all know it's a field artillary piece...(of course the terrain and uniforms will help). Do we need any more help/tips? It came out of my Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons and Warfare. (There are 24 volumes :P)
Hint - the wheels are a dead giveaway.
http://www.flamesofwar.com/default.aspx?tabid=112&art_id=1019&kb_cat_id=33
Obice da 100/17 modello 14?
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Ok - I'm up.
Should be easy...
(http://i62.tinypic.com/2qbhu3a.jpg)
German leFH18, 105mm howitzer?
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German leFH18, 105mm howitzer?
Nailed it. First try. Nice Wmaker... (pssst...did you look in your Weapons and Warfare books?) :)
You're up.
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(pssst...did you look in your Weapons and Warfare books?) :)
I googled it. :)
I know next to nothing about artilley pieces/howitzers. I know that they fire huge projectiles at various (quite low) muzzle velocities and that's it! :rofl
I'll start looking something to post.
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I'll start looking something to post.
Ok, here:
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/whats4_zps5ea3499e.jpg)
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Airborne searchlight?
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Airborne searchlight?
Nope. :D
Your gonna hate me when you find out what it is. ;)
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Aircraft skis.
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Nope. :D
Your gonna hate me when you find out what it is. ;)
Why wait till then?? :lol
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It IS a friggin ski! :mad:
That attachment point got my imagination running and I couldn't figure out what it actually was.
I couldn't find what aircraft used that kind of ski. The one on Blenheim looked a lot like that but the attachment point is different. I'd say it's from a bomber.
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Aircraft skis.
For the Fokker D-XXI.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/1a4d3a1795c4f25ef21f9602c42e7b79.jpg)
Guess I'm up. Give me some time. ;)
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For the Fokker D-XXI.
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/1a4d3a1795c4f25ef21f9602c42e7b79.jpg)
Guess I'm up. Give me some time. ;)
No you're not up...yet! :D
Not for the Fokker D.XXI...but yeh ski it is. :)
If you post a pic of a rifle and I say its a rifle I'm not up either! :P
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Umm... Fokker CX!
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/skisfokker.png)
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WTG, now you're up! :D
Wanted to add (you know this already) that they were domestic design by Finnish State Aircraft Factory. :)
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Wouldn't be much use in Holland, so yes I gathered it was a Finnish adaptation. ;)
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Let's go for something simple this time...
(https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/26232318/AH/huh5.jpg)
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Walther Gewehr 43?
Google search by image thinks it's a fishing pole.
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Mauser G41
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/german-ww2-rifles/gewehr-41m/
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Mauser G41
http://www.forgottenweapons.com/german-ww2-rifles/gewehr-41m/
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:aok
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Google search by image thinks it's a fishing pole.
That's cheating and I try to make the pictures difficult for Google ;)
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During WW2 you were not to leave a German army base of airfield without one of these. What is it?
(http://i.imgur.com/eb1DzmJ.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/eb1DzmJ)
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:rofl
I'll let someone else answer that one!
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I like the German protection packaging. The US Army Pro Kit looks like an old paper packet of jello flavoring.
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Back 2 things. That ski, I thought it was a wheel pant at first but the axle, (what I took for axle,) didn't,t make sense. I wonder why you don't see streamlined skis like this, it's a nice thing.
By the way I vote this thread BEST IN A LONG TIME.
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During WW2 you were not to leave a German army base of airfield without one of these. What is it?
(http://i.imgur.com/eb1DzmJ.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/eb1DzmJ)
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Condom... :)
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Weeee......
You didn't get Mod'd or rule# on that word....... :aok
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Weeee......
You didn't get Mod'd or rule# on that word....... :aok
Hehe, there's still time but...why would I? :) Darn this world is a sad place if I would be censored for that when there's too many of us on this planet to begin with. :D
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Well that was an easy one and you got it early on. Just to lighten up the mood a bit. :D
There's actually an anecdote of one of the German night fighter aces, Peter Spoden, who was from a strictly catholic family. He was on an evening leave visiting his parents and his father found such a pack of "protection" from his uniform pocket. Little did it smother his dad's fury when he tried to explain that the guard at the gate of their airbase would not simply let him out if he was not properly equipped for a leave!
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Shlong Abdeckung, nine!
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What is the thing this guy is sitting on?
(http://i.imgur.com/X5eibfM.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/X5eibfM)
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What is the thing this guy is sitting on?
(http://i.imgur.com/X5eibfM.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/X5eibfM)
Based largely on the cut-away drawings I've seen it looks like the standard issue lavatory found from American bombers. Not that I remember seeing many photos.
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An interesting link: http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/s,whennaturecalls.html (http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/s,whennaturecalls.html)
'While we were flying in rough air, this devils convenience often shared its contents with the floor of the aircraft, the walls, and ceiling and sometimes, a bit remained in the container itself. It doesn't take much imagination to picture what it was like trying to combat fear and airsickness while struggling to remove enough gear in cramped quarters and at the same time trying to use the bloody Elsan. If it wasn't an invention of the devil, it certainly must have been one foisted on us by the enemy. When seated in frigid cold amid the cacophony of roaring engines and whistling air, away from what should have been one of life's peaceful moments, the occupant had a chance to fully ponder the miserable condition of his life. This loathsome creation invariably overflowed on long trips and in turbulence was always prone to bathe the nether regions of the user. It was one of the true reminders to me that war is hell.'
(http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/photos/p_whennaturecalls1.jpg)
:D
EDIT/The company seems to be still in business: http://www.elsan.co.uk/our-products/toilets.aspx (http://www.elsan.co.uk/our-products/toilets.aspx) :) /EDIT
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Indeed, it is an Elsan chemical toilet and that one in the picture is in Lancaster near the exit door. :aok
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You're up Wmaker...
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You're up Wmaker... And a nice find -C+ :aok
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You're up Wmaker...
Sorry for the delay!
Here it is:
(http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f147/Wmaker/wwwhatt_zpscc8af3ed.jpg)
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Japanese Mk1 aerial camera.
http://www.airrecce.co.uk/cameras/Jap_cameras.html
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Good job Charge! :aok
Your turn! :)
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For this one I'd like to have type and use:
(http://i.imgur.com/GrkyX6p.png?1) (http://imgur.com/GrkyX6p)
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For this one I'd like to have type and use:
(http://i.imgur.com/GrkyX6p.png?1) (http://imgur.com/GrkyX6p)
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Air-search radar of some kind... NOT for night fighters, not the right shape...
Aha! Automatic Gun Laying Turret, "Village Inn" used by Halifax/Lancaster bombers!
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Air-search radar of some kind... NOT for night fighters, not the right shape...
Aha! Automatic Gun Laying Turret, "Village Inn" used by Halifax/Lancaster bombers!
Cool. Thought it deserved a bit more detail from the wiki page:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d3/Village_Inn_AGLT_FN150_Turret.jpg)
he Automatic Gun-Laying Turret (AGLT) was a British radar-aimed FN121 turret fitted to some Lancaster and Halifax bombers in 1944. The AGLT system was devised to allow a target to be tracked and fired-on in total darkness, the target's range being accurately computed as well as allowing for lead and bullet drop. The system was referred to by the codename Village Inn during development.
The system, known as TR3548, was devised by a team led by Dr Philip Dee and designed under the aegis of chief designer Dr Alan Hodgkin, after receiving a request from the Air Ministry for such a system in early 1943. Village Inn was evaluated and tested by the Telecommunications Research Establishment (TRE) at RAF Defford using the Lancaster Mark I ND712 Lancaster Mark III JB705 and Mk II LL736 and LL737 and subsequently put into production.
The system consisted of a transmitter/receiver unit mounted in the navigator's compartment, operating through a conical scanning parabolic aerial attached to the standard Fraser-Nash turret. It worked on a wavelength of 9.1 cm (3 GHz) with a pulse repetition frequency of 660 hertz. The magnetron used was the CV.186 of approx 35kW. The electronics sent a signal back to the turret, where it was displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT) display screen positioned adjacent to the gun sight, the image of which was projected on to the Mark IIC gyro gunsight via a semi-transparent mirror.
Initially, ranging information was provided only at the transmitter situated in the navigator's compartment and was read off to the gunner over the intercom, the gunner using foot pedals to set the target range on the sight. In production equipment the process was made automatic, the range information being fed electronically directly into the gunsight, with the navigator's "running commentary" only being retained for the benefit of the rest of the crew. The gunner simply maneuvered his guns to place the "blip" in the centre of the gunsight's reticle, and opened fire when the range was appropriate. Windage, bullet drop and other factors were already calculated by the gunsight.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_Gun-Laying_Turret
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Wow. Did this system work in combat?
History of weapons: rocks, bronze, iron, steel, gunpowder, ship of the line, high explosives, internal combustion, flight, electronics, space, cyber weapons.
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Give me a couple of minute so come up with something...
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This might be TOO easy:
(http://i217.photobucket.com/albums/cc74/Serene_One/20141115_132938_resized_zpsf6f1297b.jpg) (http://s217.photobucket.com/user/Serene_One/media/20141115_132938_resized_zpsf6f1297b.jpg.html)
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This might be TOO easy:
Garand trigger assembly?
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Garand trigger assembly?
- oldman
Yep, and a fair number of the parts work on the M14/M1A as well.
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Garand trigger assembly?
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Yeah, it was the closest WWII thing to me at the time lol.
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Oldman - you're up
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Oldman - you're up
Ah. Well, how about this?
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/Oldman731/Gun.jpg) (http://s1234.photobucket.com/user/Oldman731/media/Gun.jpg.html)
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Ah. Well, how about this?
Never mind, that is not WWII (just noticed the thread title).
Let's try an easy one:
(http://i1234.photobucket.com/albums/ff406/Oldman731/MK53.jpg) (http://s1234.photobucket.com/user/Oldman731/media/MK53.jpg.html)
- oldman
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Proximity fuse.
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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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Proximity fuse.
I'm guessing ..... the Mark 53, to be precise. :D
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I'm guessing ..... the Mark 53, to be precise. :D
Yeah... but I didn't wanna show off. :D
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Yeah... but I didn't wanna show off. :D
lol
You're up Cthulhu :)
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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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Something slightly different... He's still a thing right?
(http://i1292.photobucket.com/albums/b570/happyfluffycthulhu/Mobile%20Uploads/Screenshot_2014-11-18-20-39-33-1_zpsekbgvayp.png)
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It's still in use today.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/wLgAAOxyd8NSaeYS/$T2eC16Z,!zIFIeYuSIH)BS,eYSRBt!~~60_12.JPG)
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Mel Brooks.
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Russian sheep immobilizer
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charge - you're up :D
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Easy?
(http://i.imgur.com/UuPkRYM.jpg?1)
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Easy?
(http://i.imgur.com/UuPkRYM.jpg?1)
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Mark 27 airplane balancer.
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I'm surprised nobody has guessed my pic yet. I gave a good hint, not many things still in the us army inventory since wwII. I know some of you prior service guys must have laid eyes on one of those before.
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Easy?
(http://i.imgur.com/UuPkRYM.jpg?1)
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109 in French markings?
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Buchon with 20 mm Hispano-Suiza and Oerlikon rockets.
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It's still in use today.
(http://i.ebayimg.com/00/s/NDgwWDY0MA==/z/wLgAAOxyd8NSaeYS/$T2eC16Z,!zIFIeYuSIH)BS,eYSRBt!~~60_12.JPG)
Looks like the handle for a spool of comma wire.
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Yep, it's a reeling machine for the DR8 spool.
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It is indeed a Buchon. Any educated guesses on the variant?
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PS. This is a post WW2 picture, sorry for that... ;)
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It is indeed a Buchon. Any educated guesses on the variant?
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PS. This is a post WW2 picture, sorry for that... ;)
No war time 109 carried rails for rockets like that.
HA-1112-M1L
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Indeed. Only HA-1112-M1L was called a "Buchon" although there were 5 operational Spanish variants based on 109 airframe.
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This ones easy.
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t646/FLOOB1/buckbace_zps33e52f42.jpg~original)
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Is that a spring loaded mine, similar to a 'bouncing betty'?
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Butterfly bomb?
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This ones easy.
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t646/FLOOB1/buckbace_zps33e52f42.jpg~original)
Fairing part of a German SD2 bomb.
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Scherf was correct, Wmaker was more correct. DaveBB just made stuff up.
Here's another easy one.
(http://i1318.photobucket.com/albums/t646/FLOOB1/0519_zps83eac24e.jpg~original)
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Floob, it's kinda Wmaker's turn. ;)
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Lower case "p" with rescue finial and ergonomic grip?
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Looks like I win!
It's a +1 Axe of Escaping
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(http://i.imgur.com/rhjv2mb.jpg)
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It looks like some kind of tracked anti-tank German field gun... Hmmm
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PaK37 on Renault UE?
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(http://i.imgur.com/rhjv2mb.jpg)
Hi, my name is Fritz and this is Jack*ss.
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Wrong gun, it is Pak35/36.
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3.7cm pak 35-36 on a artillerieschlepper 603(r) - or in engrish, an Artillery Tractor. Correct on the gun.
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3.7cm pak 35-36 on a artillerieschlepper 603(r) - or in engrish, an Artillery Tractor. Correct on the gun.
Is that the same little gun that wound up being derisively called Türklopfer (door knocker) on the Russian Front?
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Is that the same little gun that wound up being derisively called Türklopfer (door knocker) on the Russian Front?
It is! Clever question Bino!
Up next:
(http://www.imagesup.net/?di=15141874852013)
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PaK37 on Renault UE?
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pak36 on renault UE
winner winner chicken dinner!
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It is! Clever question Bino!
Up next:
(http://www.imagesup.net/?di=15141874852013)
Business end of a Tallboy?
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(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/Bundesarchiv_Bild_101II-MW-3722-03,_St._Nazaire,_Zerst%C3%B6rer_'HMS_Campbeltown'.jpg)
(http://ww2today.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/HMS-Campbeltown-examined-by-Germans.jpg)
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The American L-L destroyer to the British, just before blowing up in a French port.
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Business end of a Tallboy?
Close enough. That one is the father of the Tallboy. It's the GrandSlam. You're up MiloMorai. :D
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Someone else can have my turn.
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There's still turns? ;)
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I'll take a crack:
(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad212/mhuxt/wotzit_zpsca1d4a39.jpg) (http://s937.photobucket.com/user/mhuxt/media/wotzit_zpsca1d4a39.jpg.html)
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Central Flying School Number Seven bombsight?
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Not a bombsight, no.
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HAH! This bugger looks backwards! It is a R.A.F. Tail Drift Sight.
http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/ww2-tail-drift-sight-mk-4a-gb-272-box-270167417
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'Tis!
Well done Charge, over to you.
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What is this?
(http://i.imgur.com/Peskvz2.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/Peskvz2)
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First hint: This device was first used in 1943 and finally phased out in 1993. ;)
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Old ADF?
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That is (ahem), "a Kodak Bantam lashed up to H2S bombing radar."
:D
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That is to the letter what it is! :rofl
"H2S was the first airborne, ground scanning radar system." "Both the Vulcan and Victor participated in the 1982 Falklands War, using their H2S radars to great effect, and the last of these aircraft were not withdrawn until 1993."
Here's what its PPI picture looks like.
http://sistemasdearmas.com.br/ca/mbfh2s.jpg (http://sistemasdearmas.com.br/ca/mbfh2s.jpg)
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Next, Scherf,anybody?
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Sorry, late.
Yes, it's a map, but what kind of map?
(http://i937.photobucket.com/albums/ad212/mhuxt/wotzit3_zps8973f261.jpg) (http://s937.photobucket.com/user/mhuxt/media/wotzit3_zps8973f261.jpg.html)
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A bit of a guess…
An electronic nag chart for use with GEE or perhaps LORAN.
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OBOE map?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oboe_%28navigation%29
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Colmbo has it - it's a Gee map.
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Gee.
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Very sorry for the delay gents.
This is more an example of a genre as it is a specific item. This is something I picked up while flying the -24 and -17 around the country.
(http://home.gci.net/~sncdfalk/aceshigh/wwiithing.jpg)
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Homefront sweetheart pin?
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Homefront sweetheart pin?
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Yes sir.
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This device was used e.g. in Short Stirlings and Avro Lancasters. The germans did not have such device but they did eventually produce their copy of it.
(http://i.imgur.com/d9qbW4y.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/d9qbW4y)
What is it and what was it used for?
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This device was used e.g. in Short Stirlings and Avro Lancasters. The germans did not have such device but they did eventually produce their copy of it.
(http://i.imgur.com/d9qbW4y.jpg?1) (http://imgur.com/d9qbW4y)
What is it and what was it used for?
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Cavity Magnetron
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Indeed it is a british CV-76 cavity magnetron. Cavity magnetron was an essential part of a centimetric radar and it was used in e.g. H2S and it gave the allies an advantage in radar technology over that used by the germans. Microwave radar technology was not unknown to germans however, but the decision to pursue metric radar technology provided more advantage and quicker, so the idea of centimetric radar was ignored until cavity magnetrons were discovered from downed allied planes.
The use of microwave radar was essential for creating detailed radar pictures due to its smaller wavelegth.
http://www.cap.ca/wyp/profiles/redhead-nov01.pdf
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(http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/669048-2/tank-submachine-gun-800)
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jebus - that looks like something the Soviets would do but it looks like a Thomson MG turned into a range finder - would it be used like some kind of training tool on the Sherman? That would be the only use I could think of.
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jebus - that looks like something the Soviets would do but it looks like a Thomson MG turned into a range finder - would it be used like some kind of training tool on the Sherman? That would be the only use I could think of.
Lol, I found it hysterical
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MOS 666, rangefinder operator.