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406mm 2A3 Kondensator 2P nuclear howitzer (left) and 420mm 2B1 Oka nuclear mortar (right). Counter to the US Atomic Annie, first appeared in a 1957 parade, only a handful built. Firing the guns quickly destroyed drive sprockets and transmission. Just driving the guns around doesn't appear to have been easy on the running gear either. Attached File
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Originally Posted By Mal_means_bad: 406mm 2A3 Kondensator 2P nuclear howitzer (left) and 420mm 2B1 Oka nuclear mortar (right). Counter to the US Atomic Annie, first appeared in a 1957 parade, only a handful built. Firing the guns quickly destroyed drive sprockets and transmission. Just driving the guns around doesn't appear to have been easy on the running gear either.https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/172926/01gl7nnlug661_jpg-1748577.JPG View Quote Definitely looks to be built more for "show" than for "go." |
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Originally Posted By lafmedic1: A few local to me. I cant remember what they are but know they are unusual https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/213498/5700E7D6-320B-4AC4-9D43-B7C9F06A5068_jpe-1715857.JPGhttps://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/213498/BA903E89-7390-463B-A822-E71DD8AA7CEF_jpe-1715858.JPG View Quote Are those at Camp Beauregard? LC |
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"I want to hear the leeches scream before I die." - stolen from someone on Subguns.com.
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"you ought to listen to our resident Swede, he's genetically superior." -Bohr_Adam
"They are superior beings those Swedes." -RockHard13F |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/RPow4MY.jpg https://i.imgur.com/BA8bXCI.jpg Oerlikon GDF-D03 Escorter SPAAG https://i.imgur.com/8vn6sY5.jpg View Quote That Chassis looks like something "borrowed" from the Colonial Space Marines... |
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LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY,
BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT SHOUTING "HOLY $H!T...WHAT A RIDE"!! |
Originally Posted By Forest: Does anyone have gone memories of the CUCV? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Forest: Originally Posted By lafmedic1: And 5 pages without a CUCV? https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/213498/E6B80B57-D1B6-406E-AC5A-C1E2999D1075_jpe-1715862.JPG Does anyone have gone memories of the CUCV? The Mighty Mongo II 1993 GMC former NAVY CUCV Diesel K2500 5/4 Ton 4x4 Single Cab, Vinyl Bench, Rubber Floormat, roll up windows & manual door lock. None of that Sissy Luxury Stuff like A/C! What a GREAT Truck! BIGGER_HAMMER |
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LIFE'S JOURNEY IS NOT TO ARRIVE AT THE GRAVE SAFELY IN A WELL PRESERVED BODY,
BUT RATHER TO SKID IN SIDEWAYS, TOTALLY WORN OUT SHOUTING "HOLY $H!T...WHAT A RIDE"!! |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/n0hv4tK.jpg Terrier - Bundeswehr Hey guys, what next? Israel or China? View Quote An evolved BA-64... |
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Originally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: The Mighty Mongo II 1993 GMC former NAVY CUCV Diesel K2500 5/4 Ton 4x4 Single Cab, Vinyl Bench, Rubber Floormat, roll up windows & manual door lock. None of that Sissy Luxury Stuff like A/C! https://i.imgur.com/7vBbZ41.jpg https://i.imgur.com/r7mEnNa.jpg https://i.imgur.com/CMkaZIG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/1m4Y5cF.jpg What a GREAT Truck! BIGGER_HAMMER View Quote I don't see the "marbles in a jar" under the hood that give those their distinctive sound. |
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Amazing! Good job on the restauration. |
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Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: Wiesel (Weasel) prototype Wiesel with 20mm MK ETC View Quote Circa 2000 my company was sent to Fort Benning to field evaluate a bunch of new "toys". We spent a lot of time in and around the McKenna MOUT site. I recall a Wiesel there in US markings that the civilian staff to McKenna were running around in. They said it was their "toy" that the Army had evaluated. Anybody in the know have any insider info on that? |
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To the everlasting glory of the infantry...
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Originally Posted By Banshee35: I really want a Volvo Sugga https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164962/27A39B36-9587-4C19-BDBA-91CE3D6F7E80_jpe-1739705.JPG https://www.AR15.Com/media/mediaFiles/164962/52E49C89-5CE3-4DE9-9FD0-A08082BDBBAA_jpe-1739706.JPG It’s like if a mobster had military/monster truck View Quote It looks like a VW "bug" that went to prison as a puny little guy, had to join the Aryan Brotherhood, took steroids, lifted weights, and got out a shredded beast. |
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Originally Posted By mike_nds: I always thought the M715 was badass. https://www.easternsurplus.net/Documents/Pictures/d40bc4d4-e2ff-45c5-9701-6cf783fbf526-01262018-cropped-2540-00-917-5904%20Green%20Canvas%20Cab%20Top%20for%20M715%20Jeep%20NOS%20(2).jpg View Quote My favorite military truck. I want one! |
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The “Three Stupid” Rule: “Do not go to stupid places, with stupid people, and do stupid things”
Religion is a handy device for keeping the philosophically deficient in line. |
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To the everlasting glory of the infantry...
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Originally Posted By Cyclic240B: That is pretty damn ingenious. Hull down dump truck gun. Neat! View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By Cyclic240B: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/uDSyvdh.jpg Daewoo Novus 6x4 K4DEF dump truck with 57mm S-60 gun That is pretty damn ingenious. Hull down dump truck gun. Neat! I was going to say the same thing! While crude in construction, that is actually pretty effective and good way to stay in defilade. |
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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Do kids still play Cops and Robbers, or are they just taught both are equally bad and given a participation ribbon after a rousing game of scoreless Everyone's a Winner Ball? - BehindBlueI's
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I think it funny they decided to use an M113 based vehicle rather than build an FV432 version for Rapier. Until they bought those Spike carriers from Israel,I think,but could be wrong,that those were the only M113 series the Brits used?
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Up armored M151 “gun truck” in Vietnam
Attached File It’s big brother Attached File And the helicopter version Guns a go-go Attached File Attached File |
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East German Kinderpanzer - basically Boy Scouts for future tank crew in miniature tanks powered by Trabant motors. These were not toys, they were robustly built, detailed training vehicles scaled down for 9 year olds.
Attached File Attached File Attached File Attached File KinderPanzer DDR kids tanks |
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Oh
My God! I so want a kraut mini tank now. |
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Originally Posted By birdbarian: https://i1.wp.com/candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TakeMyMoney.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By birdbarian: Originally Posted By Banshee35: Oh My God! I so want a kraut mini tank now. https://i1.wp.com/candysdirt.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/TakeMyMoney.jpg?w=600&ssl=1 What they said. Will make the electric mini-bike the neighbor kid got for Christmas look like a training target |
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FreeKyle!
https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/The-offical-Kyle-Rittenhouse-thread-fund-raiser-link-in-OP-/5-2362752/ |
Originally Posted By byron2112: sweet thread... that first picture is awesome... I had no idea they heat treat an entire hull assembly.. View Quote I was reading some U.S. technical reports about German and Russian tank armor during WWII on dtic.mil the other day. Conventional procedure was to weld together plates and castings that were already heat-treated. Some of the Russian armor plates were found to have been slack-quenched - they were not quenched rapidly enough to form a fully martensitic microstructure, resulting in very inferior impact toughness. I was amazed seeing that photo of the entire Panzer 68 hull being heat-treated - holy shit! Was that considered to be an excellent tank for its time? |
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Originally Posted By brownbomber: I was reading some U.S. technical reports about German and Russian tank armor during WWII on dtic.mil the other day. Conventional procedure was to weld together plates and castings that were already heat-treated. Some of the Russian armor plates were found to have been slack-quenched - they were not quenched rapidly enough to form a fully martensitic microstructure, resulting in very inferior impact toughness. I was amazed seeing that photo of the entire Panzer 68 hull being heat-treated - holy shit! Was that considered to be an excellent tank for its time? View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Originally Posted By brownbomber: Originally Posted By byron2112: sweet thread... that first picture is awesome... I had no idea they heat treat an entire hull assembly.. I was reading some U.S. technical reports about German and Russian tank armor during WWII on dtic.mil the other day. Conventional procedure was to weld together plates and castings that were already heat-treated. Some of the Russian armor plates were found to have been slack-quenched - they were not quenched rapidly enough to form a fully martensitic microstructure, resulting in very inferior impact toughness. I was amazed seeing that photo of the entire Panzer 68 hull being heat-treated - holy shit! Was that considered to be an excellent tank for its time? Earlier ones had a 'few' problems..... During the summer of 1979, the Weltwoche, a highly regarded Swiss weekly, published an article regarding the shortcomings of the Panzer 68 that led to a scandal and, allegedly, to the resignation of the minister of defence, Rudolf Gnägi. In this article, the then chief of armoured forces of the Swiss Army came to the conclusion that the Panzer 68 was "not fit for combat". A group of experts that was commissioned to produce a report on the matter listed dozens of technical problems. Among others, the nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection was found to be insufficient, forcing the crews to wear protective masks inside their tanks, thus greatly reducing the crews' performance. The experts also found that the gearbox did not allow for shifting into reverse while the vehicle was moving, forcing the crew to stop the tank before reversing. To make things even worse, the radios used in the tank tended to interfere with the turret control system, resulting in uncontrolled turret movements whenever the radios were used at full power. A year before the Weltwoche article, another very dangerous fault was found. Switching on the heating system could lead to the main gun firing the round in the gun. This problem was caused by the fact that some systems shared the same electrical circuits. This problem never led to any accidents. In a sarcastic headline, Swiss tabloid Blick commented: "The Panzer 68 is much more dangerous than it seems!"[2] Most of the problems were resolved with the upgrade to the 68/88 model. |
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"If It Has Tits, Wheels, or a CPU, it's gonna cause you Problems."
If ******** could fly, this place would be an airport. NRA LIFE MEMBER FOR OVER 35 YEARS. "Paper money eventually returns to its intrinsic value --- zero." |
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