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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:03 am

Challenger II MBT
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French Leclerc MBT - good design, but ugly as sin:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:32 am

"Vanna, can I buy a turret?"
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:52 am

It needs at least a cupola turrets. :lol:

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:54 am

AshtonBlack wrote:It needs at least a cupola turrets. :lol:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by FBM » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:54 am

CJ wrote:Metal Storm
:shock: In-fucking-credible2
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:56 am

AshtonBlack wrote:It needs at least a cupola turrets. :lol:
:hilarious:

... you mean like the T-35?
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 11:57 am

klr wrote:
AshtonBlack wrote:It needs at least a cupola turrets. :lol:
:hilarious:

... you mean like the T-35?
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Sweet! Broke both tracks. :hilarious:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by CJ » Mon Apr 13, 2009 12:59 pm

FBM wrote:
CJ wrote:Metal Storm
:shock: In-fucking-credible2
Well once you have electronic fire control in weapons you are one step away from personalised firearms which when removed from the vicinity of their owner can't ever be fired. One embeds the electronics in the gun and pair it with an RFID tag. The owner carries the RFID tag, which can have an effective range of only 1metre. Once the gun can no longer sense the tag it won't fire. Thus once the gun is stolen it becomes useless.
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:09 pm

The ubiquitous Browning M2 12.7 mm "Fifty-cal" - in service since 1923, and still no sign of it being retired:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:10 pm

klr wrote:The ubiquitous Browning M2 12.7 mm "Fifty-cal" - in service since 1923, and still no sign of it being retired:
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I have a tripod like that. :whistle:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:16 pm

Gawdzilla wrote: ...
I have a tripod like that. :whistle:
US Military property no doubt ... :hmph:

The Czech/British Bren* LMG, originally 7.7 mm (.303 inch), but later re-designed to NATO-standard 7.62 mm (.3 inch):
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... still in production in India.

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*Brno Enfield. A number of British machine guns from that time have names indicating where they were designed/manufactured.
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:22 pm

klr wrote:
Gawdzilla wrote: ...
I have a tripod like that. :whistle:
US Military property no doubt ... :hmph:
The tripod? Used to belong to a group that hung out somewhere south of me. (Roughly 1,500 miles south.)
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:25 pm

One more from the "ubiquitous, still in use" category - the Bofors 40 mm AA cannon:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:29 pm

One of my favorite pictures. Note the lack of aimers in the "saddles". :hilarious:
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 13, 2009 1:33 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:
One of my favorite pictures. Note the lack of aimers in the "saddles". :hilarious:
You mean they just fired wherever they wanted, or they took directions by other means? :think:
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