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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by eXcommunicate » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:24 am

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This? :)

When was this baby built? 1890s?
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Sat Apr 18, 2009 1:31 am

eXcommunicate wrote:This? :)

When was this baby built? 1890s?
That was the last "pre-dreadnought" laid down, so launched in 1906, put into commission in 1908.
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:17 pm

I'm rather partial to this....

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:21 pm

Another quality bit of British engineering.....

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by klr » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:28 pm

Clinton Huxley wrote:Another quality bit of British engineering.....

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Already featured in this thread:

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1408

... notably at this point:

http://rationalia.com/forum/viewtopic.p ... 267#p57267
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Pappa » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:30 pm

For it's utter simplicity:

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Clinton Huxley » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:34 pm

Arguably the most important bit of military hardware of the 20th century......

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Feck » Mon Apr 27, 2009 2:37 pm

Shame you can stop the bullets 50yrds away with a wet blank .Pappa
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:28 pm

mrenutt4 wrote:Shame you can stop the bullets 50yrds away with a wet blank .Pappa
Might be simple, it's still junk. Now the AK, is simple, but a very good rifle.

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:29 pm

I like swords. They're easy to reload.
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by AshtonBlack » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:43 pm

Gawdzilla wrote:I like swords. They're easy to reload.
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Don't tend to feature much after the advent of the bolt action rifle though huh?

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Xamonas Chegwé » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:44 pm

Isn't that the cover picture of Heavenly Sword?
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Gawdzilla Sama » Mon Apr 27, 2009 4:48 pm

AshtonBlack wrote:Don't tend to feature much after the advent of the bolt action rifle though huh?
Okay, it's nice to have more than one string in your bow.
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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by CJ » Mon Apr 27, 2009 7:39 pm

One of the exhibits at Eden Camp a bit out of the way (it was a prison camp after all) but a very good place to visit.

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Re: The "I love military hardware" thread.

Post by Feck » Sun May 03, 2009 12:22 am

Check the PRICE !!
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