Random Gun Pics...let’s see how random we can make it

Alte Schule said:
Gunny that abomination on the bottom. WTH is that? Something you acquired from your previous occupation?
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They are not mine, just a pic I stumbled across. The bolt action is a 1893 Turkish Mauser and I think the yard rake was sold by Sears.
But just think. Whoever made that Mauser into an SBR, had to pay more for the Tax Stamp then they did for the rifle.:confused:
 
NIGHTLORD40K said:
Thats a rare bird right there- M60A2 with the goofy 152mm gun/missile launcher.
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That goofy 152 was a killing monster out as far as you could see them. Everything it fired other than canister had a butt load of HE in it. Actually, the canister was good to. It had 10,000 flechettes in it. Plus, the tube was big enough for the big bottle of booze.
 
HowieG said:
That goofy 152 was a killing monster out as far as you could see them. Everything it fired other than canister had a butt load of HE in it. Actually, the canister was good to. It had 10,000 flechettes in it. Plus, the tube was big enough for the big bottle of booze.
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What about the Shillelagh missile it was supposed to use? Same gun on the Sheridan as the M-60A2, IIRC, and never really worked right.
Random gun pic - does this pistol make my pistol look big?
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armoredman said:
What about the Shillelagh missile it was supposed to use? Same gun on the Sheridan as the M-60A2, IIRC, and never really worked right.
Random gun pic - does this pistol make my pistol look big?
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The M551 was a light vehicle and was prone to shock damage of the missile components. The M60A2 didn't have that problem. I never had a missile go wrong on me. I am one of the very, very few to actually fire a war shot missile at night under flare illumination at an armored target during a test of the technique. The missile sight did not have night capability so external illumination was necessary. That missile worked perfectly. I can say that the 8 lb Octol warhead at night was damned impressive.

The only time I ever saw a missile guidance component get physically damaged on an M60A2 was the IR guidance box in another tank. The guidance box was in an armored box on top of the gun mantlet. That is the thing with what looks like a closed flapper just above the gun tube in the picture. The tank in question was doing a night 50 cal engagement. The limit switch that was supposed to stop the machine gun from depressing far enough to hit the tank just happened to fail. As the commander followed his target in the dark on passive sights, he depressed past the switch and engaged the top of his own missile box with API. From a range of three feet, that did the trick.
 
GunnyUSMC said:
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In my stash of "stuff" I believe I have the perfect magazine pouch for that belt. I may have the correct canteen carrier, too, Just got through shifting storage units, so everything is simultaneous disarray, and recent remembrance, too (like finding the beginnings of KW era pistol belt, and have no idea why it is not complete.
 
HowieG said:
The M551 was a light vehicle and was prone to shock damage of the missile components. The M60A2 didn't have that problem. I never had a missile go wrong on me. I am one of the very, very few to actually fire a war shot missile at night under flare illumination at an armored target during a test of the technique. The missile sight did not have night capability so external illumination was necessary. That missile worked perfectly. I can say that the 8 lb Octol warhead at night was damned impressive.

The only time I ever saw a missile guidance component get physically damaged on an M60A2 was the IR guidance box in another tank. The guidance box was in an armored box on top of the gun mantlet. That is the thing with what looks like a closed flapper just above the gun tube in the picture. The tank in question was doing a night 50 cal engagement. The limit switch that was supposed to stop the machine gun from depressing far enough to hit the tank just happened to fail. As the commander followed his target in the dark on passive sights, he depressed past the switch and engaged the top of his own missile box with API. From a range of three feet, that did the trick.
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Good stuff!
 
PzGren said:
This is from a big gun. I have inherited them from a friend, who as a kid, had scoured the city of Hamburg after the allied air raids and collected the fragments of the 8,8 Flak, carefully lacquer painted, after he had manned the Flak the night before.

They do looks nasty and are sharp. Imagine the effect on a plane's fuselage and crew members!

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I can imagine the effect. It looked like this:
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