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  1. Walter_Sobchak
    I like that picture of the engine bay for the Namer. I was wondering how they fit an AVDS-1790 into that vehicle while maintaining the Merkava four front armor shape (no bulge for the engine like on Merkava 1 - 3).
  2. Walter_Sobchak
    Kinda like atheists that form their own clubs and spend most of their time complaining about a god they don't believe in. Full disclosure, I am an atheist, as is my wife. We typically avoid atheists that spend their time complaining about religion.
  3. Walter_Sobchak
    Why Sturgeon, it's almost like you don't understand the true value of diversity and tolerance. I shall have to report you to the campus officials so you can be assigned to an appropriate sensitivity training course.
  4. Walter_Sobchak
    The net horsepower figure is actually a more useful figure, but everyone likes to use gross horsepower since it makes for a bigger number, better for marketing purposes. The really useful stat that is always really hard to find is "Power at the sprocket."
  5. Walter_Sobchak
    The HP rating you list for the AVSI-1790-6 is the net HP, not gross HP (Gross HP is usually what gets listed as "horsepower" in most books.)
  6. Walter_Sobchak
    I recently got a PDF copy of John Buckley's "British Armour in the Normandy Campaign 1944." It's a really good read and helps to explain the reason the Sherman got a bit of a bad reputation in British service. And since a good many of the books on the Sherman and Allied armor was written by the British, it's not hard to understand why the Sherman got so much bad press. In a nut shell, Montgomery was loathe to sacrifice too many infantrymen in the Normandy campaign due to British manpower shortages, so he was willing to use (or misuse) his armor units in breakthrough operations that resulted in high tank losses.
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    Yep. I think you can find those on Pintrest labeled as "ammo cozies."
  8. Walter_Sobchak
    The funny thing is that I would not be surprised if "Ronson" really was one of the many nicknames that troops used at one point or another for the Sherman. All I've been trying to argue is that we have no proof that "lights first every time" was an actual slogan. And since every mention in a book of the Sherman tank includes the explanation that they called it ronson because of "the popular lights first everytime slogan", it makes me think that this must come from a single source somewhere and has gotten repeated again and again. Unfortunately, Cherps is not capable of having anything approaching an intelligent conversation on the matter.
  9. Walter_Sobchak
    I just realized this is the "post pictures of your guns thread" and not a "post pictures of interesting guns" thread. I was not trying to imply that I own a 1920's ear Thompson with a pig sticker on the end of it.
  10. Walter_Sobchak
    The average person has a hard time getting their head around how important indirect fire weapons are. I remember when I was a kid, I always had trouble figuring out what exactly to do with my Mortar soldier G.I Joe guy.
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    From the May-Jun 1923 issue of Army Ordnance.
  13. Walter_Sobchak
    It appears that the classic film "Dolemite" has been uploaded in its entirety to youtube. Let the rejoicing commence. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7x99hdLc0HU
  14. Walter_Sobchak
    In my mind that is a double win situation.
  15. Walter_Sobchak
    I think they have had problems with everything.
  16. Walter_Sobchak
    What? No one likes Comic Sans?
  17. Walter_Sobchak
    Indeed. Their original idea for the Arjun (way back in the late 70's) was to make their own licensed version of the AVCR-1360. This was essentially the engine developed for the MBT-70 and the General Motors XM1 prototype that lost to the Chrysler entry. They couldn't get more than 500 HP out of the ones they built, even though it was supposed to be a 1500 HP engine. So they gave up and went with a foreign produced engine.
  18. Walter_Sobchak
    Actually, it's more like 75% are out of commission. Here is the thing I don't understand about the Arjun. You would think that they would have selected the MTU 883 engine, just like Israel did for the Merk 4 or like Korea with the K2. Or at the very least, the MB-873 from the Leo 2. But no, they use the MTU MB-838 Ka 501 diesel. This is essentially a more powerful version of the engine in the Leopard 1. So basically, they got MTU's oldest engine design, gussied up to pull a bunch of extra power out of it. Now, it might be a good engine, I don't really know for sure. But still, you would think they would have gone with something a little newer.
  19. Walter_Sobchak
    We really need to re-dub that video to make Luigi start spouting off about Khirosheev and Deathtraps.
  20. Walter_Sobchak
    How come we don't train all our soldiers to use John Rambo's ultra-effective tactic of "standing behind a tree with a knife." It's amazing how often that works for him.
  21. Walter_Sobchak
    And really, would any discussion of the.50 cal be complete without mention of final scene in the craptacular film Rambo IV?
  22. Walter_Sobchak
    I figured we should have a thread for that most venerable of firearms, the M2 .50 cal machine gun. As a reminder of just how old this weapons system is, here is an article about it from 1921. This gun is older than many of our grand parents. Try to think of any piece of machinery dating back to 1921 that is still in use today, either military or civilian. It's pretty amazing to consider what John Browning accomplished with this design.
  23. Walter_Sobchak
    Well, the Russians have finally surpassed the West in making a tank that is absolutely hideous. I thought the LeClerc and the K2 were ugly, but this thing.... But then, I think just about every tank introduced since 1979 is ugly.
  24. Walter_Sobchak
    Found this in an old US Army Ordnance magazine.
  25. Walter_Sobchak
    Battlefield Earth John Travolta sticks tubes up his nose and wastes two hours of your time.
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