Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

**paleologos** · February 25, 2020, 12:41 PM

Saint Chamond 194mm GPF

**Sar1n** · February 25, 2020, 02:15 PM

You got the name slightly wrong, but I'll accept it.

Canon de 194 mle GPF was France's first SPG. Built near the end of WWI with either 194mm field gun or 280mm howitzer, they were all converted to 194mm after war, and served even during WWII, and captured vehicles were used by Germans on Eastern front.

Your turn.

**paleologos** · February 25, 2020, 02:54 PM

Well, I googled "early artillery piece on tracked car" and the images that came up that looked like the one you posted were captioned "Saint Chamond", perhaps the manufacturer of the tracked car.
Anyway, don't forget my cookie.

For next we have a hand held item, it is exotic but shouldn't be too hard:

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**Akar** · February 29, 2020, 04:11 AM

Soviet space laser gun.

**paleologos** · February 29, 2020, 04:13 PM

Akar is correct and has the ground.
I tried for some time to find the type "code" before posting the image but all I got was the generic description of the prototype.

I hope Sar1n will remember to give me my cookie this time.

**Akar** · February 29, 2020, 04:15 PM

**King Athelstan** · February 29, 2020, 04:17 PM

Hahaha wait that's what it's actually called? Lmao

**Akar** · February 29, 2020, 04:21 PM

Don't

with me when it comes to soviets or lasers, kid. I will rep you for Sarin, Paleo.

**paleologos** · February 29, 2020, 05:39 PM

Thanks, Akar.
I wish Sar1n starts taking his repping duties more seriously and part of that is going through the forums to find contributions worthy of praise - AKA "spreading" the rep.

The item in the image you posted looks like a water canon to me.
Is there a particular nomenclaturish name, or is it just "water canon"?

**Akar** · February 29, 2020, 08:58 PM

It is not a water cannon.

**paleologos** · March 01, 2020, 05:45 AM

Well, it looks like a turreted gun of sorts.
The color of the metal makes it look bronze, which - unless the colors of that image have been manipulated - suggests contact with water as a matter of course.
So my first thought was a (rather antiquated) water canon, either for crowd control, or for firefighting.

If it is not a water canon, well I'm still pretty locked in the idea of contact with water on a regular basis.

The only other thing that comes to mind is of a harpoon gun for whaling as the barrel of it looks too short for a military weapon.

**Akar** · March 01, 2020, 11:57 AM

I apologize, I manipulated the color of the image. It's originally greener.

It is a harpoon gun.

**Sar1n** · March 01, 2020, 12:06 PM

Akar pulled a sneaky one on us, and did RGB switch on the image. The original image had it painted aqua.

It's a deck mounted harpoon cannon. Image from Wikipedia article on harpoon cannon. I suppose this one goes to paleologos then...

**paleologos** · March 01, 2020, 12:20 PM

Just looked it up.
The teal color of the hardware is the color of patina on bronze.

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So, even without the manipulation my original guesses would stand just the same, if not more so.

I sure hope I get my cookie while I'm looking for a suitable image to post.