Thread: Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

  1. #6481

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sar1n View Post
    Nope. This wasn't meant to be used from the air, although it would most likely work better that way.
    An 1861 Ketchum grenade used by Federal troops in the American Civil War. They can't have been very efficient.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Soldier View Post
    An 1861 Ketchum grenade used by Federal troops in the American Civil War. They can't have been very efficient.
    Correct. The sensitivity of the impact fuse was a problem, so many of them ended up being thrown back.

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    Okay. Here is another image

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    Quote Originally Posted by Common Soldier View Post
    Okay. Here is another image

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    Nobody interested at guessing?

    It is a torpedo, but not a Whitehead one.
    Last edited by Common Soldier; July 30, 2021 at 07:30 PM.

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    Its been a month and no one seems interested in guessing the answer. I'll give it a little longer, then give the answer and open it up to whoever wants to post.

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    No interest in guessing after 1 month.

    The picture is of the Howell Torpedo, designed by LT Commander Howell of US Navy in the 19th century. It used a flywheel for propulsion. The performance of the Whitehead torpedo eventually surpassed it and only 50 or so were made. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howell_torpedo

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    Anyone willing to take the turn?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Flinn View Post
    Anyone willing to take the turn?
    Bump
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  9. #6489

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    Alright. I've got something for you.

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    First hint: it looks like machine gun, it is belt fed like a machine gun, is automatic and has high rate of fire like a machine gun, but shoots pistol ammunition.

  11. #6491

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    The ammunition angle will probably be easiest, so I'll give you another hint. It's 7.62mm. Not telling which though.

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    Default Re: Identify that Tank/Ship/Plane/Artillery etc

    LAD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by General Brewster View Post
    LAD.
    Well done, lad. It is indeed Soviet LAD Machine Gun. 2 prototypes made during WWII, never accepted into service.

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    Nice pun there mate.

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    It's a British 64 pounder muzzleloader mounted on a "disappearing" gun carriage used mostly for coastal defenses in the late 19th and early 20th centuries

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disappearing_gun

    As the cannons used for coast defenses got larger they soon outweighed the practicality of a such mechanisms to support them so this type of carriage was mostly gone by WWI. By the end of WWII coastal artillery in general was largely obsoleted by the advent of strategic air power.

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    Bingo

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    Here is my new submission:



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    Last edited by Forward Observer; October 09, 2021 at 02:43 PM. Reason: better picture
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  18. #6498

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    Wow! Over 2900 views to this thread since I posted the above musket a week ago and nobody has a guess?

    Here are some clues: It is a smoothbore and it or one of its iterations was used in at least 4 wars spanning almost a half a century.

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    There is something about it that looks really weird... I don't know... the Brown Bess?

    EDIT: Actually taking notice of some design differences... it looks more like the Charleville.
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    Although not French, it is sometimes referenced as "of the Charleville design or pattern"
    Last edited by Forward Observer; October 20, 2021 at 12:04 AM.
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