Post amazing pics of military ordinance

[NismoGT]

M270 MLRS System



Awesome things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fj97-UckI

[Glosphil]

texasjohn said:

SlimRick said:

Worked on these for a while in my younger days:

Some of us still do

Bask in the mid-70s I wrote a computer program in Basic that generated the control program for a CNC milling machine to machine the tail fins for the Rapier missile. I also wrote a similar program for the Seawolf missile wing.

Even earlier, when an apprentice at (the then) British Aircraft Corporation in Filton I worked on refurbishing Bloodhound missile bodies damaged by salt corrosion (on Yorkshire coast?)

[mybrainhurts]

NismoGT said:

M270 MLRS System



Awesome things.

That'll scorch your eyebrows...

[Streps]

2K12 "Kub" Three fingers of death

[PugwasHDJ80]

NismoGT said:

M270 MLRS System



Awesome things.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7fj97-UckI

GSRS

[Hooli]

Mojocvh said:

Hooli said:

Streps said:

AIM-54 Phoenix

Less impressive because it missed in the last shot

Hence the term "missile" as opposed to a "hitile" ie rapier, et al.

[Shar2]

Streps said:

2K12 "Kub" Three fingers of death

Otherwise known as SAM 6 Gainful over here. Didn't think they were that good to be honest.

[Vieste]

Forgot to add name Honest john my old man used them in the 60s/70s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGR-1_Honest_John

Edited by Vieste on Friday 27th January 17:03

[rhinochopig]

Rocket propelled bullets anyone?



Gyrojet

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyrojet

[Matt172]

Tallboy, Upkeep, and Grand Slam

[Silver Smudger]

RedLeicester said:

Okay I suppose this is stretching things a little bit, being the delivery vehicle rather than the ordnance itself, but they are just a smidge bit bonkers:

Hello, I'm a big submarine:


No, I meant it, I'm really, REALLY big:

Some interesting inside pics of a decommissioned Typhoon (English Russia so maybe NSFW links)

http://englishrussia.com/2009/04/14/worlds-biggest...

[RedLeicester]

Silver Smudger said:

Some interesting inside pics of a decommissioned Typhoon (English Russia so maybe NSFW links)

http://englishrussia.com/2009/04/14/worlds-biggest...

Thanks for that!

[nellyleelephant]

RedLeicester said:

Silver Smudger said:

Some interesting inside pics of a decommissioned Typhoon (English Russia so maybe NSFW links)

http://englishrussia.com/2009/04/14/worlds-biggest...

Thanks for that!

The cold war was a st time, but it didn't half produce some amazing engineering.

I've been a peacetime engineer in defence (still am!) but those days must have been something else.

[Oily Nails]

Always loved the look of these...



South African G6 - 155mm Self Propelled Howitzer


McLaren doesn't make SPGs...but if they did

[andy_s]

Silver Smudger said:

Some interesting inside pics of a decommissioned Typhoon (English Russia so maybe NSFW links)

http://englishrussia.com/2009/04/14/worlds-biggest...

Haha - the irony!

[jonny142]

Glosphil said:

texasjohn said:

SlimRick said:

Worked on these for a while in my younger days:

Some of us still do

Bask in the mid-70s I wrote a computer program in Basic that generated the control program for a CNC milling machine to machine the tail fins for the Rapier missile. I also wrote a similar program for the Seawolf missile wing.

Even earlier, when an apprentice at (the then) British Aircraft Corporation in Filton I worked on refurbishing Bloodhound missile bodies damaged by salt corrosion (on Yorkshire coast?)

My Dad worked on the tracking system on Rapier/Rapier 2000 for many many years at Filton in the 80's /early 90's under the 'Dynamics' part of BAC then MBDA ..and then on Seadart and Seawolf before being laid off in 1992..they then took him back on a year later as they needed him back because of his experience..he's since retired

[chris390]

[pacman1]

Anyone familiar with Swingfire?

[tuffer]

SlimRick said:

Worked on these for a while in my younger days:

Me too

[ExChrispy Porker]

Vieste said:

Forgot to add name Honest john my old man used them in the 60s/70s

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGR-1_Honest_John

Edited by Vieste on Friday 27th January 17:03

I saw one fired at the Larkhill artillery day. 1974 I think!