Post amazing pics of military ordinance

[davepoth]

Difficult to make out in this image, but that's a 102mm howitzer mounted in this WW2 Italian bomber...

[RedLeicester]

We've had "the" gun, so how about THE Bomb. Not the ikkle Allied ones.

THE bomb.

Tsar Bomba.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LxD44HO8dNQ

[RedLeicester]

davepoth said:

Difficult to make out in this image, but that's a 102mm howitzer mounted in this WW2 Italian bomber...

Except the italians probably fired it as a brake...

[LotusOmega375D]

tight5 said:

16" guns are for girls.

The Germans fired these 7 tonnes beauties at the Russians from rail guns in WW2 (800mm calibre = approx. 31.5").

[tight5]

Matt172 said:

that is spooky

and just after a spectre !

LotusOmega375D said:

16" guns are for girls.

didn't shoot 9 at once tho ?

[Mr_B]

Typhoon with 8 rockets.



The result.

[onyx39]

SlimRick said:

Worked on these for a while in my younger days:

Rapier?

[Shar2]

LotusOmega375D said:

16" guns are for girls.

The Germans fired these 7 tonnes beauties at the Russians from rail guns in WW2 (800mm calibre = approx. 31.5").

Fired from this:- The Dora Railgun

[Matt172]

Shar2 said:

LotusOmega375D said:

16" guns are for girls.

The Germans fired these 7 tonnes beauties at the Russians from rail guns in WW2 (800mm calibre = approx. 31.5").

Fired from this:- The Dora Railgun

[Lost soul]

williamp said:

JoeBolt said:

LotusOmega37 said:

22,000lb (10 tonne) Grand Slam bomb

No hard hats.
No Hi-Viz vests.
Both appear to be handling the load when it is above waist height.
I'll bet they have also failed to complete a Lifting Plan and a Task Risk Assessment!

but when that photo was taken, a lot of people were being killed every day. Thousends, in fact. They didnt have Health and safety back then...

Thank god for health and safety then

[RedLeicester]

onyx39 said:

SlimRick said:

Worked on these for a while in my younger days:

Rapier?

RedLeicester several posts up and several hours ago said:

Rapier.

Edited by RedLeicester on Tuesday 24th January 16:31

[LotusOmega375D]

Schwerer Gustav and friends beseiging Sebastopol in 1942. The big boy appears at 1 min. 23 seconds in this propaganda newsreel. I think it's rather bigger than the rail gun firing in the still photo above.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=fyFKbLGGCV...

[Ranger 6]

Simply because I had the pleasure of working on them for a while....


I also 'fired' these...


and my regiment went on to use these

Known as the 'grid square removal system'

Edited by Ranger 6 on Tuesday 24th January 18:06

[marksx]

What's the bottom one? MLRS?

I feel strangely sad that I will never see a battleship broadside. Strange as they don't use them anymore and strange as I'm not in the navy! I'd love to feel those guns go off.

[tmk2]

Mr_B said:

Typhoon with 8 rockets.



The result.

My granddad loaded these in the war this is the result of what they fired from their squadron on VE day, although they did swap to Tempests in the latter days.

[gog440]

RedLeicester said:

robmlufc said:

RedLeicester said:

Actually, thinking of guns, THE gun:

Ok not a pic but that thing needs to be heard

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKRGDCR28g0&fea...

Better - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWCPxV12wEc&fea...

And the effects of it here.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKRt2DYMvdU&fea...

[nellyleelephant]

marksx said:

What's the bottom one? MLRS?

I feel strangely sad that I will never see a battleship broadside. Strange as they don't use them anymore and strange as I'm not in the navy! I'd love to feel those guns go off.

Yep, MLRS.

When I worked at Lockheed I was part of the team that was the design authority. Known as the smoke machine when it started up....

[blueedge]

Saw this at Eglin which I thought was pretty cool:

[davepoth]

blueedge said:

Saw this at Eglin which I thought was pretty cool:

Overblown Discovery documentary here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuGrDSP0rj8&fe...

[GGibbo]

Because it's a 70s jet, with some 80s missiles and some 90s missiles, but will still beat anything because its wings move to and fro...


ETA the project HARP gun pic is awesome- apparently it's still lying on its side at the test site.