Do you want a crazy device? [pic]

Nuno Andresen

Member since
December 2002
From: PORTO PORTUGAL

Do you want a crazy device? [pic]

Posted by Nuno Andresen on Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:59 PM

Now just tell me: Who is going to be the first to do this and then take it to the local model show?
Smile [:)]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:08 PM

Send that picture to Trumpeter, we'll probably have a kit in a couple of years. Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:45 PM

What is it? a silencer?

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Spamicus

Member since
April 2003
From: Central Wisconsin

Posted by Spamicus on Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:57 PM

LOL, I'm with Jon, what is that? Tongue [:P]

Steve

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:01 PM

sorry for this one but i cant resist

"Is that a howitzer in your pocket?"

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M1abramsRules

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June 2003

Posted by M1abramsRules on Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:11 PM

here's the translated text that went as a caption

The photo shows a PzH M109 with muffler with the military engineering agency (WTD) in Meppen) (photo: Pahlkoetter)

I am assuming that its not a muffler to keep it warm...... Wink [;)]

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Dwight Ta-ala

Member since
July 2003
From: Philippines

Posted by Dwight Ta-ala on Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:33 PM

Imagine going to battle with that thing in tow. he-he-he.

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Anonymous

Member since
November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:45 PM

all im thinking about is Austin Powers when the space ships on the radar and they all say what it looks like

Its got to be a joke, it looks like a meat and two veg

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 6:50 PM

That's the Hubble Muzzle Brake. It's for armor penetration.....on Mars.

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shermanfreak

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January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:24 PM

Latest in military sub-base technology ...... makes their tanks go woomp, woomp, woomp as they cruise the battlefield.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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JCon

Member since
March 2003
From: Northeast Washington State

Posted by JCon on Sunday, May 23, 2004 8:33 PM

Its the latest propulsion devise for the Barnum and Bailey Circus Clown shot act! The shot heard around the world, ha ha! Clown [:o)]

Happy Modeling, Joe Favorite Quote: It's what you learn after you know it all that counts!

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cplchilly

Member since
January 2004
From: SO CAL

Posted by cplchilly on Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:07 PM

We actually had that same pic on another forum that I visit and as far as I know nobodie's figured it out yet but there are some people in this world with some real vivid emaginations I tell you what...........

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Buddho

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March 2003
From: Newport News VA

Posted by Buddho on Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:11 PM

What the.....? LOL

Dan

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shermanfreak

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January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Sunday, May 23, 2004 9:16 PM

QUOTE: Originally posted by cplchilly

We actually had that same pic on another forum that I visit and as far as I know nobodie's figured it out yet but there are some people in this world with some real vivid emaginations I tell you what...........

I saw this quite awhile ago on another forum too ..... I believe it was confirmed to be a noise suppressor so that the German military could fire their big guns close to populated areas without getting sued.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 10:18 PM

how baby tanks are made Big Smile [:D]

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Anonymous

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November 2005

Posted by Anonymous on Sunday, May 23, 2004 10:40 PM

forget ricing up your import car, german artillery is the way to go! this muffler will add 100000 m to your shot!

honesty though, what is it? i think shermanfreak is the closest, but personaly if i had artillery fireing close to my house, sound would be the least of my concerns!

an after thought: maybe it has something to do with compression to get more distance?

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LemonJello

Member since
February 2004
From: Green Lantern Corps HQ on Oa

Posted by LemonJello on Monday, May 24, 2004 1:37 AM

QUOTE: Originally posted by t3488g

honesty though, what is it? i think shermanfreak is the closest, but personaly if i had artillery fireing close to my house, sound would be the least of my concerns!

Its not the sound of the guns that so disturbing, it the "ripping linen" as the shell passes overhead that always gave me chills.

At first glance, I thought it was some kind of water trap to check the shell for striations from the barrel, but maybe it is some kind of suppressor for live fire near built up areas.

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wildwilliam

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December 2009
From: West Grove, PA

Posted by wildwilliam on Monday, May 24, 2004 6:58 AM

it is so well camo'd i could barely see it! Tongue [:P]

perhaps they should camo the base as well!

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J-Hulk

Member since
February 2003
From: Tochigi, Japan

Posted by J-Hulk on Monday, May 24, 2004 7:58 AM

Geez, that thing's just plain nuts!

~Brian

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NEW MEX

Member since
April 2003
From: directly above the center of the earth or known as Dixon, IL.

Posted by NEW MEX on Monday, May 24, 2004 9:04 AM

My first impression when i saw that was...... nah, there are somethings i just can't comment on Big Smile [:D]

LOL

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shermanfreak

Member since
January 2003

Posted by shermanfreak on Monday, May 24, 2004 9:12 AM

From the url of the picture itself comes the biggest clue to what it is. In the filename is the German word "schalldaempfer". Translated it means muffler. If you google the word "schalldaempfer", you will get all kinds of hits for silencers on guns.

Happy Modelling and God Bless Robert

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erush

Member since
May 2003
From: USA, GA

Posted by erush on Monday, May 24, 2004 9:40 AM

That's quite a silencer ya got there buddy. I wonder if they call it the "hush-a-boom"? Wink [;)]

Eric

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Awood23

Member since
May 2003
From: Belgium

Posted by Awood23 on Monday, May 24, 2004 9:44 AM

this thread should have been a "caption this" thread"
in a new twist of medical study, scientist have discovered that that some diseases can be transfered to metal. Here we have an example of a Paladin with Elephantitus of the barrel.
I dont think its a muffler... why would you want to muffle a Paladin? doesnt make for realistic training if you have to fire from one of those things. Maybe trap with baffels to measure muzzle velocity?

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