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Posted: 7/29/2022 4:14:50 AM EDT
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 Tracked Boxer, this thing is huge. |
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Posted: 7/31/2022 12:53:22 PM EDT
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 TB001 Reconnaissance Strike Drone China |
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USA
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Posted: 8/1/2022 4:20:49 AM EDT
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     MT-12 "Rapira" 100mm AT gun, pics from training in Ukraine |
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Posted: 8/1/2022 4:44:11 AM EDT
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Seeing towed anti tank guns on todays battlefield is still jarring...
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Posted: 8/2/2022 5:09:35 AM EDT
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 Portuguese tanks parading down the riverside near Praça do Comercio in Lisbon for Franco's visit to meet with Salazar in 1949. Somebody forgot to paint this Cromwell. 
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USA
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Posted: 8/2/2022 5:36:06 AM EDT
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 Boxer AFV experimental bridgelayer variant |
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USA
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Posted: 8/2/2022 11:25:07 AM EDT
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  KMW PUMA PT1 PUMA = "Panzer unter minimalem Aufwand", literally: Tank under minimal effort Parts from Leopard 1, Leopard 2, Marder and others.
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USA
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Posted: 8/3/2022 5:01:22 PM EDT
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 Hawker Hunter FGA9 R1258 of (No. 1 Squadron) from the Rhodesian Air Force, over bushland and Lake Kariba, during the Rhodesian Bush War against the Zimbabwean insurgency, c. 1970 - 1979. |
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Posted: 8/4/2022 3:23:03 PM EDT
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Oddly enough, the RAF deployed a few Gloster Javelin's to Zambia at the beginning of the Rhodesian Crisis, or whatever they called it back then. Javelins against Hunters. Former RAF Hunters upgraded and supplied to the Rhodesian Air Force. XH889 was one of those Javelin's deployed.
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USA
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Posted: 8/9/2022 9:00:43 AM EDT
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 Brazilian Military Police patrolling the streets of Marajo Island, 2009 |
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USA
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Posted: 8/9/2022 9:07:19 AM EDT
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 A Mexican 4x4 self-propelled Howitzer DN-V “Búfalo” of the Mexican Army during the 2019s military parade for May 5th at Puebla. Developed by the national military industry by 1984, this vehicle uses the 75 mm turret of the American Howitzer Motor Carriage M8A1 “Scott”.  Irish Timoney APC with a AML 90 turret |
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Posted: 8/9/2022 9:22:01 AM EDT
[Last Edit: DOW]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/r3nLvQ9.jpg Brazilian Military Police patrolling the streets of Marajo Island, 2009 Guy on a buffalo, literally. |
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Posted: 8/9/2022 9:54:48 AM EDT
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I remember reading that the Soviet/Russian love for towed at guns, was that the crews could not pull out on their own. Stand and fight or run and die by political commisar.
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Posted: 8/9/2022 1:51:38 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/r3nLvQ9.jpg Brazilian Military Police patrolling the streets of Marajo Island, 2009 through with a bit of speed. |
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Posted: 8/9/2022 2:49:00 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: I'd bet that no one wants to block the road when those two come through with a bit of speed. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Pogo55: Originally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/r3nLvQ9.jpg Brazilian Military Police patrolling the streets of Marajo Island, 2009 through with a bit of speed. Especially with how popular small motor bikes are there. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/10/2022 5:54:55 PM EDT
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 Ramses II or T-54E prototype, M60's diesel engine, German transmission, gun from the M60A1, and extended hull |
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Posted: 8/10/2022 6:01:48 PM EDT
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USA
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Posted: 8/11/2022 2:19:48 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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    TRACER was an interesting late nineties project; UK/USA joint approach, two competing consortia, cutting edge in almost every respect, but arguably too technically ambitious and in the end, it was swept away from FRES/FCS |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 2:27:39 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/nice_jpg-2484272.JPG THAT is some photo. Flying P-26 "peashooter" + B model (?) P-40 flying formation with F-86 + P=51 ...  Bigger_Hammer 
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Posted: 8/11/2022 9:02:06 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: THAT is some photo. Flying P-26 "peashooter" + B model (?) P-40 flying formation with F-86 + P=51 ... Bigger_Hammer |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 9:57:26 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/o2RfCsm.jpg Ramses II or T-54E prototype, M60's diesel engine, German transmission, gun from the M60A1, and extended hull Even tried to copy the POS VARO searchlight! |
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Posted: 8/11/2022 11:39:33 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Mal_means_bad: https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/172926/nice_jpg-2484272.JPG |
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USA
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Posted: 8/12/2022 5:56:18 AM EDT
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 Improvisation continues- here we see Ukrainian forces using an ancient D-44 85mm field gun mounted on a MT-LB armoured vehicle. These are mostly used by second-line Units these days. |
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Posted: 8/12/2022 7:40:56 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: THAT is some photo. Flying P-26 "peashooter" + B model (?) P-40 flying formation with F-86 + P=51 ... Bigger_Hammer To think about how that technology progression must have felt to pilots of that era. In < 30 years we went from monoplanes that were basically biplanes with a wing removed to a high performance jet aircraft. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/15/2022 4:17:57 AM EDT
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    France supplied MILAN 2T ATGM currently in use with the Ukrainian Army 2022 |
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USA
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Posted: 8/15/2022 4:58:18 AM EDT
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  Black Knight (UGCV), BAE Systems |
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Posted: 8/15/2022 9:40:54 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Mal_means_bad]
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Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City. The service lives of the C-130 and the B-17 (PB-1G) overlapped briefly in the USCG, with the first C-130 acquired and the last PB1G retired in 1959. SAR PB-1G's carried a chin surface search radar and an air dropped lifeboat, photo mapping PB-1G's retained their Norden bombsights to aim the cameras. In the background is a Douglas C-54 Skymaster (R5D).
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USA
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Posted: 8/16/2022 11:17:31 AM EDT
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 A T-34/85 being removed from the Estonian city of Narva (16th of August 2022) Time to get rid of all the Soviet crap. 
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USA
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Posted: 8/16/2022 2:58:50 PM EDT
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 Ripsaw M5 fitted with a Kongsberg RT40 turret in U.S. Army testing at Fort Dix, New Jersey in 2021. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/19/2022 5:40:15 AM EDT
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  Borsuk prototype, Poland, 2019 |
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USA
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Posted: 8/20/2022 12:47:21 PM EDT
[Last Edit: 4xGM300m]
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      Serbian PASARS-16 Terminator, interesting combination of old and new tech. MRAP platform built on modernised FAP-2026 truck chassis, equipped with 40mm Bofors L/70 AA gun and RLN-IC ground-to-air rockets (modification of Soviet air-to-air 1974 R-13M rocket). |
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Posted: 8/22/2022 12:04:51 PM EDT
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 The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MAV (Mobile Armored Vehicle, APC version of the Type-16 MCV) prototype. The vehicle is undergoing to the trials to replace the Type 96 WAPC in the Japan Defense Forces. |
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Posted: 8/22/2022 2:46:15 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/cMl5m4U.jpg https://i.imgur.com/n2nbgaT.jpg https://i.imgur.com/TiFg0bM.jpg https://i.imgur.com/U17QAiJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gkbXHcJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/xGnxvGg.jpg Serbian PASARS-16 Terminator, interesting combination of old and new tech. MRAP platform built on modernised FAP-2026 truck chassis, equipped with 40mm Bofors L/70 AA gun and RLN-IC ground-to-air rockets (modification of Soviet air-to-air 1974 R-13M rocket). Looks like the vehicle itself only carries optical systems. If they plug in a modern radar they’d have a great low-altitude system. |
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Posted: 8/22/2022 3:17:55 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryInteresting tires for a war machine. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/23/2022 5:12:22 AM EDT
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 Ukrainian 2S7 Pion heavy SPG rolling into battle |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 5:24:41 AM EDT
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Ontos M50
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USA
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Posted: 8/23/2022 5:55:04 AM EDT
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 Hungarian PzH2000 somewhere in Austria |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 8:37:06 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: https://i.imgur.com/4c9DDDS.jpg The Mitsubishi Heavy Industries MAV (Mobile Armored Vehicle, APC version of the Type-16 MCV) prototype. The vehicle is undergoing to the trials to replace the Type 96 WAPC in the Japan Defense Forces. Holy shit, is that a chrysanthemum? |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 9:34:00 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By osprey21: Ontos M50 https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/766/M50_Ontos-2499543.jpg @0ntos 
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Posted: 8/23/2022 9:37:47 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Holy shit, is that a chrysanthemum?  |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 9:39:47 AM EDT
[Last Edit: RustedAce]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By DOW: Holy shit, is that a chrysanthemum? Maybe they are thinking of getting the Co-Prosperity Sphere back together. |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 10:47:20 AM EDT
[Last Edit: Deere_John_16]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: Originally Posted By DOW: Holy shit, is that a chrysanthemum? They Japanese used to put the chrysanthemum on their weapons similar to a lot of the proof marks used by other countries. Similar to the Swastika on many captured German weapons, the chrysanthemum became verboten post war as a sign of the attrocities brought on by the Axis powers. That was a 16 petal flower, so the 5 petal flower on the front of that machine likely matches more with the Japanese Self Defense Force that has sort of a 5 petal star. 
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Posted: 8/23/2022 11:12:22 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Deere_John_16: They Japanese used to put the chrysanthemum on their weapons similar to a lot of the proof marks used by other countries. Similar to the Swastika on many captured German weapons, the chrysanthemum became verboten post war as a sign of the attrocities brought on by the Axis powers. Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Deere_John_16: They Japanese used to put the chrysanthemum on their weapons similar to a lot of the proof marks used by other countries. Similar to the Swastika on many captured German weapons, the chrysanthemum became verboten post war as a sign of the attrocities brought on by the Axis powers.  As far as I know, there was no japanese symbol banned after the war. Do you have any sources about a ban? They still use the Rising Sun flag too. That was a 16 petal flower, so the 5 petal flower on the front of that machine likely matches more with the Japanese Self Defense Force that has sort of a 5 petal star. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/eb/Emblem_of_the_Japan_Ground_Self-Defense_Force.png |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 12:30:20 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By 4xGM300m: As far as I know, there was no japanese symbol banned after the war. Do you have any sources about a ban? They still use the Rising Sun flag too. I don't think it was every outright banned as much as it was often "scrubbed" off of captured weapons. For a time anyway finding a Nambu pistol or an Arisaka rifle with an intact mum was sort of a big deal. |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 12:52:54 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Deere_John_16: I don't think it was every outright banned as much as it was often "scrubbed" off of captured weapons. For a time anyway finding a Nambu pistol or an Arisaka rifle with an intact mum was sort of a big deal.   This. The Japanese Royal Imperial chrysanthemum stamped onto Japanese weapons was ground off of the surrendered weapons. Thus, finding a "unground" weapon was usually a WWII G.I. Bring Back - Dufflebag smuggled and thus somewhat rare. Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 8/23/2022 1:17:52 PM EDT
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Quote HistoryLooks like a mini Maus But for the narrow tracks |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 1:46:13 PM EDT
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XP-89 Scorpion prototype with a nose turret that USAF thought they wanted
 Attached File Attached FileF-89D, fixed wing tip fuel tanks replaced with fat pods carrying a total of 104 2.75" rockets  Attached File Attached FileF-89H trades some rockets for Falcon missiles  Attached File Attached FileF-89J brings the wing tip tanks back, slings a pair of Falcons and a pair of Genie nuclear tipped air-to-air rockets under the wing  Attached FileFiring and running away after a Genie armed test launch  Attached File |
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Posted: 8/23/2022 10:40:27 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
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The USAF really had a hard on for FFAR in the 50's from their own combat experience against the Luftwaffe RM-4 rockets used against US Bombers.
FFAR went into the F-94 Starfire ("Interceptor" version of the F-80 / T-33) and of course to the F-89 Scorpion The Air Force even took the guns out of the F-86 and replaced them with a nose radar and a extendable belly tray with FFAR rockets instead in the "D" (Dog) Model The USAF lost interest in the FFAR as an Air to Air weapon when a pair of F-89 Scorpions tried to shoot down a wayward Navy F6F target drone - expending 208 FFAR with zero hits. Oops!! Fun Factoid - the F-86 Scorpion was sometimes referred to as the "Choo Choo" because (A) the Huge main great wheels with "spokes" make it look like a 1800's steam engine & (B) It was over weight & under powered so it flew about like a locomotive ...  Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 8/23/2022 10:46:53 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Bigger_Hammer]
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The Genie was not a Air to Air "Missile" (as it had no guidance) but was instead a Air to Air "Rocket" - a dumb system with a BIG (Nuclear!) "Bada Boom!!" ...
A live Genie was detonated only once, in Operation Plumbbob on 19 July 1957. It was fired by USAF Captain Eric William Hutchison (pilot) and USAF Captain Alfred C. Barbee (radar operator) flying an F-89J over Yucca Flats. Sources vary as to the height of the blast, but it was between 18,500 and 20,000 ft (5,600 and 6,100 m) above mean sea level. A group of five USAF officers volunteered to stand uncovered in their light summer uniforms underneath the blast to prove that the weapon was safe for use over populated areas. They were photographed by Department of Defense photographer George Yoshitake who stood there with them. Gamma and neutron doses received by observers on the ground were negligible. Doses received by aircrew were highest for the fliers assigned to penetrate the airburst cloud ten minutes after explosion.  Genie Missile Test The USAF wanted to give civilians assurances of the "Safety" of the USAF using nuclear tipped weapons against communist bombers over the USA would not incinerate the population or leave America a irradiated wasteland ... Bigger_Hammer
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Posted: 8/25/2022 6:56:28 PM EDT
[Last Edit: towerofpower94]
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Bigger_Hammer: The Genie was not a Air to Air "Missile" (as it had no guidance) but was instead a Air to Air "Rocket" - a dumb system with a BIG (Nuclear!) "Bada Boom!!" ... A live Genie was detonated only once, in Operation Plumbbob on 19 July 1957. It was fired by USAF Captain Eric William Hutchison (pilot) and USAF Captain Alfred C. Barbee (radar operator) flying an F-89J over Yucca Flats. Sources vary as to the height of the blast, but it was between 18,500 and 20,000 ft (5,600 and 6,100 m) above mean sea level. A group of five USAF officers volunteered to stand uncovered in their light summer uniforms underneath the blast to prove that the weapon was safe for use over populated areas. They were photographed by Department of Defense photographer George Yoshitake who stood there with them. Gamma and neutron doses received by observers on the ground were negligible. Doses received by aircrew were highest for the fliers assigned to penetrate the airburst cloud ten minutes after explosion.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1VZ7FQHTaR4The USAF wanted to give civilians assurances of the "Safety" of the USAF using nuclear tipped weapons against communist bombers over the USA would not incinerate the population or leave America a irradiated wasteland ... Bigger_Hammer What kind of blast radius would a 2KT nuclear rocket have? Presumably they were designed to take out multiple bombers in formation instead of having to engage each one individually? |
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