Can we discuss military equipment ?
I like military equipment not because it kills people
but because of the science involves in it and amazing
specs. I know it's sounds weird from a pacifist...

heres a site for you then petit
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/index.html

(edit) not sure how to link it

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Well I have never served in the military (Not compulsary in Canada)
so I don't have much story to tell. I did read a lot of books about
WWII war though. Espacialy stories writen by navy and german's
U-boat submariners in the Atlantics, and the British fleets chasing
them. Those who came back alive sure have a lot to tell. Most of
them agree that war is stupid...

Me and five other guys were pretty drunk cause we'd already been twice today though our little dance carrying caskets out of old Baptist churches and loading them up in the van for the ride to the graveyard and then all that.
This casket was empty but for some souvenir of a black kid fron rural South Carolina who died in the far off war. The bugler played taps and we rolled up the flag and it was my turn to do the hand-off and this black lady with fat tears took it from me and then asked me why.

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I was in the us army from 94 to 01 been to kuwait back in 96. I was in field artillery both tubes and rockets. I loved it.

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@Misfit Good Idea this Thread I love this Theme
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OK Let the Eagle FLY ;-)
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Hi All,
Thank you Misfit for creating this thread.
Mention was made in another thread about "Navy Stories". Well there are a lot of stories out there, but the only ones I can really share come from Testing Military Aircraft and Equipment. I was Stationed at th Naval Air Test Center In Patuxent River Maryland. To sum it up, our basic Jobs there were to try to tear up the equipment. We tested landing gear strength, tire strength, airframes, eleltronics, Avionics, and so forth. In testing we had many accidents.
We had a Catapult/Arresting Gear site on base called TC-7. We would launch Aircraft at incorrect pressure settings trying to rip them apart, we would catch them in the "wire" with no wheels touching, one wheel touching the ground just to put as much force on the aircraft as we could, and we tore some planes up. The planes that passed became part of the Fleet..the rest, redesign.
Now on to the 2 stories that come to mind. The first was when we were testing the "Heads Up" weapons system on an F-14 upgrade. Weapons personal came in to load 50 caliber blanks in the gun boxes for testing. For the system to work, the landing gear had to be retracted. On the Flight Line the F-14 was put on Jack Stands, and the landing gear was retracted. Testing began. The twin 50 calibers made unbelievable noise. It was only when base security lit up the area that we realized that we had completly destroyed 2 A-7's sitting on the flight line. "Wrong Ammo" At Least the guns worked. 13 million dollars worth of damage.
Next story much more grim.
Our airframes personal at our Strike Aircraft test Directorate were working removing ejection seats from all of our A-6 Intruders. The Seats are pinned and flagged to avoid accidental firing. Seat personal go through a checklist everytime they climb in the cockpit for safety.A first class Petty Officer and A third Class Petty Officer climbed into a A-6 in the hanger bay that had been marked "disarmed" on the canopy.Since it was marked "disarmed" they ignored the safety checklist.
There had been a rumour spreading around that when a pilot had to eject and he pulled his "Face Curtian" th Lord's Prayer was written inside. Well this Third Class decided he would check it out, before the First class could stop him, he hsad pulled the face curtian activating the copilot chair first then his chair. They were both killed instantly againest the inside roof of the hanger bay. It was all caught on security video. Not a lot left to clean up.
A good lesson in following proper procedures.

Regards,

Rocky

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Ouch to the second one!!!!! When I was in the army the unit I was in at fort hood was fielding the new M109A6 paladin. During one of the live fires they wanted me to film the crew drills fireing direct fire. One of the guns that I was filming the round went off early and a piece of shrapanel wizzed by my head about 2 feet away. Tell you what I well never forget that sound.

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Sniperbait,
That is a sound that you will never forget! I read the book "One Shot, One Kill" some years ago, and there is a term they use for when no one hears the bullet until after it has already struck. Do you remember what that word was?
I have been trying to recall and I can't even find the copy of the book anymore.

Regards,

Rocky

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I cant remember what the word is I heard it once but cant remember it. I tell you what I had to change my underware lmao

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Sniperbait,
An unusual name. Were you a Sniper or a Target? :-) jus kidding. Anyway I live about 15 minutes from the Quantico Marine Base Sniper School. The FBI Academy is located and trains at the Sniper school also.


Regards,

Rocky

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cool no i got this name from the squad im in on joint ops I love baiting snipers so my team can kill them lmao

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There was an unusual amount of activity in and around Ops that day. One of the senior AW1's, a friend of mine, remarked to me that he had been involved in the Cuban missile blockade, and this was 10 times worse. But no one was talking about what was going on.

It was 1975. My squadron, VP4, had just deployed to Cubi Point, the Philippines. Some of the aircraft belonging to the squadron we were relieving were still in country and flying missions. I was a member of the XO’s crew, recently promoted to AW1. My job, as SS1 (Sensor Station 1), was to be in charge of the other AW’s on this P-3 Orion. We were equipped to find submarines from the air: myself and the SS2 both operated acoustic detection equipment, while the SS3 ran the radar, MAD and IFF.

A VP17 bird returned from . . . presumably the same place we were off to, with a bullet hole in its tail. Still, no one was telling us what the hell was going on! Days later I was told that I was walking directly into a turning prop on my way out to the aircraft. I don’t know if it was habit, or safety training, but I abruptly turned 90° and went around the prop arc, then on to the ladder and into the plane.

Once we were airborne the TACCO (tactical coordinator) briefed us on the mission. Earlier that day a cargo ship, the Mayaguez, under an American flag was boarded by military units of the Khmer Rouge. The crew was taken and the ship was being steered into Cambodia. Our mission was to use our radar to spot Cambodian gunboats and direct Air Force fighters out of Thailand to the gunboats' position. The TACCO did not know what kind of offensive capability the gunboats had, except that the VP17 aircraft had that bullet hole as proof that nobody was kidding.

My thoughts were quite selfish. There were no submarines to find; my abilities on acoustic sensor equipment were quite unneeded; but it was too late now to ask that I not be required to go on the mission.

Descending out of 20,000 feet we were passing through 8,000 when simultaneously: a loud “whump” was heard, the plane shook and yawed. I was firmly convinced that we took an antiaircraft missile. The TACCO ran by in the direction of the cockpit while I hastily put on my parachute, helmet and Mae West, convinced we were all going to die. It didn’t help when the TACCO returned from the cockpit laughing, since I thought he was going insane from the stress of our imminent distruction. He ordered me and the rest of the crew back to the galley (I did not want to unstrap and leave my seat, but I followed his order). As it turned out, one of our engines had picked this point in the mission to flame out, and the flight engineer, quite by instinct, reached up and used the emergency shut off switch. Because the pilots weren’t ready for it, the plane yawed while they corrected for the loss of one engine.

We didn’t even make it on station. Nonetheless, we all received a presidential unit citation (or maybe it was a meritorious unit citation, I forget which since I never thought we deserved it anyway).

Well, here’s my war story, well almost. Hope you have all had a happy Veterans’ Day.

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Guess what this little boy will ask Santa for Xmas ?
He looks very attarcted by big guns already.

(French soldiers at Abidjan airport)

What do you think of this new Stealth Fighter ?

Great looking ;-))) must be the 4 dimension !

I thought It could be fun to post link to rare military related equipment
and try to guess what it is for. It could be anything, try to put a name
on an old ship, try to find out what a particular tank devise is for, etc.

Lets give it a try and see if it gets popular. I think it could be fun.

What is the purpose of this ship?
A clue. It has a laser beam on it.

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Hospital Ship

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> Hospital Ship

Don't be ridiculous!!! Sorry it's not an hospital ship.

This war tool is called a "casse-tete", or "head-breaker"

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