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Since Boquisucio needs help..

By The Armorer on September 9, 2005 | | Comments (35)

...with his Rangefinder ID, here is the Castle's Barr and Stroud Rangefinder that is part of our Vickers kit. Also in the pic are a Carl Gustav 84mm recoilless rifle and a PIAT. The Gustav and PIAT are for use against people who drive tanks or hide in bunkers. People like that, well, they suck. Of course, the sorry jerks who gave the PIAT to the Brit soldier in WWII suck too. But that's a different story.

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Next up is a sample of the Castle Argghhh! LRS, Looter Repellent System. Rabbit ears (German made, ex-Argentine) for target acquisition, sniper loop w/rifle for retail responses, Max the Maxim should a more robust response be needed.

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The minefield sign doesn't hurt, either.

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By J.M. Heinrichs on September 9, 2005 7:30 AM
... and Gunners BLOW, BIG TIME, like hurricane Ophelia! Take that, you Arty person! I pick my nose at you! Cheers JMH
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 9, 2005 7:38 AM
And this after I was nice to you Canuckistanians and posted pics of the Navy responding to Katrina. Fie! Tankers still suck!
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on September 9, 2005 9:52 AM
Long Rod Penetrators! Cheers JMH
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 9, 2005 9:56 AM
Feh, John. Ask any target you're trying to penetrate... they prefer width to length. LRP's are definitely sub-caliber and arrive too quickly.
 
By kat-missouri on September 9, 2005 10:08 AM
Ya'll need to uncock your pistols and put them back in their holsters. the truth is, if you cananot deliver on target everytime for more than thirty minutes, penetrate the target, regardless of types of barriers, and insure less than 3% failure rate, you will not make it in this woman's army. Might as well send you back to the mess as a baker's mate.
 
By Boquisucio on September 9, 2005 10:45 AM
***PapaGulf-17 twitches into coniptions***
 
By Fuzzybear Lioness on September 9, 2005 10:50 AM
What's wrong with talking about artillery and ammunition, Boq? *looking around innocently*
 
By klkk on September 9, 2005 1:14 PM
Kat, 30 minutes Heh..not a problem.. and I can GUARANTEE 100% success rate, and then some... and multiple 'targets'..... *i think the PG-17 just ran into a hole to hide...*
 
By Boquisucio on September 9, 2005 1:46 PM
I agree K-MO, a long and sustained FFE Heavy Arty Barrage, is what is requied to fulfill the mision, no matter how reinforced the target may be. FbL, there's nuthin' wrong about discussing Arty and Ammo. It's just that ol' PapaGulf-17 gets sparking too easily. ;) Oh and Boss, that Barr&Stroud standing rigidly on that mount, is sure to find the range to any required target. ***BZZZZTZAAAP*** ***SNAP-SNAP*** "Down boy - DOWN"
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 9, 2005 1:57 PM
When we get to ramming the round to seat the projectile and then tossing in the powder, bending over, peering in the breech and saying "Charge 6 White Bag, I see Red!", the PG-17c will consult its glossary and just... *twitch*.
 
By alix on September 9, 2005 2:04 PM
did i just hear the sound of an angel's wings getting clipped? LOL you folks are just...just...BAD!
 
By klkk on September 9, 2005 2:09 PM
no, alix, we are very, very, VERY good.....
 
By Fuzzybear Lioness on September 9, 2005 2:15 PM
And humble, too! ROFL
   
By cw4(ret)billt on September 9, 2005 3:18 PM
*still here, quietly stirring the fire* Ooop. *brushes errant ember from 27" zipper*
 
By MAWK on September 9, 2005 3:55 PM
*fans self* Long Rod Penetrators; width; deliver on target; multiple 'targets'; standing rigidly; 27" zipper.... must...resist...POLE DANCING.... oh, SO hard to resist!
 
By Boquisucio on September 9, 2005 4:04 PM
Easy there MAWK. At this pace PapaGulf-17 MOD C will burn out a fuze before sundown. We do not want him to be out of commission for the rest of the week-end.
 
By Fuzzybear Lioness on September 9, 2005 4:22 PM
Weekend... Do I hear the stirrings of a (careful now!) Castle Party?! Nahhh.... surely not. :)
 
By kat-missouri on September 9, 2005 4:28 PM
Acquiring the target requires extensive knowledge concerning positioning of the weapon and using the range finding equipment. You should know how to work the elevation screw in case of a system failure requiring manual override.
 
By kat-missouri on September 9, 2005 4:49 PM
Before the inroduction of electronic equipment and contained ammunition, the gun captain would select appropriate elevation using an elevation screw. He would eye the target and, using calculations learned from long years of school and practice, adjust the proper angle of the gun. He would use a number of types of ammunition with the most effective being the explosive ball. Though, the ball and chain ammunition could cause extensive damage to the enemy's masts. Keeping the powder dry in wet conditions was extremely difficult. The balls would be lit using a specifically measured fuse. Once the balls were seated and the gun was raised to the proper elevation, another fuse would be lit causing the large bore weapon to eject it's ammunition. A gunner's mate would be standing by to swab the gun whenever it became overheated.
 
By Neffi on September 9, 2005 5:30 PM
Speaking of mine warnings... here's a souvenior I brought back from my deployment to the Zone in the late 70s. Hope nobody wandered into the field after I took the sign... heh
 
By Justthisguy on September 9, 2005 5:45 PM
Yep, counterfeit assignations.
 
By Justthisguy on September 9, 2005 6:02 PM
Ah, Boqui? That's Fuse with an Ess? The electrical kind, not the kind that sputters and makes yummy smoke and then causes something to go boom? Pedantic, c'est Moi! Heinrichs ain't in it! (He was normal enough that the docs let him join up. Well, he may have memorized the answers to the psychological tests...)
 
By Boquisucio on September 9, 2005 6:23 PM
Ah - I stand corrected JTG
 
By Boquisucio on September 9, 2005 6:36 PM
Scruffy The Scruple sez: DID SOME ONE SAY PARTAY!!!.
 
By Neffi on September 9, 2005 6:50 PM
Boq, that is one ugly kitty... Looks like she could use a maragarita! [kick] [kick] [kick] Oh... turns on gas valve kick... sput pop sput varoomm............ ...and the Harley powered Margarita-Matic purrs into life......
 
By Fuzzybear Lioness on September 9, 2005 6:55 PM
Hi, Neffi! *waves* Got any Cosmopolitans around? *snuggles down in the couch*
 
By klkk on September 9, 2005 9:04 PM
Damn..kat knows balls as much as she does oranges.....
 
By klkk on September 9, 2005 9:06 PM
oh...sorry..CANNON balls... just wanted to clarify that...
 
By Justthisguy on September 9, 2005 9:22 PM
Not in the mood to Par-Tay, m'self, aged Daddy being in h'ptal and maybe leaving planet sometime soon, but will look in from time to time, for distraction, to keep from going completely batso. Dang! That's a damper, ain't it! No, really, y'all have a good time, I'll stop by now and then, just to keep from getting too weird. Whoops! Already too late for that.
 
By alix on September 9, 2005 10:49 PM
cannon balls, oranges...you're all a buncha coconuts! :oD
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 10, 2005 8:35 AM
I'll be spending today in writing salacious proposals to the government in an effort to entice them to have their way with me... for money. We know what I am... we're just negotiating on price.
 
By msg keith on September 10, 2005 9:48 PM
Since the original theme of this was guns, thought I'd give you an update. Remember back in March, I went to the range and earned the German Schutzenschnur? Well, I finally got it in the mail yesterday, and they apparently awarded me the Gold medal. I thought they had said Silver at the range, but then again they were speaking German. So I earned the Gold, AND I get to wear it...(neener, neener...)
 
By msg keith on September 10, 2005 9:50 PM
Since the original theme of this was guns, thought I'd give you an update. Remember back in March, I went to the range and earned the German Schutzenschnur? Well, I finally got it in the mail yesterday, and they apparently awarded me the Gold medal. I thought they had said Silver at the range, but then again they were speaking German. So I earned the Gold, AND I get to wear it...(neener, neener...)
 
By John of Argghhh! on September 10, 2005 10:47 PM
Heh. Well, okay, we have the same one, you get to wear it... and I think I'll check my paycheck stub... Plllppppttt!