We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:52:41 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification ...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. Next up is a sample of the Castle Argghhh! LRS, Looter Repellent System. Rabbit ears (German made, ex-Argentine) for target acquisition, sniper loop... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html Fri, 09 Sep 2005 06:55:18 -0600 Heh. Well, okay, we have the same one, you get to wear it... and I think I'll check my paycheck stub... Plllppppttt! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31765 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31765 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 22:47:36 -0600 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...) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31762 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31762 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:50:26 -0600 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...) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31761 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31761 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 21:48:49 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31743 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31743 Sat, 10 Sep 2005 08:35:16 -0600 cannon balls, oranges...you're all a buncha coconuts! :oD http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31735 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31735 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 22:49:34 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31731 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31731 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:22:11 -0600 oh...sorry..CANNON balls... just wanted to clarify that... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31730 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31730 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:06:24 -0600 Damn..kat knows balls as much as she does oranges..... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31729 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31729 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 21:04:53 -0600 Hi, Neffi! *waves* Got any Cosmopolitans around? *snuggles down in the couch* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31728 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31728 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:55:14 -0600 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...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31727 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31727 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:50:20 -0600 DID SOME ONE SAY PARTAY!!!. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31726 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31726 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:36:24 -0600 Ah - I stand corrected JTG http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31724 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31724 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:23:08 -0600 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...) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31722 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31722 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 18:02:43 -0600 Yep, counterfeit assignations. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31721 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31721 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:45:22 -0600 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]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31718 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31718 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 17:30:06 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31717 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31717 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:49:24 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31716 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31716 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:28:48 -0600 Castle Party?! Nahhh.... surely not. :) ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31715 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31715 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:22:23 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31714 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31714 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 16:04:43 -0600 *fans self* Long Rod Penetrators; width; deliver on target; multiple 'targets'; standing rigidly; 27" zipper.... must...resist...POLE DANCING.... oh, SO hard to resist! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31713 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31713 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:55:12 -0600 *still here, quietly stirring the fire* Ooop. *brushes errant ember from 27" zipper* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31707 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31707 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:18:37 -0600 hehe. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31706 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31706 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 15:17:08 -0600 And humble, too! ROFL http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31705 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31705 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:15:01 -0600 no, alix, we are very, very, VERY good..... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31703 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31703 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:09:59 -0600 did i just hear the sound of an angel's wings getting clipped? LOL you folks are just...just...BAD! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31702 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31702 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 14:04:19 -0600 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*. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31701 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31701 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:57:01 -0600 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" http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31699 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31699 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:46:31 -0600 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...* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31698 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31698 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 13:14:40 -0600 What's wrong with talking about artillery and ammunition, Boq? *looking around innocently* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31691 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31691 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:50:02 -0600 ***PapaGulf-17 twitches into coniptions*** http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31690 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31690 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:45:49 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31688 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31688 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 10:08:34 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31685 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31685 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:56:38 -0600 Long Rod Penetrators! Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31682 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31682 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 09:52:03 -0600 And this after I was nice to you Canuckistanians and posted pics of the Navy responding to Katrina. Fie! Tankers still suck! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31675 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31675 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:38:58 -0600 ... and Gunners BLOW, BIG TIME, like hurricane Ophelia! Take that, you Arty person! I pick my nose at you! Cheers JMH http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31674 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2005/09/since_boquisucio_needs_help.html#comment-31674 Fri, 09 Sep 2005 07:30:37 -0600