Since Owen's running around picking fights in the comments today...

By The Armorer on March 3, 2006 | | Comments (39)

...let's see if we can distract him with bright shiny objects.

Silly blog graphic and refrigerator magnet to the first person who gets this one.

What is it? Whose is it? When was it used? Bonus points for succinct dissertations!

So, what izzit?

Let's see if we can attract a lurker or two with this one.

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By High Desert Wanderer on March 3, 2006 11:20 AM
I hate suspense. Somebody answer this, because I don't have a clue.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 11:33 AM
Heheheheheheheheheh. My evil plan is working!
 
By High Desert Wanderer on March 3, 2006 11:38 AM
I've checked back about fourteen times in the last five minutes, did I mention I don't like suspense? I had a couple of ideas, so I did a little research... Now I have less of an idea than I did before.
 
By Boquisucio on March 3, 2006 11:58 AM
Shinny Gun Pr0n - Yippie! Could dat be the pointy thingy on a Pre-Fragged HE V-Bessie, Bullet-Trap Boom-boom thingy?
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 3, 2006 12:40 PM
It's a 9mm shrapnel round for eliminating ant colonies under the sink. It was developed by EuroGreenies who felt that Raid® and other insecticides-- 1. cause needless mental suffering to the targets, 2. accelerate melting of the snowfields on Kilimanjaro and 3. smell icky.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 12:46 PM
Hee hee hee. Well, I *might* not have yet snagged Owen's attention, but I've got at least one victim wrapped up. Boq... look here and consider your answer.
 
By jim b on March 3, 2006 12:54 PM
And I was gonna guess Owen chaff.
 
By Boquisucio on March 3, 2006 1:07 PM
[In small sqeeeky voice:] 'Elp me - 'elp meeeee! Gosh durn it, caught in his snare again. Furiously slaps his head while spotting a Driving band and Gas Rings.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 1:25 PM
Actually, Boq - the ensnared person is High Desert Wanderer...
 
By Carfl on March 3, 2006 1:53 PM
LMAO too funny let Owen try to upset as many individuals as he chooses . Simply consider the point of a wannabe who had raised himself above all veterans who are really heros as he trys to drive them from the internet . Owen is one sad excuse for for a person ( notice I did not say MAN as he is not ) . Like his buddies ViperAss and Doc171 and Billy lagre and the Mrs (he he he ) lets not forget Maggie who runs the POW/MIA page and steals money. Lets see how owen replies to the TRUTH One REAL COMBAT NAM VET
 
By Carfl on March 3, 2006 1:53 PM
LMAO too funny let Owen try to upset as many individuals as he chooses . Simply consider the point of a wannabe who had raised himself above all veterans who are really heros as he trys to drive them from the internet . Owen is one sad excuse for for a person ( notice I did not say MAN as he is not ) . Like his buddies ViperAss and Doc171 and Billy lagre and the Mrs (he he he ) lets not forget Maggie who runs the POW/MIA page and steals money. Lets see how owen replies to the TRUTH One REAL COMBAT NAM VET
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 2:01 PM
Heh. The Castle Echo hit Carfl pretty hard. I think that's a record... 11. [I deleted a bunch of 'em]
 
By SGT Jeff (IRR) on March 3, 2006 2:01 PM
Okay, if anyone reads this after Carfl's stutter attack.....it looks like an anti-personnel artillery shell.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 2:05 PM
Incomplete answer, SGT Jeff. And, well, any more and I'd give it away... which I'm not ready to do just yet. Gotta make Owen earn his cookie!
 
By Boquisucio on March 3, 2006 2:45 PM
Sorry Mr. Tuttle (ret), It can't possibly be an Ant destructive device. Ever mindful, of the Formicids, Blattids, and other tiny friends' sensibilities, The Euro-Weennies wouldn't advocate for their demise. Specially in such a violent and conflagratory way. If anything, they would lovingly control their population with Nature-friendly and Bio-comforting agents.
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 3, 2006 2:58 PM
Nah--the Formicae perform useful functions, so the Greenies couldn't care less about them. However, since they consider themselves stalwart defenders of their Blattidae role models, they'd screech like scalded Spotted Owls if you tried using *anything* on 'em.
 
By Andre the Pole on March 3, 2006 3:05 PM
Hah! Iz lookink ver' much like that thing Momma used to keep hided in her nightstand. Took MANY batt'ry and wuz ver' noisy- dunno what uzed for but Momma call it her Warzaw Willy or zum zuch ting, sheesh.
 
By Andre's Momma on March 3, 2006 3:19 PM
ANDRE! Vhat are you doin' snooping around en me nightstand!?!?! Bend over, you naughty boy. You are due for ze spankin' ut your life! *swat* *swat* *swat*
 
By Andre the Pole on March 3, 2006 3:23 PM
I can take ze punish; but it more fun when Dbie do it! But zat's our liddle secret, no? Oh- vait a minnit...
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 3, 2006 3:26 PM
I think this is the first time a thread has been hijacked and turned into a caption contest...
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 3:36 PM
Heh. I see I shouldn't have gone to that meeting. Bill, Boq, *this* is the Cartridge, Flechette, 9mm, Anti-Blattidae. The cat hairs are a free service of Castle Argghhh! Security Forces, Inc.
 
By Andre's Momma on March 3, 2006 3:38 PM
*grin*
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 3:40 PM
And, just to make sure, I did a little simple googling. The answer to the question *is* on the 'net. You gonna let Owen beat you to it? That will be... distressing. Because I have no doubt he's going to get the answer.
 
By Andre the Pole on March 3, 2006 3:42 PM
Oh but trustink me, Cheif- you not want be zeeing dat foto no times soon, I tellink you! 'Sides, Swinging Slav makazine got ze copyright...
 
By Andre's Momma on March 3, 2006 3:52 PM
ANDRE! You promised NEVER to show ze foto ut me spankin' yous.... unless you share ze moniez from ze sale! Handink it over, bub!
 
By cw4(ret)billt on March 3, 2006 3:52 PM
Just a hunch, but it could be a relic from the Boer War. It's definitely *not* a Long Tom shell, but there were whole bunches of interesting tubes that were shrapnel spitters back then. Check your e-mail, cuz nanny doesn't like the link addy. My turn to go to a meeting. *Another* meeting...
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 4:01 PM
Sigh. You two need to get a room. I'm trying to have a Whatizzit contest here and you guys are turning this place into a tawdry pr0n palace complete with sticky floors. Cuddit out!
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 4:12 PM
This is the site Bill was trying to post... *except!* http://abw.netf1rms.com/unidentified_weapons.htm Replace the 1 in 'netfirms' with an i. The reason the Comment Nanny won't let him post it is because netf1rms.com is a *huge* hoster of spam generating websites. But it should be okay to visit this site. (At least, nothing horrible happened to me when I did it).
Scroll halfway down to the pic just above the entry titled Novelty Weapons. Look center of mass, then slightly right and slightly low.
To which I respond: Nope. One problem with it being an artillery round is that square projection a little left of center, right at the bottom of the engraved frag/grip area. Of course, that is something of a red herring, given what it *is*. But I like that *site*!
 
By AFSister on March 3, 2006 4:19 PM
I've been googling for about 30 min. or more now.... no luck. No pops on "aluminum artillery crosshatch" or anything close to it. I give.
 
By OD on March 3, 2006 4:54 PM
I'm touched by your confidence that I'll get it, John, but I'm nowhere yet. I've spent hours looking at 47 mm shells, before I noticed that little square projection. And is that a dial below it? Base time fuze? Could it be some sort of primitive AA rocket head? I'd love to see a shot of the base.
 
By Boquisucio on March 3, 2006 6:30 PM
Who would have thunk it André, your mother in Warsaw used a Djakonoff Rifle Grenade.
 
By OD on March 3, 2006 6:59 PM
Or maybe it's a rifle grenade. Definitely WW1. Looks Germanic, somehow.
 
By Andre the Pole on March 3, 2006 7:50 PM
Zo Boq- you have familiar wit dis thing?! I think iz wuz for ladyz only... hope you had pot uf swine grease like Momma, WOW you yelping udderwise my fren! But here is no-one askink, no-one tellink; all velcome I thinkink.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 7:56 PM
And Boq scorez! His spelling sucks... oh, wait, *that* was on purpose. You can find one here, a third of the way down the page or so.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 7:57 PM
Between the wars, Soviet, Owen. Boq gottit.
 
By OD on March 3, 2006 8:18 PM
Oh bugger, you got it. I should've hit refresh and I would have saved myself some time. I was looking at Russian and German rifle grenades, but I had the wrong war. The Djakonoff does have an adjustable base time fuze. I never knew there were such things on rifle grenades.
 
By John of Argghhh! on March 3, 2006 8:51 PM
I'll put up more pics tomorrow. Ah, Owen in *second* place. Life is good. ;^)
 
By OD on March 3, 2006 8:55 PM
Here's a decent description: http://www.geocities.com/Pentagon/Base/1852/37mm.html You did lead us down the garden path somewhat with the 50mm bit. It's actually 40mm. If you enjoy watching me lose you should do these more often. It's good fun.
 
By AFSister on March 4, 2006 10:08 PM
dang it. I shoulda gone with my gut, and google'd "grenade" because when I was describing it to someone, I said it had a crosshatch design, "like a grenade". dang it.