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 2003-2007 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:59:18 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification That's whatziss is, as surmised, a rodded rifle grenade. I guess, as a final hint, I should have said, "Think Hobbit." Go ahead, google "Rod Grenade Pippin." A paucity of formally adopted and procured rifle grenades were a problem for all combatants in the early stages of WWI. The WWI procurement bureacracies hov'red over the battlefields, very much process-bound, much as they still do today, leaving the troops in the field to innovate. {To save on loading times and bandwidth, I've moved the rest of this post to the Flash Traffic/Extended Entry so we'll only bug the ones who want... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html Thu, 15 Jun 2006 06:57:06 -0600 Ah - but if one looks closely... one will see that the cup did the spinning, not the grenade. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46473 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46473 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 23:07:21 -0600 Hmmm "Said Moe", with a left twist of 1 turn for every 10 inches, once that copper-driving band engaged the rifling, that whole contraption would have spun rather awkwardly, I would think. The rod, Mr. Pippin and its Kitty Mediaeval Helmet would have all yawed wildly as it traveled its 50 yards towards The Boche. Great Gun Pr0n Boss. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46472 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46472 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 22:29:33 -0600 oh man! and i even found the bit about the copper wire wrapped rifles designated for such.... must have been looking right at the correct answer and scanned right past it. bravo! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46465 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/06/whatziss_answered_meet_the_grenade_303_rifle_no_22_mk_ii.html#comment-46465 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 09:31:04 -0600