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/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:48:48 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 1st off, a laurel, and hearty handshake to HDW for amusing the Armorer! This is a cutaway of the XM576- the funny part is that Rey, who essentially got it right (though his correction made his answer worse), did so for *all* the wrong reasons. It is a hi-lo pressure grenade, meaning that the launching charge goes off in the cavity in the casing and bleeds off the gas (under much lower pressure) into the chamber to launch the grenade. This is how you can square having such large, complex grenades made out of lightweight materials, fired out of... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html Thu, 07 Sep 2006 06:24:35 -0600 Empty cases per se, nothing. But that was an obvious dump site. Let us not forget the "torpedo" or whatever it in fact was. For example, there many places around Aberdeen Proving Ground where stuff was just buried. Some of it inert, some of it not - and all in the same hole. They even stumble upon it in areas now being developed that were once part of the Proving Ground. My read on those guys was they didn't really know what they were doing - and were therefore dangerous to themselves and those around them. Not this time perhaps, but some other time. The stuff I have is all either inert to my personal knowledge from the markings, or has been procured from EOD agencies surplus, or reputable dealers whom I know to take great care in what and how they acquire stuff. If I had stumbled upon that trove, tempting as it might be, I would have called local law enforcement. The poster appeared to me to have more enthusiasm than caution - which is not a way to live to an anatomically complete, nor a ripe, old age. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50164 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50164 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 09:09:47 -0600 re those dug up cases, they all look like empty cases. What's dangerous about that? Don't you have a basement full of inert rounds? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50162 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50162 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 08:39:27 -0600 Glad you appreciated it. My families motto has always been: If you can't dazzle them with your brilliance, baffle them with your bullS#$%! My wife dazzles, I mostly baffle. Keep up "The Whatziss!" posts. I haven't come very close yet, but I love them. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50159 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/09/the_whatziss_revealed.html#comment-50159 Thu, 07 Sep 2006 07:06:58 -0600