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  <title>Comments for The Whatziss, answered.</title>
  <subtitle>We&apos;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</subtitle>
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    <published>2006-11-04T15:01:48Z</published>
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    <title>The Whatziss, answered.</title>
    <summary>Here&apos;s the original question. Why&apos;d I say your first instinct is probably wrong? Because your first instinct was most likely to be rifle grenade or bazooka round. Bazooka round woulda been sorta close - and those who submitted PIAT were actually on the right track - of course if you&apos;d said M16 Priest Mortar round, you would also have been on the right track. The right track being... spigot. In this case, the Blacker Bombard, intended to stop invading Germans... I told you prior to 1945 to save you searching a lot of rifle grenades or rockets. The colors are......</summary>
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      <![CDATA[<p>Here's the <b><a href="http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/006613.html">original question</a></b>.</p>

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<p>Why'd I say your first instinct is probably wrong?  Because your first instinct was most likely to be <b><a href="http://www.fototime.com/7EAB53FA4862049/orig.jpg">rifle grenade</a></b> or <b><a href="http://www.fototime.com/F2E999733153DAC/orig.jpg">bazooka</a></b> round.  Bazooka round woulda been sorta close - and those who submitted PIAT were actually on the right track - of course if you'd said M16 Priest Mortar round, you would also have been on the right track.</p>

<p>The right track being... spigot.  In this case, <b><a href="http://www.fototime.com/6866EF3277AC953/orig.jpg">the Blacker Bombard</a></b>, intended to stop invading Germans...</p>

<p>I told you prior to 1945 to save you searching a lot of rifle grenades or rockets.</p>

<p>The colors are... British, though there's lots of flexibility, even in brit markings.</p>

<p>The Red Herring clue was the UAV.  Made by BOMBARDier of Canada (hence the Canadian reader names... which were also a clue to help you find that UAV...).  The second clue - was of a <b><a href="http://www.brookmans.com/news/may03/spigotmortar.shtml">Blacker Bombard emplacement</a></b>.</p>

<p>There were two types of round, a smaller, 14 pound, longer-ranged (about 450-50 meters) anti-personnel round, and the larger, 20 pound, much shorter ranged (about 120 meters) anti-tank round.  They used black powder as a propellant. It would have taken much courage to fight tanks with that sucker from fixed positions like that.</p>

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    <title>Comment from MajMike on 2006-11-06</title>
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        wasn&apos;t this Blacker Bombard the incorrect answer already on an earlier whatziss?

something about it is ringing faint bells.
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    <published>2006-11-06T21:35:15Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-11-04</title>
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        Not that you can *read* it, of course.
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    <published>2006-11-04T18:45:53Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2006-11-04</title>
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        As may be, John - but the UAV sez &quot;Bombardier&quot; on it...
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    <published>2006-11-04T18:44:54Z</published>
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    <title>Comment from J.M. Heinrichs on 2006-11-04</title>
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        The UAV reference was cute; unfortunately the CL-227 was made by Canadair. The company was purchased by Bombardier, but the UAV continued to be known as a Canadair product, to some of us/me.

Cheers
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