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/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:47:05 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Here's the original question. Why'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'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...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html Sat, 04 Nov 2006 09:01:48 -0600 wasn't this Blacker Bombard the incorrect answer already on an earlier whatziss? something about it is ringing faint bells. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52519 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52519 Mon, 06 Nov 2006 15:35:15 -0600 Not that you can *read* it, of course. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52449 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52449 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:45:53 -0600 As may be, John - but the UAV sez "Bombardier" on it... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52448 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52448 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:44:54 -0600 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 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52447 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_answered.html#comment-52447 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 12:28:26 -0600