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/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:48:40 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification The question is here, if you need to catch up. Al and MajMike were correct, it's a linker-delinker for disintegrating link machine gun belts. The markings are frankly not conclusive as to origin. They are not Brit nor US. The three-pronged side links: The two-pronged side de-links. It really doesn't make linking any faster, but it sure reduces the stress on arthritic hands... Werekitten noted that it was a spreader - it actually does both - part of what I like about the cleverness of the gizmo. It squeezes to link, but flip it over, and it spreads to de-link.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html Wed, 15 Nov 2006 06:18:14 -0600 Nice, much smaller than I had estimated. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53025 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53025 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 23:16:41 -0600 Once upon a time ... ... we received a resupply of rounds for our C1s, a box of 7.62 Blank, linked. So we enjoyed of period of rest, delinking the rounds and filling our mags. The links were carefully collected and returned to our Supply Cpl for disposal. The next day, we were given the opportunity to include a Browning M1919 in our defenses. And our Supply Cpl handed us a can of 7.62 Blanks, clipped, and a box of links with which to assemble a belt ... Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53015 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53015 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 16:57:24 -0600 not a scale problem once ya showed it in a palm grip. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53013 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-53013 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 15:25:33 -0600 My wife says I have some scale issues too, but we'll save that for some other post. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-52995 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-52995 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:01:30 -0600 WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I at least got a little bit right. That's more than I've ever done before! Oh, I can die happy now. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-52992 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/11/the_whatziss_re.html#comment-52992 Wed, 15 Nov 2006 07:15:42 -0600