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/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:44:31 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Muffy! Drop the remote, get off the couch and tell Jake to crank up the drumroll CD -- we've got a coupl'a Whatziss Whiners Winners. Jake! That's *not* a frisbee! Wipe it off and stick it in the boombox -- oh, yuck. Where'd you get the maple syrup, anyway? So much for presentation... Anyway, something interesting's cropped up. The Museum guys labeled this 57mm jobbie an M1A1. Yup, the US copy of the Brit gun. Chris figgered it out, but John and Sanger both went deeper and spotted something else. That caster wheel on the trail means it's an M2... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html Wed, 24 Jan 2007 01:07:09 -0600 Will Putnam Thanks for the gun def. I hadn't got to looking at sov stuff, not sure I would have... As for the Museum, I'd love to go, but I don't think I'll be near Jersey anytime soon, except to fly over it in March going from Boston to D.C. Who knows, though. I need a Philly trip just to rejuvenate (and remind myself why I don't want to live there again), so it could happen.... Anyway, thanks http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55645 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55645 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:05:34 -0600 Hi Neffi! Phoeey! I wasn't even thinking about anything but the hueycobra (and telephones)... It was the flying tank comment... Oh well... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55644 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55644 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:58:06 -0600 Can't find my pencil- Bell P-39 Airacobra, much beloved by Soviet pilots for it's 37mm cannon. U.S. airmen thought little of them but the VVS put 'em to good use. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55631 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55631 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 14:16:35 -0600 SangerM: The quad-mount behind the jeep is an old Soviet AA gun mount (DShk, I think), 12.7mm, which I believe was captured in one of the Iraq wars. There's some battle damage on it, which you can't see in the photo, but it's largely intact. Very cool piece, but entirely non-functional. Also, if you really want to stop by, the facility is host to a musuem that's open on thursday and saturday (IIRC). http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55618 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55618 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 11:01:15 -0600 rudimentary male chastity belt for Cavalry issue? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55616 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55616 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:09:54 -0600 If it was standard equipment at basic... it must be a shoe horn or sumthin'. But seriously, the arm flips over and "locks" on top of the other end, forming a sideways "D". Looks like it's some sort of locking device that's missing the padlock. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55613 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55613 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:32:04 -0600 Um, oh, Fort Dix, New Jersey? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55610 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55610 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 09:25:48 -0600 PPPS: I didn't know the difference in the guns, I just spent a lot of time looking at the other pic and remembered seeing the caster wheel. No credit due me for ID... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55607 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55607 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:58:17 -0600 And PPS (well you said you wanted comment count coup), that's an M151A2, http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55606 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55606 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:46:14 -0600 oh, and there's a little tiny cannon in the corner on wwi or earlier wheels, can't tell much about that one either... Very small bore though Man, I need to visit this place.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55605 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55605 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:44:06 -0600 bell hueycobra D-uh... 'an I wanna know what that big honking gun is with the tractor-look tires. Also, is that a quad-MG42 AA gun in the corner behind the jeep? I can't find any reference to that, and they really don't look like MG-42s, but I can place the thing. Looks like a german mobile pedestal though, it's hard to see... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55604 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55604 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 08:41:30 -0600 BTW, the Whatziss was standard issue at one basic training post from its founding until about 1985. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55598 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55598 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:51:14 -0600 Hey, John - the one behind the 57mm has got the high-speed carriage mod, too. BTW, I did some de-painting on the second M1902. It's an M1905, barrel was made in 1907 by Bell Steel. No wonder they diversified into aircraft manufacture*... *esoteric reference to the Bell __________( fill in the blank with a number 2 pencil ) which was semi-affectionately known as "the Flying Tank"...* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55597 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55597 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:48:11 -0600 Strangely... that looks like the underwire I just pulled of my bra the other day. Industrial strength, don'tcha know. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55594 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55594 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:36:33 -0600 like this. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55589 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55589 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:10:13 -0600 Mailbag lock - it is threaded through the eyelets at the top of the bag, folded over itself and a padlock locked on to hold the moveable arm in place. The loop then forms a useful handle! Might even have one here somewhere as the Scouts used to have them for locking goody-bags shut. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55587 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55587 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 06:55:40 -0600 That thing looks tantalizingly familiar, but I dunno. Yet, anyway. However - I *do* know what the gun behind the 57mm is... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55584 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55584 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 05:59:19 -0600 Friend of mine has a British 6lb anti-tank gun. Uses it for duck hunting. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55582 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/01/whatziss_wid_al.html#comment-55582 Wed, 24 Jan 2007 03:27:14 -0600