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/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html Tue, 23 Sep 2008 18:03:50 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Watching the comments is like using silent interrogation. Just stay quiet, and you guys will just keep talking and talking and talking... and you usually find, and sometimes reject, the correct answer. Casey, Trias, and ibm all were mostly correct. This is the guts of an "offensive" anti-personnel grenade. Ya, ya, all grenades are offensive to their targets. In milspeak, an "offensive" grenade is one designed to be tossed by a fellow who might not be able to take cover from it's effects, such as an attacking soldier, so those effects are minimized, both blast and long-range fragmentation. Defensive grenades... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html Sun, 04 Feb 2007 08:32:44 -0600 Bottom side of the top part of a lugar? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56275 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56275 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:52:01 -0600 Answer: pistol, dropped on training range after it failed to reach WW I on time, the inherent "falling-apartedness" of it was then discovered, and the weapon fell off the procurement list. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56265 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56265 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:39:40 -0600 Pederson Device. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56264 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56264 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:39:32 -0600 Hints- Pistol, trench warfare, WW One, too late to see combat........ NOT designed by John M. Browning...... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56262 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56262 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 14:26:48 -0600 I haven't a clue what that's from.. Clearly a barrel and chamber for some kind of bullet launcher, but this is too generic for me.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56248 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56248 Mon, 05 Feb 2007 08:18:25 -0600 Wow. I actually got one! I'm shocked. :) This one... fuggedaboutit. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56231 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56231 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 22:28:28 -0600 Maybe a half screwed out barrel of the bottom side of a partially disassembled somethinorother! Gun. Or not. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56218 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56218 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 14:21:47 -0600 That's too easy- looks just like the one I have! I won't spoil the fun by giving it away. After all, it's supposed to be a SECRET! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56213 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56213 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 11:44:54 -0600 This new one is all but a mystery. My best guess is some calibration thing. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56209 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/02/okay_lets_answe.html#comment-56209 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 09:55:06 -0600