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/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:33:44 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification Yer slugs. Most of you didn't even try, sigh. But those that did went down the path I thought you would. If you're new to this one, start here, and then go here. Click here to see the assembled version. It *is* an arming vane, just not for an air-dropped bomb, but rather for the British Grenade, Rifle, No25, also known as the Sangster grenade. With its 15 inch rod (keep a lid on it, W-K) and high quality of construction, this grenade was able to achieve good ranges, and functioned well enough in optimum conditions. The problem was what... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:01:21 -0600 The slugs, Casey, are all the *non-participants.* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59378 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59378 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 05:03:08 -0600 Friday, while saying "Well; you see; the thing is..." Heh. Your link to the AN-M64 500lb GP bomb was exactly what I had in mind. Martin Caidin once related a story about an accidental bombing in Brussels during WW2. For some reason the reference of the lead bombadier to watching the groups bombs falling - "arming vanes spinning away" - has stayed with me over the years. ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59377 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59377 Tue, 24 Apr 2007 03:31:11 -0600 And to think that "arming vane for a British Grenade, Rifle, No25, also known as the Sangster grenade" was gonna be my very next choice.....guess I shouldn't have waited, huh?? I'll be here all week, tip your waitresses and bartenders, and try the veal!!! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59362 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59362 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 14:05:16 -0600 W-K: 8^ ) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59359 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59359 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 13:09:56 -0600 *sigh* http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59358 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59358 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 12:45:47 -0600 so basically, Tommy is crawling thru the muck and mire with nothing but that safety pin keeping the little spinner from spinning, and then jamming the rid down the muzzle and squeezing the trigger?? makes me wonder how enough survived to continue the species... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59338 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/04/the_answer_to_t.html#comment-59338 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 09:06:36 -0600