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The Whatziss, answered.

By The Armorer on May 28, 2007 | | Comments (6)

The funny part is, AW1 Tim actually got it first, but then essentially reneged.

CAPT H got it fully correct. It's an AT-3 Sagger missile. More accurately, it's an armorer's training cut-away of one, this particular one out of East Germany after the wall tumbled.

Armorer's training cut-away of the AT-3 Sagger missile.

If you're interested in the flow of this Whatziss, click here and follow the links around.

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By HomefrontSix on May 28, 2007 3:57 PM
There's no way I would have ever come close to guessing that one. *sigh* I think I'll just stick with Maggie at the bar and watch her drool over the squids. At least the bartender is good!
 
By MajMike on May 29, 2007 1:29 PM
wow. so that's what the innards look like. i never would have guessed.
 
By Justthisguy on May 30, 2007 12:04 AM
Dang, Sir! This one was like a good honest mystery novel, in which all of the necessary clues were present, but the misdirection threw one off the scent. I mean, I shoulda noticed the obvious propellant connected to the obvious rocket nozzles on that annular pipe. Yer right up there with Dorothy Leigh Sayers in my estimation!
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 30, 2007 6:29 AM
'S truth, JTG, I thought the rocket nozzles would do it for someone, at least as an indicator.
 
By MajMike on May 30, 2007 1:14 PM
i guess i never figured i would never see the nozzle end of the thingie.
 
By John of Argghhh! on May 30, 2007 3:36 PM
Heh. If we'd ever gone up against the Russkis? Or even a competent Arab army? Ask all those Israeli tankers in the Golan in 73, driving around festooned with the wires from all the near-misses...
 
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