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The Whatzis, day 4, the pain continues.

By The Armorer on November 7, 2007 | | Comments (31)

In the brief bit of time between finishing my expense voucher and heading back to the airport to head for Vegas and the Blogworld Expo, I better put up another installation of the Whatzis saga before HomeFront Six crawls through the digital pipe and grabs me by the neck and shakes me like a puppy.

Okay. We'll change tack here. Yesterday I gave hints as to the *mount* this thing was in. Let's take a look at the running gear of what this thing is mounted *on*.

Mebbe that will help.

Mebbe.

Okay, I'm sure this will make it clear to everybody!


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By NinjaFluff on November 7, 2007 8:12 AM
Armorer, it's not just HF6 that wants to wring your neck... but at least I know that my guess was off. Back to google!
 
By John of Argghhh! on November 7, 2007 8:23 AM
Ninjafluff, you say the *nicest* things!
 
By Mr. T's Haircut on November 7, 2007 8:24 AM
Chapperal or SGT York?
 
By John of Argghhh! on November 7, 2007 8:30 AM
Hmmm, the Chaps were Sidewinder-armed, and Sgt York was armed with twin-forties. You are not a "go" at this station.
 
By MCart on November 7, 2007 10:12 AM
Not sure yet, but I'm going with 'not life sized'.
 
By MajMike on November 7, 2007 10:35 AM
Korean, kneels down to fire?
 
By Mrs G on November 7, 2007 11:11 AM
Well looks like one of those flame throwing thingamajigers with those whatchmacallits. But I don't know much about those types of doohinkies. Just came by to thank you for helping out the AF team in the auction. Glad to see you're still winning the bid on the John Cox caricature, we all want to see you win that.;o)
 
By NinjaFluff on November 7, 2007 11:31 AM
Wait, wait... I've got it! The original whatzis is the muzzle brake on the 30mm cannon of a Russian BMD-3. Right, so do I get a coookie?? :-) [You have to be *correct* to get a cookie, dude. - the Armorer]
 
By HomefrontSix on November 7, 2007 12:07 PM
*mumblemumblemumble* I have other things I should be doing besides tearing Google apart trying to figger out what the #^@% this damn thing is...
 
By Rod Thorsen on November 7, 2007 1:00 PM
Jagdpanzer Kanone Jpz 4-5 90mm maingun Bundeswehr 1965
 
By Rod Thorsen on November 7, 2007 1:04 PM
Still doesn't look quite right though.
 
By MajMike on November 7, 2007 2:42 PM
VISMOD BMP
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on November 7, 2007 3:29 PM
M113 chassis, possibly a Zelda variant, with the new rubber band track from Soucy International. Cheers
 
By Murray on November 7, 2007 3:33 PM
BEEEEB Nope, differnt drive sprocket and track shroud on the 113 family.
 
By jim b on November 7, 2007 3:35 PM
Yanno if you put up the whole picture of the whole thing .... I wouldn't know what it was or who it belonged to. But that's just me ... all I really know is it's some kinda crowd killer.
 
By Sgt. B. on November 7, 2007 3:47 PM
Good grief folks!!! It's what your ever-loving big breen amphibious monster tools around in on the battlefield. Can't you recognize the Zillamobile? The fluted barrel givces away the 25mm Bushmaster gun on that M2/M3 Bradly Infantry Fighting Vehicle!!! Maybe it's a good thing ya'll don't recognize it off of the bat... I can sneak up to your window sill and steal the pies cooling there at this time of year... My answer: A Bradley... Just like mine!
 
By Sgt. B. on November 7, 2007 3:56 PM
Oh, carp! Mabbe it ain't... But it would like to be... I was thinking that it was an ODS Brad... Ah well... (This night schedule has me conflustercated...)
 
By Andrew on November 7, 2007 4:54 PM
The gun part looks like a WW2 German tank killer (tank body with 88 mm gun fixed turret), not the Eifont (sp) but one of the smaller ones. My chance of being right is, I expect, the same as winning the lottery. So the answer is?
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on November 7, 2007 5:14 PM
Murray, Yep. The track was being tested in Gagetown during my stay. Cheers
 
By heath on November 7, 2007 5:35 PM
AIFV built by United defence, armed with a 25mm chain gun turret. Heath
 
By jim b on November 7, 2007 6:16 PM
1969 Lincoln Continental.
 
By John of Argghhh! on November 7, 2007 6:51 PM
Nope, nope, uh-uh, sorry, still not right, no, try again, thank you for playing, still ain't gottit, close but no ceegar, and... nope. This one has been fun.
 
By HomefrontSix on November 7, 2007 7:42 PM
Sgt. B. ~ Let me tell you, it's NOT any kind of a Bradley. I've dug my way through more Wikipedia pages about tracked vehicles, APCs, muzzle brakes, and anything else that remotely resembles anything in the damn pictures and I'm stumped. So don't go gettin' yer BVDs in a bunch. hee hee Though I do have to say I now KNOW more about said tracked vehicles, APCs, muzzle brakes, and the likes than I did before this flipping "Whatzis" started. Which definitely eliminates me from being anything close to the true definition of a "Lex Babe". Heh. Bummer. jimb ~ The Lincoln only has 4 wheels and no track so that pretty much eliminates it from the list of possibilities. And the trunk on the above picture isn't as big as the one on the '69 Continental. I'm going to ask a few questions (whether John answers them remains to be seen): 1.) Can I get more of a hint on scale? Bigger than _____? Smaller than _____? Anything? 2.) Is it an American piece of equipment? (If nothing else, this will narrow down the options on Wikipedia) 3.) Timeframe of use? WW1? WW2? Etc.? Anything else? I still have many hours of daylight left to go before tomorrow. A little help? Please?
 
By John of Argghhh! on November 7, 2007 8:02 PM
HFS - It's bigger than a breadbox and smaller than an aircraft carrier. It's smaller than a Bradley (which players from the beginning know, because I x'd that possibility when I showed you the barrel), but larger than a Hummer. It is a product of western technology. You can look at those tracks, that running gear, those side-skirts and that barrel and muzzle brake and *know* that it wasn't used in one of the great conflagrations of the last century. However, it's not current, either. I will be dead to you all when I do the reveal... good thing I'm in Vegas and will be in large, very public venues - but not so public that a large, bearded guy getting his butt kicked by a mob wouldn't be noticed. Especially a mob lead by a cute redhead.
 
By HomefrontSix on November 7, 2007 8:44 PM
Ok, that helps. Kindasorta. You won't be dead to me when you do the reveal. The "Whatzis" isn't worth that kind of trouble. Besides, I'm not going to Vegas so you're safe there. Though I might just have to kick you in the hiney next May in D.C. Once my company leaves this evening, I'll be digging back in.
 
By HomefrontSix on November 8, 2007 2:20 AM
Ok, this is my final answer. The original picture is that of a muzzle brake. The vehicle on which it is mounted is the Black Knight Unmanned Combat Vehicle. The reason that it wasn't used in one of the great conflagrations of the last century is because it is still in prototype phase. Don't ask me why the muzzle brake in the original picture is all munged up. I have no clue and I am officially TAPPED OUT. [Good thing it's your final answer. Because... it's right. Well Done! - the Armorer]
 
By Ledger on November 8, 2007 3:45 AM
Is it something from the UK or Ireland? I think I seen something like it before and made a comment “It would not last through the first shell hit.”
 
By wolfwalker on November 8, 2007 5:41 AM
You said "it wasn't used in one of the great conflagrations of the last century." Did it ever see combat at all, anywhere?
 
By AW1 Tim on November 8, 2007 6:55 AM
Shipmates, My guess would be a West German Marder. That's what the gun system looks like it's from. Had a coax MG if'n I remember correctly. I may be wrong, but I'll wager it's a Marder. Sorry my commenting has been quite light as of late. Lot's of stuff going on on the home front that's taking up time and energy. Respects,
 
By AW1 Tim on November 8, 2007 7:08 AM
Shipmates, Okay... I was wrong. It's not a Marder, although the gun system is probably the same. It's an Austrian ULAN. They were not series produced, but appeared in a recent exercise back around 2003, I believe. The muzzle brake is the clincher, as are the skirts. Respects,
 
By Mr T's Haircut on November 8, 2007 7:43 AM
Either a Puma IFV or a Stormer 30 IFV. only ones that have 5 rollers on the track.