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/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html Sun, 03 Aug 2008 16:13:10 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2008 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification A friend of mine in Australia owns this (and several others, as well) 5.5 inch gun. And numerous other guns, too. Wouldn't that just look spiffy out by the flagpoles of Argghhh!!!? Oh, yeah. It would.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html Thu, 15 Nov 2007 09:39:49 -0600 http://www.practicalmachinist.com/ubb/ultimatebb.php/topic/11/4505.html for a great photo of the cannon lathes. So far, it doesn't seem to be Bethlehem No. 2 machine shop, Watervliet, the main Navy shop in D.C. or Watertown, based on the steel building construction seen in various photographs. - Thanks]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66750 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66750 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 16:16:26 -0600 I dunno; those two funny-looking equilibrators, or whatever they are, sticking up there kind of ruin the visual experience for me. I think a bronze 12-pounder would be much purtier, and if you wanted something more modern, a French 75 would do. And then there's my favorite, the US 75mm Pack Howitzer, breakable-down into individual mule loads. That's what I want in *my* back yard, though it cost me a $200 Destructive Device tax every time I shoot it. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66738 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66738 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 03:27:52 -0600 Yep. It would. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66676 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/we_need_some_gu.html#comment-66676 Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:24:33 -0600