Comments for Whatzis, Day 2.

Whatzis, Day 2.

2007-11-05T14:05:54Z

Snerk. Really made HFS wait. Hey, I slept in - I'm on the night mission schedule.

Okay, here's a bit more context.

So, yeah, it's a muzzle brake. And yes, it's kinda bunged up - which is usually not characteristic of muzzle brakes, since they aren't a component of digging tools.

But what's the system it's a component of? And yes, it's out there.

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-11-06

2007-11-06T07:11:45Z

FOCUS, people. Good grief.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-11-06

2007-11-06T06:00:07Z

Ppllllpppppppttttt!~ You were a staff officer in your time, boyo. And yer gonna be one again, soon. Ops Officer is staff, not line.

Comment from BillT on 2007-11-05

2007-11-06T05:22:47Z

But then, I'm easily amused -- I hung around with staff officers for 20 years.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-11-05

2007-11-06T05:05:31Z

Some of 'em even have skirts. Make what you will of it. It certainly provides Bill no end of entertainment...

Comment from BillT on 2007-11-05

2007-11-06T03:35:53Z

Yes, HFS, I do collect models. And dolls. Oooop! I meant *Action Figures*, of course...

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T23:19:11Z

YOU. ARE. KILLING. ME. As to the rest of you...a little help? Please? Sheesh. Am I the only one working on this?

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T22:30:55Z

Yes, HFS, I do collect models. And while you are completely wrong in where you are going with that thought... on a different level completely unknown to you, you are also completely right, if for all the wrong reasons. Which I will reveal tomorrow.

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T21:40:35Z

John...do you collect models?

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T21:24:54Z

So why, when I google "M242 muzzle brake" do I get this link???

Comment from HomefrontSix on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T21:17:29Z

Ha! Keep in mind you are hours ahead of me. So I didn't have to wait THAT long. And Mother Nature wiped out our power last night so I had to find other things to do...hee hee

Comment from NinjaFluff on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T16:36:06Z

Looks too small to be from a tank or artillery... I'm thinking something along the lines of Pat, it's a chaingun of some sort. Best I can come up with is a 25mm Bushmaster, from an OWS-25 mounted on a Valuk ARSV. Something you don't see every day, so it would seem quite up the Armorer's alley!

Comment from Pat on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T16:08:27Z

The fluted barrel and the muzzle brake locknut lead me to believe it's installed on a M242 Bushmaster 25mm Chaingun.

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T15:04:04Z

But Mr. Haircut - OFS sez you sailors don't have muzzle brakes!

Comment from MR T's Haircut on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T14:57:41Z

Ships Close in Weapons System. BOFORS probably 20mm.30mm.

Comment from kat-missouri on 2007-11-05

2007-11-05T14:43:30Z

I don't know yet, but that barrel looks terrifically new in comparison to the muzzle break. So, that's a replica or maybe they've been shooting huge amounts of HE or Willie Pete from it, considering the potential corrosive effects of phosphorous.