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 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:35:04 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification 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.... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:05:54 -0600 FOCUS, people. Good grief. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66301 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66301 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:11:45 -0600 Ppllllpppppppttttt!~ You were a staff officer in your time, boyo. And yer gonna be one again, soon. Ops Officer is staff, not line. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66299 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66299 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:00:07 -0600 But then, I'm easily amused -- I hung around with staff officers for 20 years. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66297 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66297 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:22:47 -0600 have skirts. Make what you will of it. It certainly provides Bill no end of entertainment...]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66296 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66296 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 23:05:31 -0600 Yes, HFS, I do collect models. And dolls. Oooop! I meant *Action Figures*, of course... ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66294 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66294 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:35:53 -0600 only one working on this?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66288 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66288 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 17:19:11 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66286 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66286 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:30:55 -0600 models?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66285 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66285 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:40:35 -0600 this link???]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66284 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66284 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:24:54 -0600 other things to do...hee hee]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66283 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66283 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:17:29 -0600 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! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66274 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66274 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:36:06 -0600 The fluted barrel and the muzzle brake locknut lead me to believe it's installed on a M242 Bushmaster 25mm Chaingun. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66271 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66271 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 10:08:27 -0600 But Mr. Haircut - OFS sez you sailors don't have muzzle brakes! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66259 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66259 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 09:04:04 -0600 Ships Close in Weapons System. BOFORS probably 20mm.30mm. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66258 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66258 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:57:41 -0600 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. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66256 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2007/11/whatzis_day_2.html#comment-66256 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 08:43:30 -0600