Comments for And the Winnah Is...

And the Winnah Is...

2007-12-28T11:20:55Z

...OldSchool, who tagged yesterday's Whatziss as an SPS-141MVG ECM pod.

The nose-on view is kind of a giveaway that it's *not* an aux fuel tank

and the view from behind home plate

cinches that it ain't a missile (note to BCR: okay, okay -- there *could* be a gravity repulsor in there, but the tail cone is the wrong shape for that particular app).

What really piqued my interest about this beastie was that, unlike the other SovStuff (a *huge* number of 57mm rocket pods live here) I poked around, the exterior assembly / warning / access stencils were locally-applied and in English, not Rooshian.

Which told me something about the Saddam-era ground crew techies.

Just for grins, here's something to make Dusty go *eeek*!

Comment from BillT on 2007-12-28

2007-12-29T04:35:19Z

Looks like everybody needs some remedial Threat Recognition training -- the AA piece is a ZPU-4, featuring quad 14.5mm KPV heavy MGs. The ZSU 23-4 is self-propelled, mounted on a PT-76 chassis, because four 23mm guns suck up a *lot* of ammo and it wouldn't make sense to stick that configuration on a towed mount. Bill, please tell us that it has been cut into itty-bitty harmless pieces... Nope. But its teeth aren't fully-developed and it doesn't move very fast. Yet.

Comment from Justthisguy on 2007-12-28

2007-12-29T04:13:45Z

The port fin is OBVIOUSLY not symmetrical with the starboard fin. Cartoon Universe, I tell you! That gizmo frightens me. I think it would try to eat me, if it were animated, and knew where I lived. Trans-dimensional anomalous artifacts must be destroyed, as Atticus Finch shot the rabid dog with the Krag. Bill, please tell us that it has been cut into itty-bitty harmless pieces, and said pieces burnt beyond recognition in a very hot fire, so that we might be spared from the consequences of whatever nefarious programs were built into its evil cognitive engine!

Comment from Rivrdog on 2007-12-28

2007-12-29T02:09:07Z

Put some Republican Guard troopers in the photo, then ring up Jane Fonda. I'm sure she would be happy to come out and pose.

Comment from Instapilot on 2007-12-28

2007-12-29T00:32:42Z

The 23-4 just points out where the enemy is. Handy in a fight. What makes me go "eeek" are US Army ADA batteries. They're MUCH more lethal. (Ask the Navy and the Brits.)

Comment from og on 2007-12-28

2007-12-28T16:19:20Z

Oooh. Want that.

Comment from Neffi on 2007-12-28

2007-12-28T15:20:38Z

That's right, Chief- we never heard the 'trolling-for-flak' TINS... that 23-4 should jog the ol' memory cells!

Comment from John of Argghhh! on 2007-12-28

2007-12-28T14:54:19Z

Ooooo. Bring home one of those launchers! I can make a kewl mailbox out of one of those! Oh, and don't tell me you didn't have some twitches when you saw it...