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/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:33:52 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification With this pic, as a change of pace from the usual form of whatzis. For those with little technical inclination - Captions! For those with some technical/historical inclinations - there is a plethora, (a PLETHORA I say!) of interesting little tidbits abounding in this photo. Some are historical, some will seem anachronistic, other, just... informative. Have at it. I'll tie it all up in a explanatory post later in the week. No spring-butts! Give other people a chance, too. If you discover the motherlode of info on the subject, post an interesting bit that hasn't been posted, and leave something... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html Sun, 06 Jan 2008 09:46:07 -0600 Voice bubble from tank: Igor, pass me that open ration tin of corned beef of yours right flippin' now! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68395 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68395 Tue, 08 Jan 2008 22:46:37 -0600 Menshevik, I think. Cheers http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68341 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68341 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 15:45:06 -0600 I wonder if this Unknown Pooch is a member of the Labor party... or a student, maybe? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68315 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68315 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:09:47 -0600 ...and shame shame shame on blackhawk in his note above. to even SUGGEST that a crewman should actually DISMOUNT(!!!) with a radio and stroll about the grounds away from his beastie! (i weep) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68314 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68314 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:46:49 -0600 Cats were used also as messengers in the russian army they were only fed at the comand post and then taken into battle by couriers who would release them with notes to the comand post. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68313 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68313 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 07:01:20 -0600 Rin-Tin's granddaddy who convinced the Ruskies to drop the ill begotten project.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68312 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68312 Mon, 07 Jan 2008 06:50:43 -0600 General Patton's ugly pet dawg being trained to "fetch" tanks. Note the primitive electric shock collar. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68308 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68308 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:24:15 -0600 General Patton's ugly pet dawg being trained to "fetch" tanks. Note the primitive electric shock collar. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68307 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68307 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 23:23:07 -0600 To let's see the tank is an early model Mexican 'Plethora 85". They had a paucity of them. The dog's name is El Guapo, and when Mexican tankers spot one they all chant, "Santo Frijoles!!!". http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68305 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68305 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 22:07:01 -0600 Hummmmmmmm...... not a T34-85. which makes this a early model please note 76.2mm gun http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68303 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68303 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:59:55 -0600 I don't know if it's the *best* movie, but it's certainly up there in my pantheon. Oh - excess, superfluity. More specifically, a very large amount of something, especially a larger amount than you need, want, or can deal with. Just so you know, El Guapo, that I, Jefe, *do* know what what a plethora is! And why *is* it raining Gringos, anyway? I know why it was raining iguanas in Florida... it was cold and they were in a torpor - what's with the damn gringos? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68301 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68301 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 19:15:35 -0600 Three Amigos! whenever I read/hear the word 'plethora'.]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68299 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68299 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:51:23 -0600 El Guapo, I know that I, Jefe, do not have your superior intellect and education, but could it be that once again, you are angry at something else, and are looking to take it out on me?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68298 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68298 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 18:28:38 -0600 Well, you told me I have a plethora. And I just would like to know if you know what a plethora is. I would not like to think that a person would tell someone he has a plethora, and then find out that that person has no idea what it means to have a plethora. :XD ]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68297 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68297 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 17:58:32 -0600 Why,El Guapo?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68296 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68296 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 16:39:19 -0600 Jefe, what is a plethora?]]> http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68295 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68295 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 15:02:33 -0600 I believe this is an early version of the little know.... Mike Vick's dog training simulator http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68292 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68292 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:08:17 -0600 Oberleutnant Friedrich von Skott-Tomas Boechampp swerves his Herr Bradlee Armored Fighting Car at a stray dog in the outskits of Tobruk. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68291 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68291 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:38:06 -0600 Wouldn't that more correctly be; Red-on-Red casualties? Nyet! Nyet! Bad dogski, bad dogski! Arfski, bow-wowski! Tailwagski, boomski! And so, yet another brilliant Soviet R&D wonk receives a one way ticket to glorious Siberia paid for by the people... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68290 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68290 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:35:21 -0600 On second review, I'm not too impressed. Any crewmember can grab a manpack radio and do a little dismounted recon. I'll withhold judgement until I see him on the tank range to see if he's got mad gunnery skillz or if he pooches the Bravo 3 Swing engagement. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68289 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68289 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 13:12:30 -0600 Haw!~ Good one, Jim! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68287 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68287 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:40:21 -0600 What's unusual about the tank is... it's a decoy tank. It's purpose is to attract dogs with tiltrod AT mines strapped to their back. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68286 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68286 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:30:44 -0600 Heh. It's about the only photo out there on Google for this subject. Hence why I said you can only drop in tidbits, not a whole story. Aside from the story of the dogs, my attention was attracted by the tank. Rare version you almost never see pictures of. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68284 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68284 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:16:58 -0600 This is sad. I hang out here too much. One flipping Google search and I find the exact photo in the first link. {sob} Where did I go wrong? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68281 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68281 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:04:28 -0600 OK, you trained me to track. Now can I go home? http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68280 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68280 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 11:04:04 -0600 I think I might title that "man's best friend gets thrown under the bus, so to speak." Might be fun to try with pigs if we ever get into a ground war in Iran. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68279 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68279 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:57:54 -0600 You see a tank... ...doggie sees the mother of all fire hydrants. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68276 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68276 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:43:48 -0600 hmmm... a well-used T34/85... is that doggie carrying a satchel charge?!! Oh, this would never fly here in Boulder County! http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68275 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68275 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:11:54 -0600 Really would hate to see my dog in that situation. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68274 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68274 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:11:49 -0600 WRONG TANK! WRONG TANK! Lots of Blue-on-Blue casualties. http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68273 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2008/01/lets_have_some_1.html#comment-68273 Sun, 06 Jan 2008 10:07:39 -0600