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This one's for Murray

By The Armorer on October 31, 2008 | | Comments (14)
This will be a long day with no access at all, even at lunch, and reely slow access at home right now.

If you've been with us for a while, you know why this is for Murray.  If you're new or kinda new - it's been awhile since we talked about Catapult Boy.

Tank Catapult!

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By BillT on October 31, 2008 6:58 AM
...a re-enactment club specialising in siege engines and pre-gunpowder artillery.

All of the work with none of the *boom*.

BO-rinnnnnnng...

 
By Jon The Mechanic on October 31, 2008 7:16 AM
First time I saw this, I was thinking that it was a failed FCS rapid deployment concept.
   
By RetRsvMike on October 31, 2008 10:24 AM
ya ain't gonna get ME up in that contraption...
 
By heath on October 31, 2008 11:07 AM

Hey, it looks like a great way of retrieving all my lost tools that the hull monster collects under the turret.

 

Heath

arte et marte

 
By Sigivald on October 31, 2008 3:38 PM
Whoever captioned that is a silly, silly person.

"Power of an M16, accuracy of a sniper rifle"... heck, sniper rifles already have that, and more power than a M16!
 
By Pat Patterson on October 31, 2008 6:14 PM
Well, that's either the first mechanized unit of the new EU Rapid Response Force or some of those treaties that Germany had to sign after WWII still have some strict limits on the use of armour?
 
By OlafTheTanker on October 31, 2008 6:28 PM
Suuuure... 20+ years (not showing my age am I??) after spending multiple 12+ hour long sessions at the wash rack at Knox, NOW they invent something to help get under there where all the DI's seem to be able to yank out mud as if they were Doug freaking Henning after blasting it for hours on end with a high pressure hose before we were allowed to turn them back into the motor pool...
 
By BillT on November 1, 2008 2:52 AM
I wanna see the griddle they're flipping that thing onto...
 
By AW1 Tim on November 1, 2008 9:41 AM

  Now if they could just get a gigantic rabbit suit to pull over the tank before heaving it towards King Aurthur and his knights.....  :)

  Olaf.. one of the memories I have of Knox was passing an M-48 that had managed to sink all the way up to the top of the track guards in red clay mud.  That, and all the UX ordnance on the land navigation course.  That was summer of '74.
 
By Murdoc on November 1, 2008 2:47 PM
This thing looks absolutely DEADLY to any targets within about three meters or so...
 
By Murdoc on November 1, 2008 2:52 PM
Also, finally there's a use for all of those T-72s that everyone seems to have...
 
By Grimmy on November 1, 2008 5:23 PM
Leave it to the Germans to so thoroughly over-engineer a fly swatter.
 
By Murray on November 2, 2008 4:34 PM
Hey Bill, I'll throw, you catch.

Lets see how boring a 16lb bowling ball is at 110 m/h.