HLP Network

News:

HLP Donations Page has been reworked for supporting the site.
Please note that the previous "Tiers" are currently not operational (but will be worked on).
You can still cancel any previous re-occurring donations to make new ones which will go to the new Treasurer Admin (Zacam).

   
« Previous Thread Next Thread »
Print
Pages: < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 Next >   Go Down

Author Topic: Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!  (Read 15951 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Petrarch of the VBB

  • Koala-monkey
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #100 on: April 04, 2003, 12:42:53 pm
What about Little David? AFAIK this was a US mortar developed to test fire bombs. I believe it had a calibre of 914mm!
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Re: Re: now THIS is a boomstick
Reply #101 on: April 04, 2003, 01:46:49 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Mr Carrot


OMG RAIL GUN!!!


ROFL!!
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Fetty

  • 27
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #102 on: April 04, 2003, 03:07:37 pm
ye but how many km does the recoil drive it ? :D
 

Offline Grey Wolf

Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #103 on: April 04, 2003, 04:14:43 pm
I still like my Panzer IV Ausf H/J :p
You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?" -George Bernard Shaw
 

Offline Turnsky

  • FOXFIRE Artisté
  • 211
  • huh?.. Who?.. hey you kids, git off me lawn!
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #104 on: April 04, 2003, 04:49:54 pm
it is a rail gun of sorts... it was moved by a train...

120km? a modified 'leopold' railway gun w/smoothbore barrel could launch a projectile 151km
   //Warning\\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
do not torment the sleep deprived artist, he may be vicious when cornered,
in case of emergency, administer caffeine to the artist,
he will become docile after that,
and less likely to stab you in the eye with a mechanical pencil
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Offline Fetty

  • 27
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #105 on: April 04, 2003, 05:00:08 pm
i like that pather (panzer V)

but erm

thats a leopold
your thing is slighly bigger :doubt:
 

Offline Turnsky

  • FOXFIRE Artisté
  • 211
  • huh?.. Who?.. hey you kids, git off me lawn!
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #106 on: April 04, 2003, 05:02:39 pm
i know.

look i have the 'guiness enclyopedia of weaponry' i KNOW what i'm talking about..
   //Warning\\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------
do not torment the sleep deprived artist, he may be vicious when cornered,
in case of emergency, administer caffeine to the artist,
he will become docile after that,
and less likely to stab you in the eye with a mechanical pencil
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 

Offline Fetty

  • 27
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #107 on: April 04, 2003, 05:08:24 pm
i got the end of a BAK shell as an ash tray :D
 

Offline Mr. Vega

  • Your Node Is Mine
  • 28
  • The ticket to the future is always blank
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #108 on: April 04, 2003, 05:48:01 pm
Quote
Originally posted by Fetty
how about oddities

wtf is that ?


Looks like it shoots oil:devil:
Words ought to be a little wild, for they are the assaults of thoughts on the unthinking.
-John Maynard Keynes
 

Offline Mr Carrot

  • 26
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #109 on: April 04, 2003, 06:59:58 pm
If the turning carriage and shell crane were unpacked it would look far more normal. Owing to the strange sight i would say it was a towed AA canon.
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #110 on: April 05, 2003, 12:57:22 am
Quote
Originally posted by Mr Carrot
If the turning carriage and shell crane were unpacked it would look far more normal. Owing to the strange sight i would say it was a towed AA canon.


I don't get you guys - does evert strange-looking weapon have to be an AAA gun? AAA guns need to be relatively light and nimble, remember, not something that takes at least 10 seconds to do a 360°.
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Stryke 9

  • Village Person
    Reset count: 4
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #111 on: April 05, 2003, 01:03:49 am
Looks like something extremely anti-armor to me. That is one thick barrel, and the bore is HUGE considering that that thing obviously has practically no firing arc. Some kinda bunker-buster type thing?
Webpage. Yes.
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #112 on: April 05, 2003, 02:03:20 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
Looks like something extremely anti-armor to me. That is one thick barrel, and the bore is HUGE considering that that thing obviously has practically no firing arc. Some kinda bunker-buster type thing?


Erm, no. Tanks are anti-armor. That is artillery.

Lack of armor + tires = not a front-lines..... thing.
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Stryke 9

  • Village Person
    Reset count: 4
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #113 on: April 05, 2003, 02:07:05 am
Eh. In my book, artillery points up. It doesn't, it doesn't counteract gravity effectively, its range is insufficient. I mean, yeah, you could make an artillery piece that's horizontal and fires a long distance, but considering the amount of propellant (and thus force) you'd need to get it to go a decent artillery range... really, why would you? Anything you hit with an artillery shell is gonna explode the same no matter what angle you get it from...

Humvees aren't armored either. Doesn't mean they aren't mounted with those hugeass antipersonnel guns and used in combat.
Webpage. Yes.
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #114 on: April 05, 2003, 02:28:50 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
Eh. In my book, artillery points up. It doesn't, it doesn't counteract gravity effectively, its range is insufficient. I mean, yeah, you could make an artillery piece that's horizontal and fires a long distance, but considering the amount of propellant (and thus force) you'd need to get it to go a decent artillery range... really, why would you? Anything you hit with an artillery shell is gonna explode the same no matter what angle you get it from...

Humvees aren't armored either. Doesn't mean they aren't mounted with those hugeass antipersonnel guns and used in combat.


Hmm.... I hadn't looked too closely at the picture, but it doesn't look like there's much room for barrel elevation. But there's a complete and obvious lack of cabin space, which still says to me "not a front-lines vehicle".

And what are you talking about? Hummers aren't neccesarily (I hate spelling that word) armored, but they most certainly can be. Only Hummers I've been in have been armored, matter of fact.
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Stryke 9

  • Village Person
    Reset count: 4
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #115 on: April 05, 2003, 02:31:35 am
For that matter, there's probably a casing that goes over that. Hell, as is a bad rainstorm could kill that thing, never mind a dust storm or a mud splatter from something else. I think they took the armor plating off it for show or something.


I'd trace back the image address to find out, but I can't be arsed.
Webpage. Yes.
 

Offline Sandwich

  • Got Screen?
  • 213
    • Skype
    • Steam
    • Twitter
    • Brainzipper
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #116 on: April 05, 2003, 02:39:57 am
Quote
Originally posted by Stryke 9
I'd trace back the image address to find out, but I can't be arsed.



Hmmm....
SERIOUSLY...! | {The Sandvich Bar} - Rhino-FS2 Tutorial | CapShip Turret Upgrade | The Complete FS2 Ship List | System Background Package

"...The quintessential quality of our age is that of dreams coming true. Just think of it. For centuries we have dreamt of flying; recently we made that come true: we have always hankered for speed; now we have speeds greater than we can stand: we wanted to speak to far parts of the Earth; we can: we wanted to explore the sea bottom; we have: and so  on, and so on: and, too, we wanted the power to smash our enemies utterly; we have it. If we had truly wanted peace, we should have had that as well. But true peace has never been one of the genuine dreams - we have got little further than preaching against war in order to appease our consciences. The truly wishful dreams, the many-minded dreams are now irresistible - they become facts." - 'The Outward Urge' by John Wyndham

"The very essence of tolerance rests on the fact that we have to be intolerant of intolerance. Stretching right back to Kant, through the Frankfurt School and up to today, liberalism means that we can do anything we like as long as we don't hurt others. This means that if we are tolerant of others' intolerance - especially when that intolerance is a call for genocide - then all we are doing is allowing that intolerance to flourish, and allowing the violence that will spring from that intolerance to continue unabated." - Bren Carlill
 

Offline Stryke 9

  • Village Person
    Reset count: 4
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #117 on: April 05, 2003, 02:51:40 am
Hmmmm indeed.

Am I good or am I God?:D

Incidentially, the prize goes to the guy who said an AA gun.
Webpage. Yes.
 

Offline Kamikaze

  • A Complacent Wind
  • 29
    • http://www.nodewar.com
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #118 on: April 05, 2003, 02:54:05 am
I'm sure all of us prefer the former, we aren't so magnanimous as to grant you divinity ;)
Science alone of all the subjects contains within itself the lesson of the danger of belief in the infallibility of the greatest teachers in the preceding generation . . .Learn from science that you must doubt the experts. As a matter of fact, I can also define science another way: Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman
 

Offline Stryke 9

  • Village Person
    Reset count: 4
  • 211
Holy Crap, what a sweet/weird tank!!
Reply #119 on: April 05, 2003, 02:55:50 am
Being all-powerful, I can grant it to myself, thank you very much.

Though sadly, my powers are limited to electronics. Last time I tried to make it rain was a miserable failure and... well, the less said about the smiting incident, the better.
Webpage. Yes.
Print
Pages: < Prev 1 2 3 4 5 [6] 7 8 Next >   Go Up
« Previous Thread Next Thread »