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bearhunter said:
I disagree, every cat I ever had tried it's best to be a dog.

Independent cats usually just don't get as much attention as they would like.
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Come to think of it .... I've had two cats that I actually referred to as my "dogs". One liked to chew on bones and t'other was as loyal as a dog, doting on pet-pet.
 
Ship's cat strutting along the barrel of a 15-inch gun on the deck of the HMS Queen Elizabeth. Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915.
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Try that if you're a human and someone of a higher rank will make it their personal mission in life to destroy you and everything you love.
 
CV32 said:
That depends.

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Point taken - posed photos are doubtless done with official sanction. :) But would a casual stroll down the length of the tube be asking for a screamin'?

Interesting the difference in traditions between services. Arty guys are a little fetish-y about the Sanctity of the Gun, what with the royal cipher on the tube and all. The thought of a gunner scootching his arse along the barrel would give the RSM all the justification he needed to make said gunner a very unhappy person for a length of time measured in months, if not years...
 
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Dark Alley Dan said:
Point taken - posed photos are doubtless done with official sanction. :) But would a casual stroll down the length of the tube be asking for a screamin'?

Interesting the difference in traditions between services. Arty guys are a little fetish-y about the Sanctity of the Gun, what with the royal cipher on the tube and all. The thought of a gunner scootching his arse along the barrel would give the RSM all the justification he needed to make said gunner a very unhappy person for a length of time measured in months, if not years...
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You do know what Winston thought of "navy traditions" being just "rum, sodomy and the lash" correct ??
 
Yeah, heard that one. Sounds like a great weekend to me. :)

Supermarine Walus K5773 was the second prototype.

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Also a film star. Here we see her in a video about catapult launching:

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I didn't know the cats were cordite powered. Must have made something of a bang on use...

I can't find any reference to what happened to K5773 in the end, but I don't imagine she's been preserved. I don't believe very many were, which is a shame. For a 1933 aircraft, she did very valuable work during the war.
 
AmmunitionEdit
High Explosive Armour Piercing
Length 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
Weight 4,800 kg (10,600 lb) 7,100 kg (15,700 lb)
Muzzle velocity 820 m/s (2,700 ft/s) 720 m/s (2,400 ft/s)
Maximum range 48 km (30 mi) 38 km (24 mi)
Explosive weight 700 kg (1,500 lb) 250 kg (550 lb)
Effect Crater size:
9.1 m (30 ft) wide 9.1 m (30 ft) deep Penetration:
7 m (23 ft) of concrete at maximum elevation (beyond that available during combat) with a special charge.[5]
Notes
The main body was made of chrome-nickel steel, fitted with an aluminium alloy ballistic nose cone.

https://military.wikia.org/wiki/Schwerer_Gustav
 
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