Picture of the day

[Dark Alley Dan]

For reasons entirely lost to me, this was the first thing that popped into my head:

That's the rare Japanese 8-point tank. Marines had to have special tags for those and shoot them only in season. The antlerless ones weren't huntable.

 

[Camakzi]

rick james b*tchhhh!

 

[screwtape]

That's the rare Japanese 8-point tank. Marines had to have special tags for those and shoot them only in season. The antlerless ones weren't huntable.

What about the single-point "unicorn" variants with a single large 'horn' growing out of the middle of the head section: any specific hunting regulations for them?

 

[screwtape]

X2 Lets stay on track gunnutz
New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

All jokes about '8-point trophy racks' aside, what is that thing and what was it designed to do? Hydraulic landmine sifter? Barbed wire spool holder? Low-flying aircraft snagger?

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

The spools along the length of the thing suggest that something - wire, pipes, cable - was to run along the top of the vehicle. I assume the "antlers" were to keep them seperated into individual "streams".

With further research, I find this:

http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/jp_fttank/index.html

What the hell did we do before the internet? I would have had to drive to the library for information like this, and would have only been successful had they had the right book...

 

[screwtape]

The spools along the length of the thing suggest that something - wire, pipes, cable - was to run along the top of the vehicle. I assume the "antlers" were to keep them seperated into individual "streams".

With further research, I find this:

http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/jp_fttank/index.html

What the hell did we do before the internet? I would have had to drive to the library for information like this, and would have only been successful had they had the right book...

So, it's a flamethrower tank with a rake blade in front for ripping up barbed wire and digging up landmines. And with armour that's 1" thick in the front and only 1/2" on the sides and back, you could just about punch through it with a Browning M2 .50cal machinegun, couldn't you?

 

[Cdn303]

With AP ammo no doubt.

 

[Ganderite]

It is my understanding that the Americans did not fly the Corsair off carriers because of prop strikes. Prop was too close to deck.

Cannot tell in this picture, but the engine was HUGE!

 

[Dark Alley Dan]

That's a neat pic - kinda cool to see Corsairs in paint schemes other than all over navy blue. I think the bent wing was specifically to mitigate prop strikes. Pretty sure the yanks flew plenty of Corsairs from carriers.

That looks exciting, huh? Pucker Factor Eleven, I should think...

They were notoriously twitchy handling aircraft, but solidly built and good dogfighters. Torque roll killed plenty of guys. The nickname for a while was the "Ensign Eliminator".

 

[jwhc]

That's a neat pic - kinda cool to see Corsairs in paint schemes other than all over navy blue. I think the bent wing was specifically to mitigate prop strikes. Pretty sure the yanks flew plenty of Corsairs from carriers.

That looks exciting, huh? Pucker Factor Eleven, I should think...

They were notoriously twitchy handling aircraft, but solidly built and good dogfighters. Torque roll killed plenty of guys. The nickname for a while was the "Ensign Eliminator".

Great picture and Great information


Cheers
Joe

 

[tigrr]

Thank you jwhc and all the other posters. I look forward to this thread each day. Grampa was an airforce mechanic in ww2.

 

[RMXC51]

The US flew plenty of Corsairs from carriers - it was a Navy fighter. Wing was bent to allow giant prop to clear the ground. Google Hampton Grey to learn about a Canadian Corsair pilot and true hero.

 

[Halger280HVMag]

The propeller had a 14' diameter!

 

[sail32]

The British were the first to fly Corsairs from carriers. The Americans had tried and decided they were land planes, it was only later that they flew them from carriers.

 

[jwhc]

Hey Gunnutz New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

 

[Recce21]

Chinese?

Hey Gunnutz New day new picture

Cheers
Joe

 

[RRCo.]

The British were the first to fly Corsairs from carriers. The Americans had tried and decided they were land planes, it was only later that they flew them from carriers.

The British were also first with the ski jump, the steam catapult and the armoured flight deck. Kamikazes just bounced off, comparatively speaking!

 

[R&R Rancher]

That's a neat pic - kinda cool to see Corsairs in paint schemes other than all over navy blue. I think the bent wing was specifically to mitigate prop strikes. Pretty sure the yanks flew plenty of Corsairs from carriers.

That looks exciting, huh? Pucker Factor Eleven, I should think...

They were notoriously twitchy handling aircraft, but solidly built and good dogfighters. Torque roll killed plenty of guys. The nickname for a while was the "Ensign Eliminator".

IIRC I read the Americans had problems with the long nose of the Corsair blocking the pilots view of the carrier when landing, so they relegated it to land based duty. The British came up with the idea of a gradually turning approach to the carrier that allowed the pilot to see where he was going by looking to the side of the nose. Once the revised landing procedure was worked out the US navy adopted it and started flying the plane from its carrier fleet

 

[cote_b]

Todays picture fellas

 

[machman]

Getting read the riot act before shore leave ;-)